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The Daily Dispatch: March 31, 1862., [Electronic resource], [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch] (search)
of the veteran manager, new Capt. Crisp, of the Dixie Artillery,) has won a host of friends during her brief stay. Her expressive face and soft, melodious voice, render her a valuable addition to the company. We must not forget the popular Jennie Powell, whose peculiar rendition of Madame Aubrey convulsed the audience with laughter, and fully sustained her reputation as a comedienne of the first order. Our space forbids a more extended notice of the performance. The other characters were all well rendered, and nothing occurred to mar the harmony of the evening. To-night we have the comedy of The Ladies' Battle and the farce of Bob Nettles, with the charming vocalist, Miss Anna Louisa Clyde, in one of her beautiful cavatinas. We understand that a new play, written by a gentleman of this city, entitled The Council of Ten, is in rehearsal; also, a Southern opera. called The Vivandieres, composed by Professor Hewitt, in which the entire vocal strength of the company will appear.
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Varieties. (search)
The Varieties. --A handsome tribute was paid to Mr. E. R. Dalton on Wednesday night. Notwithstanding the "weeping clouds," the Varieties was crowded. To-night an attractive bill is offered. Mr. Walter Keeble, a decided favorite with the play-goers, (and deservedly so,) will appear, supported by the excellent stock company. En passant, we refer the ladies and gentlemen of the dramatic profession to the advertisement of Manager Hewitt. He offers inducements for engagements at the new Richmond Theatre, now in progress of completion.
The Daily Dispatch: July 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 11 (search)
62. The Union forces engaged were the Third Minnesota, Col. Leslie, eight hundred men; six companies of the Ninth Michigan, Col. Parkhurst, three hundred; the third battalion of the Pennsylvania Seventh cavalry, two hundred and twenty-five; Hewitt's battery, sixty men, convalescents; the Fourth Kentucky, twenty-five. In all about fourteen hundred men. The rebel force consisted of one regiment of mounted infantry, a regiment of Texan rangers, and Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee cavalry. The Secessionists confidently expect the arrival of the rebel forces some time to-night. Batteries have been placed on Capitol Hill and other points. Col. Leslie surrendered at Murfreesboro' at four o'clock P. M., the Minnesota Third and Hewitt's battery included, the latter for want of ammunition. Georgia and Alabama cavalry and Texan Rangers were engaged in the fight. The 7th Pennsylvania cavalry were partly engaged. Some have reached Nashville and are now on duty. Gen. T.
The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
nessee. Nashville, July 16 --Lebanon, Tenn., is in possession of the rebels. The rebels, 800 strong, are at Hartsville. Dr. Rice, Benjamin Daniels, and John Barnes, respectable citizens, were hung last night at Tennessee Ridge, twenty-five miles from Nashville, for entertaining men employed in reconstructing telegraph lines. Nashville,July 18--One thousand and forty-six paroled prisoners at Murfreesboro' have arrived. They are mostly of the Michigan Ninth, and some of Hewitt's Battery. There are no commissioned officers. The trains run through to Murfreesboro'. Running the blockade. United States Gunboat Chippewa, Captain Bryson, New Inlet, (Off Wil., N. C.,) July 2, 1862. An English steamer, loaded with heavy guns, &c., arrived here last Friday morning; was partially headed off by the Cambridge and Stars and Stripes, (the only two vessels then here — the Chippewa being at Beaufort for coal and repairs, and the State of Georgia at Fortress Mon
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Events of the War. (search)
s of the tongue, and if the victim lives twelve hours he will recover. He tells me that on last Tuesday three hundred and fourteen, soldiers died in the hospitals at Vicksburg, and one hundred and thirteen negroes. The Yankees are deserting by wholesale, and numbers of them have come into our lines and delivered themselves up as prisoners, rather than trust themselves to the tender mercies of Yellow Jack, to the effects of which they attribute the great mortality among their troops. Dr. Hewitt, Grant's Medical Director, has issued a circular, stating that the disease was not the yellow fever, but the soldiery do not believe it, and are fleeing for their homes to escape that dreadful scourge. The reported Confederate victory at Donaldsonville. The special correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal furnishes the following interesting items, under date of Morton, August St. Capt. Clarke arrived here recently from Donaldsonville, La. He confirms the intelligence previously rec
The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Averill raiders — a probability of their capture. (search)
n at 10 A. M. A gunboat went to Fort Pike in the afternoon, and he heard heavy firing in that direction. The Confederate partisans had burned two schooners transporting cattle to Bayon LaCombe, near Manchaca. The pickets on the road reported that Taylor had whipped Franklin, on the 11th, at the mouth of Red river, driving him back to his gunboats, and on the 12th shelled Baton Rouge. Letters from Johnson's Island state that our prisoners were on less than half rations. Col. Miles, Capt. Hewitt, and Col. Ben Johnson, of the 15th Alabama, were in irons for trying to escape. The True Della's extra, giving an account of the meeting, was suppressed. [Second Dispatch.] Mobile, Dec. 22. --The Advertiser has a special dated Oxford, Miss., December 21. The Chicago Times, of the 14th, contains a Cairo dispatch of the 12th, stating that accounts from Arkansas represent Price to be crossing Red river, with five thousand men, into Texas. Marmaduke was endeavoring to join him,
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
sixteen miles from Richmond. It was reported yesterday that a fight took place on Thursday night below Drewry's Ford, resulting in the recapture of the Breastworks at Howlett's. This is considered by the following dispatch from Gen. Lee to the President, received last evening: Headq'rs army of Northern Va., June 17, 1864. His Excellency, Jefferson Davis At 11 o'clock last night we took the breast at Howlett's house. Other portions of the same line were taken. The battery at Hewitt's is being re-established. Five vessels have been sunk by the enemy Reach. Ten steamers are within behind the monitors. Some fighting has occurred near Petersburg this morning, without result. I have ordered that the railroad at Port Walthall Junction, destroyed by the enemy yesterday be repaired and reopened. R. E. Lee General. Trent's Beach, where the Yankees have sunk the vessels, is between Drewry's Bluff and Cap. The object of this exploit is supposed t
The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
A young son of Mr N B Moore, of Augusta, Ga., was fatality stabbed recently by a lad named Hewitt.
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