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The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], War matters. (search)
War matters. The Tazewell (Va.) Democrat, of the 18th inst., has the following: A report reached us on Thursday, through the mail carrier, that a party of Abolitionists made their appearance in Gladesville, the county seat, one day this week, and took possession of the village. A fight ensued, and a messenger was dispatched to Russell for assistance. Before he left, one of the ringleaders among the invaders was killed. One hundred armed men went from Russell Wednesday. The Alexandria Gazette learns from Washington that the fear that the bad quarters of the vast number of troops now concentrated in the city would soon engender some contagious disease, has been the cause of the strenuous efforts towards making the sanitary regulations lately established. The President has been urged to possess the principal towns in Eastern Virginia, but it is not probable he will do so. At any rate not until after the election. The Post-Office Department does not intend t