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The Daily Dispatch: October 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
us condition of Gen. Wise is melancholy intelligence for his numerous friends and admirers in this vicinity. A part from his being the representative from Princess Anne in the Convention, and his high political distinctions, the chivalric spirit which he has shown in the war, and his attractive personal bearing towards those who know him, have endeared him to thousands of our people. It is to be hoped that his valuable life will be spared for many years of service to his country. Captain Fentress, of the Princess Anne Cavalry, in his last report to headquarters, states that the body of a drowned man was found on the coast, last Monday, about five miles south of Cape Henry light-house. It was dressed in a sailor uniform; and he supposes that the man belonged to the schooner which was in company with the Orion lately wrecked on her way to Hatteras. The Day Book, of this morning, states that Mrs. Margaret Carr applied for, and obtained from the War Department at Richmond, a