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OUTLINES OF THE WEEK. t-

... OUTLINES OF THE WEEK. THE intelligence received from New York is of considerable importance. The long expected movement of Lee has taken place. On the 8th of October his whole army crossed the Rapidan ...

Published: Saturday 31 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1499 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

,I ElHOC](INtt.' DEATH OF A SOLICITOR. [

... ElHOC](INtt.' DEATH OF A SOLICITOR. [ Worcester lias been plunged into a state of regret by tidiags of the untimely deatS;of Mr. Jo.ah J ones, a solicitor of som-o standing, had for some | few-weeks beanyisited by a wry so vera iliiK^s, wKeh during the greater paxb: of its continuance seriously affected his brain, and reooen-d him qmteirresponsiMe. s for his actions., Under akilfel ti c ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 358 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

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... Manhattan says that four brothers .named Fish, have been drafted in New York, and out of Twenty-, seventh-street. Some people, he says, would call this a miraculous draft of fishes. Mr. W. Williams, M.P., presided lately at a. meeting at Walworth, for the establishment of a Working Men's Club in that locality. The hon gen- tleman strongly advocated the movement. Several other speakers ...

Published: Saturday 03 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 469 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

ROBBERY OF A MAIL BAG BY A LADY

... Very soon after the offices of the Yorkshire Banking Company at Hull were opened on Friday for business, a youth in the employ of a mercantile firm in the town, presented a check for payment of X28 4s. The clerk who received the check asked the youth who had sent him, and the latter replied that a lady had asked him to get the check cashed for her, and she was waiting outside. Suspicion being ...

Published: Saturday 03 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 483 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

CHEPSTOW

... EXCURSION TO POETISHEAD-—On Monday last, the steam packet Wye made a trip to Portishead, conveying about 100 persons from Chepstow and neighbourhood. Had the excursion been a month earlier, doubtless many more would have embraced the opportunity to make this very pleasant trip. The weather proved delightfully fine for the time of year, and all on board seemed to enjoy themselves exceedingly. ...

Published: Saturday 03 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

SIEGE OF CHARLESTON

... The New York Times editorially remarks;— Since the evacuation of Forts Wagner and Gregg by the rebels, and the occupation of the whole of Morris Island by our troops, twenty days ago, operations seem to have come to a complete standstill in Charles- ton Harbour. General Gilmore has not fired a shot that has done any service. It is said that General Gilmore considers his preliminary operations ...

Published: Saturday 17 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 404 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

TOWN T-A-ILiK:

... T-A-ILiK:. I OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Out reetders leHl understand fhat do not hold ourselves responsible for our able Correspondent's opiniois. THE elections caused by the retirement of the At- torney-General have all been simply occasions for the candidates to pay compliments to their con- stituents, and make speeches about things in general, without any of that flurry or excitement that is ...

Published: Saturday 24 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1012 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

SHOCKING MURDER REAR BATH

... A dreadful affair, nearly amounting to a double murder, was perpetrated at the village, of Willow, situate about £ ve miles from Bath, at an early hour on Thursday morning. ...

Published: Saturday 31 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 794 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE WAR IN AMERICA

... The Cunard steamer Arabia, from Boston on the 30th ult., and Halifax on the morning of the 1st inst., and which called off Cape Race on the 3rd inst., arrived at Liverpool on Sunday morning. We extract the following facts from the American papers:— Situation of Affairs. The latest advices from General Rosecrans, dated Sunday afternoon, state that the rebels had not made any attack since the ...

Published: Saturday 17 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1203 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

j .'THE POLISH; QUESTION,

... THE POLISH; QUESTION, The (Jorbstitidionnel .publishes an article signed hj- M. Paulin Limayrac, giving the reasons why France accepted the treaties of 1815 as the basis of negotia- tions on the Polish'question. M. Limayrac1 Says Russia having refused to continue the negotiations, England, who proposed those treaties as the basis of negotiations, has acknowledged that they are now a dead ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 206 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

The Battle on Sunday

... The correspondent of the Neiv York Hetalcl writing on the 22nd ult., gives an account of the second day's fighting. He says:- The battle on Saturday, the 19th, resulted well for us, we having held our own as established on tne left, and concentrated our forces during the day, and on Sunday morning we held a handsome line, with our right on a ridge of hills, and our left protected-by rude works ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 925 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

ITIIH CHANNEL FLEET,.

... TIIH CHANNEL FLEET, Si'the early part of the-week maiiy'Miousamfo of persons visited the Warrior and Blast. Prince; thsugh the weather was far from being: all that cOTdd be desired; and the- crowds that went on board' the former- iron-clad were so dense that many of those who set out from Kingstown at mid-day were not able to get back until Ikteimthe evening. The crash was severe to the verge ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 591 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News