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$50 reward will be paid for the delivery of my servant Robert Palmer, who left me on the morning of the 27th inst. He is about 5 feet 7 inches high; mulatto and wears a moustache, and stammers a little when talking. He is about 37 or 38 years old. Ambrose Carlton. Richmond Nov. 29, 1860. no 30--3t
Phillips, for Richmond, cl'd at Baltimore 18th inst. Schr. M. H. Read, Kelley, from Norfolk for New Bedford, arrived at New York 18th inst. Schr. Sailie Mears (of Yorktown, Va.), Richardson, Antigua, Dec. 23, via St. Martins 28th, with salt, arrived at New York 18th inst. Schr. Frances, O'Dounell, for Norfolk, cleared at New York 19th inst. Schrs. Crenshaw, Moss, Richmond; S. C. Jones, Bedell, Norfolk; and Margaret, Henson, City Point, arrived at do. same day. Schr. Problem, Jones, from Richmond, arrived at Norfolk 18th inst. Ocean Breeze, Leighton, from Alexandria, arrived at Gibraltar 21st ult. New York, Cooper, from Richmond, arrived at Marseilles 27th ult. Disaseer. Br. bark Jane Brown, Broose, 8 days from Richmond, Va., bound to Liverpool, with a cargo of wheat and flour, experienced a heavy gale on the 26th Dec., was thrown on her beam ends and became very leaky, and was obliged to bear up for Bermuda, where she arrived about the 1st inst.
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Seizure of U. S. Property in Texas--Collision Feared. (search)
Capt. Hill will not obey any order Gen. Twiggs might send him to turn the fort over to us, and evacuate the country. We will await reinforcements here. If we are attacked, the fight will be desperate. Our men are ready for it, and their minds are made up to resist to the last. The command is in excellent condition as to health and discipline. The Mexicans on the other side look on eagerly. Their men of property are with us. Gen. Nichols returned to Galveston on the steamer on the 27th ult., for reinforcements. The Civilian says: It is expected that the Rusk will leave Galveston to-night, with a company from this city, one from Houston, one from Liberty, and one from Fort Bend county. With these reinforcements, it is thought the demands of Texas may be enforced, even without the arrival of volunteers from other counties, should the order of the United States Commander of this military department be disregarded by Capt. Hill. It is sincerely hoped that the first bl
From Havana. New York, March 4. --The steamship Cahawba, from Havana on the 27th, arrived at this port this morning. Sugars are in moderate demand at 6 ½a6 2/4 cts. Molasses dull. Freights advanced. The money market was stringent. Exchange on New York par to 2 ½ per cent. discount.
William Rice, late the publisher of the Pennsylvanian newspaper, died on Tuesday evening, at his residence in Philadelphia, after a short illness. The newspapers are poking fun at the new tariff; some term it the More-ill, and others the im- Morrill tariff. The Bostonians are quite indignant over the appointment of John Palfrey, of Cambridge, to the office of Postmaster in Boston. Col. Lamon, of Ill., the "ambassador" to Charleston, is a native of Berkeley county, Va. Cassius M. Clay, Minister to Russia, will sail, with his family, for Liverpool, by the Persia, on the 24th of April. John Bruckman, in jail for murder, at Memphis, Tenn., died on the 27th ult.
Shocking Fratricide. --The Union Springs (Ala.) Journal, of the 27th ult., states that Thomas H. Paulk, of that place, was killed by his brother W. A. Paulk, on the Thursday previous. The family, consisting of the mother, two brothers, wife of Wm. A. Paulk and Joshua Paulk, were at breakfast. Rising from the table, Joshua Paulk and deceased had retired to another room, and were seated, conversing, when William A. Paulk entered, armed with a double-barreled shot gun — denounced deceased for having threatened his life, and swore he "would kill him first," leveled his gun and fired, first one barrel and then the other, both shots taking effect in the face. The deceased, without uttering a word or attempting to rise, fell lifeless to the floor. The assaulting party, with his wife, immediately fled, and have not since been heard from. No less than three out of six brothers of this family have come to an untimely end.
Death of a Minister. --Rev. Adam Gilchrist; for many years the minister of the Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, N. C., died in Florida on Wednesday, 27th ult.
The ladies of New Orleans propose organizing a society, to be called the "Sisters of the Confederate Army," for the purpose of aiding and nursing sick and wounded officers and soldiers. Captain James McC. Baker, a well known pilot, died in New Orleans on the 27th ult. He was with Jackson in his Florida campaign. A man was taken and hung on Monday afternoon by the citizens of Bloomington, Ill., for placing obstructions on the track of the Illinois Central Railroad, to throw off the train bringing troops South. Some of the Louisiana troops now at Pensacola have been ordered to Virginia. Among these are the Louisiana Guard and the Orleans Cadets. On Saturday evening and night five of the recruits at Annapolis were taken to the hospital, laboring under mania-a-potu, having drank too freely while on board the steamers. The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a bill legalizing the suspension of specie payments by the banks of the State until March 11, 1862
From Havana. --By the steamship Atlantic, arrived at New York, we have dates from Havana to the 27th ult. There was no local news of interest. Business continued very dull, and many business. houses which relied on remittances from the Northern States fear that the Southern privateers may deprive them of their last resource from bankruptcy and ruin. The Diario proposes that an armed vessel, under the Spanish flag, ply between New York, New Orleans and Havana.
The funeral service for the late Bishop Onderdork was celebrated at Trinity Church, N. Y., Wednesday, Over one hundred clergymen, all robed in white surplices, were present, and the church was crowded in every part. Lieut. A. Jackson, of the U. S. Cavalry, adopted grandson of Tennessee's honored soldier, Old Hickory, has resigned his commission, and is now on his way to Montgomery, to wield his sword in defence of Southern soil. Bernard Hooe, Esq., late Assistant Chief Clerk in the Pension Office in Washington, who has been in that office for sixteen years past, resigned his position on the 27th ult., and returned to his native State. A person named Joshua Aley, has been arrested at Rensselaerville, N. Y., charged with causing the death of Miss Antoinette Converse, by producing an abortion. The Bank of North Carolina has declared a dividend of 4 per et., payable the 1st Monday in June.
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