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The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
New York dates of Thursday, the 2d instant. Gold was quoted at 204 1-8. The Confederate "commissioners" at Fortress Monroe--Seward gone to meet them. The papers announce the arrival of Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell at Fortress Monroe, they having gone into the Yankee lines in front of the Ninth corps. The Herald has all the Richmond newspaper editorials on the subject, displayed in leaded type, and gives sketches of all three of the distinguished "rebels." A telegram from Washington, dated the 1st instant, says: The delegation from Richmond were admitted within the lines yesterday, and to day started down the James river on an army transport. They were, however, stopped at Fortress Monroe, and Secretary Seward started for Annapolis at noon to meet them. There is reason to believe that they are not to come to Washington at present, but any negotiations or conference in regard to a settlement of the difficulties will be conducted at the fortress by Secretary Sewa
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
do so in a bargains with a foreign government, would be to level a deadly blow at the liberties of the country. As to the payment of the fifty thousand dollars, it could not properly be made the subject of a bargain between the two Governments, since the right to claim it would depend upon a judicial decision not yet given. If the decision be that the raiders be given up, no doubt the money must be forthcoming. It was in the custody of a Canadian officer, of whose Government that of Washington makes a demand for the surrender of the fugitives; and if the law says that they must be given up, the money must be given up too. Miscellaneous. The Legislatures of New York, Massachusetts, Maryland and "West Virginia" have ratified the "constitutional amendment" abolishing slavery. Fifty-three Confederate officers, captured by Sherman, including General G. P. Harrison, have arrived at Washington. A lot of one hundred and ten prisoners, all said to be "Mosby's men," cap
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
at it may become a law on the anniversary of the birthday of the great Virginian who was the father of his country and the chief author of his country's flag, and the anniversary of the day which gave birth to the permanent Government of the Confederate States. I am, General, most respectfully, Your obedient servant, Art. L. Rogers, Major C. S. Artillery. Chaffin's Bluff, January 2, 1865. The basis of the flag of the United States was "the great Union flag" displayed by General Washington on Prospect Hill, "in compliment," as he said, "to the united colonies," on the 2d day of January, 1776, the day of forming the new continental army. On the evacuation of Boston by the British, this standard was carried into the city by the American troops. It was the union of the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, with thirteen stripes through the field of the flag, alternate red and white.-- Hamilton's History of United States Flag, page 59, American Archives, 4th series, vol.
The Daily Dispatch: February 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], Occupying Confederate cities. (search)
Occupying Confederate cities. At one period, during the war of the Revolution, the British occupied almost all the cities of the struggling colonies. What did Washington think of that?--"I am convinced, " he wrote, "that the enemy, long are this, are perfectly satisfied that the possession of our towns, while we have an army in the field, will avail them little. In involves us in difficulties, but does not, by any means, insure conquest to them. They well know that it is our arms, not defenceless towns, which they have to subdue before they can arrive at the haven of their wishes, and that, till this is accomplished, the superstructure they have been endeavoring to raise, 'like the baseless fabric of a vision,' falls to nothing." We recommend that to the croakers, if any are left now, who imagine that the possession of one or all the Confederate towns is to decide this contest.
The Daily Dispatch: February 10, 1865., [Electronic resource], The meetings yesterday. (search)
never be subjugated, if they were worthy of independence. We had not suffered as other people fighting for their rights had, and he saw no reason why we should despond. We may be compelled to contract our lines, yet there was nothing discouraging in that, for was not our army in the days of the Revolution driven from place to place, and did they not, eventually, ragged and barefooted as they were, compel their enemies to give them peace and independence? He pointed to the example of General Washington, that brave and good man, who, when asked where he would go if driven out of Pennsylvania, replied that he would plant his banners upon the mountains of West Augusta and defy the united armies of the world. The North went to war upon the abolishment of slavery; we for the maintenance of our rights; the North for conquests, we for existence. He referred to the atrocities of the Yankees as unheard of in history; they had burnt our houses, stripped our fields, outraged our women, and ha
The Daily Dispatch: February 17, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
n authentic source. Missouri State Convention. The Missouri State Convention, on Monday, unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the action of Lincoln in the late peace conference, and pledging the loyal people of Missouri to sustain the Government to the last extremity in prosecuting the war until peace shall be established or conquered upon the basis of the instructions contained in Mr. Lincoln's note to Secretary Seward. A Yankee peace mission Rumor. A dispatch from Washington, Monday, says: There are current rumors here to-day that Secretary Seward has again gone down to Grant's headquarters, it is supposed on a mission looking to peace; also, that France and England have intimated to the rebels their intention of recognizing them after the 4th of March. Miscellaneous. Ex-Governor Hicks (late United States Senator), who sold Maryland to the Yankees, died in Washington on the 13th instant. Winter Davis and Montgomery Blair will make a heavy stru
The Daily Dispatch: February 17, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Pope's letter. (search)
Getting nervous. --The Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor, alluding to Lincoln's call upon that State for men, says: "Governor Gilmore has telegraphed to Washington for an explanation of the matter, and will insist on a thorough understanding of the case before lifting a finger to meet the call."
The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1865., [Electronic resource], A Yankee Picture of Charleston. (search)
to dinner to commemorate the day. General Webster (chief of General Sherman's staff) presided. The dinner was held at the house of a colored man, noted (like the New York Downings and the Boston Smith) for being the chief of the class of caterers in Charleston. After the dinner (probably the best that has been eaten in this lean and empty-bellied city since the blockade began), the following toasts were proposed, responded to, and drunk with the customary honors: "The Memory of Washington: First in peace, first in war, first in the hearts of his countrymen." "The President of the United States: Here, in the 'last ditch' of the rebellion, we love him for his fidelity, honor him for his integrity, and praise him for his steadfastness to our cause and principles." By Captain Hunt, of the Shenandoah. "Peace: Not that peace which passeth understandingly, of which we hear as we sit by the side of the murmuring Brooks and the copperhead- haunted Woods of New York, b
The Daily Dispatch: March 8, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
evening of Saturday, the 4th instant. Gold, 199 1-2. Lincoln's inauguration — his inaugural address. The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, for a second term, took place in Washington city on Saturday last. The following telegrams from Washington are the only accounts we find of the ceremony: Washington, March 4.--The procession to escort the President to the capitol is now forming, though a heavy rain is falling and the streets are almost impassable with mud. The avenue is oneding grand. The sidewalks are jammed with people, and every window and house-top is occupied with ladies and gentlemen, who are waving their handkerchiefs and hats with great enthusiasm. The visiting Philadelphia Fire Department and those of Washington attract great attention by their beautifully-adorned apparatus. Many bands of music are interspersed throughout the procession, and the entire line is one continuous ring of music. The Chronicle representation have a large truck, with a p
The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
to Governor's island during the last week in January. He bore his misfortunes with great fortitude, and gained the respect of his captors by his cheerfulness in captivity and illness. He was forty years of age, five feet ten inches in height, of dark complexion and eyes, his hair of the same hue, being tinged with grey. His wife is a native of Smithville, North Carolina. He has a large number of relatives in Connecticut and Maine. Picket fight on the Potomac. A dispatch from Washington, dated the 10th, says: On Thursday night, a party of rebel cavalry, under a nephew of ex-Governor Letcher, attempted to make a crossing at Muddy branch, on the Upper Potomac. They were met by the pickets of the First New Hampshire cavalry, who drove them back, killing young Letcher and ten of the party. Guerrillas, under one of the Kincheloes, are in force in the neighborhood of Leesburg. The ram Olinde. The New York Commercial says: A letter from an officer on the
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