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The Daily Dispatch: October 30, 1863., [Electronic resource], The correspondence relative to the at Raleigh. (search)
tember 11th, 1863. His Excellency Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va.: My Dear Sir --You have received by telegraph before this information of the riots occurring in this city. * * * I am now anxious about their effects upon the country, though I am greatly in hopes that the mob of citizens which destroyed the office of the State Journal will act as a counterirritant, and help to allay excitement, the damage being equal to both parties. * * * The soldiers who originated the mob belonged to Renning's brigade, and were apparently led by their officers, several of whom I saw in the crowd; but I heard none of their names, except a Major Shepherd.--I have also reasons for believing it was done with the knowledge and consent of Gen. Benning, as he remarked to a gentleman an hour or two previous that his men had threatened it. During its continuance he could not be found. A messenger sent by me to his supposed quarters at the depot was refused admission to him; and, although he had ample o