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The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], The great race at New Orleans — defeat of Planet. (search)
race. The Virginia horses — who, by the way, did not win a race the whole week — sustained a defeat on Friday in a single dash of two miles, the entries being Doswell's Exchequer, Minor's Neil Robinson, Vairin's Laura Farris, and Richard's Magenta. The Delta says: "There was some straining for a good start by the prime ministers, and after futile attempt of each party to take the wind out of the sails of his adversary, they got off, Laura Farris certainly had a bad start, but she mathey came with the speed of quarter horses — neither in front, neither behind — and burst over the score like the twins of Latona into life.--Exchequer was third, and Niel Robinson somewhere down by the last turn. So close was the contest that none could say who had the race. Many unhesitatingly proclaimed a dead heat; but in a few moments the decision from the stand came to the ears of the anxious, thus: "Magenta wins the race, Laura Farris second, Exchequer third, and Niel Robinson
The Daily Dispatch: November 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Moving South. (search)
iverpool advices of the 2d inst. The Paris correspondent of the Independence Belge professes to have reliable information that the Mexican expedition has ulterior objects, and that if the "Southern Confederacy holds its own till January, France and England will recognize it, and break the blockade" This statement however, is pronounced in England to be utterly untrue. It is reiterated that France has opened negotiations with Austria for the cession of Venetia, and that the Duke of Magenta has been entrusted with the mission to Vienna. French troops have occupied the valley of Dappen, and the Swiss Government has sent a commissioner to the spot, and resolved to protect and demand satisfaction for the violation of Swiss territory. The frigate La Guerrienne had received final instructions to sail for Mexico on the 6th of November. Private cotton circulars report a decline on the week of ½ to ¼. No more Saltpeter and gunpowder to be Exported. Boston, Nov. 1