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Washington, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 20
Southern affairs. Our Southern exchanges contain but little of interest. Below will be found a brief summary: Remarkable escape from Lincolndom. The Petersburg Express, of Thursday, publishes the following interesting account of the escape from Yankee land of two of North Carolina's brave and gallant sons: William H. Parvin and William B. Willis, of the Washington "Grays," Captain Thomas Sparrow, from Washington, North Carolina, passed through Petersburg evening before last, on their return home, after a long imprisonment at the North Their escape from further confinement, and their subsequent avoidance of detection and arrest, are remarkable — almost miraculous. They were taken prisoners in company with many other gallant North Carolinians at Fort Hatteras. We are all acquainted with the circumstances of the surrender. From Hatteras they were taken to Fort Lafayette--the Bastile of New York. Here they were kept in close confinement until the latter part of Oct
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 20
g; head small and coconut-shaped; eye-brows large and irregularly arched, mouth wide; lips compressed and thin; hair sandy gray, with the appearance of a half-scalded Opossum: skin remarkably shrivelled; liver white, and heart — no where. Such in brief is the outline of one of those many Southern patriots of which we hear and read, but rarely see. Proclamation Extra. The following capital burlesque on Gen. Sherman's proclamation, which has recently been issued to the people of South Carolina, will be found amusing, if not interesting.--We clip it from the Charleston Courier Port Royal,Camp Loaves and Fishes. To the Loyal Ladies of the Sea Islands. Having been long familiar with your soft feather beds, well supplied tables, beautiful flowers, and hospitable smiles, more charming even than your fish and game, we entreat you, with every assurance of our most tender regard, to come and partake of some of the delicacies which we have appropriated by a "military neces
Peralta (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): article 20
Also, a bill to facilitate the circulation of Arkansas war bonds, and compel creditors to receive them or Government notes, and forbid the sale of property for two years after the close of the present war. The vote for State officers of Louisiana. The Baton Rouge Advocates gives the follow as the result of the vote at the election on the 4th inst., for State officers — the parishes of Jackson and Morehouse yet to be heard from: For Treasurer--Defreese, 32,380. For Auditor--Peralta, 27,636; Haynes, 3,793; Thompson, 2, 493 For Superintendent of Public Education--Avery, 11,279: Magruder, 15,555; Harp, 3,401; Winfree, 3,773; Wederstrandt, 556; Magoun, 509. Something New — a repulsive daguerreotype. From the Danville Register, of the 28th inst., we copy the following daguerreotype of a very mean man: We have seen for the first time to-day, something new, since the war commenced.--That something, reader, was an old man, who owns some seventy slaves
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): article 20
rnal says that a bill was passed extending the charter privileges of the Memphis and Little Rock Telegraph Company to Fort Smith and Fayetteville. The lines between these points will be completed as soon as possible, probably within three months. Also, a bill to facilitate the circulation of Arkansas war bonds, and compel creditors to receive them or Government notes, and forbid the sale of property for two years after the close of the present war. The vote for State officers of Louisiana. The Baton Rouge Advocates gives the follow as the result of the vote at the election on the 4th inst., for State officers — the parishes of Jackson and Morehouse yet to be heard from: For Treasurer--Defreese, 32,380. For Auditor--Peralta, 27,636; Haynes, 3,793; Thompson, 2, 493 For Superintendent of Public Education--Avery, 11,279: Magruder, 15,555; Harp, 3,401; Winfree, 3,773; Wederstrandt, 556; Magoun, 509. Something New — a repulsive daguerreotype. From
Plaquemine (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): article 20
re behaving so improperly to our blessed Government, by fighting for your homes and your honor, you shall be taken to our affectionate embrace, and banquets of roses such as you used to place around our firesides, and on our toilette tables, shall be showered upon you. Yours, with sacred memories, Chas. O. Butterwell&Co. Fort Myer. The fort on Pensacola harbor generally spelled "McRae" is properly "McRee." It is a casemate fortification with two tiers of guns in casemate and one tier en barbette, that is to say, on the ramparts. It is built to mount 150 guns, and is distant from Fort Pickens, built for 210 guns, about a mile and a quarter. There is a water battery in advance of Fort McRee mounting ten heavy guns. A Stinging Company. A Memphis paper, announcing the arrival of a company of volunteers from Plaquemine, Louisiana, says: "All the officers had sword belts made of rattlesnake skins, while the privates wore a rattlesnake rattle in their caps."
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 20
changes contain but little of interest. Below will be found a brief summary: Remarkable escape from Lincolndom. The Petersburg Express, of Thursday, publishes the following interesting account of the escape from Yankee land of two of North Carolina's brave and gallant sons: William H. Parvin and William B. Willis, of the Washington "Grays," Captain Thomas Sparrow, from Washington, North Carolina, passed through Petersburg evening before last, on their return home, after a long impg hours of suspense and weary travel, they landed on the Virginia side of the Potomac, below Aquia Creek.--Here they were taken in custody and sent to General Holmes' headquarters, where they were joyfully recognized by old acquaintances from North Carolina They were furnished with free passes over the railroads home. Is not this a strange and romantic tale, reader? But it is nevertheless true, and puts fiction to the blush. A suspicious character. From the Memphis Argus, of the
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): article 20
ed to have said that his society would help cut all the rebels' throats, and that as no one knew, or suspected its existence, it was all the more powerful. Arkansas Legislature. The Legislature af Arkansas adjourned on Monday last. The State Journal says that a bill was passed extending the charter privileges of theArkansas adjourned on Monday last. The State Journal says that a bill was passed extending the charter privileges of the Memphis and Little Rock Telegraph Company to Fort Smith and Fayetteville. The lines between these points will be completed as soon as possible, probably within three months. Also, a bill to facilitate the circulation of Arkansas war bonds, and compel creditors to receive them or Government notes, and forbid the sale of propArkansas war bonds, and compel creditors to receive them or Government notes, and forbid the sale of property for two years after the close of the present war. The vote for State officers of Louisiana. The Baton Rouge Advocates gives the follow as the result of the vote at the election on the 4th inst., for State officers — the parishes of Jackson and Morehouse yet to be heard from: For Treasurer--Defreese, 32,380.
Fort Pickens (Florida, United States) (search for this): article 20
are behaving so improperly to our blessed Government, by fighting for your homes and your honor, you shall be taken to our affectionate embrace, and banquets of roses such as you used to place around our firesides, and on our toilette tables, shall be showered upon you. Yours, with sacred memories, Chas. O. Butterwell&Co. Fort Myer. The fort on Pensacola harbor generally spelled "McRae" is properly "McRee." It is a casemate fortification with two tiers of guns in casemate and one tier en barbette, that is to say, on the ramparts. It is built to mount 150 guns, and is distant from Fort Pickens, built for 210 guns, about a mile and a quarter. There is a water battery in advance of Fort McRee mounting ten heavy guns. A Stinging Company. A Memphis paper, announcing the arrival of a company of volunteers from Plaquemine, Louisiana, says: "All the officers had sword belts made of rattlesnake skins, while the privates wore a rattlesnake rattle in their caps."
Aquia Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 20
t for Parvin to keep watch, and the Captain had retired, and Willis had pretended to do so. But hands were busy as eyes. Sails for the small boat attached to the schooner were made and fitted. The proper hour had come; the sign was given, and the two men set forth upon the dark waters. It was all a venture with them, for they knew not whether they might land, among friends or enemies. After long hours of suspense and weary travel, they landed on the Virginia side of the Potomac, below Aquia Creek.--Here they were taken in custody and sent to General Holmes' headquarters, where they were joyfully recognized by old acquaintances from North Carolina They were furnished with free passes over the railroads home. Is not this a strange and romantic tale, reader? But it is nevertheless true, and puts fiction to the blush. A suspicious character. From the Memphis Argus, of the 26d November, we extract the following: For several days past a man calling himself John H.
New England (United States) (search for this): article 20
hat of a gentleman while in the Hospital. His insulting language to several ladies caused his dismissal from that institution on Thursday. Last evening he came to this office and caused a paragraph to be published to the effect that all persons desiring to forward letters to the United States could do so by leaving them at this office, and he would take them to Louisville and mail them. Now, we have made inquiry about "Schenck alias Skunk," and are satisfied he is an imposter. He is a New England Yankee, with all the impudence of a patent medicine vender. How he came here we have act Louis, and that he formerly published a "religious journal" there. Startling development — an abolition Clue in the City. From the New Orleans Crescent, of the 22d inst., we take the following: Yesterday morning, Lieut. Morel, of the Third District Police, upon information received, arrested a German named Frenzel, who lives on Charles street, in the Second District, charging him wi
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