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The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Japan. (search)
ng, in a Northern city, the rights of the South. In 1827 he took charge of the Family Visitor, and was long known as the editor of that paper after its name was changed to the Southern Religious Telegraph. To give it a wider influence, and secure other advantages effort by the change, he removed his press subsequently to Philadelphia, where for more than twenty years he has conducted the Christian Observer, one of the most fearless champions of the rights of the South published North of Mason & Dixon's line. Its course commended itself to Southern Christians very extensively. It was the only religions paper — among hundreds published in the North--that did not yield, when this war broke out, to the outside pressure, and give its support to the iniquitous measures of Mr. Lincoln. It was the only peace paper of any description published in the city of Philadelphia. Plough his personal violence was repeatedly threatened by men formerly known as friends of the South, who were exas
The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
The taking of Mason's and Munson's hills.[Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Camp of 13th Va. Regiment, Fairfax Station, Aug. 31. Having seen in the papers several imperfect accounts of the recent skirmishing in this section, I send you a brief statement. At half-past 3 o'clock last Sunday morning, (the 25th,) four companies of our regiment, (the Montpeller Guards, Culpeper Minute Men, Lauier Guards and Louisa Biuse,) received "marching orders," and accompanied by two piee leading from Alexandria to Fairfax Court-House — we were joined by a small force of cavalry under Col. Stewart, who took command of the whole expedition. After a short halt we took up the line of march for Mason's Hill, (the residence of Capt. Murray Mason, of the old U. S. Navy, but now in the Confederate service,) where the Federals had been posting their pickets and scouting parties.--The Yankees took to their heels on our approach and we quietly took possession of the hill — spending the