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The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], The message of the Bogus Governor of Bogus West Virginia. (search)
The message of the Bogus Governor of Bogus West Virginia. --The Cincinnati Gazette publishes the annual message of Arthur R. Boreman, Governor of the territory called West Virginia. Of the number of men that have been furnished by West, Virginia to the armies of Lincoln, the "Governor" says: It may be seen from the Adjutant General's report that what is now the State of West Virginia has furnished 20,299 volunteers to the Government army during the present war of whom 19,146 were for three years, and 1,153 for six months service. If the time of the 1,153 six months men is so calculated that the State may get credit for them on a call for three years men, it will be seen that they are equal to 191 three years recruits; and thus calculated it will be found that up to the time of the last call of the President for three hundred thousand men, this State was in excess of all demands upon her of 5,028 three years men. This is a record, of which any citizen of the State should b
The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], The movement on Mobile. (search)
bove 161 per cent at the close of the deliveries of the day. The prices then fell off to 160¾ per cent. The Railroad Raid near Harper's Ferry. The Baltimore American, of Saturday, has the following notice of the capture of a railroad train near Harper's Ferry, by Cimer's cavalry. It says: The train which left Baltimore at six o'clock on Thursday evening reached Harper's Ferry about 11 o'clock, and moved on towards Martinsburg, having on board a goodly number of passengers bound West. When at Kearneysville, about nine miles beyond Harper's Ferry and ten miles this side of Martinsburg, the train encountered a pile of rails on the back, and the locomotive was thrown off, but going at a slow speed, no damage was done. As soon as the train was stopped a crowd of armed rebels, about forty in number, surrounded it and took possession of the passenger cars. They then went round and searched and robbed each passenger, commanding each to "stand and deliver" their watches,