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Fire.
--A fire occurred at Greenville, Ala., on the 21st inst., destroying the store of Burnett & Co., Dunklin & Co., Tharus & Co., Thomas' carriage manufactory, Potter & Stanley, J. J. Flowers & Co., Linthecum & Co., John K. Henry, and Porter & Henry.--The land office was also consumed.
The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Slaver captured. (search)
U. S. Treasury.
--On the 21st ult., there was $2,089,297 in the U. S. Treasury subject to draft, of which $27,592 was at Richmond, $60,655 at Norfolk, and $9,304 at Wilmington, N. C. A transfer of $50,000 was ordered to Norfolk.
The Surge of Gaeta.
--We take the following from a letter in the Constitutional, dated on board the frigate Garibaldi, Mola di Gaeta, 28th January:
I take advantage of a few moments on shore at Mola to send you some details respecting the siege.
On the 21st, about 10 o'clock, and experiment was made with the electric light from General Cialdini's residence to throw a light upon Gaeta, so as to enable the artillerymen to point the guns with precision.
On the 22d, at 8 A. M., white 4,000 men were working at the parallels, the fortress opened a terrible fire with 200 guns at once.
Our camp immediately replied to it, and the squadron at the same time received orders to manoeuvre.
At 9 A. M. the Admiral gave the signal for departure, and ordered the commander of the Garibaldi to lead the attack.
At 10 A. M., the Garibaldi was in full way on the fortress.
At 11 she opened fire against the eastern batteries with a view to silence them, and at the same time to throw shells i
Later from Mexico. New Orleans, Feb. 25
--The steamship Tennessee, Captain Forbes, from Vera Cruz, with advices to the 21stinst., has arrived.
Mr. Pickett having resigned his consulate, came a passenger, with the exiled Bishops.
The Constitutional Government is re-organizing fast and successfully.
A circular has been issued to the States, instructing them to enter into no more treaties, and taking that power from the Federal Government.
The army is to be reorganized.
A liberal scheme of colonization has been arranged.
The U. S. man-of-war Macedonian arrived at Vera Cruz on the 20th.
The Powhatan, Cumberland and Pocahontas, were about to sail.
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Seizure of U. S. Property Texas --Collision Feared. (search)
Seizure of U. S. Property in Texas--Collision Feared.
An expedition of 200 Texas troops, under General Nichols, went to Brazos Santiago Island, on the Rio Grande, on the 21st ult., on the steamer Arizona, to seize the Government works there.
They were held by Lieut. Thompson, with 18 men, who surrendered.--The News says:
The volunteers immediately landed, marched up and drew up in line.
Lieut. Thompson received the new comers courteously.
The United States flag was saluted by the latter with the battery found in position.
As the last gun was fired, the United States flag was hauled down, amid deep silence, Lieutenant Thompson being evidently much moved.
He simply bade the officers farewell, and at once left the Island with his men. The Lone Star flag arose as rapidly to the flag staff's summit, and was greeted with cheer upon cheer by the battalion until the close of the Texas national salute of 22 guns.
The troops took possession of the roomy barracks, and then went
Southern rights Convention.
--A meeting of Southern Rights men of Cambridge, Md., "who are opposed to the war policy of Abraham Lincoln, and in favor of the recognition of the Southern Confederacy," has been called at that place on the 21st inst., for the purpose of selecting delegates to a county Convention, which meets on the 28th, to nominate a candidate to represent that District in Congress.
War Items.
--The New York Day Book, of the 21st inst., furnishes the following summary:
When Napoleon marched on Russia he led a field army of nearly 300,000 men; but he learned a lesson which caused him to say that "no people who are attached to their institutions and their homes can ever be conquered."
The Ogdensburg Democrat says that "a valiant Republican of Pierpont cut off two toes to avoid being called out in the State militia."
A Republican exchange says, "the action of the North is still onward. " It looks to us very much as though the action of the North was re-action.
An exchange asks the momentous question, "where do we stand?" Well, we should say that, financially and nationally, we are standing very nearly on the flat of our back.
The Polo Advertiser, Ill., learns from "reliable authority" that "a pretty and modest young girl has attached herself to Wilson's Zonave Regiment, in New York, as a hospital nurse."
In Maine it appears that
The following resolutions were introduced in the Convention of North Carolina, by Hon. Mr. Leake, of Richmond, on the 21st inst., and unanimously passed:
Resolved, That this Convention appreciates the spirit which influenced her gallant sister, South Carolina, in sending a Commissioner to this body, and desires to express its gratification and pride in giving a response by its Ordinance, which it full well known will be received with a gratification only equalled by the patriotic feeling with which it is expressed.
Resolved, That this body takes pleasure in expressing its high consideration of the distinguished gentleman, the Hon. Franklin J. Moses, honored by his State with this high commission, and begs leave to express its gratification at the energy and ability with which he has executed the trust confided to him.
The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], All honor to Old Bedford. (search)
A noble contribution.
--The Board of Directors of the Central Railroad Company of Georgia passed the following resolutions on the 21st inst.:
Resolved, That this company will contribute the sum of one thousand dollars in cash, and one hundred dollars per month, during the continuance of the war, toward a fund to be raised for the benefit of the families of those persons belonging to Savannah who have volunteered, or who may volunteer, to serve in the army.
Resolved, That the President be, and he is hereby, instructed to make this subscription, and to pay the amount so soon as a committee shall be appointed by the City Council of Savannah to take charge of and distribute the fund.
The Arkansas Convention has adopted an ordinance creating a Military Board, to consist of the Governor and two advisers, whose duty it shall be to consult together in all matters appertaining to the general defence of the State.
Caleb Cushing (says a correspondent of the Springfield Republican,) has failed in business.
Years ago he was concerned with Robert Rantoul in extensive speculations at the West, and it is on account of these, as I understand, that he is at last obliged to succumb.
Several loads of Black Republican documents, seized in Lynchburg by Superintendent Gill, were publicly burnt in that city on Thursday.
The annual session of the National Division, Sons of Temperance, fixed to assemble in Nashville in June, 1861, will not be held.
The steamers Sovereign, Dr. Kane, and Prince of Wales, are now detained at Memphis under instructions from Gen. Pillow.
Mr. John Hagey, an old resident of Nashville, Tenn., died on the 21st inst.