The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-16
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Reprinted fro.- Thi. sevsp.pen
Latest From tho North


consin, has introduced In tho Yankee
/ Senate bin reciting cruelties to Yam
qucsting Lincoln to call out and arm
J 100000 of volunteers to carry food
ana freedom to every captive held In
! rebel prisons and to plant the flag OF
I tho United State upon every prison.
! Lincoln is requested to place Grant in
command Of these forces.
y resolution was offered declaring
| that rs the combination at Richmond
has no rightful authority over the
people. or any portion Of the national
| Union, and no warrant but conspiracy
and treason. therefore every PROPOSE
tion to treat with them should be re-
| jected without hesitation.
On the Same day Rogers, OF New Jcr-
sey. offered resolutions recitlng that
whilst we arc In favor of vigorous.
the war. for the maintenance of the
Constitution and laws yet we arc for
! cancellation and compromise as far as
consistent with an honorable and last
ing peace: and proposing the appoint
ment of commissioners on the part of
the Federal government to meet com
insurgent States to consider whether
amy. and If any. what plan may be
adopted. consistent with the honor and
dignity OF the nation. and based solely
on the reconstruction of the Union, by
which the war may be ended. These
resolutions were tabled by Il vote of
| On tho Sth Wilson, of Massachu
setts, introduced In tho Yankee Senate
y resolution TO eXpel Garrett Davis, of
Kentucky, because Davis said in the
| senate on the 9th instant that the
people of the North ought to revolt
against the war leaders and take this
great matter in their own hands
! Grant has been promoted TO major
general I'm the regular army, to date
from the fail of Nicksburg. Thomas
has been made a brigadier- general in
the regular army, to date from Chicka-
| manga. Meade. Mcpherson and Sher-
man have also been made brigadier-
generals.
Resolution of Inquiry.
! In the Confederate States Congress
yesterday Mr.. Lyons, of Virginia, Of
Tered resolution, which was adopted,
| under what authority Generals Sam
Jones and 1mbodon have prohibited tho
va of supplies of food from
Richmond for private uses.
Less Tobncco-Iorc Bread.
In the Legislature an amendment
TO the slave impressment law was
adopted so as to include slaves en-
first, and thus relieve, as far as prac-
| ticablc, those engaged in filling the
soil for bread.
Archbishop Hughes.
The Petersburg lntellisencer has an
hughes, OF New York, copied from "a !,
Northern paper. This dangerous pre-
late actually. enlisted more men against
North. We publish his obituary with
respectful, yot cheerful, alacrity.
NortI Carolina Senntorship.
Governor Vance has tendcred tho
stoned in the Confederate Senate by
the ,csgnation of Senator Davis to
Hon. William Graham. Mr. Gra-
hams regular term as Mr.. Davis's sue
cessor win commence with the next
Congress. Mr. Davis resigned to ac-
ecept the attorney -generalship of the
Confederate states
Profits OF Fork butcher
Last week n pork butcher, having
a stall in tile Savannah, Ga. market,
purchased hog for SlS5 From this
Eog he made tue following sales: Lard
Total. $625. Profit. $440. In public
place In savannah this miserable Shy
lock mace his boasts of his cxtortion.
Sent on.
Two Yankee captains, for some time
confined In Libby Prison, were yes
tcrday paroled and sent off To City
Point to 20 North. via q flag OF truce
Metcalf. Company *. Fourteenth New
York Cavalry, and Captain II. II. Gregg.
C ,;o,.nInIy A. A., Thirteenth pennsylvania
Fort Donelson the goth of September
last. and the second was taken at War
renton october II, 1863
IN the Hustinsa Court yesterday.
full bench sitting. Robert Christian, a
free negro, was examined on tho
chain from John W Leonard. found
guilty, and ordered 10 be sold into alb
solutc slavery.
Confederate Patent once Report.
Ihe annual report of the Commits
sioner of Patents was made 70 Con-
Rress Thursday. Last year ia appli-
cations were made. forty-scven caveats
MED, elghty-nine patents issued and
thirteen United states patents and as
signmenis recorded and revived. or
n Vsl fnY -, lpL,t,
one are for improvements in firearms
proJectiles. implements OF war and ma
chincry -nr their manufacture.
From the Rnpidnn.
orange Courthouse, January l5.-rhe
following seems To be the true version
OF Mosbys AFFAIR near Harper's Ferry:
pcrs Ferry as reported, but the Yam
kce camp on the l.oudoun Heights, one
mile and n half from Harper's Ferry,
occupied by the First Maryland Bat.
TALON OF Cavalry. under Major Cole,
consisting of 100 men. The attack was
made on Sunday morning before day
light.
The cnemy's camp was completely
surprised and thrown into considerable
confusion. Owing to the proximity OF
The enGmy's infantry forces. Mosby was
compelled to act hurriedly Six pris-
oncrs and forty horses were captured
Aosby's loss is given AT fifteen. Among
KILLED. and Lieutenant Turner NOR
ANY wounded. The cncmy's loss in
Killed and wounded not ascertained.
About Mexico
The Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don Times says that MaXinllian will
refuse the Mexican throne unless rec
ognized by the Washington govern
mcnt, and that Lincoln has refused
such recognition
Sent 10 Fort Delaware.
Major Thomas -. Armasy and Lieu
tenant David Davis, Confederate Off
GERS. convicted in Washington of re-
cruitinG within the Union lines, have
. i,ns mi m Tlnln 20. a
years.
/ Died.
Arthur X. Morson, an eminent mem
Der of the Richmond bar, died at his
home on Governor Street yesterday.
aged siXty-one.
! Abe Martin