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The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], The military bill in the House of Representatives . (search)
Two hundred dollars reward.
--Ran away from the subscriber, about two weeks ago, a slave calling himself Robert Davis.
He is about 36 years old, near 5 feet 10 inches high, quite dark, slightly deaf, talks rapidly, but stammers, He is supposed to have carried with him a suit of black broadcloth, a cap with a glassed cover, and a heavy pair of boots.
He had been employed as a dining room servant in the American Hotel; but was brought up in Petersburg.
Va. The above reward will be given to any one who will bring the above negro to me, or secure him in the Henrico Jail. J B Jeter, Cor of Marshall and 2d cts. fe 9--3t
The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Substitute principals. (search)
President Davis's Address.
The address of President Davis to the soldiers of the Confederacy, published yesterday, is one of the most inspiring and beautiful productions of a pen which has no equal in this country.
But its lofty spirit, and the great, heroic soul shining through every word, throw into the shade the faultless elegance of style, and warm the coldest heart into a blaze of admiration for the cause and the man. The Confederacy may well be proud of its chiefs.
The army never President Davis to the soldiers of the Confederacy, published yesterday, is one of the most inspiring and beautiful productions of a pen which has no equal in this country.
But its lofty spirit, and the great, heroic soul shining through every word, throw into the shade the faultless elegance of style, and warm the coldest heart into a blaze of admiration for the cause and the man. The Confederacy may well be proud of its chiefs.
The army never yet has felt any emotion but enthusiasm for one who has sympathized with it from the beginning, whom its heroes recognize as one of themselves--"bravest of the brave" --and whom it intends to stand by to the end as the representative man of the embattled South.