FEBRUARY 1st.—The Virginia Legislature, now in session, has a bill under discussion for the suppression of extortion. One of the members, Mr. Anderson, read the following table of the prices of AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. Before the war. Now White wheat, per bushel $1 50 White wheat, per bushel $4 50 Flour, per barrel 7 50 Flour, [...]
February 1, 1863, The New York Herald The expected fight at the Blackwater has come off. General Corcoran had a brilliant action with the rebel chief, Roger A. Pryor, on the night of the 29th, and completely defeated him. The conflict took place at a point ten miles from Suffolk, and the battle opened by [...]
February 1, 1863, The New York Herald With the report of a neat little victory achieved by General Corcoran on Friday last, near the Blackwater river, in Southeastern Virginia, our attention is naturally called to the movements and objects of the campaign in that quarter, on both sides. From Suffolk (which is some twenty miles [...]
February 1, 1863, The New York Herald The intelligence from Savannah, via rebel sources, is very important. General Pryor, who commands the rebels on the Blackwater, informed General Peck that he received information of a recent engagement near Savannah, in which the rebels had suffered defeat. The probable locality of the said defeat is on [...]