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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), W (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
The National crisis.
Three car loads, containing 1,500 barrels powder, destined to Georgia, reached Charlotte, N. C., on the 11th inst.
Lieut. Stribling, late of the United States Navy, having offered his services to South Carolina and been accepted, left Norfolk Thursday for Charleston.
Col. Gabe Fowler, a Mississippian, evinced his patriotism on the 24th ult., by paying $1,800 for the expense of transporting the cannon and munitions purchased in Baton Rouge, La., to Vicksburg, Miss.
Major Walter Gwynn, Chief of the South Carolina Engineer corps, advertises for offering of laborers to be employed in works for the defence of Charleston harbor.
The ammunition seized on last Wednesday by the New York Metropolitan police, on board the steamship Huntsville, of the Cromwell line, was on Friday given up by Superintendent Kennedy, in obedience to the demands of the Sheriff.
Mr. Kennedy was replevined by Mr. Cromwell, and, therefore, was forced to surrender them under
Excitement in Louisiana.
--Says the Baton Rouge (La.) Gazette, of the 2d instant; "We are assured, on good authority, that a gang of runaway negroes, about fourteen in number, are depredating almost with impunity on the property of citizens living on the eastern side of the Comite river, in this parish.
They have been frequently seen in squads; some of them armed with shot guns; and in one instance a gun was put to the head of a white man by one of four negroes who emerged from the bushes just as the former was in the act of securing one of their comrades.
Two white men are with these negroes, both armed with double-barrelled guns, and doubtless are the instigators of their thieving and insolence.--An expedition is on foot to capture the whole party.
If it succeeds, the white villains will get their reward.
Of course, much excitement and apprehension exist in the neighborhood."
The Daily Dispatch: may 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Blue Hen's Chickens. (search)
Affairs at St. Louis.
The collisions at St. Louis between the Federal and State troops, render it important to know the condition of affairs there which led to the outbreak.
It appears that the State troops were organized by authority of the Governor; were encamped about two miles from St. Louis, and a few days ago had received about one thousand muskets, and several pieces of artillery, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Gen. Frost had the command.
The Federal troops consisted of citizens who had volunteered their services to the Government, and were under the command of Capt. Lyons.
For several days past there have been symptoms of trouble between the two opposing forces, and the collision was not unexpected.
The St. Louis Democrat (Republican) of Friday morning, has the following in relation to the Federal troops:
Yesterday we stated that two regiments, comprising some seventeen hundred men, enrolled as Home Guards, had been sworn into the service of the United States, and
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], National Humiliation. (search)
The secession movement. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 13.
--Thomas R. Cobb is out with a recommendation to the seceding States to fix the time of their ordinances of secession to take effect from the 15th or 20th of February. In the meantime the Commissioners of the seceding States may meet and consult about the propriety of stepping out of the old Union into another, based on the consolidation of the United States.
Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 13.--The Senate has passed the Convention bill.
The Mississippi Commissioners having announced the action of that State, asking the co-operation of Louisiana, a resolution was adopted by the Senate requesting the Governor to communicate its action to the other slave States.
Charleston, Dec. 13.--The "Courier" of to-day says it believes compromise impossible.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 13.--The Senate to-day adopted a report appropriating $500,000 for any exigencies which secession may create.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 13.--Large secession
Melancholy calamity.
--The Baton Rouge (La.) Gazette, states that on the 6th inst., as Rev. Joseph Nicholson, of Livingston parish, was crossing the Amite river with his wife, at Duff's Ferry the mule took fright and sprang over the side of the flat, dragging the buggy after it. Mr. N. and his wife were drowned.
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Another mysterious Sale of arms. (search)
Another mysterious Sale of arms.
--The Baton Rouge (La.) Gazette, of Dec. 22d, has the following:Incidentally we learn that a dispatch came here, the other day, from the Secretary of War to allow Gov. Pettus, of Mississippi, to have a lot of 2,500 of Uncle Sam's guns at the arsenal for $2.50 apiece, each.
The order was filled before a petition could be circulated for signatures, calling on the Board of Selectmen to prevent the shipment.
There are, we learn, some 45,000 or 50,000 more of the same sort.
Wanted.
--forty Negroes wanted immediately — good hands — to aid during the next four months, , above Baton Rouge.
$1 per day and found; women An excellent opportunity is permanently, on shares, on the I refer to the members of Dunlop, Moncure & Co., Richmond A. A. William, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. --