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The Richmond Enquirer of the 13th says ; “About the first of the present month, Sheridan, with between six and ten thousand men, started on a raid up the Valley,…
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March 16, 1861 – Another Distinguished Abolition Patriot Rewarded
Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, who made the first Abolition speech for "freedom" in that State, and who has been engaged for twelve years in fanning the embers of sectional-…
Pawnee Log, April 20, 1861
Steaming down the Potomac. At 2:30 p.m. rounded to off Fortress Monroe. At 5:15 the Third Massachusetts Regiment, Colonel Wardrop, marched out of Fortress Monroe and embarked on this ship…
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March 15, 1861 – The Noble Sentiment
The noble sentiment—so exultingly, enthusiastically, and unanimously adopted previous to the election of the Virginia Convention—of holding on to the fortunes of Virginia, whatever they might be—submitting to the decision…
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Darkness Enveloped Bisbee Last Night
Failure of Steam Plant of Bisbee Improvement Company Cause of Trouble For nearly an hour last night, beginning at 8:15 o’clock and continuing until 9:10, Bisbee did its business by…
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Paderewski Sleeps Here
The Great Pianist Comes Up Tonight Over the Mexican Central And Goes West Tomorrow Morning. The great Jean Ignasce Paderewski comes to El Paso this evening, but not to play…
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March 14, 1861 – The Question of White Labor at the South
It is often asserted that none but the colored race can endure the heat of the South. To this it is replied: There is not one single rood of the…
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Luxor Awakening from Long Sleep
Taking on Habits of Twentieth Century Town Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, March 10 (By the Associated Press) Luxor, like King Tutenkhamun, has been roused from its repose of…
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Police Intelligence – Voyeur Arrested
Disreputable Curiosity — A Serious Accident. — A young man of genteel appearance, giving his name as John Fenton, said to be a clerk in a dry goods store down town, being…
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March 13, 1861 – Spanish Rejoicing over Americas Troubles
The Paris Constitutional publishes the following in a letter from its Madrid correspondent: "The great drama now in progress in the United States of America, is the text of all…