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The Daily Dispatch: June 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
sage. The powder is thoroughly wet, and looks like a black paste. I send you enclosed a specimen of it, which I procured from one of the open barrels. It has since become dry. It will make fine squibs for the boys, being ready prepared to their hands. More barrels will yet be found — for the twenty placed there have not yet been extricated. I suppose there are five or more still in the culvert. No military movement worthy of note has transpired in this locality. A company from Roanoke county reached Norfolk yesterday. It is the Flying Artillery, from Salem — a sturdy company of Blue Ridge boys, among whom comes a veteran of 1812, who intends to take part in the hand-to-hand contest when it comes. The Germans of Norfolk, of the Jewish faith, have given substantial evidence of their true Southern sentiments. They are with us, heart and soul, and have been liberal and generous in aiding the holy, just and good cause. Disavowals of disloyalty to Virginia continue to