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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 9 : proceedings in Congress.--departure of conspirators. (search)
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 10 : Peace movements.--Convention of conspirators at Montgomery . (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Index, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Index. (search)
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 44 : Secession.—schemes of compromise.—Civil War.—Chairman of foreign relations Committee.—Dr. Lieber .—November , 1860 – April , 1861 . (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
General Assembly of Virginia.[extra session.]Senate. Tuesday. Jan. 22, 1861.
Called to order at 12 o'clock.
Prayer by Rev. C. H. Read, of the Presbyterian Church.
Reports of Committees.--The Committee on General Laws asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution for incorporating the Bedford Paint Bank, and the resolution for incorporating the Virginia and Ohio Telegraph Company, and authorizing a subscription on the part of the State.
The following bills were reported: A bill to amend the act, passed April 1st, 1858, entitled "an act to amend the charter of the Wytheville Savings Bank;" House bill to defray expenses of statue of Jefferson: a bill for the relief of Rowland Fletcher; a bill for the relief of P. D. Lipscomb, Clerk of Prince William county; a bill to refund to Jas. S. Connell and Daniel Paisley a sum of money, improperly paid; a bill for the relief of J. R. Hathaway: a bill for the relief of Thos. L. Jordan, of Wayne county:
House of Delegates. Tuesday, Jan. 22d, 1861.
Speaker Crutchfield called the House to order at 12 o'clock M. Prayer by Rev. J. B. Jeter, of the Third Baptist Church.
Bills Reported.--Bills were reported from standing committee, as follows: Authorizing the trustees of Easter's Meeting-House, in Morgan county, to sell and convey the same; incorporating the Richmond and Liverpool Packet Company; amending and re-enacting the charter of the town of Guyandotte, in Cabell county; for the relief of the administrator of John W. Moore, late Sheriff of Jefferson county; for the relief of Richard H. Horner, of Fauquier county; amending the 39th chapter of the Code, concerning taxes on Bank dividends, collateral inheritances and taxes on suits and seals; for the relief of the securities of Wm. Parris, late Sheriff of the county of Appomattox; releasing Oscar H. Tate from the payment of a fine imposed by the judgment of the Circuit Court of Harrison county; incorporating the Meadville
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
From Washington.[special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] Washington, Washington.Jan, 22, 1861.
Bleeding Kansas walked into the Abolition Union yesterday, and the Senators of three Southern States walked out. Two men of doubtful ability, and representing an idea at war with all justice, all honest Government, will replace ten men of the heroic mould and powerful mind of Toombs, Davis and Hammond.
A precious Union for Virginia to cling, as and raise a blubbering "och hubbaboo" for peace.
The Republicans won't give her at least decent pretext for so doing.
The leave-taking of the seceding Senators was touching and solemn beyond description.
It seemed to rouse the Abolitionists, for the first time, to a sense of the vast importance of setual and everlasting dissolution.
Now they may possibly fling a meatless bone to the Border States.
But, mark me, so long as there is even one slave State under the same Government with them, so long will they have the basis of an anti