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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 1,039 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 833 7 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 656 14 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 580 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 459 3 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 435 13 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 355 1 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 352 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 333 7 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 330 2 Browse Search
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ate emancipation, another name for immediate starvation, would, for their own self interest, make such arrangements as would lead to the gradual abolition of slavery. We cannot help seeing that the North, with all its civilization, is the hotbed of anarchy, and that the South in spite of the dark blot that stains its escutcheon, is fighting with one heart and mind for its independence from a hateful thraldom.--We cannot help seeing that, while Abraham Lincoln is an incapable pretender, Jefferson Davis is a bold, a daring, yet politic statesman. We may wish to see the American States peacefully separated into the great divisions marked out by nature; we may wish to see bloodshed cease and peace restored; but I contend — and I know the majority of thinking men in this country agree with me, though they are too mealy-mouthed to say so — that the best and readiest method towards that end would be the establishment, as soon as possible, of the complete independence of the Confederate Sta
nd there disposed of their cargoes. Present for Seward. Prince Napoleon has selected, at the Imperial Manufactory, an elegant service of Sevreschina, as a present to the Secretary of State, in acknowledgment of the attentions which the Prince received here. The recent release. Messrs. Gwin, Berham, and Brent, arrived this evening. Their release upon parole is not final, but their case is to be recommended here by the President. The secession Court. Although Mrs. Jefferson Davis has not as yet been able to hold her promised reception at the White House, Mrs. John C. Breckinridge is said to be at Baltimore reciting the homage of the fair yet treasonable secessionists of that nearly humbled city. Some of the few female traitors here went over a few days since to attend a party given in honor of the wife of the recreant Kentuckian, at which all the ladies wore neck bows of red and white ribbon, and the cake was frosted with those revolutionary colors. Fune
Expulsion of Hon. John C. Breckinridge from the U. S. Senate. Cincinnati, Dec. 6. --The expulsion of the Hon. J. C. Breckinridge, from the United States Senate, gives great satisfaction here. It is already announced that many prominent Kentuckians aspire to the position, among whom are James Guthrie, Jas. F. Bell, Geo. Robinson, Nathaniel Wolfe, Garret Davis, and the name of Dr. Breckinridge is also mentioned.
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The stockholders of this company reassembled last night at Metropolitan Hall, the lack of a quorum having prevented the transaction of any important business previously. The main subject of debate was the proposed connection of the road with the North Carolina Railroad, alluded to as a military necessity by President Davis in his message to Congress; and among those who participated was Ex Governor Morehead, of North Carolina There seemed to be a decided sentiment in favor of the scheme, and it is probable that the President and Directors of the road will be authorized to co-operate with the Government in the matter.