Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
War News Fifty Years Ago


Northern papers Just received tell us that
General Lee has ordered the town OF Coldsboro
in North Carolina. fortified anu the sams to he
'r"i' az all hazard. The Northern papers con-
;true this mean that General Leo purposes
10 ovac'uat" all Of Virginia and~fall back int
TN" North Carolina territory. There is no init
nation Of that kind OF thing here
Governor Vance Of North Carolina has /.
sued stirring address to the people OF his State
calling for new volunteers and proposing To head
q h"N North Carolina army himself. l"avin: IN.
,'"Ncti'"iS office In other hands, 1t is said that
'""."c' ncn arc ready to respond to the Cover
E'r'S call. ana the mos, .: them arc Owe, r,r,y
five years of age.
In = free negro address delivered ny the Rev.
Henry Ward l:eccher in New York several days
ago Inc read what purportcd to lie "a letter from
quoted saying that I'll" negro soldiers
beat the world for pickle, and guard duty. but
for desperate charges and for great work the
front they were very much lacking.
TN" New York Mercury COPY OF which has
Just com" 70 hand makes nomination OF a presi
dental ticket for 1865. Its candidate for presi-
dent of the United States is Wendell phillips
Of Massachusetts. and FOR vice president Fred
bouElas or New York Ii may not be known to
all OF tho readers OF this paper. but the fact Is
that Frederick Douglas. named FOR vice presi-
dent is full bloodcd negro.
The Petersburg Express brings the distress
ing intelligence that the pickets and the outer
guards OF Lees army continue report rnnny
dcscrtons from the Confederate ranks Two
nights ago the guards reported that over 200
men deserted The works and struck TO the woods
TO the south of the camps
There news Yesterday a, tho Confcd.
crate War Department; that IS there was none
to be given out. 1t is believed on the outside
that there was much OF interesting.
KIND Tor couriers wcr" coming and going
all dnE. but the officials would let out nothing
General Joseph l.. Johnston reports TO General
i.e" that he Is assembling strong army OIL the
south and North Carolina border. ana expects
I" contest every inch OF ground with sherman
This report has leaked through the War DEPART;
men;, and. without the consent o the oitic ais
Is given to the public.
The course OF Senator Il. NJ T. Hunter who
claims I" represent Virginia in tn. Confederate
Senate, on the question OF enrolling the negroes
IN u" Confederate army. Is being severely
criticized. and there is some talk Of a movement,
to request the Senator TO resign his seat II IL
we'll known that Mr. Hunter voted for the bill
To enrol! the negroes, but did under instruc-
tIons from the Virginia Legislature and against
his own protest, for at the same time he mad.
a speech against the bill.
General Jubal \. Early reports tho war
Department that the report IN the Northern
papers that lie has surrendered Is mistake:
that he has done nothing OF the kind and does
not intend 10. The above language IL very tam.
compared with that used BY General Early in
denying that he has surrendered.
The high waters In the rivers and creek .
about Richmond have prevented the bringing 10
town OF vegetables and other country produce
entirely bare OF seasonable catables Tn
markets generally are very bare and prices for
all things to cat are very high