April 29, 1863, Montgomery Weekly Advertiser The Macon Ga., Telegraph, of the 22d, gives the following account of a most flagrant highway robbery committed by females in Monroe county, on Friday last. It is said that these females were not able to plead poverty or necessity as an excuse for their acts, but whether [...]
April 29, 1863, Dallas Herald We are pleased to say to our readers that we have received our supply of white paper, and shall next week enlarge our sheet. We hope that we shall not again be compelled to print on brown paper. We earnestly request all subscribers to renew their subscription, as we [...]
April 29, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) Jackson, Miss., March 6, 1863. Madam–I have the honor to acknowledge the reception, at the hands of Dr. Blackburn, of the elegant “chappeau” sent to me by yourself and other ladies of Montgomery. I accept it with pride, and shall wear it in grateful remembrance of [...]
April 29, 1863, Charleston Mercury In compliance with the suggestion of the Surgeon General, we begin to-day the publication of extracts from the valuable work of Dr. Porcher. We call the special attention of farmers and planters, of house-wives, gardeners, and all who deal with herbs, to these extracts, in the hope that they [...]
April 29, 1863, Galveston Weekly News We learn by a gentleman from Hempstead, that the ladies of that county gave a fair on last Tuesday night in Hempstead, for the benefit of Waller’s Battalion the proceeds of which amounted to upwards of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. This is the largest contribution we have yet heard [...]
April 29, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas) Yesterday the sale of the negroes belonging to Gen. H. P. Bee, took place at the auction rooms of Col. J. S. Sydnor, and the prices ranged beyond those paid a week or two since. The number sold yesterday was 31, and the amount of the sale [...]
April 29, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) Dismal Swamp, N. C., April 21st, 1863. Mr. Editor:–From the above captain you may judge that we have gone nearly to the “jumping off place.” I never was so near out of the civilized world. But let this dismal region come in at its proper place. I will [...]
April 29, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) We learn that Curtis, the chief or head of the cotton card swindlers, was met by Mr. S. Wilson, the sutler of Col. Glenn’s regiment, some few miles this side of Memphis. Wilson brought him part of the way, but when within twenty miles of Little [...]
April 29, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) A gentleman who crossed the Mississippi within the last few days brings a Yankee Circular from which we extract the following rules and regulations governing work on plantations in Louisiana in the hands of the Federals.–What with the fines, lost time and bad marks the poor negro will [...]
April 29, 1863, The Charleston Mercury By the wise and efficient preparation of our materials, and the discipline, gallant bearing and uncommon skill of our soldiers, the Yankee fleet has been discomfited and repulsed with damage from the outer defences of Charleston harbor. The battered fleet steamed off to Port Royal bay, and the army [...]
April 29, 1863, The Charleston Mercury It will be recollected by our readers that, some months ago, when Charleston was threatened and a long siege anticipated, the City Council appointed a Subsistence Committee for the purpose of purchasing a stock of rice and corn for the use of the citizens generally should a protracted siege [...]
April 28, 1863, The Charleston Mercury FROM CHATTANOOGA. CHATTANOOGA, April 27. – Nashville files of the 21st instant have been received. The Cumberland River has fallen forty inches on Harpeth Shoals. Col. RELBURN, of the 2d Iowa Cavalry, has been appointed Inspector of Cavalry for the Army of the Cumberland. General MINTY commands all the [...]
April 28, 1863, The Charleston Mercury From a gentleman of St. Augustine, Florida, who, with his family, was taken to Beaufort by the Yankees, the Savannah Republican gathers the following information of the situation of affairs in Beaufort up to last Saturday: There are at Beaufort three regiments of whites and two of blacks, all [...]
April 28, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The healthy influence of the Tax Bill, which has just become a law, is already making itself felt in the provision market. Since the leading features of the tax have obtained publicity, the decline of prices, in flour, rice and other articles of food, has been steady and unmistakable. [...]
April 28, 1863, Natchez Daily Courier It seems that some five or six other ladies were arrested with the daughter of Gen. Battle. The Winchester Bulletin says they were arrested for “passing the Federal lines without authority,” and after a few day’s imprisonment at Nashville, were sent up North to Camp Chase. The [...]
April 28, 1863, The New York Herald Everything was quiet in General Hooker’s army yesterday; but there were rumors afloat that a movement was about to be made, and that a collision with the enemy was not very improbable. Mr. Seward, together with the Prussian and Swedish Ministers, accompanied by a number of ladies, attended [...]
April 28, 1863, Weekly Columbus Enquirer (Georgia) This Association will commence business today in the house formerly occupied by Mr. E. A. Smith, on the east side of Broad street, below the Bank of Columbus. Its object, as the public has already been advised, is to buy provisions and sell them at cost [...]
August 6, 1862, Arkansas True Democrat, Little Rock Capt. J. Field, quartermaster of Col. Sweet’s (Texas) regiment, just returned from Richmond, has placed us a thousand obligations for a full file of the Richmond papers during and after the great battle. We will endeavor in our next, to give our readers such particulars of the [...]
August 7, 1862 , Savannah Republican (Georgia) Mr. Editor–There are some facts connected with the Savannah market to which I desire to call the attention of the people of Georgia and South Carolina, who live convenient to this city: Sweet potatoes are selling here at 25 cents a quart, or $8 per bushel; green corn [...]
April 27, 1863, The Charleston Mercury FROM BRAGG’S ARMY. TULLAHOMA, APRIL 24. – We have further news from McMinnville that the enemy has destroyed several bridges, burned a cotton factory, the depot buildings, one engine and three cars, and then retreated towards Murfreesboro’. Our troops are in fine condition and spirits; it is not believed [...]
April 27, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The new arrangements for the transmission of telegraphic news throughout the Confederacy are now, we suppose, in full operation, and we have a fair opportunity of estimating the advantages that have resulted from the change. To our mind, those advantages, so far, are of a very questionable character. The [...]
April 27, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The sloop Eagle, Capt. BRENNON, laden with upland cotton, tobacco, &c., bound from Savannah for Nassau, got under weigh from her anchorage in St. Augustine Creek, Thursday night, about 8 o’clock, and proceeded to Warsaw Sound to go to sea. While passing Cabbage Island, the Yankee signal corps sent [...]
April 27, 1863, The New York Herald The news from New Orleans is most important and encouraging. Gen. Banks has done able service in that region, as we announced on Wednesday. The details of this brilliant affair reached us by the Fulton yesterday. Severe battle was fought on Friday, the 17th inst., at the Vermillion [...]
April 26, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois) You have put the children to bed, Alice– Maude, and Willie, and Rose, They have lisped their sweet “Our Father,” And sunk to their night’s repose. Did they think of me, dear Alice? Did they think of me and say, “God bless him, and God [...]
April 25, 1863, The New York Herald Our Milliken’s Bend Correspondence. MILLIKEN’S BEND, La., April 17, 1863. Last night the long anticipated attempt to force a passage of the batteries at Vicksburg was undertaken with eminent success. Several days since it was determined that, in one grand and combined movement, a sufficient number of transports [...]