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The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Particulars of Van-Dorn's recent victory. (search)
aryland Cavalry, having, on the 4th inst., while in charge of a picket guard. allowed the officers men and horses of his command to enter a barn, and the men to take off their arms, and the to be in direct violation of existing orders, is dismissed with disgrade from the military service of the United States, subject to the approval of the President. By command of Major Gen. Hooker. S. Williams, Ass't Adj. Gen. The Eighth census of the U. S.--the population of Massachusetts. "Ion,"the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writing on the 13th inst., thus speaks of the 8th census, and its affects in Europe: The abstract of the 8th census, lately reported, has attracted much attention in Europe, and especially from those who take an interest in the progress and results of the present sectional conflict. The distinguished French savant Mr. Michael Chevalier, remarks, in a letter lately received that the report is replete with information of great interest, ad
The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], One hundred dollars reward. (search)
Ion of gas. --Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Chiles and Melton went to the basement of Mr. Woodhouse's bookstore for the purpose of repairing the gas pipe, which was reported to be leaking, Passing a light along the calling they found a wire attached to the pipe attaching across and fastened on the opposite side of the apartment. The door, in opening swung against this wire, and by this means the pipe had become loosened allowing an escape of the gas. They had scarcely made this discovery, when a lend explosion took place between the calling and the floor above, shattering the plastering in the store, and burning them slightly, but the gas was immediately turned off and further damage prevented.
The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Shadow of death. (search)
flourish and fade like the leaves of the forest, and the fairest flowers that bloom and wither in a day has not a frailer hold on life than the mightiest monarch that has ever shook the earth by his footsteps. Generations of men appear and vanish like the grass, and the countless multitude that swells the world to-day will to-morrow disappear like the foot prints on the shore. "Soon as the rising tide shall beat, Each trace will vanish from the sand." In the beautiful drama of Ion the instinct of immortality so eloquently uttered by the death devoted Greek finds a clear response in every thoughtful soul. When about to yield his young existence as a sacrifice to Fate, his betrothed Clemente asks it they shall not meet again, to which he replies: "I have asked that dreadful question of the hills that look eternal; of the flowing streams that flow forever; of the stars, among whose fields of azure my raised spirit hath walked in glory — all were dumb. But while I gaze u
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