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The wars & local soldiers, 1863

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Screw Ships of War. (From the London Evening Sun, January 3.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1863 · page 5

IN 1844 the Arrogant, by the advice of the late Lord Herbert, then Secretary of the Admiralty, was laid down for a screw frigate, with auxiliary power, as an answer to the men[?]cing attitude of France, the…

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Mr Milner Gibson on the Cause of the American War

Empire · Thursday 9 April 1863 · page 3

ON Wednesday, January 21st, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson addressed his constituents, in the Town, Hall, Ashton. The large room was crowded to excess, and the speaker's sentiments…

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The War in America

Empire · Friday 10 April 1863 · page 2

BY the Mary Nicholson, from San Francisco, we have telegraphic news to January 30th from the States of America. The following is the latest:—…

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America. News From the Seat of War to 31St January

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 April 1863 · page 2

WE are indebted to Captain H. H. Mennie, of the Mary Nicholson, for Californian papers to the 2nd of February. The news from New York and Washington only comes down, however, to the 31st of January…

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Latest From America. News From the Seat of War to JUt JANUARY

Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 April 1863 · page 9

WE are indebted to Captain H. H. Mennie, of the Mary Nicholson, for Californian papers to the 2nd of February. The news from New York tod Washington only comes down, however, to the 31st of January…

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Arrival of the Mail at Adelaide. News to the 5Th March. General Porter Dismissed. Enrolment Op Negro Soldiers. Probable Recal of French Minister From Washington. Atrocities in Poland. Opening Oe English Parliament. by Electric Telegraph. [Through Greville and Bird.]

Empire · Monday 13 April 1863 · page 5

Empire Office, Monday Morning, 5 a.m. THE steamer City of Melbourne, Captain Walker, arrived at Glenelg at 10 p.m. The P. and O. Co.'s steamer Madras, Captain…

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The War in America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1863 · page 5

THE course of the American war has recently become considerably simplified by the limitation of the objects and the gradual concentration of the contending armies. At this moment, indeed, though each belligerent has three large…

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Latest Intelligence. Thursday, February 26,1863. the American War

Empire · Friday 17 April 1863 · page 8

" IN the last intelligence from Americs," says the Times of to-day, " are found many things to which we have by long experienea become thoroughly accustomed. Gold at 50 premium; preparations on a vast…

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Latest Intelligence. Home News Office, Thursday, February 26. the American War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1863 · page 5

INTELLIGENCE just received from America is of very great importance as indicating the action of the great States of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. From the beginning of the war men have looked forward to the time when the…

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The American War

Empire · Saturday 18 April 1863 · page 5

THE Secretary of the Emancipation. Society has received the following letter from Professor Goldwin Smith:— Oxford, January 31…

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Latest Foreign News. Home News Office, Thursday, February 25. the American War

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 April 1863 · page 4

INTELLIGENCE just received from America is of very great importance as indicating the action of the great States of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indians. From the beginning of the war men have looked forward to the time when the…

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Men-of-war on the Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1863 · page 10

Harrier, 17 guns, Captain Sullivan, at New Zealand. Miranda, 14 guns, Captain Jenkins, at Sydney. Eclipse, 4 guns, Mayne, at New Zealand. COMPLETION AND TRIP OF THE T. S. MORT.—Most of our…

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Negro Soldiers. (From the New York. Tribune, Feb 3)

Empire · Wednesday 22 April 1863 · page 3

A DISLOYAL minority in the House is factiously resisting the passage of Steven[?]'s Bill, authorising the President to raise and equip 150,000 soldiers of African descen. Meanwai[?]e, in the Depart…

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Slavery—the Real Cause of the American War. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 24 April 1863 · page 5

SIR —In your issue of 7th instant appeared [?] letter from a correspondent at Maitland, signed "M.M.,"in which he attempted to prove that the tariff was the cause of the war, and alluded to a former letter in which he says that…

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Valour and Efficiency of Negro Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 April 1863 · page 3

THE Daily News publishes the following official letter from the colonel of the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers to General Saxton, commanding at Beaufort, S. C.:—…

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Slavery, the Real Cause of the American War. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 2 May 1863 · page 8

SIR,—In my last letter I believe that I brought this sketch down to the time that the Southern politicians, in order to secure Kansas to slavery, under the provisions of the "Kansas[?]Nebrask[?] Bill," secretly…

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New Zealand. First Signs or Outbreak. the Natives Arming for War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 May 1863 · page 2

BY the I. R. M. Company's steamer Claud Hamilton. we have papers to the 1st instant from Auckland, and to the 21st of April from Taranaki. We quote as follows from the monthly summary of…

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Arrival of the M a I L at Melbourne. News to April 2. Marriage of the Prince of Wales. Enthusiastic Reception of the Princess Alexandra. Riots in England & Ireland. Later American News. Federal Determination to Prosecute the War. Progress of the Polish Revolution. the Bishopric of Goulburn. [Through Greville and Hird.] Melbourne Sunday Evening

Empire · Monday 11 May 1863 · page 5

THE P. and O. GO.'s steamship Northam, Captain N. J. Skottowe, left Point de Galle April 19, at 5 p.m. She sailed from King George's Sound, May 5, at 1.30 p.m. The following is a…

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The Hungarian War. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1863 · page 3

SIR,—In vindication of your article of the 6th instant, allow me to reply to "R. G.'s" letter from Parramatta. There were two epochs in the late War of Independence of Hungary; the first epoch when Austria was engaged…

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American Christians and the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1863 · page 8

AN American correspondent of the News of the Churches gives the following account of a remarkable sermon, preached lately before the Synod of New Jersey, by the Rev. Professor M'Gill of Princeton…

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