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The Daily Dispatch: July 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
of future inevitable success. It arraigns the Administration upon several counts, of which the following is one: The people offered the Administration thousands of men, which were refused; they offered regiments of cavalry and of sharp shooters, which were refused; they offered the very pick of the best vessels of our mercantile marine, which were refused; they asked for experienced and educated commanders. The Administration gave them the leaders at Big Bethel and Vienna, and kept General Wool at Troy, and other experienced officers at home. They demanded careful preparation and an assured victory. The Administration listened not to the people, but the frantic cries of abolition maniacs, and have given the army of the Union defeat, disaster, rout. The Herald goes on: They demand that the Navy Department should be lightened of the incubus of an old fogy Secretary, who has not experience enough to accomplish even what he conceives to be necessary. The reform thus beg
The Daily Dispatch: July 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Privateersmen. (search)
In a trotting match on Long Island, July 25th, Ethan Allen won the first heat and Flora Temple the second, and the race, owing to Ethan and mate running away with their driver, Flora trotted this heat in 2 20½. Among the Hessians killed in the late battle was Col. Wm. D. Kennedy, brother of the New York Superintendent of Police. There is a rumor in Alexandria that David Funsten, Esq., was shot in the battle at Ball Run. No volunteers will hereafter be received into the Hessian service who cannot speak the English language. Gen. McClellan arrived in Washington last Friday. The Irish census shows a decrease of 11 per cent, in the last 10 years. Gen. Wool wants a high command. He is in New York, awaiting orders. Lord John Russell is to be created a Peer.