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Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): article 15
g alacrity with which this class of our population have always devoted their labor and their means to promote the safety of the State, is alike honorable to themselves and gratifying to the community. Resources of Texas. Hon. C. R. Johns, Comptroller of Texas, shows the entire audited debt of that State to be only $275,411 54. The State has yet a public domain of about 9,000,000 acres, the Government price for which is one dollar per acre. Appointment. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has appointed Col. O. A. Lochrane Judge of the Superior Courts of the Macon District, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge Lamar. The Mythic blockade. The Fernandina Floridian, threatens that if Lincoln don't keep up a better blockade down there, the people are going to open direct trade with Europe at once. Cotton and Pork. The Columbus (Miss.) Republic remarks that "a bale of cotton weighing four hundred pounds will bring thirty-two dollars, and two hogs, we
Aldie (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 15
e troops. They further state that Gen. Johnston is in good health, not withstanding the hardships encountered on the trip from California, and that he would be in San Antonio on or about the 15th of September. Gen. Lyon killed by a Darkey, The Fort Smith (Ark,) Times contains the following in relation to the death of General Lyon at the battle of Oak Hill, in Missouri: A negro man, body servant to Capt. John Griffith, of the gallant Third, was in the hottest of the fight, at Oak Hill, and fought in the last charge like a tiger. He claims to have killed Gen. Lyon. He says, he shot a man in the breast, that was on a large grey horse, and was waving his hat, and he saw him fall. Thus it is very probably that the Abolition Lyon fell by the hands of a darkey. This same black man, finding his youngest master. Benj. Griffith, wounded in the calf of the leg, picked him up, and carried him off of the field; notwithstanding, Ben resisted it with all his might, as he want
Dutch (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 15
e a tiger. He claims to have killed Gen. Lyon. He says, he shot a man in the breast, that was on a large grey horse, and was waving his hat, and he saw him fall. Thus it is very probably that the Abolition Lyon fell by the hands of a darkey. This same black man, finding his youngest master. Benj. Griffith, wounded in the calf of the leg, picked him up, and carried him off of the field; notwithstanding, Ben resisted it with all his might, as he wanted to fire a few more rounds at the Dutch.. When Gen. Lyon was killed. The Fort Smith (Ark,) Times, of the 7th, says: Colonel Mitchell, of Kansas, who was in the battle of Oak Hills, and commanded a Kansas regiment, said that General Lyon was wounded in the thigh and slightly in the body, and had his grey horse killed in the first part of the action. Lyon fell about fifteen minutes after General Pearce led the Arkansas boys into the fight by a shot in the breast with a small ball. Lyon fell on my shoulder, (Mitchel
Cape Verde (Cape Verde) (search for this): article 15
he same paper chronicles the following fact, which shows that there is one kind of crop, at least, in our sister State, which cannot be effected by the heavy rains. A gentleman just returned from Columbia county informs us that in one neighborhood in that county, thirty-two twin children have been born since January of this year --thirty one of whom were boys. These were all born under the care of one midwife, and were doing well when our informant left. Instead of the Ganary of Cape Verde Islands, usually recommended to an husbands, we would suggest this locality, as being altogether more convenient and accessible. Compliment to Virginia. At a recent meeting of the citizens of Wilkinson county, Miss., the following resolution, among others, was passed: Resolved, That it would do violence to our feelings to omit, on this occasion, our tribute to the "Mother of States and of Statesmen;" that the quiet with which Virginia took her place in the van, and grandly bare
Columbia County (Georgia, United States) (search for this): article 15
now in the Springfield hospital. A Bad crop of cotton, but a good crop of Babies. The Sage of Monticello, published at Monticello, Arkansas, says that cotton in that vicinity, in consequence of the recent heavy rains, has taken a second growth, and will be considerably damage. The same paper chronicles the following fact, which shows that there is one kind of crop, at least, in our sister State, which cannot be effected by the heavy rains. A gentleman just returned from Columbia county informs us that in one neighborhood in that county, thirty-two twin children have been born since January of this year --thirty one of whom were boys. These were all born under the care of one midwife, and were doing well when our informant left. Instead of the Ganary of Cape Verde Islands, usually recommended to an husbands, we would suggest this locality, as being altogether more convenient and accessible. Compliment to Virginia. At a recent meeting of the citizens of Wilki
Wilkinson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): article 15
y informs us that in one neighborhood in that county, thirty-two twin children have been born since January of this year --thirty one of whom were boys. These were all born under the care of one midwife, and were doing well when our informant left. Instead of the Ganary of Cape Verde Islands, usually recommended to an husbands, we would suggest this locality, as being altogether more convenient and accessible. Compliment to Virginia. At a recent meeting of the citizens of Wilkinson county, Miss., the following resolution, among others, was passed: Resolved, That it would do violence to our feelings to omit, on this occasion, our tribute to the "Mother of States and of Statesmen;" that the quiet with which Virginia took her place in the van, and grandly bared her bosom to the storm of war, and the promptitude with which her sons, in themselves a formidable host, rushed to the standard of freedom, challenges our highest admiration; while the atrocities perpetrated by t
Klink (search for this): article 15
n of in the highest terms. One of these devoted women, named Helen Voskius, of about twenty years, who accompanied her regiment to Virginia, arrived here yesterday. Her hair was plaited, and her jaunty cap, bloomer pants and close fitting coat, rendered her the observed of all observes. Everybody could see that she was a woman, and some of our police, not being acquainted with such a uniform for the gentler sex, arrested her. She was taken to the station house, the matter explained and Capt. Klink at once set her at liberty. We are sorry that the lovely vivandieres should have been incommoded, and on the part of our citizens generally beg leave to offer our best apology. Copiah rice. The Copiah (Miss.) News says: We have in our office a specimen of rice grown on the farm of Mr. A. W. Griffing, near the town of Hazlehurst, which is creditable to the pine woods. This rice was sown broadcast, and the stalks are six feet in height, with fine heads of grain. When it i
M'Clellan (search for this): article 15
be necessary to call the Legislature together; but if so, it will be very "uncertain whether, a quorum could be obtained" He says, "in many counties there are neither sheriffs, judges, coroners nor justices of the peace, to administer the laws or enforce justice." He knows of no other mode of removing the difficulties by which he is environed, than by appealing to the "good sense and patriotism of absent officials," and conjuring them to "resign or return to their posts of duty." General M'Clellan tried to get in the Confederate service. The North (Ga.) Times contains the following interesting item in connection with the Yankee General, McClellan, which we have never before seen published: We learn from a reliable source that two weeks before McClellan was tendered the commission of Major-General by Lincoln, he was trying to secure a position in the Confederate Army--that his feelings and sympathies were all for the South, but the temptation of superseding Gen. Scott w
Bast Tennessee (search for this): article 15
hallenges our highest admiration; while the atrocities perpetrated by the brutal invaders of her excites our deepest indignation, and elicit for her sufferers our profoundest sympathies; and that words fall us when we would express our emotions for the exuberant kindness displayed by her citizens to our sick and wounded sons; we can only utter the universal prayer of the South--"May the richest blessings of Almighty God be lavished upon the sons and daughters of the Old Dominion." Bast Tennessee — Brownlow. The Nashville (Tenn.) papers, contain a card from W. G. Brownlow, of the Knoxville Whig, from which we extract the following: "So far as I am individually concerned, I will not be a party to any mad scheme of rebellion, gotten up at this late day, or to any insane attempt to invade this end of the State with Federal troops. And any portion of the Union men of East Tennessee, who may be crazy enough to embark in either enterprise and suffer utter ruin, as they are b
Benjamin Griffith (search for this): article 15
e battle of Oak Hill, in Missouri: A negro man, body servant to Capt. John Griffith, of the gallant Third, was in the hottest of the fight, at Oak Hill, and fought in the last charge like a tiger. He claims to have killed Gen. Lyon. He says, he shot a man in the breast, that was on a large grey horse, and was waving his hat, and he saw him fall. Thus it is very probably that the Abolition Lyon fell by the hands of a darkey. This same black man, finding his youngest master. Benj. Griffith, wounded in the calf of the leg, picked him up, and carried him off of the field; notwithstanding, Ben resisted it with all his might, as he wanted to fire a few more rounds at the Dutch.. When Gen. Lyon was killed. The Fort Smith (Ark,) Times, of the 7th, says: Colonel Mitchell, of Kansas, who was in the battle of Oak Hills, and commanded a Kansas regiment, said that General Lyon was wounded in the thigh and slightly in the body, and had his grey horse killed in the firs
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