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The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Death before Dishonor! (search)
Blanton Duncan, Esq., a member of the Kentucky Legislature, is enrolling a regiment of 1,800 men for service in the cause of the Confederate States. It is stated that Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, is in one of the Northern companies at Annapolis. It is reported that Gen. Lee has given orders for the abandonment of Harper's Ferry.
The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Reported capture of Gen'l Harney!from Washington.the Reign of terror. Alexandria April 26. --It is reported that Gen. Harney, U. S. A., has been captured at Harper's Ferry, and sent to Richmond. Butler's Regiment, from Massachusetts, has arrived in Washington. Several Southerners have been arrested in Washington, and ordered to quit the city.-- The greatest excitement and consternation prevails among the citizens, many of whom are leaving for the South. The heights of Georgetown are garrisoned by Federal troops. More troops are expected at Annapolis from the North. The tone of the Northern press is more defiant and insulting to the South.
The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
ilitia, to say the least of it, is as good as any other militia. That they are vastly superior to Northern militia, and that in the present contest one Southern combatant ought to be equal to at least two invaders, is demonstrable from the fact that they are in their own country, and fighting for their own homes, and that they are accustomed from their childhood to the use of arms, whilst the Northern men are invaders, and not one of them in a thousand ever saw a rifle in his life. The Massachusetts troops, who were kicked through Baltimore, are but fair specimens of the average character of the ruffians bought up to overrun the South. A Baltimore correspondent describes these Yankee robbers as "men without coats, shirts or shoes — some with one coat-tail off — others with a boot on one foot and a shoe on the other. In a word, go to your Penitentiary, and among its convicts you will find a sample of the Federal horde who passed through here." Is there any Virginian, at all accusto
The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
sions are scarce. The Banks are on the eve of closing. The Black Republicans are impudent, and boasting that Maryland and Virginia will soon be sponged out! Jim Lane and Cassius M. Clay assert that the Republican party was formed to wipe out slavery from one end of the country to the other. Lane and his Border Ruffians meet at Willard's nightly, armed to the teeth, and pass through the building into the Church in the rear. The disunion feeling is increasing. The Massachusetts troops are required to watch the volunteers of the District! President Lincoln has slept at Silver Spring for the last two weeks--hence the detachment of troops at old Blair's house. Great efforts were made by the Government to retain Capt. John Lee, Gen. Johnson, Col. Magruder, Huger, and others. The enthusiasm at the North is very great. Now the South can appreciate the brotherly love. Gen. Scott is in his second childhood — has to be fed and carried about like an