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The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Jenny Lind. (search)
Aid for Kansas. Albant,Feb. 5.--The State Assembly have passed a bill appropriating $100,000 for the relief of the Kansas sufferers.
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Free Negroes on the Wing. (search)
Northern Markets. New York,Feb. 6.--Cotton declined ic. --Uplands Middling 11 ½ cents Flour lower — Southern $5.50@5.60. Wheat steady — Red $1.30@1.34; White $1.40@1.50. Corn lower — Mixed 66 ½ @68 cents; White Southern 76 cents. Pork dull — Mess $17.75; Prime $13. Sugar-- Orleans 4 ½@5 ½ cents. Coffee steady, at 10 ½@12 ½ cents. Other articles unchanged. Sales in New York, Feb. 5, of $2000 Va. 6's at 72 ½. Baltimore,Feb. 6.--Flour active and firm — Howard and Ohio $5.25. Wheat steady — red $1.33; white $1.45. Corn firm-- White 68@73; yellow 61@67. Provisions active — mess pork $18. Lard 10 ½. Coffee active at 12 ½@13.
The Daily Dispatch: January 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Sale of negroes in Tennessee. (search)
An important Enterprize of the Railroad companies. We are gratified to learn that a well concerted movement is on foot for a general meeting of railroad officers in Richmond on the 5th of February next, to devise measures for the manufacture of railroad iron and such other articles of indispensable necessity as have hitherto been procured from countries outside of the limits of the Confederate States. To keep up a perfect railroad communication throughout the South, requires an occasional renewal of material; and if the approaching meeting can suggest a plan by which the South can place herself on an independent basis in this respect, it will have done as much towards solving the great problem of national freedom, as any class of individuals have done since the breaking up of the old Union. We therefore hope that a large number of practical minds will be brought together in Richmond on the day designated, and that a combined and well considered project will then be sent forth
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], English business and the blockade. (search)
Errata. --In our local notice yesterday of the General Railroad Convention to be held in this city, at the Exchange Hotel, a misprint made it appear that the meeting would take place on the 15th day of February. It should have been the 5th day of February.
The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], War news. (search)
ave been obtained from all part of the country, going to show the enormous aggregate business done in this single article. A very slight excise duty on each thousand feet manufactured will yield a handsome revenue, which, by a slight economy, will not be felt by domestic consumers. "Gas need no longer be made light of." The Richmond Railroad Convention — the inside track, &c. The Herald, of New York, surmises that the proposed Railroad Convention, to be held in this city on the 5th February, (to-day,) will have for its main object the completion of an unfinished gap of some forty miles, more or less, of an inside line of railroads between Richmond and the South, running down through the western part of North Carolina, and at a pretty safe distance from the army of Buell, in East Tennessee, and of Burnside, in Eastern North Carolina. Jeff. Davis, in his last message to Congress, referred to the importance of finishing the work required to open this inside track. But the
The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], The "Times" and our Commissioners. (search)
Latest from Tennessee.attack on Fort Henry.landing of Federals. Memphis, Feb. 5. --Three Federal gun-boats appeared on the Tennessee river on yesterday. They opened fire on Fort Henry. The latter responded. There was no damage done to the fort. The Federals are landing troops two miles from the fort, and an attack is expected. the Confederates are in full force on the Tennessee river, and no damage from the Federals is apprehended.
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], Late Northern news. (search)
Latest from the North. Northern preparations by land and sea — Congress news — note from President Davis to Lincoln — Corcoran, Wilcox, and others, to be Hanged if Missouri bridge Burners are shot — financial Troubles. [special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.] Norfolk, Va., Jan. 6th. --Northern dates to the 5th February have been received here. The New York Herald says that large bodies of the rebel forces have been transferred by railroad from Manassas to some other threatened point. An attack from the Merrimac is expected. The Herald says the Federal naval authorities assert that they are prepared for any attack from the Merrimac or any other Confederate vessels. The ordnance of all the Federal frigates and gun-boats in the Roads are kept double shotted in anticipation of a collision. In the Federal Congress, on Monday, petitions were presented from many citizens of New York, asking for an immediate repeal of the reciprocity treaty between
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Europe. (search)
[Associated press Dispatch.] Goldsboro', N. C., Feb. 5. --Information has been received here, direct from Hyde county, N. C., to the effect that the Burnside fleet, numbering from 50 to 100 vessels, moved from Hatteras yesterday, and went in the direction of Roanoke Island.
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], New Railroad. (search)
. 7. --A gentleman direct from Fort Donaldson reports that four gun-boats attacked Fort Henry on Tuesday, and that three Confederates were killed. One of the gun-boats was damaged and so crippled that she had to be hauled off. On yesterday a dispatch was sent from Fort Henry, which stated that eight gun-boats were coming up the river. The pickets stationed sixteen miles below Fort Henry reported that 20,000 Federals were landing. The Tennessee river was rapidly rising. Reinforcements have been ordered to the Tennessee river from Memphis. Nashville,Feb. 5. --Dispatches received to-day from Fort Henry state that the Yankees fired about 40 shots at the fort on yesterday, but did no damage. [Second Dispatch.] Memphis, Feb. 6, P. M. --A dispatch received from Danville at 2 o'clock P. M., to-day, states that bring on Fort Henry commenced to-day at noon. One hundred and fifty guns were fired, but the result was unknown. The firing had ceased.
The Daily Dispatch: February 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 29 (search)
n Fort Henry.Missouri War News.#x38;c., &c., &c. From the Baltimore American, of the 6th inst., we make up the following interesting summary of intelligence: The advance of Gen. Grant on Fort Henry--damage to a Federal gun-boat. Cairo, Feb. 5. --The force under General Grant arrived at this landing, six miles below Fort Henry, yesterday afternoon. The gun-boats Essex and St. Louis made a reconnaissance of the rebel works for the purpose of landing the forces. They went within fternoon. The force of the enemy is supposed to be 15,000 men. A dispatch dated to-day says that General Grant's force is within four miles of Fort Henry and a fight was expected to-day. The Canada reciprocity Treaty. Washington, Feb. 5. --The report made from the Committee of Commerce to-day by Representative Ward is adverse to the proposed abnegation of the reciprocity treaty, but advocates an enlargement of its commercial connections, with a view to render reciprocity,
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