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The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from Europe. (search)
at Plymouth to a London company. They were suspected of being intended for the rebels. Lord Clyde died at Chatham on the 14th instant. Nothing decisive is known as to Maximilian, of Austria, accepting the Mexican crown. Rumors from Paris point decidedly to his acceptance, but a Vienna journal says the assertions are premature. The Memorial Diplomatique announces his acceptance. The replies of the three great powers have been all sent to St. Petersburg, to be delivered on the 17th, and forthwith published.--Each Cabinet replied to the arguments addressed to itself, but terminates with an identical paragraph testifying the unity of their views. The statement of the London Times that troops were to be sent from England to reinforce the forces in Canada is denied. A circular from Messrs. Aries, Dufoun & Co., of Lyons, says that Swiss and German silk manufacturers, acting under the influence of the late events in America, have effected important purchases of silk
The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], The great Yankee railroad raid in Mississippi--how it was executed. (search)
r, sacrifices.. When the witnesses of the sad scene left, the work of destruction was still going on, and the flames were leaping high in the air from store-houses groaning beneath the weight of Government stores. Fifteen miles from the scene the blood-red light of the conflagration still gleamed in the sorrowful eyes of the observers. Not before to-day has Gen. Lee been able to concentrate his cavalry and threaten the vandals. Ferguson should have been within striking distance yesterday, but his command will prove unable to cope with such a force as the enemy has. Thus, it will be seen that they have had three uninterrupted days to complete the work of demolition. Gen. Steepen D. Lee should receive no coinsure for this disgraceful affair, since he only assumed command of the cavalry forces on the 17th, and had not yet had time to get them fully in command. In fact, cavalry was not adequate to the important charge, and infantry should have been held for its protection.