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U. S. Grant (search for this): article 1
nd the deep interest he has manifested in the welfare of the "colored people," the "parents and friends" of the children who attend this school decided to call it the "Lincoln School." The Fenians (Irish nationalists they call themselves) are to have a grand convention at Cincinnati on the 17th of January. They want to get together a fund of $1,000,000, and the Fenians everywhere are busy making collections therefore. The Missouri Democrat publishes a copy of the application of U. S. Grant for the office of county engineer of St. Louis county, which is dated August 15, 1859, and is marked "rejected. " In the Supreme Court at Cincinnati, a few days ago, in an action brought by a negro man, named John J. Taylor, against Charles Lyle and Joseph A. Sawyer, for illegally rejecting his vote at the last election, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. A competent authority calculates that between $120,000 and $150,000 yearly is expended in New York upon the relig
S. D. Lee (search for this): article 1
The rebel force was, at last accounts, at Pulaski, yesterday morning. They are probably some distance south of that place to day. They are closely followed by our cavalry. No particular damage was done to the town of Columbia by the passage through it of the two armies. At least one third of Hood's army are without arms and equipments, everything which impedes their flight having been thrown away. Rebel deserters and prisoners report the only effective corps of Hood's army to be S. D. Lee's. Forrest effected a junction with Hood at Columbia on Tuesday evening. The water on the shoals is fifteen feet deep and at a stand-still. Having failed to catch Hood, the Yankees are supplying the omission by wonderful stories of what damage they have done him. They put his loss at eighteen general officers, fifty-one cannon and seventeen thousand men. The Yankee loss is fixed at seven thousand men and two general officers. A telegram gives some more of the same sort of stuff:
Schofield (search for this): article 1
. Having failed to catch Hood, the Yankees are supplying the omission by wonderful stories of what damage they have done him. They put his loss at eighteen general officers, fifty-one cannon and seventeen thousand men. The Yankee loss is fixed at seven thousand men and two general officers. A telegram gives some more of the same sort of stuff: Frank Cheatham told his aunt, Miss. Rage, that Hood was ordered to Nashville against his own wishes; but he lames Hood for not attacking Schofield at Spring Hill. Hood ordered Bate to attack at Spring Hill, and he did not do it. The rebel army is now beyond Columbia. During the rebel tarry in front of Nashville they captured but two locomotives and ten cars. The railroad is but little impaired, and trains are running up to Spring Hill; but two small bridges destroyed. Trains were to run to Murfreesboro' on Sunday. Telegraph communication is all right with all points; but two small trestles are destroyed on the Johnsonvi
Slocum (search for this): article 1
n in the original, we give it: It was, in the main, uneventful, so far as fighting was concerned, hardly anything in that way having occurred between Atlanta and Savannah. It was not known to the army or to General Kilpatrick himself that he had been whipped, or that he had lost his hat.--In the skirmishes on the march, no general officer was injured, and all the losses from straggling and otherwise will not reach one thousand. The army moved in four columns. Howard on the right and Slocum on the left, with the cavalry in front and rear. In this manner it covered a strip of country nearly sixty miles in width, for three hundred miles. Sherman has cut through Georgia a swath of sixty miles, and has completely destroyed the great railroad quadrilateral of which Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and Savannah are the four corners. The railroad leading east from Atlanta to Augusta is destroyed for over seventy miles, including the bridges over the Yellow and the contiguous river. The
Kilpatrick (search for this): article 1
ll take Nashville." From Sherman's army — account of the capture of Fort M'Allister. The Cincinnati Commercial publishes a long history of the march of Sherman through Georgia. It is rather dull, and as the following summary of it contains about all the lies given in the original, we give it: It was, in the main, uneventful, so far as fighting was concerned, hardly anything in that way having occurred between Atlanta and Savannah. It was not known to the army or to General Kilpatrick himself that he had been whipped, or that he had lost his hat.--In the skirmishes on the march, no general officer was injured, and all the losses from straggling and otherwise will not reach one thousand. The army moved in four columns. Howard on the right and Slocum on the left, with the cavalry in front and rear. In this manner it covered a strip of country nearly sixty miles in width, for three hundred miles. Sherman has cut through Georgia a swath of sixty miles, and has compl
Farragut (search for this): article 1
ainst Charles Lyle and Joseph A. Sawyer, for illegally rejecting his vote at the last election, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. A competent authority calculates that between $120,000 and $150,000 yearly is expended in New York upon the religious music of its churches. General Butler has changed the sentence of the soldier who was to work two years on the Dutch Gap canal to imprisonment for life. The grade of vice-admiral has been created in the Yankee navy, and Farragut appointed to fill it. His rank, compared with the land service, equals that of a lieutenant general. Thermometer at Burlington, Vermont, fifteen degrees below zero. Only five Revolutionary pensioners are now living. United States Senator Carlile (from West Virginia) does not reside in the State he pretends to represent. Mrs. Hutchins, recently sentenced to five years imprisonment in the Fitchburg (Massachusetts) House of Correction for attempting to send a sword to Major
23rd (search for this): article 1
We have received copies of New York papers of Saturday, the 24th instant. From Hood's army. The latest intelligence from the "pursuit" of General Hood is from Nashville on the 23d. The telegram says: The latest accounts from the front locate General Thomas's headquarters at Rutherford Hill, yesterday morning, eight miles this side of Columbia. Since that time our forces have crossed Duck river, and have moved to a point south of Columbia. Our cavalry forces crossed at Hunter's ford, below Columbia, and dashed into the town, the enemy meanwhile retiring without firing a shot. We captured about fifty stragglers. The rebel force was, at last accounts, at Pulaski, yesterday morning. They are probably some distance south of that place to day. They are closely followed by our cavalry. No particular damage was done to the town of Columbia by the passage through it of the two armies. At least one third of Hood's army are without arms and equipments, every
24th (search for this): article 1
We have received copies of New York papers of Saturday, the 24th instant. From Hood's army. The latest intelligence from the "pursuit" of General Hood is from Nashville on the 23d. The telegram says: The latest accounts from the front locate General Thomas's headquarters at Rutherford Hill, yesterday morning, eight miles this side of Columbia. Since that time our forces have crossed Duck river, and have moved to a point south of Columbia. Our cavalry forces crossed at Hunter's ford, below Columbia, and dashed into the town, the enemy meanwhile retiring without firing a shot. We captured about fifty stragglers. The rebel force was, at last accounts, at Pulaski, yesterday morning. They are probably some distance south of that place to day. They are closely followed by our cavalry. No particular damage was done to the town of Columbia by the passage through it of the two armies. At least one third of Hood's army are without arms and equipments, everyt
Hood (search for this): article 1
papers of Saturday, the 24th instant. From Hood's army. The latest intelligence from the "pursuit" of General Hood is from Nashville on the 23d. The telegram says: The latest accounts d at a stand-still. Having failed to catch Hood, the Yankees are supplying the omission by wondFrank Cheatham told his aunt, Miss. Rage, that Hood was ordered to Nashville against his own wishes; but he lames Hood for not attacking Schofield at Spring Hill. Hood ordered Bate to attack at Sprid. Johnsonville itself was not destroyed. Hood has a pontoon above the shoals on the TennesseeNashville Union also gives this account of what Hood intended to do if General Thomas had not interfered with his plans: A few days since, General Hood and some of his staff, together with Cheathand who was within their lines, and while there Hood stated that he had intended at first to assault be compelled to evacuate the city; "for," said Hood, "he has but the Fourth corps and a few conscri[4 more...]
Hazen (search for this): article 1
s rested on the Ogeechee river. General Sherman made a careful reconnaissance last evening before dusk, detected the weak points of the work, and instantly formed his plan for its capture. He gave his orders to carry out his plan, and designated Hazen's division of the Fifteenth corps to assault it. At half-past 4 o'clock this morning, General Hazen placed his division in position, with another division of the Fifteenth corps as a support, and when all his preparations were completed, theGeneral Hazen placed his division in position, with another division of the Fifteenth corps as a support, and when all his preparations were completed, the order was given, and his gallant division, eager for the fight, marched at a double-quick step forward, penetrated the abattis surrounding the work, plunged through the ditch and scaled the parapets of the fort, ten feet in height, and swarmed into the work under a hot fire, which, while it cut down many, failed to check the advance, and the work was ours. Most of the garrison, bewildered by the sudden sweep of our veterans, surrendered in haste, but others stood by their guns and fought unti
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