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200 dollars reward
--Will be paid for the apprehension and delivery to me of my servant girl Frances, who ran off in January last.
She is 17 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches in height, mulatto, has a full suit of hair, her front teeth wide apart.
She was raised in Louisa county. A. W. Taylor, Libby Hill. jy 28--1t*
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], The funeral of Mrs. Rose Greenhow . (search)
Trading in greenbacks.
--Two citizens of Louisa county, Virginia, named Andrew Jackson and B. A. Benson, were carried before Confederate States Commissioner Sands yesterday morning to answer the charge of trading in greenbacks.
The case was partially examined and then continued till this morning.
It appears that a Confederate officer, who was authorized by the Secretary of War, as provided by law, to purchase greenbacks, applied for some to an Israelite on Main street; but he having none himself for sale, the applicant was referred to Jackson and Benson, who were at the moment in the act of leaving the store.
The Government agent applied to them as directed; but the price asked being too high, no bargain was made.
In a short time afterwards, the fact that Jackson and Benson were trying to dispose of greenbacks became known to the detectives, and they were arrested.
By an act of Congress, the Secretary of War is authorized to purchase Federal green backs; but as that same bo
Wanted,
a small family to take care of my Dwelling, in the lower end of Louisa county, for the present year.
It contains nine rooms, excellent garden, and water, both free and mineral.
There will be an overseer on the place.
Address G. R. Lindsay, Perkinsville post-office, Goochland county, Virginia
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Castle Thunder items.
--Since our last report, the following commitments have been made to Castle Thunder:
J. Crane, Fifth Louisiana, and Thomas Quinn, Fourteenth Louisiana, charged with robbing a paroled soldier.
Andrew Redford, Fifteenth Virginia, and Thomas Jordan, a detailed conscript at the navy-yard, charged with attempting to escape to the enemy.
A member of the First Michigan cavalry, named Walter Terrell, was committed upon suspicion of being a spy.
Also, the following runaway negroes, who were recaptured from the Yankees: Peter, slave of George Timberlake, of Richmond; Charles, slave of C. W. Maupin, of Louisa county, Virginia; Lindsey, slave of Mrs. Bettie Roberts, of Nelson, county, Virginia; Taylor Martin, slave of Daniel Kennedy, of Charlottesville; Jack, slave of John H. Coleman, of Albemarle, and Tom, slave of Charles Boswell, of Fluvanna, Virginia.
The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Latest from Washington by mail. (search)