ROME, NY.
A cheese convention, first in the country, was held this week and a bill
sent to the state legislature seeking punishment of those guilty of adulterating
milk.
PT. LOOKOUT, Md
The latest dodge of Confederate prisoners for escape from this federal
camp was successful this week. Several men, knowing they would be under
less rigid watch in the hospital, used a heated wire to produce blisters
and spots on arms and faces, simulating the advanced cases of smallpox,
and were ordered to the hospital. They then managed to elude the guards,
who never dreamed of a man suffering from smallpox making a run for it.
RICHMOND, Va.
The Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan, is expected to leave for Atlanta,
Ga. shortly. He and his wife have been entertained here since his arrival
a couple of weeks ago, following his escape from federal prison in Columbus,
Ohio. Morgan's men are encamped at nearby Decatur, Ga.
NEW YORK
A negro regiment of 1,000 volunteers is encamped on Riker's island, near
here, awaiting orders for assignment in the field. The unit led by Col.
George Bliss Jr. was formed through the activity of the Joint Committee
on Volunteers, using $20,000 to encourage enlistments. The regiment will
help fill New York's draft quota.
PROMOTIONS
WASHINGTON: Lt. Arthur MacArthur was promoted to major. He is 18 years
old.
RICHMOND: Gen. John Bell Hood was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general,
to rank from September 20th, when he lost his leg in the Battle of Chikamauga.
RICHMOND: Major John Singleton Mosby was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.
WASHINGTON
A pamphlet was published this week promoting Treasury Secretary S.P. Chase
for the presidency. The former Ohio governor is the standard bearer for
the Radical Republicans who oppose Lincoln in Congress. Chase's bid follows
Lincoln's statement that "a second term would be a great honor".
CLEVELAND, OHIO
The Plain Dealer reported that a Paris surgeon has made a new tongue to
replace one lost by cancer. The man who uses it will reportedly talk, taste
and swallow perfectly.
DALTON, Ga
28 men, women and children arrived here this week after being ordered to
leave Knoxville, Tenn. They were accused of being Confederate sympathizers.
CLEVELAND, OHIO
General George Custer, his wife and members of his staff arrived here this
week. The Custers are on their honeymoon.
RICHMOND, VA
The Senate this week voted 14-10 to suspend the writ of habeas corpus,
as the House had done earlier. The Act, effective from Feb 15th to August
1st, has much criticism that abolition of the writ's protection gives President
Davis dictatorial powers.
RICHMOND, VA
A total of 109 federal officers made thier escape from Libby Prison this
week. Almost 40 of them have been recaptured. Col. T.E. Rose engineered
the escape. For 18 nights they dug a 50 foot tunnel from the prison to
a shed behind a warehouse. Exiting the shed , the men walked to freedom.
MILWAUKEE, Wis
Gen. John Pope, from his headquarters here, publishes some information
for emigrants planning to cross the plains this spring. He says a powerfull
band of Sioux are expected to concentrate above the mouth of Grand River
in Missouri. A large cavalry force will be sent there as soon as there
is enough grass on the prairie for horses to subsist. Untill then it will
be unsafe for steamers to navigate above Ft. Pierre.
RICHMOND, Va.
An observer here counted 14 Confederate generals in church here Sunday.
All attended St. Paul's Episcopal Chirch, where Pres. Davis worships. One
resident commented: "Less piety and more drilling of commands would
suit the times better."
WAHINGTON. D.C.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was visited this week at
his home by other justices and officers of the court. They came to pay
tribute to his 87th birthday this Thursday. Taney, who has been ailing,
hopes to resume his duties on the bench soon.
SAVANNAH, Ga.
Four federal excapees from Camp Sumter (Andersonville), near Americus,
Ga., were arrested in Clinch County and have been brought here. Several
other escapees reportedly are still at large.
RALEIGH, NC
Mrs. Nancy Bray, 82, of Randolph County, died this week, leaving 102 grandchildren
and several great grandchildren. Twenty-seven of her grandchildren are
in the confederate army.
BALTIMORE, Md.
Republican Party delegates, using a new name and facing intra-party seperation,
are arriving here for their national convention, which opens Tuesday. Calling
themselves the National Union Party, in belief that the "Republican"
label might cost them votes in November, the delegates see the convention
as a fight between renomination of Lincoln and the election of John C.
Fremont, of Georgia.
WAHINGTON, D.C.
Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth, lately performing at various benefits
for federal troops, was chided this week by a lady who said that Southerners
would remember his Union services, despite his Maryland birth. Booth said
he "did not care what they remembered," adding he knew "no
country but the Union-- no flag but the Stars and Stripes."
CINCINNATI, Ohio.
Frank Stevens, chief operator of the Western Union Telegraph lines here,
laid a cable across the Ohio at Covington, Ky., Thursday, linking Lexington
to Louisville.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Congress and the President have approved a revised law allowing the creation
of federal banking associations anywhere in the United States, setting
up regulations by which they are to be organized and supervised by the
Treasury Department bureau.
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