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appears that about the time of placing the foregoing telegram in my hands the Secretary of War dispatched General Ord as follows, to wit: War Department, Washington City,January 29, 1865, 10 P. M. Major-General Ord: This Department has no knowledge of any understanding by General Grant to allow any person to come withiing note, addressed to General Grant, was received: City Point, Virginia, February 1, 1865. To Lieutenant-General Grant: Sir: We desire to go to Washington city to confer informally with the President personally in reference to the matters mentioned in his letter to Mr. Blair of the 18th January, ult. Without any persowing is a copy: "Richmond, January 28, 1865. "In conformity with the letter of Mr. Lincoln, of which the foregoing is a copy, you are to proceed to Washington city for informal conference with him upon the issues involved in the existing war, and for the purpose of securing peace to the two countries. With great respect
The Daily Dispatch: March 3, 1865., [Electronic resource], Proclamation by the President, appointing a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving. (search)
e in the field. A report from Frankfort states that about six thousand mounted Confederates are in the vicinity of Mount Sterling, Kentucky. A Confederate privateer, three hundred tons burden, lead color, bark rigged, was spoken off Cape St. Antonio on the 8th. Mrs. J. D. Wood and daughter were severely burned on Monday night at the theatre whilst on the stage, in Philadelphia, performing in the play of Cinderella. The sentence of death passed upon Norman L. King, of Washington city, by General Doubleday's military commission, for leaving the Union lines in July last, (when the Confederates were threatening Washington,) and joining the Confederate army and fighting against the Union troops then defending the city, he being subject to draft there, has been suspended by the President. Yankee estimates of General Lee's strength, made from the "best authority," prove him to have from sixty thousand to seventy-five thousand men, of which, it is supposed, he has sen
We have received copies of Northern papers of the evening of Saturday, the 4th instant. Gold, 199 1-2. Lincoln's inauguration — his inaugural address. The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, for a second term, took place in Washington city on Saturday last. The following telegrams from Washington are the only accounts we find of the ceremony: Washington, March 4.--The procession to escort the President to the capitol is now forming, though a heavy rain is falling and the streets are almost impassable with mud. The avenue is one dense body of people. The inaugural ceremonies will take place in the Senate Chamber. Washington, March 4--12.30. --The rain has ceased and the procession is now passing down the avenue. The display is exceeding grand. The sidewalks are jammed with people, and every window and house-top is occupied with ladies and gentlemen, who are waving their handkerchiefs and hats with great enthusiasm. The visiting Philadelphia Fire Departm
A Petersburg in Trouble. --Thursday evening, a box containing one hundred dollars was stolen from a wagon in Washington City. A man named Williams, who said that he lived at Petersburg, Va., was arrested, but they found nothing on him to show that he committed the robbery. They, however, turned Williams over to the police. Yesterday morning they found the money-box near where the theft was committed.
The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1865., [Electronic resource], Admission of Southern Representatives. (search)
Admission of Southern Representatives. This, which is the absorbing topic of conversation, discussion, and even of strife, in Washington city, continues to occupy the attention of newspapers every where and of their correspondents in that city. We cull from papers of opposite political bearings the speculations which are indulged by the several parties. The Baltimore Sun's Washington correspondence says: Washington, December 10.--The Republicans are in a very anxious condition. Men of conservative and radical views are seen much in conference, and the result, doubtless, will be a letting down gradually from the Colfax-Stevens-Sumner platform towards that of the President. In no other way can the Republican party be kept together. I believe Horace Greeley and Colonel Forncy both are working to this end. Stevens is pushed hard by the Radicals for the chairmanship of the leading House committee, and the Speaker may yield. Mr. Kasson is antagonizing Mr. Raymond for
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], Southern Representation — the latest news from Washington. (search)
Southern Representation — the latest news from Washington. We had prepared for yesterday's paper an interesting resume of the opinions and speculations current in Washington city on this subject, but the article was unfortunately omitted. We allude to it now merely as affording us a reason for stating to-day that Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin; Hon. H. J. Raymond, of New York city, Mr. Seward's right- hand man, and Horace Greeley, all of them great lights of the Republican party, seem to be strongly disposed to sustain the President in his reconstruction policy, and that the Conservatives are flushed with the hope that the consequence must be either the admission of the Southern members who can take the oath or a disruption of the Radical party; for it is certain that such men must control many of less note. Below we give all the paragraphs from our latest exchanges which are calculated to throw any light upon the question. The Baltimore Sun's correspondence contains the
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], Robbery of the Washington city Post-office. (search)
Robbery of the Washington city Post-office. --About three months since the loss of small sums of money from the city post-office was noticed by Postmaster Bowen. Decoy letters were placed in the way of one of the letter-carriers who was suspected of abstracting letters. Upon being detected, the young man, L. R. Bull, made a confession, in which he stated that he had opened about twenty letters addressed to persons on his route; that he had been doing this between three and four months; that he had sealed up and delivered or returned to the post-office all of said letters, excepting one, which contained five dollars; that he opened a letter since, containing sixty-two dollars: and that he also opened a letter about the same time of the last, which contained sixty-six dollars; but on suspicion that it was a decoy, sealed it up again and delivered it. Bull is suspended from duty, his bond being retained, and the matter is referred to the Depredation Branch of the Post-office
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], The small-pox among the negroes in Washington city. (search)
The small-pox among the negroes in Washington city. --Sergeant Johnson reports that the small-pox is spreading very rapidly among the colored people near the northern boundary, and that their conduct is calculated to spread it through the city. Colored men and women who are literally covered with pustules are seen walking about the streets and mingling with others. This morning he had to prevent two from getting in the cars who were in that condition.--Star.
Masonic Grand Lodge. --The following officers, elected by the Grand Lodge of Virginia, were accidentally omitted from the list published yesterday: Rev. George W. Dame, Danville, G. Chaplain; John Lester, Richmond, G. Pursuivant; R. D. Sanxay, Richmond, G. Filer; Thomas Angel, G. Steward. The Lodge has had most harmonious sessions and was attended by several distinguished Masons from abroad. Among them, Hon. B. B. French, of Washington city; Rev. C. C. Bitting, of Alexandria; Lieutenant-Governor Cowper; E. H. Lane, Esq.; General Terry, late of the "Stonewall brigade"; Colonel Withers, of the Eighteenth Virginia regiment, and many others. Among the prominent citizens of Richmond present were Rev. Dr. Moore, Rev. Dr. Burrows, Judge Thomas, Colonel August, and others whose names do not now occur to us.
le track, and increase of facilities and equipment, with its additional branches, will be constantly enlarged. The direct outlets for this vast accumulation of traffic must follow." Think of that, reader. Three hundred locomotives, four thousand cars, seventy-five daily trains! And all this, besides the business done on that branch of the same read which extends from Washington to Baltimore. But the scheme above alluded to is only one of many which this Company has on hand an in contemplation. They are building a railroad directly from the Point of Rocks to Washington city, forty-five miles in length; extending their branches everywhere that a lateral connection promises to prove profitable; providing for the transportation away from Baltimore of the immense quantities of freight which they carry to that city, and adopting any and every measure that they deem probably conducive to the welfare of the Company and of Baltimore. Mr. Garrett was re-elected President.