The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-20
WHAT WASNEW
Eli TY YEARS AGO
Reprinted from rhi. Newspaper.
More Negroes wanted.

More Negroes wanted.
according TO an advertisement To
tcdcratc States eovcIiitnvni wants 10
hirc loo neg ocS, slaves or free negroes.
~ mntt"ts not which,, To work under
! inS Burcau. The government rate for
tho pay OF these negroes is $500 a year,
win board ana clothes.
ti"nors to the "I'risoncrs."
The 800 and more Confederate sol
oieis who have been hclu rs prisoners
a. POINT LOOKOUT ana who came up or
thc nag OF truce boat yesterday from
CITY FONT, were received with All The
marched To III" Capitol square, where
REFRESHMENTS were served TO them. and
where they We're briefly addressed b.,
President Davis.
Lincoln Calls for More Men.
Northern papers OF date March ii.
Just received ny nag of truce boat. con
tam ihnc"!ns latcst cali for more men
70 hEhl the rebellion. III tho proclama-
uou thicoln orovrs another draft for
ssn"'"o" men the former call for
S"n,"oo having failed to get the re
CURED number. The absolute draft is
TO begin -\pril - if the cali for volun-
tcers does not motcrializc by that date.
Mrs. hcn"rc.nrd Dies in New Orleans.
The wife. OF General y. @. T. I}caurc-
Saf0 ulcd III New orleans on the eve
MlhS OF the FL of March, and was
buried near that city on the afternoon
oi the 4th Tier funeral was tn" lars
est attcu't"d ever seen in New Orleans
over G.coo people paying tribute to the
memory ct the good lady. General
Eanks rendered the family the use OF
the united states steamboat zebra Ska
10 c"nNcy the remains up ihc river to
the plantation Of Mrs Ecaurcgar,rs
father wher, the burial took place.
i'hc Fishing Season.
The cNig"ncios OF war haN" played
havoc WIN the fishing industry this
season IN the James River. For rca-
sons best known Ia the government no
Seine hauling is bein, allowed below
the INSTRUCTIONS in the river. Tho OBJ
Structions themselves present such "A
! barrier 10 tho passage of schools Of
fish above that the quantity caught
by hook and net viii hc greatly les
Sencd. However, the season has opened
briskl%, and many people have invest
ed IN hooks ana lines ana nets not for
the sport of the fishing in these serious
war times, but as q means of supplying
their families with food
National Hank In Norfolk.
| Tho Yankees have cs ,ablshcd q ma
/ tionai bank OF the United States Kind
IN Norfolk. Some local investors who
/ have taken the oath OF allegiance have
taken stock in the same, and perhaps
some OF them have been made officers
/ or directors.
/ I<ilpat rick's Negro.
\ Northern paper tells us that Gem
! "rai NiipatrtclI has reached Washing
iof tn" raid he tried To make on Rich
mond IN this report ne attributes tho
( tnl!-down OF his expedition ana his
/ failure To capture ana sack and burn
/ iichmond to the treachery Of a negro
guide, in whom he trusted too much
Logan Declines.
Ihc Northern papers tell us that
I General John y. Logan has declined 10
be a candidate for the goVcrnorShiD OF
4 Illinois, prcfcrrinS to remain in tn"
army.
Dnitin,orrun Dies in England.
inc Late news from London tells ~
-" death in that city Of Sir William
4 Brown. son Of Alexander Brown. q
/ prominent banker and broker OF the
/ city of Baltimore.
Pc rc"i t.r'o, hr,tcr rha" War.
negro VIII" was arrested in New York
on "a serious charge and on trial he
/ Was given the choice OF Il term in the
/ peuitcntarN OF that State or enlist
I mcnt ia negro regiment Soon to 60
to the front. He accepted the pcni-
/ tcntAiE. saNin. IL Was originally from
shooting folks WcY" or the other side.
NJ Morr old Issue Money.
NJ. w. warrington, treasurer Of the
/ issues ,u announcement that from this
/ date that road VIII not receive for
purpose amy Of the old issue Confcd
. crate money but thaI all things must
tie PA" Imr ~ the new iSsu" currency.
The Old Currency and the New.
I III" business COumuuity il lust now
! deeply absorbed in settling up old nc
/ counts in tia" present currency. in
4 NIeW or its withdrawal from circulation
upon and after the Isl OF April and
/ the substitution in business channels
Of the new Confederate notes aftel.
lthat date. The advertising columns
b Of the Southern press teen with no e
tees Of hrus. corporations and indj-
NidualS. addressed 10 creditors ana
debtors. appointing intermediate DAYS
for settlement OF claims within tic
( days Of grace, or thereafter be subject .
ID to the dcpvcciation ANA discount :i-
tnoriZcd hy the act OF Congress retiring
tur notes.