Some miscellaneous items from The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1861:

A Flag of the Southern Confederacy was raised in Sidney, on Saturday evening, on the lot of Mrs. J. A. Pilcher. Shortly after, a lot of Union boys, from Oregon Hill, visited the premises, and demanded that it be taken down. The request was complied with at the time, but the emblem of Southern independence was run up again early Mondaymorning, and is waving yet.
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The alarm of fire, yesterday, about 2 o’clock, was caused by the burning of a wooden shed within the Tredegar foundry enclosure.
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The Engineer in charge of the City Railway is making the drawing necessary to set the work in motion. We understand that the iron which will constitute the track, as well as the parties who are engaged to put it down, came from the North. We should think there were enough men of sufficient capacity unemployed in this city to have done the work in a satisfactory manner.