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5th (search for this): article 8
$10 reward. --Ranaway from my house, on the 5th inst., my negro boy, Joe. He is 5 feet 4 inches high, ginger-bread color, and a butcher by trade. I will give the above reward for his delivery to me, at my house, or my stall at the Old Market. my 7--6t* Joseph Kirsh.
8th (search for this): article 1
rg will long remember. It is absurd to talk of whipping men who, after marching eighteen hours without rest or food, and heavily packed, will, at a chance of a fight, crop their knapsacks and with a soul-stirring cheer, seize their muskets and run a race for nearly two miles to meet the enemy. Another account. The following graphic account of the recent exciting events near Williamsburg is furnished to the Dispatch by a gentleman who took part in the engagement on Monday, the 8th inst. Friday night, May 2d, General A. P. Hill's brigade, of Longstreet's division, left the trenches at Wynne's Mill, in Warwick county, and returned to their place of bivouac, about two miles further North, int he direction of Lebanon church. There they were halted for the night, and on Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the order was given to march, and the retreat of the entire army began in the direction of Williamsburg. On arriving at Lebanon church, a little after dark, the colum
15th (search for this): article 12
$25 reward --Ranaway from my store, on Tuesday morning, 15th instant, my negro Boy, Lewis Washington. He is a bright mulatto, thick act, about 5 feet high, 15 years old; had on when last seen a brown sack coat, brown pants, and a military cap. The above reward will be paid for his delivery to me. S. S. Cottrell, ap 2--ts No. 129 Main street.
22nd (search for this): article 21
rescribing punishment for persons who may purchase property falsely, representing that they have authority to impress the same. The Speaker laid before the House a letter of resignation from Charles F. Collier, Esq., the delegate from the city of Petersburg, now representative elect for the Petersburg District in the Confederate Congress, which being accepted. Mr. Rives offered resolution, which was adopted, that the Speaker issue a writ of election to supply the vacancy, on the 22d inst., and that the same be communicated to the Sergeant of the city of Petersburg to that end. On motion of Mr. Baskerville, leave was given a special committee to bring in a bill authorizing the sale of the Roanoke Valley Railroad. Mr. B. subsequently reported a bill to this effect, and it was ordered to its engrossment. On motion of Mr. Rives, leave was given to bring in a bill fixing a salary for the Clerk of the Huse, and for the Clerk of the Senate of the General Assembly. Mr. Ri
23rd (search for this): article 22
t the latter was much too swift for her. The Nashville also has guns on board for the reb 1., intended to run the blockade, if possible. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, H. F. Dupont, Flag Officer Com'g, &c. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary Navy, Washington. New York, May 3--The United States gunboat Santiago de Coba, from Port Royal on the 30th ultimo, has arrived, bringing as a prize the captured rebel steamer Isabel. The Santiago chased the Nashville several hours on the 23d ult., but was unable to overtake her. The same day she captured a schooner from Charleston loaned with cotton, which was sent to Key West. Also, two other schooners with assorted cargoes for Southern trade. Both are now on their way to New York. There was nothing important transpiring at Port Royal when the Santiago left. Philadelphia, May. 3.--The rebel steamer Bermuda, which sailed from Liverpool about the 1st of April for Bermuda, was captured on Sunday last off the Hole in the Wa
25th (search for this): article 3
Scene at Cairo --The Yankee Provost-Marshal at Cairo, finding himself wholly un to manage the noses of disreputable females who thronged the place, adopted a novel course to get rid of them, on the 25th, when a large number of them, with some of their male associates, were on board a floating craft, tied to a tree, a dozen yards or more from the leaves Despairing of ridding the town of their presence by a legitimate method, a guard out the rope, and to wing them out into the currant, cast loose and started them down to Dixie, to delight the first families of Chivalrydom. When last heard from, they were gayly floating down the broad Mississippi, nine mile below Columbus. They had hoisted the flag (a while petticoat), and if they escape the dangers of the floatile, and succeed including the vigilance of the artillery- men a For Pillow, and the Rebel gunboats, they have before has time graced the City of Memphis with their presence.
28th (search for this): article 2
buildings, under the protection of the enemy's guns, the citizens could well congratulate a themselves upon the preservation of their dignity and honor — that though fallen, they were not disgraced. We subjoin some further extracts from the correspondence between Commodore Farragut and Mayor Monroe: U. S. Flag-Ship Hartford, At anchor off the city of New Orleans, April 28, 1862. To his Honor the Mayor and City Council of the city of New Orleans: Your communication of the 28th inst. has been received, together with that of the City Council. I deeply regret to see, both by their contents and the continued display of the flag of Louisiana on the Court-House, a determination on the part of the city authorities not to haul it down. Moreover, when my officers and men were sent on shore to communicate with the authorities, and to hoist the United States flag on the Custom-House with the strictest order not to use their arms unless assailed, they were insulted in the g
30th (search for this): article 22
utral colonies off our coast. I am informed by Lieutenant Gibson that the St. Jago de Cuba discovered and chased the Nashville; but the latter was much too swift for her. The Nashville also has guns on board for the reb 1., intended to run the blockade, if possible. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, H. F. Dupont, Flag Officer Com'g, &c. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary Navy, Washington. New York, May 3--The United States gunboat Santiago de Coba, from Port Royal on the 30th ultimo, has arrived, bringing as a prize the captured rebel steamer Isabel. The Santiago chased the Nashville several hours on the 23d ult., but was unable to overtake her. The same day she captured a schooner from Charleston loaned with cotton, which was sent to Key West. Also, two other schooners with assorted cargoes for Southern trade. Both are now on their way to New York. There was nothing important transpiring at Port Royal when the Santiago left. Philadelphia, May. 3.--The r
March (search for this): article 10
Distress and Destitution in Europe --The want of employments cresting serious distress in Europe. It is stated that in the manufacturing towns of Belgium, and principally at Ghent, over 5,000 workmen are out of employment, and much suffering for want of food prevails. The town of Blackburn, England, contains 68,000 people, nearly one-fourth of whom are now suffering privation from the scarcity of food, clothing, bedding and fuel. When the mills are in full operation 20, persons are employed, but at the present time upwards of one-third, or nearly 7,000, are wholly unemployed, at a loss to the workers of about £6.000 a week in wages. In Manchester, England during the last week in March, no less than 359 persons, dependent upon the labor of her hands for their daily bread, were idle and unable to obtain employment. In many places in France, also, there is similar distress.
March (search for this): article 4
$20 reward. --Ranaway from my saw mill, in Buckingham county, on Monday, May 5th, 1862, my negro man, named John. Said negro is about 22 years old, ginger-bread color, quite stout, and wide across the shoulders, and about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, and usually wears a cap. I bought John in March last, at the auction room of Dickinson & Hill, in Richmond, of Mr. George Turner, of Prince William county, Va., where he has a wife, and may endeavor to get back. The above reward will be paid upon his delivery to my overseer, Mr. Payne, or to myself, in Richmond. my 9--6t* Truman A. Parker.
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