The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-21
WHAT WAS,NEWS
FIFTY YEARSAGO
Reprinted fro- Thi. Newspaper.
Yankees In North C.ro,,n,.

| Yankees Ira North Carolina.
The Yankee force in Newborn. n. c.,
OF 1000 white. troops and 1000 negro
so1 eGs and, ana, In additi9n 500 cavalry
lent type has bi.olSen ont oo on Vi nni
diers and citizens. 1t is especially Sc
zero among the colorcd troops. and
said that of the troops Of both coiors'
not over 5000 are fit for duty because
Oh Inc smallpox and other diseases.
Black Horse Mounted Men"
,r Mcclellan for President.
| The Conservative Union National
convention met In Philadelphia on the
A0in nitiino at Independence Hall. The
OF resolutions. of which the following
| Is interesting:
States General George d. Mcclellan as
candidate for the presidency Of tho
Campbell. of Tennessee, as a candidate
for the ,vice,presidency."
Tint Fight In Ice County.
Fuller. reports OF the fight In Lee
that THO Sixteenth Illinois casa fiis
sent out from Cumberland Gap to
gather up forage. and, il possible, to
capture the small Confederate force UNI
colonel Slemp's Regiment. who are con-
sntnntly on the watch in that section
ones he th r,1smore Informed General
could be captured, and General Jones
1 %riEr the effort TO be made. Colonel
Cumberland Gap, when General Jones
got in their rear, and then the attack
TSs made made from rom both front and rear
INC WnOle force was captured Re-
sides $50 men, sixteen OF them being
officers, thirty wagons. 500 stands Of
were captured
breeding More Trouble.
that V Generei has Ran coached hnG
foreign vessels Mt tho mouth OF tho
no Grande. and it is very much feared
IL IN Was 81 ne that this uncalled- for
bic with foreign powers
Mny Enroll Free Negroes.
Mr.. Orr offered a Bill for the SiG mpressy'
ment Of male free negroes from the age
0i e.9ghI ,,,e to forty-flve to. be en-
sters and laborers. The Bill Will prob
More Fresh Pork.
An unusually large quantity OF fresh
pork was received by the commission
merchants and butchers Yesterday Tba
price ranges from Sl.30 to SI40 per
Murder Trial,
prn Ili 1inuGG lyons court yesterday the
trial of Robert * Forde. cha reod ]" v ite
IN NE murder of Mr.. Dixon. clerk of the
c iouse Of F{eepresentatiyes in April last
quash the Indictment, and pendinr ar
for the day. '''"
APPROVED by Congress.
In the Senate of the Confederate Con
gress yesterday Mr.. Maxwell. of Flor
"TRat the ' neti t1,lo by reSoiution
thoritles having in charge the matter
OK eMchanEe of prisoners, in declining
relation thereto. is cordially annrovcH
Wy congress-. and the selection OF such
= iba person p,Ssi;,. who is Justly outlawed by
ana VINO is held In odium not only bv
me people of the Confederate States
is regarded as an act of petty spite a.;
TIE part OF the government Of the
!; !, states, and is an indication of
avoid the further exchange of prisoners
on any reasonable terms"
Former Citizen Dies.
=. Z. Cheering, one of the founders
oI the san Francisco Bulletin, died i'm
f fnnn city on Thursday last. lie was
went to California about ton venrs q nn
10 seek restoration TO health in that
FROM London papers it is learned
that the United States ministers in
both London and Paris arc making re-
from II Calais OF the Confederate cruiser
hh aId haa stores for the shin
nave Deen received from England
Brnve Soldier Dies
Captain John A. Edwards OF Com
Pany Il, Fifteenth Virginia cavalry Of
King George County, died at the lin
Zoo Wo0u Rouse yesterday. His death was
was the son of tho Rev. William Il. Ed
wards: of the Baltimore Conference
, May Move From Washington.
FROM Washington paper if 10
learned that when Morrill,, of Vermont
oitered in The Senate a resolution to-
SET apart the old Hall of Rcpresenta
bnrSe FOR of M fatllery Of statuary. Wash
intended TO introduce at the eaTIiesf
possible moment bill for the removal
Or inc seat OF government from This
barren and isolated place"
Helping General Morgan.
over $4,000 has been subscribed Il,
Htlahta 70 fund to aid in mountin~
tehcrai MorSans men.
Married.
y, INC residence OF the brides father
samuel Burnhein, of Holly Sprines
~ ISIS was united in marriage to Miss
IL ,oSa o. daughter OF Jacob Ezekiel Of
ff.lcnmond. Tho ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. H. S. Jacobs as
sisted by Rev. George Jacobs
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