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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
gia, the three large rivers which flow through the State from north to south, the Chattahoochee, the Alabama, and the Tombigbee, the fantastic names of the first and the last are still as little known as when they were only uttered by Indian warriors. The Alabama owes its celebrity, not to the insignificant battles fought upon its banks, but to the chance which caused the same name to be bestowed upon the famous Confederate pirate whose fragments lie at the bottom of the sea not far from Cherbourg. There are two not far apart points in the very centre of the continent, both situated on the borders of the Mississippi, which in their combination constitute one of those exceptional locations which, like the Bosphorus, seem to have been intended by a special favor of Nature for an extraordinary destiny. We allude to that magnificent rendezvous of the waters, descending from all the cardinal points, and forming between St. Louis and Cairo an immense river which afterwards runs into t
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Old ships and ship-building days of Medford. (search)
l 27, 1810, sailed from Palermo for Tarragona. The Mt., Aetna at Fayal. The brig Mt. Aetna, one hundred and eighty-eight tons, was the first vessel built in Medford at the yard of Thatcher Magoun. The ship Ariadne, three hundred and eighty-two tons, was built in 1809 by Calvin Turner for Nathaniel Goddard of Boston. The ship Commerce, three hundred and seventy-eight tons was built in 1807, by Calvin Turner for John Holland of Boston. The Pedlar, Williams, hence (Boston) arrived at Cherbourg in forty-two days. She is also reported at Rio Janeiro as follows: February 23, 1810, the brig Pedlar, of Boston, last from Sumatra with a full cargo of pepper, called here and sailed ten days since for Europe. The brig Pedlar, two hundred and twenty-five tons, was built in 1806 by Thatcher Magoun for Timothy Williams of Boston. The brig Hope, one hundred and sixty tons, was built at Medford in 1804 at the yard of Thatcher Magoun for Samuel Gray of Salem. There are several journals
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], Another royal marriage. (search)
Arrival of the Fulton. New York, Oct. 31. --The steamer Fulton (news telegraphed from Cape Race,) has arrived here. An insane man had attempted to shoot the Queen of Spain. Garibaldi's Neapolitan Ministry had resigned. The departure of French troops for Rome had been suspended. [Second Dispatch] Sheridan Knowles, the author, was lost in the steamer Arctic on the voyage from Hull to C ladt. The fortifications of Cherbourg and Algiero will be strengthened. A number of steel-cased frigates are to be built for France. The garrison at Marseilles is to be reinforced. The French fleet has been recalled from Naples. Advices from Syria state that the French had established a provisional municipality at Decralkaishner, and had reinstated the Christians in houses built by the French soldiers. The Paris flour market was high, under rainy weather.
The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], What does it mean? (search)
to travel through France without the vise of their passports by the Federal Consuls. Citizens of the United States are required to have their passports vised by their Consuls. Mr. Greeley's threats of withdrawing the exequatur from French Consuls in Confederate ports, has produced some irritation here. The hour the North adopted any such measure would see the whole diplomatic and consular corps of the United States swept out of France, and a formidable fleet leave Brest, Toulon and Cherbourg to end the blockade Mr. Lincoln has proclaimed. The North is unlucky in its statesmen. The speeches delivered by Mr. Clay and his accomplices--Mr. Seward's insolent dispatch to Mr. Dayton-- Mr. Greeley's threats and Mr. Seward's speeches in favor of annexing Canada, have done yeoman's service to the Confederate States. The Moniteur, (which is, as you know, the organ of the French Government,) says: "The most important news from America is the increasing malevolent feeling against
The Daily Dispatch: February 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
erally, seems to be looked for. The city article of the London Herald says the accounts from America are of a most desponding character, the commercial situation of New York being unparalleled. The feeling in France. The Paris correspondent of the London Morning Post says: It is not true, as some journals represent, that the French Government has taken any steps to bring about a reconciliation between the North and the South. The French steam dispatch boat Forfort, at Cherbourg, had received orders to be ready to sail for North America on a special mission. A London letter in the Paris Patric asserts that the British Government will protest against the measure for declaring the Southern ports closed against foreign commerce. The London Times congratulates Europe that the military force of France now bids fair to shrink to reasonable limits. Let it be once understood that France has no desire to disturb the tranquility of her neighbors, and the industry
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], European news. (search)
European news. The steamship Norwegian, at Portland, Me., with dates to the 5th, brings the following news: There is a vague and doubtful report that a steamer, built at Liverpool, armed with twenty Blakeley 100-pounder guns, has gone to Gibraltar for an encounter with the Tuscarora. The French Mediterranean squadron was about to return to Toulon. Six vessels go to Cherbourg to escort the Emperor to England for the great exhibition. It is denied that General Donay, with his reinforcements for Mexico, has been ordered to return. The printers of Paris were on a strike, owing to the introduction of female labor. The Italian Ministry has been reconstructed Cordovi, Mancini, and Poggi, have resigned, succeeded by Mattericci, Minister of Public instruction; Durauds, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Consolti, Minister of Justice Ralazzi retains the Interior. Garibaldi has arrived at Parma. Garibaldi has arrived at Parma. The Portuguese Ministry
The Daily Dispatch: may 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Trial this of a New frigate. (search)
oposal on the ground that it was not necessary. Admiral Jurien dela Graviere has not only been instructed to confine himself to his duties as commander of the squadron, but has been informed, in (I believe) a non-official letter, that if he thinks proper to return to France, he is at liberty to do so.--That gallant officer can only interpret the intimation in one sense, and will, perhaps, act upon it. The Forfeit, that took out General Lorences and his staff to Vera Crus, returned to Cherbourg on Tuesday evening. The documents she brings are unimportant. The French reinforcements were not expected to arrive in Mexico before the 25th March, and the General was still determined not to move to the interior until they joined him. General Primadheres to the convention of Soledad, and his Government, though perhaps not approving everything in it, has not disavowed him. The French Goernment has already expressed its disapproval, and disavows its own negotiator. The Prizes attributes
The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], The American question in Europe. (search)
rotected territory from invasion. We Britons are an insular nation. From the earliest period we have been continually threatened with invasion; we have secured for ourselves the supremacy of the seas as the readiest means of protecting our frontiers; but, after all, we have not made them impenetrable. It has been frequently said, and with some little justice, that notwithstanding all our fleets and all our fortifications, there is really nothing to prevent a French fleet steaming out of Cherbourg some fine evening, and landing an army of some thousands of French soldiers on the English coast at dawn on the following day. If this be so, if, with all our armaments, surrounded as we are by the sea, and practiced as we are in the arts of war, we cannot secure our soil from, foreign aggression, is it in the least degree surprising that the confederate States should fall to prevent some divisions of an army numbering more than half a million of men from forcing a passage across a boundar
The Daily Dispatch: October 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Gen. Bragg's army. (search)
the time of his fall he had already completed a large number. They had not taken the sea, only because he found a difficulty in obtaining crews. The harbor of Cherbourg, one of the most extraordinary works in the world, begun by Louis XIV., but neglected by his successors, was pushed forward during his reign with amazing energy.t reign been protracted it would not have been left to be completed by Napoleon Ill.--He calculated upon having one hundred ships-of-the-line riding at anchor in Cherbourg within a given time, the building proceeding at the rate of a certain number every year. He had selected crews from the conscription, and had made arrangements peare for the most original of their conceptions. Any man who will take the trouble to consult Leanne's Journal, in that part which relates to the harbor of Cherbourg, will see with what prodigious energy Napoleon pushed his naval preparations long after the battle of Trafalgar had destroyed the French marine. The Spartans ne
The Daily Dispatch: October 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], The steam ram question. (search)
s navy,had too much good sense to begin building up another" It is a wise maxim of the law "that things not appearing are presumed not to exist." The learned editor informs us that "Bonaparte reigned nine years after the battle of Trafalgar," and as no French navy was heard of in that time, it is fair to presume none existed. Indeed, the editor tells us "Napoleon was prevented from perfecting and using his navy for the want of ships and sailors." We did not assert that he built no shipsat Cherbourg after the battle of Trafalgar, but only that he did not attempt to improvise a navy--to build one all of a sudden in time of war, sufficient to cope with that of England We think the curious research of the learned editor fully establishes the truth of our position. But we prefer to admit that we were mistaken, and that Bonaparte was guilty of the folly of attempting to build up of a sudden an entire new navy in time of war, and, after nine years, had nothing to show for it. If so, le
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