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The Daily Dispatch: September 21, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Southern resources. (search)
Southern resources. --Some of our lady friends will never forget their romantic visits to the saltpetre cave in Cass county. They will be glad to learn that it has been converted from a common and poetical, to an uncommon and practical use. It is now made to furnish "villainous saltpetre" for the Confederate States. The venerable cave was laid under contribution in a similar manner during the war of 1812, and the saltpetre was then hauled in wagons to Blount county. Tenn., to be manufactured into gunpowder. It is now taken to Nashville. An average of one hundred and twenty-five pounds a day are turned out, at twenty- five cents per pound. The operations are carried on under the superintendence of our friend Mark Hardin, Esq., who owns the cave, and the same man who was employed in 1812 in managing the works.--Rome (Ga.) Southerner.
The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], Political affairs in the United States. (search)
ccepting your invitation to attend the meeting this evening at the McClellan Club of the First Ward. But I avail myself of this opportunity to say that I approve the nomination of General McClellan, and shall vote for him at the next presidential election, if able to attend the polls. "Wishing that success may reward your exertions, I am, dear sir, "Respectfully yours, "Lewis Cass. "To W. S. Biddle, Esq." Resistance to the draft. At recent Democratic convention in Cass county, Illinois, the following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That we, the Democracy of Cass county, will resist the draft at all hazards. "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to visit the other counties in the State, learn the organized strength, and report to the Springfield meeting, and there appoint delegates to visit the Indianapolis and Columbus (Ohio) meetings." One of the speakers declared everything in readiness in Illinois; and when the time came, the first movemen