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The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
ance, and energy of this officer. Much as we may censure his conduct, we cannot but perceive, in the events which have transpired in the harbor of Charleston, the immense advantage which an educated regular officer, even with limited resources at his command, possesses over brave, but inexperienced civilians. If the forts in Charleston harbor had been watched by a practiced military eye, Major Anderson could no more have moved his force and munitions, or even a single man, from Moultrie to Sumner, than he could have transported them all to the moon. And if the Carolina guard boat under whose very bows, it seems, a schooner load of soldiers and provisions passed without being challenged, had been a naval vessel, she would have been hailed as soon as she came in sight, and made to give an account of herself, or else sunk upon the spot. We have no doubt that South Carolina is in earnest, and being so, the best thing she can do is to select the most skillful and experienced among the o
The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Japanese Mission at Hong Kong. (search)
Servants for Hire. --A number of good Male and Female Servants for hire the ensuing year. A good Cook, House Servants, Factory Hands, Nurse, Chambermaid and Seamstress. Apply to Geo. J. Sumner, Governor street, near Main. de 28--4t