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The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Northern News. (search)
ht to be directed, if it has not already been. Only a single one of them has been lost while under the command of officers of the navy! Officers of the navy, in the meanwhile, have commanded many of them and made many trips. The Coquette, for instance, which was the most indifferent of all our ships, and which has now been sold, made nine round trips under the command of Lieutenant Carter, and saved them every one, clearing for the Government at least six hundred thousand dollars. The Robert E. Lee, the best ship we had, was successful in all her numerous trips, as long as she was under the command of Lieutenant Wilkinson. The first trip she made after the command had been transferred to a person who was not an officer of the navy she was beached and captured, or sunk. While the officers of the navy have been successful in all their many trips except one, every ship not commanded by an officer of the navy has been lost. The inference is irresistible. None but officers of t
The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Loss of the Prince Albert. (search)
Five hundred dollars reward — attention of Offices called. --Ran away, in May last, my servant, Claiborne; mulatto; about five feet eight inches high, very stout built, heavy head of hair, and generally dresses very fine. He has been in the service with me for three years, is well acquainted with camp life, and a fine officer's servant. I suspect he is with the army of General Lee. The above reward will be paid for his security so that I get him. He wears a Yankee overcoat. J. Peyton, Richmond. au 1--eod8t*