The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-28
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The Siege OF uhnrle,,on.
Reprinted from rhls Newspaper.

nc Siege charleston.
Acsteiuay Ms.s me Ao-u uhy of tho
lsieSe oI ,ho cI,y CT Cnt,ics,on, ana IL
see.na tha. .hu citA ~ no i,e.,..i ia,nu,s
IN inc baiius OF III. enemy man !, M.ts
on 'he ntS tins Is uitova,s ciosseu nc
~ t.hs'!b pe',u' .k,iu has no Iuea
~ SUI eh".l,hs .he cay, ana 80 iar ne
h"9 pcsii epi' ~ tepei cNely itIu az
| .'tN me ATTACKS fiUh the wafer
! mayo Dut very NIUE effect
:, i'ro.a niSs.sstppi.
! FROM DemoDoiis. Ana, General Lconi-
uas tolk seitus 80 Che NNiIi i,,u.t. ,tn,.ut
| W tsicb,aph nun iceOtts OF me upe-
| i.tiohS OF ,Ieuctiu tuttesI ana .otcpio n
| -. Lee. The tu.,es Of these ssI,,....ls
/ haN" be"n having q rurn.nl. nAnl WIN
Hte .i.iHS zoe INC past ten DAYS, ana
""Nt I-i"iS put them on me rouL mo
lni~'''hs night commenced at Okaluna.
Mss, ana was kept up almost inccs-
SANITY 10 iontotoc. wnctc the enemy
vas mns totally s.hmpedcd. General uhoi-
son IS pursuing me rctrea,ng horues
III inc direction Of Memphis.
Nnsn.nHtvns Br.nIay.
from All accounts, Il would Seem
mat tho Yankees found time from ;h.ir
heicuI"an enul1s to put .town one re-
lemon 10 celebrate the birthday OF TN,
chief OF ali rebels. George WASHINGTON.
YIN IN" ga they waSIeu a gteat zeal OF
! man VINO conducted successfuilS the
greatest rebellion the world has ever
hMo"n ana enabled tbc people TO throw
~ YOKE or tyranny the like OF which
lhc YANKEES arc now irving to plac.
upon the nccks of the people OF tho
me country
Disastrous fire.
mo ,t 1i,e ,yGsie.Hay afternoon destroyed
street. bStween First ana ADAMS
streets The place was more Familiarity
SHOWN rs Dill's bakery, but for the
past three years has been operated by
me Confederate Statess government 10
plepare bread, crackers. etc. for the
army. Several adjoining buildings ana
been acquired for The busincss ana
altogether, il made Il great mnnufnC,
o94r, ing plant The. fire started in one
OF me outer buildings and made very
rapid Roadway before the fire depart
mehl or the city could get on tho
scene. Two thousand barrels Of hard
plcau ana nearly as many of crackers
ana also several hundred barrels Of
nour belonging TO the government were
entirely consumed Tho buildings yvoro
also burned except tho ono in yhich
the large engine that furnishes The
moiiNe- powGr for the bakery was In
stated This valuable engine. By the
neroic efforts OF the nremen and citi-
"ens was saved The loss TO the gov
TpT,n1iment is enormous, and that OF Mr.
nm on the buildings Is also very large
Mr.. l)ili was. partially insured. but tho
IL Was the Hoosatonic.
FROM prisoners captured on Charles
Ton by one of our gunboats It Is learn
Ell mat The Yankee gunboat reported
destroyed IN the storm of last week
was the Hoosatonic. carrying twelve
guns and 800 men. She was no; de-
f frnSy bn ny me storm that rased at the
inahded by Lieutenant Dixon. OF Mo
bile.
Extra Session Chilled
:. GoVeruor Joseph Brown. Of Georgia,
mas called an extra session of the Leg
iSlaturc of that State 10 consider mat
teers pertaining to the better protection
OF the state.
The Home Guarhs
The niacritY with which the second
class militia OF Richmond responds to
every call upon them Tor iocai defense
reflects great credit upon the patriot-
ism and courage Of our city-a citv /
on. ~ =.
" powerful ana vindictive foe The
militia mas proved itself equal to every
emergency in that long period of trial
ana endurance. These troops arc
militia only in name, for In discipline
and soldIcrly Qualities II may b. thor /
oughlY relied upon
Hear Mrnt fs Good.
y big bear WcghiuE when dressed
% pounds. was KILLED in Wake County. /
y. G. lew days ago. Bear meat ts
said 10 he splendid food for hard hght- +
ing soldiers. aud the more III them 70
be killed the better
\ Real Patriot.
The DanVillc Appeal tells or the ia Is
triotsn of a Caswen County. y G i
man II says that while the merchants
OF lJanVllle are selling flour At S225 per
barrel, :. = Lea, a farmer OF Caswcll
County. y, c.. brought ten barrels OF
Hour to panVjle and sold II to the
wives of Confederate soldiers and othcr
needy people for the small sum Of eT5
per barrel Hurrah for NIr Lou ~.