The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-06
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Dry OF prnyer.
Reprinted from Thi. Newspaper.

Day OF Prayer.
The Congress Of the Confederate
Seaies has set aside April TO be OH
and prayer" that Almighty God may
inspire our leaders and soldiers win
MisH"n. courage ana perseverance, ana
orihS about the success of our cause.
From Northern Virginia.
Orange. G. H.. April 3.--lntelilgence
from within the Yankee lines repre-
scnts Grant very busy reviewing aud
iinshectins tho Army OF the Potonac. 1t
arriving from the West. Meade st!ll
r T5.a,ms commanh of tho Army of The
eh D,G.o Or t the G Gh % sa h@ 9ni
here eight or ten hours yesterday. II
has disappeared. but the condition of
NC cn.n'N's advance under w"ek All
the Information received shows that
Tho cneny's camp is very busy IN prep
nration.
Dispnich From Forrest.
Dresden. Tenn. March, 81
-, Via Okolonn. April ?.
10 Lieutcnant-Ge General POLK. left
Jackson On the 25d nit. and captured
onets among them the rcn"sndc Ilnw-
hiu$ and most OF his rcEimaut. nbou,
2og horses and 500 small arms.
| also took posscssipn OF Hickman
the "nrniy having Daas-d II.
moved north with BUford's Division.
marching direct from Jackson TO Pa
evening of tho Goth: drove the enemy
10 their gunbonis and forts. held the
town for ten hours. aud could have
hold y longer. but smallpox vas rag
ing and evacuated the place
&c captured many stores and horsas
burned up sixty bales OF cotton, one
S,,', IN The dry dock and brought
MY loss at Union City ana paducah.
SO iar ns known; IS twenty.nve killed
Paducah was nfty killed and wounded;
4 u FORREST.
from the North.
In the Yankee Senate on Wednesday
"a, speech against Lincoln's p;ociama-
ton obolishirG slavery
New York society.
\ New York letter In the philadel-
phia Inquirer says:
II tho condition OF New York society
is correctly Indicated by tho tone ana
DRIFT Of our public journals just now.
am afraid a stranger coming among
us might he led to h"liov" wc are ram
ihiE going 10 tho bad. Tn" Post, FOR
example, tells OF some peopl" uptown
"hp are hmilding marble Stables FOR
THAR horses and OF others who arc
constructing cdiQcos for priva,a'trc,irI.
Gals, who arc giving dinner parties ihat
coat Ni'"0 and parties to children.
" here every child was clad In dresses
entirely Imported from Paris.
An>i"n. fn Lcnvc Tho Army.
~ o'clock SUNDAY cvcn,ng ms tho
M train on tn" York River Railroad
VAS passing IN rear Of Chinhora2o Hos
Dital q soldier believed ,o ~ src,,,
tho hOSpitnl dclihr~atelv laid his loft
hand nDon the track and lot The train
ruu over ". cutting of his uuit"rs lIis
m"t.ve s. supposed to- have been "A de-
sire - leave tho army.
Charter TIcctton
To-morrow morning tho chcrtor cloc-
l"r OF The city takes place. Thoro nro
plenty of candidates I'm the ncld. ana
hkrly 10 have q good time
Mrs Ann unrduicke.
Mrs. nm NardWicltc. vito Of The iato
Joseph y. Hnrdwickc, dicd IN lynch
burg at tho rcsldcure of hcr son Tues
day. March % 1854. IN the seventy
fourth year OF he- ace
Miscellaneous.
Elisha r Potter Is the Democratic
3 Nashville dispatch OF rucsinv gnvs
thar h friends uf Governor Johnson
rnnidontlr expect lis nomination as
Vice President on the Ticket with Lin
. n bSuchhurs. w. on Saturday beer
f"ll from 81 10 $3.50 ana Irish potatocs
from clI 70 $40 pe, bushei
Mr NCCrca u Yankee missionary nj
Beaufort. c. for Convo-tfnr- 49,
nnHSr."3es, has been put IN Jan for soil
PpstWaatcr General Blair is pressing
Gcncral Grant Vc~v hard TO place Cen
cral MeClsllan iu command OF the do
lenses OF Washington