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The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Progress of the Revolution. (search)
s already been mounted, and the remainder will be placed in position to-day — after which they will be engaged in a similar service elsewhere under Gen. Pillow. The Coahoma Invincible, from Friar's Point, Miss., reached the city last night, on the fast steamer Mary E. Keene. They are a fine looking military corps, and are to rendezvous at Corinth, Miss., at which point there will be 2,500 troops by this evening.--The steamer Judge Fletcher yesterday morning landed one company from Pine Bluff, Ark., composed of one hundred and twenty members, and another from Helena, composed of eighty members, commanded by Capt. Cleburne, a gallant officer. In the afternoon, the steamer Golden State brought up two more companies — the Border Rangers, sixty strong, from Searcy, and the Hindman Guards, a cavalry corps, forty strong, from West Point. They were all landed at Mound City, just above which point they have a special duty to perform. The people of Napoleon, we learn, have been misr
The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Another Sensation story Spoiled. (search)
ederate Army. Augusta is the banner county of the State, having eleven companies already in the field, and two more forming. Any quantity of troops from Arkansas and Louisiana arrived at Lynchburg on Thursday. Mr. Henry Parrish, a native of Virginia, died in Fayette county, Tenn., on the 5th inst. A young man named Stamps was accidentally shot at the camp near Nashville, Tenn., a few days ago. A man, supposed to be a spy of the Federal Government, has been arrested at Florence, S. C. A cargo of 538 Coolies arrived at Havana on the 5th instant. The steamer Arago was seized at Pine Bluff, Ark., last week. The County Court of Campbell, at its late term, appropriated $20,000 for war purposes. The New Orleans papers report that privateering vessels are fitting out in that city. The rumors of disagreements in the Cabinet of President Davis are positively denied. The London papers announce the failure of P. Hava & Co., levant merchants.
The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Extra session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. (search)
ted that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Stephens) had in his possession the Ordinance of Secession adopted by the Convention of Arkansas, and also the ordinance adopting the Provisional Constitution. Mr. Withers.--I am satisfied. It is best always to know that the official papers are present. On the call of States, the vote in favor of the admission of Arkansas was unanimous. On motion of Mr. Stephens, the delegates from Arkansas were then sworn in and took their seats. The delegates are-- R. W. Johnson, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A. Rust, of Little Rock, Arkansas. A. H. Garland, of Little Rock, Arkansas. W. W. Watkins, of Carrolton, Arkansas. H. F. Thompson, of Van Buren, Arkansas. The last named gentleman was not present, but is expected here in a day or two. On motion of Mr. Stephens, the President was instructed to appoint one additional member on the Committee on Indian Affairs, Postal Affairs, Public Lands, and on Commerce.
The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ordered off. (search)
Names of Members of the Congress of the Confederate States of America. Alabama. R. W. Walker, Florence, Alabama. R. H. Smith, Mobile, Alabama. J. L. M. Curry, Talladega, Alabama. W. P. Chilton, Montgomery, Alabama. S. F. Hale, Eutaw, Alabama. John Gill Shorter, Eufaula, Alabama. Colin J. McRae, Mobile, Alabama. H. C. Jones, Russellville, Alabama. Nich. Davis, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama. Arkansas. Robert W. Johnson, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Albert Rust, Little Rock, Arkansas. H. F. Thomasson. Van Buren, Arkansas. A. H. Garland, Little Rock, Arkansas. W. W. Watkins, Carrolton, Arkansas. Florida. Jackson Morton, Milton, Florida. G. T. Ward, Tallahassee, Florida. J. B. Owens, Cottage P. O., Florida. Georgia. Robert Toombs, Washington, Georgia. Howell Cobb, Athens, Georgia. Francis S. Bartow, Savannah, Georgia. Martin J. Crawford, Columbus, Georgia. Eugenius A. Nisbet, Macon, Georgia. Benjamin H. Hill, Lagrange, G
The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], The American flag torn down from a New York shot Tower. (search)
A negro preacher hung. --A negro preacher belonging to Mrs. Haden, at Pine Bluff, Ark., indulged in violent language to his mistress on last Sunday week, remarking, among other things, that he would be free in three weeks, and could raise a thousand men himself for the purpose. His case was reported to the authorities the same evening, and he was taken out and hung on Monday afternoon.
The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Domestic tragedy in New Orleans. (search)
The Preachers' Regiment. --A regiment of Arkansas troops, from the southern part of the States, says the Helena Shield, passed up last Sunday, on route for the seat of war, that should properly be styled the Preachers' Regiment. The Colonel, Bradley, from Pine Bluff, is a Methodist minster, and besides him there are no less than eight preachers in the regiment, one of whom is over seventy years of aged
The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Later from Nassau, N. P. (search)
, provided the city shall furnish sacks and pay-for the hauling. Some fifteen or twenty negroes have been seduced from the service of their masters, along the Potomac river, in King George, by the Lincoln pirates who now infest those waters. Samuel C. Reid, for many years a member of the bar and connected, with the press of New Orleans, is a candidate to represent the second Congressional district in the Confederate Congress from Louisiana. The Synod of Arkansas will meet in Pine Bluff, on the Thursday before the fourth Sabbath of October. Brig. Gen. Jones M. Withers has been ordered to the command of the forces and work defending the city and harbor of Mobile, Ala. The N. C. Delta says that the fortifications at Ship Island mount eighty-four guns and are now manned by 2,400 men. The manufactory of all cloth has been commenced by the citizens of Hamburg, South Carolina. Hon. Madison McAfee withdraws his name as a candidate for Governor of Mississippi.
The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], A noble Example. (search)
A noble Example. --An old man, seventy-three years old, living near Pine Bluff, Ark., by the name of Bush, took his young son and went with him to join McCulloch. In the battle of Springfield he took his position, and with an unexampled coolness and courage, as much execution with the rifle as any one in the battle. When his gun was struck by a ball and became useless, he went to a wounded Tennessean, who gave him his and his ammunition. The old man returned to his place and said, "Boys, now see what I'll do with the Minnie rifle. " Taking aim at the officers, at every fire one game to the ground. One Colonel and two Captains fell in quick succession. An order was given to fall back to a better position. The old man did not hear it, and besought them not to retreat. He naked where his boy was. Some one told him he had retreated. Overcome by grief, he sat down, laid his gun across his lap, and burst into tears. He was soon relieved, however, when he found his son in his
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
From the Southwest. Morton, August 12. --One of Gen. Kirby Smith's staff officers, who has just arrived here, says that four transports, laden with troops, passed Rodney, going up, on Friday. The troops sent down by Grant were to replace the troops in Banks's army whose term of service had expired. Gen. Price was at Pine Bluff, Ark. Gen. Dick Taylor's army was at Berwick's Bay. One of his field batteries struck two transports near Donaldsonville last Tuesday. Gen. Smith's headquarters were at Shreveport. He has called on the Governors of the Trans-Mississippi States to meet him at Marshall. Texas, on the 15th. The Governor of Texas has taken the field with 10,000 State troops. Gen. Magruder's headquarters are at Galveston. [second Dispatch.] Morton, August 13. --The 46th Texas regiment (cavalry) captured twenty-two Yankees from wagons, eighteen miles the other side of Big Black, yesterday, and brought them safely to this place. They be
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Mississippi. (search)
ansports heavily laden with troops passed up, and the Continental loaded with cavalry passed down. The Yankees are playing a heavy game, and the troops that have gone down are merely for the purpose of replacing the troops of Banks's army who have been mustered out on the expiration of their term of enlistment. He says there is no doubt but Grant is reinforcing Rosecrans or Meade.--He states that affairs are in a flourishing condition in the Trans Mississippi department. Price is at Pine Bluff, Taylor at Berwick's Bay, and Kirby Smith at Shreveport. Dick Taylor sunk two transports laden with troops last Wednesday, near Donaldsonville, and has since been reinforced by five thousand Texans. Magruder's headquarters are at Houston, and the Governor of Texas has taken the field at the head of ten thousand State troops. Kirby Smith has called upon the Governors of the different States in his department to meet him at Marshall, Texas, on the 15th, to take measures to repel raids of
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