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The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Down the Rio Grande — the trip from Mesilla to Brownsville. (search)
io Grande — the trip from Mesilla to Brownsville. A party of four adventurous gentlemen--Mr. Louis Bucha, merchant; Dr. Bradshaw, dentist; Mr. Brackett, distiller; and Mr. Patchin, miner — arrived in this city on Saturday last from the town of Mesilla, in the Territory of Arizona, after a voyage of two months down the Rio Grande. Teh party left Mesilla on the 29th day of June last, and have been on the river ever since, without stopping at any place more than a day until they arrived at Davis ranche, where they stopped four days. The experiment of navigating the Rio Grande from El Paso, fifty miles this side of Mesilla, has often been talked of, but no person has heretofore performed the hazardous undertaking. The gentlemen who arrived here on Saturday were solely prompted to the voyage, which they have so successfully accomplished, by the desire to do what so many had talked of, and which was pronounced an impossible journey. At present considerable bets are pending in Me
The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Adulteration of tea. (search)
Runaway--fifty dollars reward. --Runaway, on the 5th of August, my Negro Woman, named Betty; about 28 years old, five feet four inches high, black, who was hired to Joseph Davis, on Broad street. She has a mark on the face, in consequence of a mustard plaster she had on, which place is darker — She has children in Cumberland county, where I bought her of Mr. J. M. Price. She is probably in this city, or has made her way to Mr. Price's. I will give the above reward, if delivered to me here or if lodged in jail in the county or city. oc 7--1m* Joseph Stern.
The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Down the Rio Grande — the trip from Mesilla to Brownsville. (search)
Inquest. --An inquest was held yesterday, by Alderman Sauxay, (acting Coroner,) oyer the body of a stranger found the previous evening in the canal, near the Basin, and a verdict rendered that he came to his death by accidental drowning. The name of the deceased was ancertained to be Andrew Jackson McLemore. In one of his pockets was found a key of a room at the Spotswood House, and the body was conveyed thither, but not received; and it was subsequently deposited in Mr. George Dowden's warehouse, (Brooks's,) on Byrd street. On the person of the deceased, and with his effects, were found letters addressed to President Davis, and other prominent men, recommending him for a position in the army. It further appeared that he had lately been engaged in an unsuccessful effort to raise a company in Tennessee. The body and effects were taken possession of by friends.