The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-24
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Reprinted from This Newspaper.
AycriIl's Rnidrrs,

greater part OF the Yankees under
! ANcrill will be captured. On Sunday
! they were met at the junction of Roar
Ing ftun and the Covington Railroad
by Colonel Jackson and his command,
and brisk engagement cnsucd I'm
! which the raiders were driven back.
| TWO hundred and fifty OF their num-
| bcr were captured. The rest of the
( party continued their retreat in the di-
\ rection OF Junction Store. in Botetourt
| County, near which point il is under
stood that General imboden is posted.
| IN Botctourt the citizens were turn
ing out in crowds TO tho aid of the
regular forces and were rendering.
most efficient service
The Congress.
/ The senate. on motion OF Mr.. Simms.
/ of Kentucky, passed the bill authoriz-
/ ing the payment to the Governor or
| Kentucky of Sl.o00.000. to DC applied
/ for tho use OF the Kentucky troops in
tho Confederate service
In the House, tho antisubstitutc bill
/ Was debated.
From Lees Army.
| Major-Gencral Early has been as
siCncd to the command Of the Valley
/ bepartment of Virginia, with his head
| quarters mt Staulton. General Early
! IS peculiarly fitted for this position and
/ viii doubtless discharge the duties OF
! hls new rlacc with credit to himself
and acceptability To his country.
/ Congress Will. probably at its pres
| cnt session. create the Office OF prov-
| ost marshall general for this army.
! our correspondent in the Army or
I Northern Virginia recommends Major
7 liridpford, OF Richmond. who has been
acting ~ that capacity for the last
/ ten months.
The chaplalus of this army held =
| meeting at Orange Courthouse on Fri
/ day. Most interesting reports were
/ made, which show high state of re-
/ lisious feeling throughout tho army
| TO That sainted hero. Stoncwan Jack
/ son. is due much. IL not all, Of the pres
ent system by which the chaplaiins in
| our army arc enabled to DO so much
good And by the way lot me saw
that my firm conviction is that the
great success OF this army is due to
! the religious elements which reach
every corner of 1t. whilst, on the other
I hand. | am very much disposed to fear
| from what | have been told by officers
| who lave served in the Army Of Ten
ncssee. tina, the lack Of success of that
army is due To tho want OF religious
/ influence upon the troops
Dennis priscoli of MarmpdulSe John
sons division from Richmond. was cN
ocutod at noon Friday. by shooting.
Tor the crime Of dcSertion. iiis wife
came UP and took charge OF his body
and took IT to Richmond for intermont
Another sad warning to those who
leave their country and standard with
cut permission Tho time was, when
General Leo was disposed to look
lcnicntly on this Kind of conduct That
time has passed, however, and | be
li"vc that every sentence Will he rig
idly carried into execution"
Ruf,in IIonorcd.
Edmund liunin. tile venerable Vir-
Einia patriot has been invited by the
z. 70 a. s,,.
the Senate chamber.
iiun over by Mrs. Lincoln.
small boy was Knocked down on
Pennsylvania Avenue. in WASHINGTON.
last week and run over by Mrs Lin
coins carriage, breaking his leg and
otherwise injuring him. Mrs. Lincoln
took the lad into her carriage and car
ricd him 10 his home.
New Brigadier.
Colonel John r. Chamblss Jr., Of
the Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry. has
been promoted by the President to the
rank OF brigUdier- general
How LinroIn's Message Took.
The New York Herald. in a lengthy
article on the subject of sensational.
ism, said last week:
out az pure love for President Lin
coin. we tried To make n sensation
about his message the other day, but
used TO print an edition of from 10000
TO 10000 copies of the Herald, contain
ing tho Presidents messages and all
these copies We're bought up like hot
cakes by the eager public. ON Mon
day we obtained the first copy OF Mr..
Lincoln's message by tclcgra phing We
printed il first ana had our extra ready
bctoro our sleepy contemporaries knew
what th"y We're about. The newsboys
were notified BY the bulletins that the
message was in town. Well. wc print
ed 400 copies of the message. Of these
"c sold $50 copies to the newsboys.
Cudoubtediy we should have been
stuck cas- the ncwshoys classIcaIlv
phrase iD with the remaining 500, had
not countrymnn come along In the
nick of time and bought the whole
batch oil 4 venture TO dispose Of it on
his way home. We have every rca-
son to believe that our country Gus
TONER sincerely repcnted Of his bar
gain. This littlo Incident is the strong
est proof We could produce OF the com
plctc indifference OF the public"