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The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrests at Washington. (search)
Picayune Butler. --Gen. B. F. Butler, the Massachusetts paper hero, has been superceded in his command at Baltimore by Gen. Cadwallader. Butler, it is said, has been promoted to Major General, and will go to Fortress Monroe.
The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
r adversary. The Northern people are growing a little surprised. They thought by overwhelming forces to crush out at once the spirit of resistance at the South. They expected Virginia to ground arms at the first appearance of the formidable Butler, the efficient McDowell, and the rhetorical McClellan. But the Virginians have not grounded arms, and are shooting their soldiers down in numbers, which it requires all their dissimulation to conceal. They paid their respects in a very significarst is to overrate yourself. It is exactly these mistakes which the North has committed, and they will find it out before another fortnight passes over their heads. They are decking their Generals' brows with laurels before the campaign opens. Butler is a hero before a battle is fought. His laurels will wither by the first burning of gunpowder. All their Generals are invincible, all their regiments invincible, before they have seen an enemy. Probably a single engagement will change their o
The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Summary disposal of a Partnership interest. (search)
the Baltimore Exchange, dated Towsontown, June 2, 1861, we find the following: The first day of June, 1861, will be a day ever memorable in the military annals of this nation. On yesterday the strongly fortified and almost impregnable city of Towsontown, containing at least one hundred citizens and a countless multitude of the canine species, was captured by the invincible heroes of Abraham Lincoln, led on by that able, experienced, and gallant officer, Major Straw. Let Major General Picayune Butler hide his diminished head. With three hundred valiant soldiers, the indomitable Picayune captured a pump; but the distinguished Straw, with only two hundred and fifty men, has taken a whole city and nearly frightened two old women out of their wits. At half-past 12 the enemy made their appearance; one column advancing from towards the Relay House, about one hundred strong, and another from the direction of Cockeysville, numbering about one hundred and fifty. They advanced b
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 24 (search)
Who is the Southern Major Captured by the Routed Lincolnites at Little Bethel? The "Old Lady" sends us the following, which conveys some important information not generally known: Many here believed that the unfortunate individual taken by the Federal troops at Little Bethel in their hasty flight before the pursuing Cavalry of Gen. Magruder, was none other than some plain farmer on the road, known by his neighbors as Major So-and-so, and whom the enemy seized upon as a trophy of their brilliant exploits at Great Bethel. But it has since leaked out that this prisoner of war, over whom so much parade is made, is the veritable Connecticut Yankee tin pedlar, formerly a resident of this city, Major Titus O. Rice, of the late Virginia Militia, and who was at large upon a parole of honor granted by Picayune Butler. The Old Lady.
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ten dollars reward. (search)
me particulars about the Virginia patriots at Gloucester Point. The negro was a runaway slave, owned by Mr. John Perrin, who resides near that locality. He was picked up in a large yawl boat, which had been capsized by a flaw of wind, and gave a straight account of himself. He told those who questioned him that there was a large number of big guns at the Point, and more soldiers than he could count. There was "a whole heap of guns and soldiers thar," according to his expressions. Gen. Butler, who was flying around the fort like a fly in a sugar hogshead, was quite elated with the darkey, but did not like his account of the Virginia forces. The boat which the darkey carried off was, with considerable difficulty, raised on the forward deck of the steamer, and is now lying at the Baltimore wharf. There was any quantity of rumors at Old Point about the recent fight at Great Bethel, and it was quite apparent that the real truth of the matter was suppressed, for the fact that
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], $10 reward. (search)
the limited appliances of a mess kitchen, which, as a rule in fortunate cases, consists of a coffee-pot, a frying pan, a large kettle, and divers seedy-looking cups, knives and forks. Many rumors were floating through camp yesterday of an attack on Harper's Ferry, fighting at Strasburg, &c., but nothing definite has turned up. Missouri, it seems, at last is moving, and Maryland begins to give the windy chieftains who now occupy her soil considerable trouble. So mote it be. Harney, Butler, Cadwallader, et id omne genus, will soon have good cause to do more than fulminate their bayonet-supported edicts in those two struggling sister States. Several more prisoners have been brought in within a day or so past, and will soon be added to that interesting list of Paul Prys now in limbo in your city. Since, through the agency of some of their friends, "discharged after careful examination," the abolitionists have become acquainted with the fact that there are more troops h
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway in jail. (search)
Gen. Butler wants more troops. Hagerstown, Md., June 17. --Gen. Butler has called for 15,000 more troops. Gen. Butler wants more troops. Hagerstown, Md., June 17. --Gen. Butler has called for 15,000 more troops.
The Daily Dispatch: June 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Norfolk, Va., June 20, 1861. (search)
Norfolk, Va., June 20, 1861. The report of the evacuation of Newport News by the Federalists, as stated by your informant, is incorrect. There are still many teats at this point, and if anything, the number has vastly increased. A gentleman informs me that there are no troops at Hampton, but forces stationed at and around Hampton Creek. It is evident from Butler's movements, that an action of some kind will shortly occur; else, why the necessity of a call for more troops ? But this may be a move of deception and trickery, for which the bombastic Butler is proverbial. A sad accident occurred at the Gosport Navy-Yard yesterday afternoon. Mr. David Williams, rigger by trade, while assisting in raising the ship Plymouth, by means of a diving bell, by some passage of the same was wrested from his hold, and was immediately drowned. He was fished up, and resuscitation attempted; but all to no use. He is represented as a very worthy man, and leaves a wife and five children
The Daily Dispatch: June 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Notice to our subscribers. (search)
d, will pay their own way; and, as scouts and guerillas, design to prove a terror and a bye-word to our Northern brethren now operating with arms against our peace and quiet. A committee was to have seen President Davis last night, and if accepted, start for Texas for their comrades, who will bring their own horses and arms, viz: double-barrel shot guns, two army revolvers, bowie-knife and lariat. With this latter weapon they are as expert as the Camanches or the Mexicans. Fancy "Picayune Butler," with a piece of twisted cowskin around his body, being dragged off by one of these men. The idea is refreshing and may be realized. Some of the Rangers referred to above, start this morning for Manassas Junction, where they will operate till joined by their comrades. We want just such men there; men who will ride into the enemy, shoot down his men with their guns and pistols, and end the performance by lariating some of his lily-livered officers and dragging them off. That's just wh
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.from Pig's Point. Pig's Point, Camp Jackson, June 22d, 1861. We have noticed little activity among the ships at Newport News, which confirms us in the conclusion that most of the troops, or a large number at least, have been removed to Hampton. Nobody here fears Picayune Butler, feeling confident that some mistake or blunder will be committed under his command; but I would caution our men not to be too hopeful of success or negligent in their vigilance. Let us be watchful of our liberties and active in maintaining our guard against the enemy. The courage of the Northern people should not be underrated, while we should meet them as we would meet the bravest enemy on the earth. We have a valiant, though a degenerate and demoralized foe to contend with. But arouse, patriots of Virginia, to the rescue; liberty in the hands of a tyrant is death to a freeman. Your homes and firesides are invaded; the sacred altars where your father
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