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The Daily Dispatch: April 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War News. (search)
Latest from Europe.
The latest dates from Europe are to the 25th ult.
The Germans have abandoned the siege of Frederica.
The c. S. ship Florida arrived at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, on the 4th of March and sailed again on the 5th.
The U. S. ship St. Louis reached Santa Cruz on the 6th.
Maximilian would embark for Mexico on the 13th of April.
New York, April 4.--The steamer city of London, from Liverpool on the 23d, has arrived here.
The Earl of Aberdeen is dead, and Lord Ashburton also.
Garibaldi was expected to land at Southampton in about a week.
American Affairs.
The London Times, in an editorial on American affairs, says it sees no advantage on either side and no foreshadowing of the end. It says that "the only thing certain is that there will be no intervention, and that the Americans will work out the result by themselves."
The Danish War.
The advices from Denmark say there has been no additional fighting in Jutiand.
A semi-offici
Tumbling.
--We are from our exchanges that prices are coming down in all parts of the Confederacy, and we are happy to announce the same good tidings from our little remote corner.
Within the past three weeks corn has come down from three dollars to one seventy-five per bushel; bacon and lard from four dollars to two fifty per pound; and flour from one twenty-five to seventy- five cents per pound, with a good prospect of its being much lower, as our wheat crop at present promises a heavy yield.--Sunny Smith, Aberdeen, Miss.
The Daily Dispatch: June 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], Forrest Mississippi . (search)
Forrest's victory in Mississippi.
--A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser, writing on the 12th inst, from Aberdeen, Miss, about Forrest's late victory, says:
The enemy had a force varying from six to ten thousand of all arms, and having proclaimed their intention to show no quarter, of course expected none.
Gen Forrest met them without half the number, (or say four thousand,) and before the light it was considered as one of very doubtful issue, in consequence of the heavy odds, and hence everything in the shape of stores and other property was moved to the year by Gen Forrest a day or two before the battle.
The height is represented to have been the bloodiest on record, considering the numbers engaged in it, and our loss is necessarily very heavy; but the Yankees were completely ann dilated and every thing they had captured.
The number of wagons captured was 250, of which we have positive in formation that 212 were loaded in Memphis for Sherman's army.
There are
Forrest's Movements.
--A young gentleman just arrived at Staunton from Aberdeen, Miss.
reports that the Yankee expedition which was to attack Forrest, came out from Memphis and made a demonstration in the direction of Aberdeen, and men turned suddenly and took the direction of Savannah, Tenn. He also reports that Gen. Forrest had concentrated his forces at Tupelo, in anticipation of this expedition, and as soon as he discovered the real design of the enemy, started in the direction of thch was to attack Forrest, came out from Memphis and made a demonstration in the direction of Aberdeen, and men turned suddenly and took the direction of Savannah, Tenn. He also reports that Gen. Forrest had concentrated his forces at Tupelo, in anticipation of this expedition, and as soon as he discovered the real design of the enemy, started in the direction of the river to cut him off. He is of the impression that it is a close race between Forrest and the Yankees, making for Sherman's rear.
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Great Northern conspiracy. (search)
From Alabama. Mobile, August 24.
--Fort Morgan is in the enemy's hands.
Whether surrendered, or blown up, or evacuated, is unknown.
There are conflicting reports, but nothing reliable.
A flag-of-truce boat visited the enemy's upper fleet to-day.
The Federal exchange agent not having arrived, nothing was accomplished.
A special to the Advertiser, from near Aberdeen, on the 24th, says the enemy burned Asheville last night.
Their advance force passed through Holly Springs this morning towards La Grange.
Their wagon train crossed at Waterford last night.
As they were about crossing, Chalmers fired into their infantry force yesterday, and a sharp skirmish took place.
He captured three wagons and teams and five prisoners. Our loss, twenty.
The pursuit was renewed this morning.
General Longstreet.
--A week or two since, General Longstreet made a visit to one of his old staff officers, in Aberdeen, Mississippi, and upon the very night of his arrival, the house in which he slept was set on fire.
When an alarm was given, it was found that the chain of the well had been broken and all the buckets carried off so that it was with extreme difficulty that the house was saved from total destruction.
General Longstreet was, happily, not endangered, and, to make some amends, the citizens gave a public dinner in his honor a few days after.