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The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ous. The Tribune has a dispatch announcing Rousseau's return to Marietta, after having burnt all the railroad bridges north of Marietta and twenty miles south of it. The dispatch also says Ganaud's expedition was successful, destroying the bridges at Covington, forty miles east of Atlanta. Dispatches also say the Yankees have buried a thousand dead rebels since the late fight at Atlanta, and that the situation is favorable. A steam tug struck a shag and stink on the Mississippi river, fifteen miles below Greenville, Miss., on the 21st, losing fifty lives, principally of the Death (Federal) Missouri cavalry. McPherson's remains have arrived at Nashville, en route for Louisville. The Loyal Leaguers have been called out in Baltimore. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is again cut. The Washington Chronicle says the commanding generals have requested the utmost secrecy in regard to military operations, and that Grant's operations especially demand secr
The Daily Dispatch: August 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Fourth of July celebration by the Miscegenations on President Davis's plantation. (search)
nt Davis's plantation. --The Yankees at Vicksburg had a grand celebration of the 4th of July on the plantation and in the house of the President, Mr. Davis. It was like affairs of the kind generally, and is only noteworthy because of the place where it was held which is thus described by the Vicksburg Herald. Whether the "ladies" alluded to are black or white does not appear anywhere in this record: Davis's Bend.--This is one of the most extraordinary bends of the wonderful Mississippi river, and has received its name from the fact of the settlement on the peninsula formed by the bend of two members of the Davis family, known as "Jeff" and "Joe." This peninsula is some twelve miles in length, and at the point where it is attached to the main land of the State of Mississippi it is so narrow that the enterprising planters have dug a canal across, not unlike the celebrated Butler canal of Vicksburg fame, although not near so long. This canal is called the "cut off," and in h
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], What is to be Settled for. (search)
What is to be Settled for. --The Yankees have made the use of the torch legitimate against them by the burning of the following towns: Germantown and Madison Courthouse, in Virginia; Washington, North Carolina; Bluffton, South Carolina; Darien and St. Mary's, Georgia; Jacksonville and Tampa Bay, Florida; Jackson, Mississippi; Greenville, and other towns in Arkansas; Alexandria and New Iberia, Louisiana; Hickman, Randolph, Lake Providence, Bayon Sara, Plaquemine, Donaldsonville, and every other town on the Mississippi river, from the mouth of the Ohio to New Orleans, except Memphis, Natchez, Vicksburg and Baton Rouge.
The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
nym for distinction. Farragut has not the scientific attainments of Buchanan. His impetuosity, amounting to audacity, is in marked contrast with the Roman imperturbability of Page. His sailor-like idea of achieving success is L' audace, I' audace, toujours I'audace. They were friends. Farragut and Page were near neighbors. All were Southern men. Farragut gave uponis State to fight for the Union, after an effort to remain central. Upon the impulse of passion at the sequestration of his property in Norfolk-- an ill-timed proceeding — he applied for a squadron after procuring a "retirement from active service" and arranging to move to California. His first success was in conquering New Orleans, the home of his almost father, the famous Commodore Porter, under whom he served in the Essex when a mere child. His next achievement — opening the Mississippi river to a Federal fleet--fastened fetters upon Tennessee, his native State. His latest triumph is over his early friend
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], We are (search)
Miscellaneous items. Ex-Governor J. Brown Francis, of Rhode Island, died on the 10th instant. The Mississippi river has become a dry and hard road to travel on account of the drought. Several steamers are aground above Cairo. Some of the Rhode Island mills have recently begun working "erolin," or flax wool, with good success. They say it is a great deal better than shoddy. Many French literary men derive munificent incomes from their labors: Ulbach, the novelist and play-writer, has an annual income of $11,000.--This, however, is nothing compared to the revenue of successful dramatists, who make their $30,000 and $40,000 a year. Brigadier-General Clinton B. Fisk, commanding Department of the Missouri, telegraphs Major- General Rosecrans's that recruiting in that region is moving along finely. Buchanan county appropriated $120,000, and other counties will respond liberally. Our cotemporaries (says the Philadelphia Inquirer) in the Cumberland Valley hav
The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], Movements of the enemy in the Southwest. (search)
Movements of the enemy in the Southwest. Official advices from General Forrest to the 1st instant have been received. He reports that the enemy have evacuated the Memphis and Charleston railroad up to Memphis, and that Yankee troops are moving up the Mississippi river, en route to Virginia and Missouri.
The Daily Dispatch: September 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Quartermaster's Office, (search)
a. The ten days armistice proposed by Sherman for the purpose of depopulating Atlanta is now in operation, and until that expires there will be no renewal of hostilities in Georgia. The opinion is very general that this armistice was only a trick of Sherman's for the purpose of covering his own designs, but it is hoped that Hood will, in the meantime, improve the opportunity by making due preparations to circumvent them. By vigorous action, all that we have lost in Georgia may be regained. In refusing to exchange prisoners for men whose terms of service have expired, Sherman is believed to be acting under the instructions of his Government, and his course, therefore, surprises no one. From the Southwest. Official information was received yesterday that our scouts along the Mississippi river report Yankee troops still going up the river. Scouts from below Mobile report that part of the troops recently operating against. Fort Morgan have been sent to New Orleans.
The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
dishearten our people than all other causes put together. In the meantime, if we can withstand this desperate effort, there is every reason to believe that it will be the last. And yet on that very account it will be the more desperate. Our authorities, beyond all doubt, see the matter as we do, for, indeed, there is no other light in which to view it. The capture of Richmond would transfer the whole State of Virginia into the Yankee lines, and within those lines they would then include all the country that lies between this and the Mississippi river. It would be time enough then to continue operation upon the Gulf States, if, indeed, those States continued their opposition. Such being the state of the case, we are confident that every effort will be made to prevent the Yankees from getting possession of it; nor do we believe that they will succeed in doing so. We have powerful resources for defence within our reach, and, doubtless, they will be employed to the best advantage.
The Daily Dispatch: October 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
rsville and Ressaca have been damaged by heavy rains. A rebel force, near Dalton, on the 3d, moving in an easterly direction, had two hundred and fifty wagons. A division of the rebel force was seen moving up the Etowah river, probably with the intention of crossing to this side. The Herald has New Orleans dates to the 29th ultimo: The rebel Trans-Mississippi army was said to be concentrating near Rodney for the purpose of endeavoring to get on the east side of the Mississippi river. The first Legislature of Louisiana, under the new free State constitution, was to meet on Monday, the 3d instant. A few cases of yellow fever had appeared at Algiers, opposite New Orleans, but none in the city. Everything remained quiet in Mobile harbor and vicinity. The rebels in Arkansas are still attempting to carry on a certain kind of disjointed system of government. There is a receiver of taxes in that State, representing the Richmond usurpation, who report
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], Press Association (search)
A drove of three thousand beef cattle, from Texas, were driven safely across the Mississippi river, at a point not necessary to mention, several days since, and are now on their way to Hood's army.
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