The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-14
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Reprinted from Thi. Newspaper.
Itccc,ling Waters.


mas been very destructive. is sub
siding rapidly, ana the danger poin, is
now passed. The rocedins waters over
turned the sunkcn steamer West Point
near che dock, and that splendid vessel
now Hes bottom side up.
bishops ia Meet.
The bishops OF The Methodist Episco-
pal Church in the Confederate states
VIII mold their annual meeting in
MontEomery, Ma, on the 4th OF May.
iiShops Andrews. Fierce. Paine and
i.;irlE Will tic III attendance upon this
siding rapidly, anu the uanGcr point is
htuSh are within the Yankee lines,
ana while ihcy are staunchly loyal to
the south they cannot attend this
meeting.
MnrnudcrS In Isle of Wight.
,ono iIL itt Euno1at came up the
landed on the south Side of the river
in Isle Of Wight County \ part OF
me crew and :, number OF Yankee sol
dicrs went ashore and started out on
Il mauraudinS expedition. They visit
ed the home OF Mrs Robert Wilson.
near stone House. and stripped the
circumstances They burned the corn
crib with all OF its contents, and de-
stroyed such catablcs as they could not
take away. They also carried of all
the negroes ON the plantation except
q woman VINO was too sick 70 be re
ran on as soon as the Yankees APP
preached and made his escape.
Died IN Lynchburu.
Augustus w. Cross one OF tho most
prominent citizens of I.ynchburg, died
in that city on the 10th.
Death III Gallant Officer.
COMMANDER William r. Muse, OF The
Confederate States Navy ana COM
mardor OF the ironclad North Caro-
l,imn; died in Wilmington. X. G. last
liant officer of the navy and one who
mas done his country great service
in time OF need.
The. waters of the frcshct having
suhsldcd sufficiently, the Gas Works
were put in partial operation yester-
day afternoon, and last night ras was
furnished 10 private consumers for tho
hrst time in nearly week Tho sup
ply Of gas was not sufficient. however.
LOT INC street lamps To b- lighted.
Explosion on the Minnesota.
y ven authenticated report comes
TO us that an explosion night before
last Oh the Yankee friGate minnesota.
lEinG on Newport News. did a great
deaf OF damage To the ship. Il is not
GiS, whether Il was an acct
iederates. but IL Is known that
Captain Davidson. OF the con
i,,,i,,rt. states navy, had recently
XH3iunteered TO attempt to blow up the
M'hhcSpta' ana 1t Is believed that this
eNPiuS'un was the result of his work
TIC Nhsurdity OF II.
rNer since tile battle of Manassas
"a. Norlher papers hay" been pub
irnin& from DAY 10 day aud wccl; to
Week and month TO month cxagecr-
Httu reportS Of the number Of dcscr-
tons from tho Confederate arlnic.
man IN Detroit, Mich who is rnucb
nlN"n, To statistics, has compiled tho
ItpnrtS ~ these papers ana figures out
that II they are and have been corrcct
"'"pp,Ven Confederate soldiers have de-
serted their colors since the beEinnin.
Shooting at Libby Prison.
f,'ESl'ruaS morning while the guards
q, IIIiinhy Prison were cleaning and re-
-
hands Of Private Charles \Vcbstr, ,vns
accidcntally discharged and two rri-
5%mers Wiho were looking out tho WIN
V'N OF tNe prison were struck. LIEN
tenant g. ID. Forsythe. of the one Inn
Hredth ONO Ecgiment. was shot in the
head and Instantly killed. whilc I.{sii-
tenant y. O. Kelly, OF the same rnyi-
inent, WAS struck in the neck. Tho tes
tinony IF ali Of the witnesses. includ-
son. showed conclusiycly that The
Tie "ifcnst' May 60.
\ report comes through the llroa
ron Washington that General "Erasti
i'uti"r Is - be or has already been
a ,.,1 by General Badly" Smith.
the pcopl" Of Norfolk ana the lid.
water section OF Virginia
contest la Jefferson Ward
Defeated candidates William I
ni;rown. for the City Council, and John
~ Higgins. Tor tho Court Of Macis-
{r.,.si from Jefferson Ward have de-
~ that ward. Grave infornnlities ,rn
charged. ana Il they arc proven true
the election will be invalidatcd.
ON for Salisbury
FtftN-cight prisoners We're rnrnnvcd
from Castle Thunder Yesterday and
taken by rail TO III. Confcdarn,r
states p"nitcntiary at salisbury. \ I,
Among them was Andrew Wilson. az
Ettt itttcrN, and This is the third
tlnc his transfer has been attemntmG
On tNo previous occasions lie mad
ms tscapo before he could bc gotten
ont OF the city This time his hands
"cr" cuned behind him and a snecfsi
guard set over him.