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The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1861., [Electronic resource] 12 0 Browse Search
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Southern express company. --The corporators of this company met in Augusta, Ga., on Monday last, and elected the following officers: President, H B Plant; Directors, E Sebring, Charleston; D H Bald win, Savannah; W. R. Chilton, Montgomery; G. W. T. Jackson, Augusta; H. B. Hunt, Augusta.
all about the Yankees crossing the Potomac; but you didn't hear how gallantly 380 (and some of them sick,) of Col. Harper's Fifth Virginia Regiment repulsed 7,000 of the enemy three times, and kept them back two and a half hours, a feat even General Jackson was surprised at Lieut; Col. Harman counted 20 dead bodies of the enemy carried off the field in blankets, as he ordered the regiment to retire. Some of the companies fired 40 rounds, coolly and deliberately. Gen. tenen just from Hagerstow Capt. Pendleton's Artillery fired one round through and through the whole of the enemy's column, killing a great number. Lieut. Col. Harman, of Augusta, acted with the greatest coolness and bravery, as did Col. Harper and the whole regiment, Gen. Jackson was as cool as a cucumber, writing orders, on his horse, while the balls flew around him like hail. That was all the fight. Our men retired in good order, losing only two and taking five prisoners from the enemy. Patterson's lying dispatch
l change, scarce already, will then disappear almost entirely, as has been the case in Virginia. The editor of the Canton (Ga.) Mountaineer has been shown a counterfeit $20 bill of the Bank of Hamburg, S. C. It was exceedingly well executed. Col. J. L. Orr's regiment has been accepted by the Confederate Government, and will be got ready at an early day for service in Virginia. First class whiskey is selling at Cincinnati for eleven cents per gallon. In Richmond it sells for fifteen cents per glass, to those who are green enough to pay it. Hon. Robert M. Patton is doing noble work for the Confederate loan in North Alabama. He feels confident that that end of the State will subscribe one million of dollars. Capt. Tom Hale, a resident of Huntsville, Ala., for forty-five years, died there on the 26th ult. He was a soldier under Jackson in 1812. John W. Brownfield has been elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions at Charleston, S. C.
t upon its passage at that time. Considerable numbers of Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky troops are now concentrated at Memphis and other points on the Mississippi. It is conjectured that they will either be thrown into Missouri, to aid Gov. Jackson, or are intended for an expedition against Cairo. In anticipation of such movements, the neighborhood of Cairo is being daily strengthened by the Federalists, while Gen. Lyon has extended his line in such a manner, he believes, as Gov. JacksoGov. Jackson's retreat may be cut off. The New York 17th Regiment, Col. Burke, arrived here yesterday at 1:30. While at the depot they drank much whiskey, and indulged among themselves in a game of fisticuffs. The 71st New York Regiment is now at the Navy-Yard. They leave on Tuesday or Wednesday next, either for Mathias' Point or Fortress Monroe. The Federal troops advanced this morning one mile beyond Falls Church. At Fairfax Court-House the Confederates are stationed with two regimen