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The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Kentucky and Missouri. (search)
rday that the entire fleet in the Roads had suddenly left; but I learned subsequently that this was not the case. The weather having changed favorably — wind northwest, and clearing off — the armada may soon attempt depredations at some point along the coast or up some deep river. A meeting of the Society of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, held recently in this city, passed the following appropriate resolution: "Resolved," That the death of our late esteemed ex- President, Thos. G. Broughton, deprives his fellow-soldiers of the war of 1812 of his experienced mind and dexterous pen, forever ready to espouse the just and merited rights of his companions in arms at an eventful period, now only in history. He believed it to be self- evident that the old soldiers of the war of 1812 who were infirm by age and ill-timed want were entitled to remuneration for faithful services rendered, and early advocated their claims. For such a man — for such a soldier — we sorrow, and with