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The Daily Dispatch: March 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
York alone last Monday. But suppose, on the other hand, that Richmond were to attempt a holiday parade of its citizens!" All very true. And yet, for four years, neither New York nor the whole United States have been able to take Richmond. We confess that New York can beat us in " holiday parades, " and that if the war were to be decided by the biggest number of people on the streets in a peaceful procession, we should have been whipped to death long ago. Our "parades" are not of the "holiday" kind. They take place in the field, under General Lee, and in front of General Grant. Why do not that "immense reserve force of stalwart men" answer the call of Abraham Lincoln, instead of buying substitutes, who desert as soon as they are enlisted, and ransacking the South for negroes to fight their battles? As soon as Lincoln tries to force them to the front, the war will be ended. "Holiday parades" are the only military exhibitions they ever intend to make for the glorious Union.
The Daily Dispatch: March 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ssouri, the rivers have been swollen to an extraordinary height, and the increased volume of water and accelerated currents have carried everything before them, overflowing thousands of acres of lowlands, inundating cities, towns and railroads, and sweeping off vast amounts of property. One hundred miles of the Erie railroad, and several miles of the New York Central and other principal routes of travel were, on last Saturday, under water. Army movements. The only intelligence from Grant's army, we find, is the following paragraph: It is reported that the rebels in front of the Army of the Potomac have concentrated their lines in the vicinity of Dinwiddie Courthouse, and taken additional precautions to strengthen their hold on the Southside railroad. Their movements are closely watched, and the national troops are held in readiness for a movement at any hour that circumstances may demand it. There has been no rain for some days to interfere with the condition of the ro
The Daily Dispatch: March 24, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The news The Richmond and Petersburg lines. Unbroken quiet prevails on these lines. The report comes to us from Petersburg that Grant is transferring some of his troops to aid Sherman in North Carolina. We cannot vouch for the truth of the report. A large body of woods on the lines below Richmond were on fire yesterday. From North Carolina. There was a rumor on the streets yesterday that General Johnston had attacked Sherman in his entrenchments at Bentonsville and dis entrenchments at Bentonsville and driven him out of them. We have received no official intelligence confirmatory of the rumor, and for this and other reasons, doubt that there is foundation for it. General Singleton. After a protracted visit, this gentleman left Richmond yesterday by flag of truce for Grant's lines. We learn that the objects, whether looking to peace or commerce, that brought him to Richmond, have not been realized. He goes back a sadder. if not a wiser, man.