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The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
ntas arrived yesterday. The Powhatan and the transport steamer Atlantic have not been seen; and the steamtugs also have not been seen. During all the while that the fleet lay off Charleston a heavy gale was blowing. The day Major Anderson evacuated, preparations to reinforce him had been made for an attempt that night. A schooner was seized, and an agreement made to pay the pilot and captain $500 to put mer into the fort, but the fort was evacuated before an attempt could be made. Capt. Fox had instructions to attempt to provision the fort without troops. If fired on, he was to rush in as best he could.--But the gale prevented the arrival of the tugs and transport. The Harriet Lane is soon expected to arrive. The Pawnee has gone to Washington. Among the many incidents of the battle is that of Mr. Hart, a volunteer, who, when the flag was shot down and the rebel fire was concentrated on the flag-staff, gallantly nailed the Stars and Stripes to the mast amid a d
The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
ent himself. You may rely upon it, an attempt to cross there to-day will subject old Abe's boys to no little annoyance, as Lieut. Henderson and his men are determined to dispute every inch of ground, which they can do successfully, with very little risk, under cover of the bridge, abutments and stone tressel-work of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Yesterday evening, after Lieut. Henderson left Harper's Ferry, Mr. Roeder, a quiet citizen, but staunch Union man, was walking on the platform of the railroad in front of the Wager House, when a fire was opened upon him from the other side, and one of the balls striking him, he was almost instantly killed. In this instance they were guilty of the assassination of one of their own friends. Nothing certain is known here of the movements of Gen. Johnston's army. They are within striking distance of the Hessian forces, now posted at Martinsburg, and a big fight is daily expected. Should anything occur, I will write you again. Fox.
The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ten Dollars reward (search)
e Fort Sumter, and he (Mr. Lamon) actually wrote me, after he return to Washington, that he would be back in a few days to aid in that purpose.--Major Anderson was induced to expect the same thing, as his notes to me prove. I know the fact that Mr. Fox, of the U. S. Navy, after obtaining permission from me, upon the express guarantee of a former gallant associate with the navy, to visit Major Anderson "for sacrifice purposes," Manned the pretended at attempt to relieve and reinforce the garrison by a fleet, and that Major Anderson protested grains; I now believe that it was all a scheme, and that Fox's disgraceful expedition was gotten up, in concert with Mr. Lincoln, merely to delude the Northern public into the belief that they intended to sustain and protect Major Anderson, when, in fact, according to the article now published for the first time, they decided to do no such thing, and acted with the deliberate intention to let the garrison perish, that they might thereby excite
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Postponed. (search)
out the order, and taking the responsibility. One of the officers has been ordered home to take his trial by court martial. There is no excuse for the failure to capture the whole of the rebel fleet. The Secretary of the Navy, and Assistant Secretary Fox, have taken the matter up warmly, and will order a court of inquiry into the whole affair. The Herald adds, editorially: It was owing to the fright and imbecility of our naval officers that the rebel flotilla was not capturede placed in possession of some facts from the official dispatch of Captain Pope. But there are other facts still behind, which will come out in the investigation which will no doubt be ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, who, with his Assistant Secretary Fox, is devoting himself with great energy to the service of the country, not only in the Departments generally but in the getting up of the great naval expedition, and in the displacing of all inefficient men from command. We hope they wil
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Violent Assault. (search)
regarding forbearance as no longer a virtue, they replied to these cheers, on one occasion, by singing out, "Three cheers for Bull Run!" After that boats passed as noiselessly as a funeral procession, and no more cheers were heard for Hatteras. It seems that the Northern soldiers regard the South as having the best officers, and make no hesitation in asserting the same, whenever an opportunity presents. They have bestowed a new title upon Beauregard, and allude to him as the "Old Swamp Fox," meaning by this, we suppose, that he is cunning enough to perceive all their plans, and wise enough to thwart them. Everything is represented as being carried on with the greatest activity at the Point. --Practice with guns is had every day, and every disposition is manifested to acquire military knowledge,--all of which will, of course, on the first occasion, result in a move, not indeed, laid down by Scott, but, nevertheless, performed by his men with an expertness heretofore unknown
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sabbath Discourse. (search)
rt Royal Harbor,Nov. 6, 1861. Sir: The Government having determined to seize and occupy one or more important points upon our Southern coast, where our squadron might find shelter, possess a depot, and afford protection to loyal citizens, committed to my discretion the selection from among those places which it thought most available and desirable for these purposes. After mature deliberation, sided by the professional knowledge and great intelligence of the Assistant Secretary, Mr. Fox, and upon taking into consideration the magnitude to which the Joint naval and military expedition had been extended, to which you have called my attention, I came to the conclusion that the original intention of the department, if first carried out, would fall short of the expectations of the country and of the capabilities of the expedition, while Port Royal, I thought, would meet both in a high degree. I therefore submitted to Brigadier-General Sherman, commanding the military part
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Negro Hiring for 1862. (search)
confidence in himself. It is useless to deny that Americans have always been famous for their preposterous devotion to superlatives. Their conversation is strewed all over with capitals and exclamation points. Their steamers beat all creation, their balloons rise higher, their diving bells sink deeper, their soldiers are the bravest, their business men the fastest, their cities the grandest, and their rural population the most virtuous in the world. Their Congressional orators throw Pitt, Fox, and Barke into the shade; their pulpit lights completely eclipse Massillon, Taylor, Hall, Summerfield; their General, old Scott, was "the great soldier of the age," an age in which Napoleon, Wellington, and a thousand other brilliant European Generals had lived, and in which Pellister, Todleben, and the other distinguished names of the Crimes and of Italy, still lingered upon the stage. It was, also, the "manifest destiny" of Ametion to absurd all the rest of this Continent, and when it
The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter from W. G. Brownlow — his Treatment. (search)
res cachet, and I will not allow myself to believe that the Confederate Government will resort to similar tricks! I am, sir, very respectfully, &c., W. G. Brownlow. A Sequel to the above — trial of Brownlow — his release — letter from the Secretary of War. The Knoxville Register, of Saturday, says that the case of Parson Brownlow, arrested for the publication of incendiary articles against the Confederate Government, was called up in court on last Friday: The Deputy Marshal, Fox, having been ordered to bring from jail W. G. Brownlow, reported that Brownlow was too unwell, as he represented himself, to appear at the courthouse. Very few spectators were present.--The Commissioner ordered the District Attorney to proceed; whereupon the District Attorney arose and read the following letter which he had just received from Mr. Benjamin, Secretary of War at Richmond: Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, Dec. 22, 1861. Sir: Your letters of t<
The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], The War in the West. (search)
they were two weeks ago. Jeff. Thompson's skirmish. Gen. Jeff. Thompson, who left New Madrid, Saturday on a scouting expedition with about a hundred cavalry, had a sharp skirmish with the enemy's cavalry in considerable force, about five miles above that place, He was hemmed in by them and was forced to way through as best be could. He is said to have sustained a loss of six men captured, and reported that he killed and wounded from twenty five to thirty of the enemy. The "Swamp Fox" also lost his has, which is alleged to have been shot off by a well directed Minnie ball. Upon reaching New Madrid he was immediately rein forced, and in company with two regiments of infantry and went out to harass the advantage of the Hessians upon their approaches. The Memphis Avalanche says: On Saturday evening, when Gen. Thompson returned from his engagement with the Federal cavalry, an alarm-gun was fired, and the Federal were believed to be advancing.--Immediately sever
The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
[from the Charleston Mercury.]the Kentucky Partizan.by Paul E Rayer. Hath the wily Swamp Fox Come again to earth Hath the soul of Sumter Owned a second birth From the Western hill slopes Starts a here-form, Stalwart, like the oak tree. Tamslese, like the storm! His! an eye of lightning! His! a heart of steel! Flushing deadly vengeance. Thrilled with fiery soul. Hound him down, ye Minions. Seize him — If ye can, But we worth the hireling knave Who meets him, man to man! II Well dooom of night; Strike by rock and roadside Strike in wold, and wood By the shadowy valley, By the purpling flood, On! where Morgan's war horse Thunders in the van! God! who would not gladly die Beside that glorious man! V. Hath the wily Swamp Fox Come again to earth! Hath the soul of Sumter Owned a second birth? From the western hill-slopes Starts a hero form, Stalwart, like the oak tree, Restless, like the storm His! an eye of lightning! His! a heart of steel! Flashing deadly vengean
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