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The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Foreign recognition. (search)
. This is what induces men who act from principle to leave the comforts and ties of home to undergo for a time the hardships and privations of the camp. A beautiful illustration of this principle is seen in the life of the great Washington, who like Cincinnatus, when he had freed his country, resigned all power and authority and retired into the quiets of domestic life. I will not farther philosophize upon the subject of true bravery, for fear of trespassing upon your space and the patience of your readers; but will indulge a little farther my propensity for writing, by saying a few words about persons and things in our camp, or the camp of my company. Our company is composed of men principally from the good old counties of Gates and Hertford, commanded by Capt. John Boothe and Lieutenants Wynns, Eure, and Jenkins. We are becoming inured to the hardships of camp life, and it will be interesting to our friends to know, through this medium, that none of us are sick. Ray.
The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Camp Eldis, Hdqs, 5th Heg't. N. C. Inf'y., Fairfax co.,Va., Sept. 6, 1861. (search)
Camp Eldis, Hdqs, 5th Heg't. N. C. Inf'y., Fairfax co.,Va., Sept. 6, 1861. I wish to tender thanks to the good people of Gates county, N. C., through the columns, of your worthy sheet, for sundry hams, socks, and shirts sent to us, per Adams Express, received on the 31st of August. The kindness of the citizens generally in Gates untilled them to the thanks of the two companies from that county, (G. Gits and G. M. M.'s,) and they are hereby gratefully tendered. Such kindness shown to the weary and hungry soldier cannot fail to reach a tender place in his heart, and memory will not refuse to record the hospitable deed. Carolina.
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
As an item for our good Abolition friends, in connection with these things, we will state that the old negro man "Jeff," who has been driving a dray in Natchez for many years, volunteered his services, and hauled the boxes containing these goods to the landing free of charge. Death of Judge Dick. The Raleigh (N. C.) Standard, of the 23d, contains the following announcement: We are pained to record the death of this excellent man, which took place on the 15th instant, in Gates county. He fell sick, we understand, at Edenton, whither he had gone to hold court, and was removed to a point some twelve miles from Blackwater depot, where he died. Judge Dick was in the 73d year of his age. He had been on the Superior Court bench upwards of thirty years, having been elected, we believe, while a member of the Commons from Guilford county. He was a good man, and an honest, impartial, and upright judge. Appointed. Spier Whitaker, Esq., of Halifax, has been appoi
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Acknowledgment of donations for the soldiers. (search)
Acknowledgment of donations for the soldiers. Camp Near Union Mills. Va., Dec. 17th, 1861. Editors Dispatch:--Please allow me through your paper to acknowledge the reception of a handsome donation of blankets, socks, and gloves, made by the ladies of the "Soldiers' Aid Society" at Kittrell's, in Gates county, N. C., to companies B and H, of the 5th regiment, N. C. State Troops. While we express our heartfelt gratitude to the fair donors for these articles, so necessary to the comfort of the soldier, we admire the patriotic enthusiasm which pervades the hearts of our lady friends in the old North State, believing that they possess a degree of patriotism for the Southern cause that would almost rival if not surpass Spartans themselves. We shall ever hold them in grateful remembrance, and repay them with our best efforts to defend them from the invasion of the enemy when an opportunity is offered. Wm. J. Hill, Capt. Co. B. S. B. Lodge, Capt. Co. H.
The Daily Dispatch: may 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
them to the charge. The Yankee commander ordered them to surrender, which was returned by a ball that brought him to the ground. The fight became general, our men standing firmly and with unerring aim, brought some twenty of the enemy to the ground. They were about to repulse them, when our men discovered a regiment of Yankee infantry advancing upon them, when, after securing several sabres, pistols, &c., made good their retreat with only one wounded man. He, an excellent young man of Gates county, Mr. Cross, received a ball in his lungs. Whether the wound is mortal or not is not known. The enemy's movements below Charleston. On Tuesday last one of the Yankee gunboats attacked a small battery, known as the Pine Grove Battery, situated on Pon Pon river, and consisting of two guns and eight men, belonging to Walter's Battery, Washington Artillery. The eight men at the guns were forced to retire by the continuous shelling to which they were exposed; when a small force of th
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Affairs in North Carolina. (search)
f them being Confederate soldiers now in the army. He arrested Jos. G. Godfrey at Pine Hill, and sent him off to Fort Lafayette. Nearly all the gunboats in Albemarle Sound have gone to James River.--The Yankees are running off negroes from all parts of the coast. About 600 have been taken, who fled from Currituck and Camden counties to their Yankee protectors at Suffolk and Norfolk. Thomas A. Jordan, James Freeman, James Wiggins, William Beeman, and five or six other prominent citizens of Gates county, have been arrested and carried to Suffolk. A body of 2,000 Yankees who had advanced to Pollocksville fell back on Monday to Newbern. Before they fell back they surprised and captured thirty-three of Andrews's cavalry and two of Turner's. Captain Northeutt's guerrillas ambuscaded the Yankees, killing three and capturing two. Two ladies, the Misses Scott, last week tied an impudent negro on his way to Burnside, and handed him over to Gen. Williams, who had him hanged last Saturday.
The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], The lines below Richmond. (search)
ng to the many readers of your excellent paper and perhaps cause our Government to turn a listening ear to the plaintive cry of a down trodden and outraged people. I give you the substance of a conversation held with a gentleman from Gates county, North Carolina, in which he states that all kinds of depredation is being committed upon the people in that section. Some of the best citizens, after having their negroes stolen, their provisions taken, (including bacon, corn, fodder, pear, cabbage,ndering the barns, smoke-houses, and fields of everything, while the negroes are going off by scores and hundreds, menacing and insulting their owners before leaving." And now, as a son of Eastern North Carolina, and of the glorious old county of Gates, I ask, in the name of that outraged people, how long shall they be thus insulted and menaced with contestation and imprisonment ! How long shall the hoary hairs of our fathers be subjected to abuse and injury ? How long shall the wives, the daug
The Daily Dispatch: August 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], Civilian prisoners at the Rip-Raps. (search)
rs confined at the Rip Raps, handed us by a returned prisoner. Nearly all are farmers, and our informant says they have been shamefully treated; those from Gates county, N. C., were put in irons, and other instances of barbarity are mentioned. They earnestly beg that our Government will at once take steps to have them released fra.; Capt. Duck, of Isle of Wight county, Va.; Rev. R. J. Graves, of Orange county, N. C.; James A. Sparkman, Thomas J. Sparkman, Richard H. Manning, James Wiggins, and James H. Freeman, of Gates county, N. C. Two recent deaths are reported: Lieut. Council, of Nansemond county, Va., and Thos. A. Jordan, of Gates county, N. C. a.; Capt. Duck, of Isle of Wight county, Va.; Rev. R. J. Graves, of Orange county, N. C.; James A. Sparkman, Thomas J. Sparkman, Richard H. Manning, James Wiggins, and James H. Freeman, of Gates county, N. C. Two recent deaths are reported: Lieut. Council, of Nansemond county, Va., and Thos. A. Jordan, of Gates county, N. C.
The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Items from Manassas. (search)
Runaways. --The following slaves ran away from the Piedmont Railroad, at Danville, on the 3rd inst.: Henry; black, about 35 years old, has several whip marks — was recently bought of John King, of North Carolina. Spencer — hired of David Hotly, Chowan county, North Carolina. Joe and Tom — hired of Mr. Roberts, Gates county, North Carolina. A reward of $25 will be paid for Henry if taken within the State, or $50 if taken in another State, and the legal reward for the hirelings upon delivery to me at Danville. E. D. Wilburn, Sup't first section Piedmont R. R., se 8--ts Danville, Va. Greensboro, N. C., papers will c
The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], Movements of the War. (search)
Runaways. --The following slaves ran away from the Piedmont Railroad, at Danville, on the 3rd inst.: Henry; black, about 35 years old, has several whip marks — was recently bought of John King, of North Carolina. Spencer — hired of David Hotly, Chowan county, North Carolina. Joe and Tom — hired of Mr. Roberts, Gates county, North Carolina. A reward of $25 will be paid for Henry if taken within the State, or $50 if taken in another State, and the legal reward for the hirelings upon delivery to me at Danville. E. D. Winburn, Sup't first section Piedmont R. R., se 8--ts Danville,
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