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The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
red to repair to Washington and form a junction with General McDowell about the point of time that Johnston joined Beauregard at Manassas. Washington, August 3.--Letters have been received here from Commodore Eagle, who was ordered to bring home the Hong Kong fleet, (which was under the command of Commodore Stribbling, of South Carolina,) stating that the fleet was not there, but it was supposed it was not far off. Secretary Cameron goes to Pennsylvania to recruit his health. Thomas A. Scott will act in Secretary Cameron's place. The special correspondent to the New York Herald says that it has been observed for some days past that the Confederate engineers have been making observations near the Chair Bridge. General McClellan has visited the neighborhood himself, and is posting himself in regard to their movements. Washington, Aug. 3.--A movement is in operation to deprive the press, either by mail or telegraph, of any intelligence in relation to any matters, exc
The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Sensible servant. (search)
Dix for the immediate entrenchment and fortification of Federal Hill in Baltimore. It is a most commanding position. It is not only by far the highest point in the city, but its natural advantages are superior to all others in and near Baltimore. A very slight degree of labor in cutting down the high and precipitous bank on one side, and in ditching and throwing up entrenchments on the other there, will make it as strong as Fort Corcoran. Superintendent of military routes. Thomas A. Scott, Esq., late superinterdent of the military routes of the Government, having been appointed Assistant Secretary of War, R. F. Morley, Esq., late of the Allegheny Valley (Pa.) Railroad, has been selected to fill his place. Arrest of a citizen of West Chester. John H. Brinton, a prominent citizen of West Chester, Pa., late Breckinridge candidate for Congress in that district, was arrested on Thursday last, and held to bail for his appearance at court for an assault committed on th
The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
Appointments at Washington. --A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun mentions the following recent appointments: William Blanchard, of this city, has been appointed Consul at Melbourne. The salary is $4,000 per annum. The following clerical changes have taken place in the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department within the last few days: Removals — Thomas A. Scott, of D. C., salary $1,400; S. Y. Mason, of Ohio, salary $1,400; Wm. A. Coburn, of D. C., salary $1,400; John W. Clark, of D. C., salary $1,200. Promotions — E. W. Fortney, of D. C., to $1,800 clerkship; Charles B. Shaw, of Va., to $1,600; Cunningham Haylett, of Ohio, to $1,600; S. B. Elliott, of D. C., to $1,400; H. K. Lawrence, of Wisconsin, to $1,200: W. B. Davis, of Maine, to $1,400; Chesterfield Robb, of Pa., to $1,400. Appointments — Wm. H. Gunnison, of Md., (first class,) $1,200; Wm. J. Leib, of Pa., (first class,) $1,200. John Butcher, of Va., second cla<
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