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Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865 4 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, I. Across Sherman's track (December 19-24, 1864） (search)
ll our party assembled in the little parlor, the colonel was made master of ceremonies, and a general introduction took place. The Texas captain gave his name as Jarman; the shabby lieutenant in the war-worn uniform-all honor to it-was Mr. Foster, of Florence, Ala.; the Baltimorean was Capt. Mackall, cousin of the commandant at Riding along in the wagon, we had amused ourselves by making up impromptu couplets to The Confederate toast, and now that we were comfortably housed, I thanked Capt. Jarman and Dr. Shine for their efforts, in a pair of impromptu verses to the same air. This started up a rivalry in verse-making, each one trying to outdo the other in and the colonel, and all the rest of them, and I knew we would never lack for attention or protection as long as there was a Confederate uniform in sight. Capt. Jarman and Dr. Shine joined the walkers, too, in the vain hope of sending an engine, or even a hand-car for us, but all their representations to Gen. Cobb and the R.
The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs at Charleston. (search)
news of the condemnation of the English screw steamer Peterhoff, and the sale of both that vessel and her cargo by the Federal authorities. The Peterhoff was arrested twice in her voyage from the English port of Falmouth to the neutral port of Matamoras — the first time by the United States steamer Alabama, in Danish waters, in the West Indies, and the second by the United States steamer Vanderbilt, just outside the port of St. Thomas, under the orders of Admiral Wilkes. Her Commander, Captain Jarman, had a commission in the English Royal Naval reserve, had charge of her Majesty's mails, and the cargo of the vessel was of goods, it is alleged, not contraband of war. The manner of the seizure was rude and offensive, and the circumstances were such, in the opinion of those persons who understood the law of nations bearing upon the case, as to demand the prompt interference of the British Government to protect her own rights, as well as those of her citizens. The British Government