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Renfrew received a telegram from the head constable at Hicks Ford: "The two men with cart spent day here, 20th ult. Were joined that morning by another man negro says Pearson. One man returned afternoon, Richmond. Pearson and the other drove off in buggy. A young negress and child were with them. Is there anything I can do?" Mr.
The road General Blair speaks of is the one running from Lake's Landing and intersecting with the Vicksburg road on the Chickasaw Bluffs. Its existence was known to me on the 28th ult., but it was left open intentionally by the enemy, and was commanded by a direct and cross fire from batteries and rifle-pits.
They have got themselves in a mess by their former declarations that communications with the exterior were kept up; for if they know nothing, it is asked what can these communications have been worth. Our last news from outside is derived from a Rouen newspaper of the 29th ult., which is published to-day.
Rush travels with Major Butler, which I forgot to mention to your husband. Pray exert yourself to please and amuse Major Butler. Washington, November 5, 1804. I arrived last evening. You will have received my two letters of the 30th ult. and 1st instant, communicating, among other things, some information which I received on the road respecting the feelings in Bergen county, New-Jersey.
One of my correspondents, an old Indian trader, writes me on the 30th ult. that he had just reached Pembina, after a 'dirty and disagreeable trip' of 25 days from St. Paul.
"I beg to confirm my last respects of 25th ult." "I beg to confirm my letter of yesterday." These phrases and many others which will appear in the course of these articles may seem formal enough, but we must not expect in business to meet with the language of story-books. A common business term is "advice," used to mean information sent by letter.
By October such progress had been made in Peking in the general work of organizing this coup d'état that, as we have seen, the Senate had passed on the 6th of that month the so-called "King-making Bill." To the Military and Civil Governors of the Provinces: Our telegram of the 12th ult. must have reached you by this time.
He embarked on the 2d ult. from Hongkong in the schooner Omega. On the morning of probably the 5th, at about two o'clock, she struck near Breaker Point, one hundred and twenty miles from Hongkong. A strong wind was blowing at the time, so that every effort to get the ship off was unavailing. She was driven farther on the sand and fell over on her side.
Here George paused, and drew from his pocket a bundle of papers, carefully tied up, and, producing a letter, from which the writing was almost obliterated, he handed it to Frank, who read aloud as follows: CATAHOOLA PARISH, February 12, 1861. MY DEAR GEORGE: Your letter of the 2d ult. was duly received.
A friend in Louisiana writes, under date of the 31st ult., that a fight took place a few days ago in Madison parish, 60 miles below Lake Providence, between a Mr. Nevils and a Mr. Harper, which terminated fatally. The police jury had ordered a road on the right bank of the Mississippi, and the neighboring planters were out with their forces to open it.
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