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J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 48 (search)
t marshals, except in camps of the army. These measures may come too late. The enemy is inclosing us on all sides with great vigor and rapidity. A victory by Beauregard would lift up the hearts of the people, now prone in the dust. Mr. D. H. London (on the street) is smiling this morning. He says there is no doubt but that we shall be speedily recognized by France, and that Gen. Lee has gone South to checkmate Sherman. I fear some one has been deceiving Mr. London, knowing how eager Mr. London, knowing how eager he is for a few grains of comfort. He is a rich man. A dispatch was sent from the department to Gen. Lee this morning, at his headquarters, supposed to be near Petersburg. Gold was selling at $60 for $1 yesterday. This may be a dodge of the brokers, who want to purchase; or it may be the government selling specie. A gentleman from South Carolina reports that the Georgians (militia and reserves, I suppose) refused to enter South Carolina in obedience to Gen. Beauregard's orders, and th
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 49 (search)
on of Mr.--, the first for sending over the letter at. this juncture — the latter, for having just called in Lieut.-Col. Melton, A. A. G., who is assigned a position in his office, and is now superintending the business of passports. This arrangement also cuts the earth under the feet of Mr. Kean, Chief of the Bureau of War. The raid of Sheridan has caused some speculators to send their surplus flour into the city for sale. Some sold for $700 per barrel to-day, a decline of $50. D. H. London says the enemy captured the tobacco at Hamilton's Crossing (near Fredericksburg) this morning. I doubt it, but would not deplore it, as it belongs to speculators, sent thither for barter with the enemy. No doubt many articles will decline in price — the owners fearing the coming of the enemy. The packing up of the archives goes on, with directions to be as quiet as possible, so as not to alarm the people. A large per cent. of the population would behold the exodus with pleasure!
The Daily Dispatch: September 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Acknowledgment. (search)
-Mrs. P. Woolfolk, Mrs. E. T. Woolfolk, Mrs. T. S. Jones, Mrs. Emily Morris. Amelia county--Mr. T. A. Crenshaw. Louisa county--Dr. W. J. Pendleton, Mrs. Ellen Harris, Miss L. Gibbs. Hanover county--Mr. R. W. Thomasson, J. B. Barrick,--Gibson. Powhatan--Mr. Isaac Spencer, Mrs. M. A. Elliott. King William--Mrs. Mary Hawes, Mrs. Burruss, Mrs. L. A. Pullen, Captain Timberlake. Lunenburg county--Mr. William Walton, through L. Waller. Henrico county and Richmond city--Mr. D. H. London, James Kinnaird, Dr. J. G. Wayt, Neale McCurdy, R. C. Sutton, Mark Downey, Mrs. E. A. Smith, Mrs. George Turner, Mrs. James Maury, Mrs. Phillips, Sycamore Sewing Society, Young Men's Christian Association, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Talley, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Duke, Mrs. C. McGruder, Mrs. Waddy, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Bagby, Mrs. R. W. McGruder, Mrs. J. P. Dickinson, Mrs. W. F. G. Garnett. Mrs. Garland Haynes, Mrs. B. Jones, Mrs. A. P. Fox, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Hundley, Mrs. P