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The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
by Speaker Crutchfield. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Willis, of the Baptist Church. A message from the Senate was read announcing the passage of sundry bills, some of which were taken up, read the requisite number of times, and passed, among them acts amending and re- enacting the act entitled an act to incorporate the Jackson Orphan Asylum of Norfolk, passed February 26, 1856; changing the time of holding the terms of the Circuit Courts of the counties of Hardy and Page: for the relief of Benjamin and Isaac Deford, of Morgan county; for the relief of Hugh Crolly and Patrick McCune; for the relief of Patrick H. Scott, of Halifax county; incorporating the Virginia Arms Manufacturing Company; allowing the Northwestern Bank of Virginia and any of its branches to establish an agency in the city of Richmond for the redemption of its circulating notes. Bills Referred.--For the relief of R. Y. Overby, of Mecklenburg, and J. W. G. Smith, of Rockingham, to Committee on Finance; authorizin
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sent off. (search)
from disappointed ambition and natural inequality. Mr. Winslow, of N. C., obtained the floor, and the House adjourned. Senate.--Mr. Iverson, of Georgia, was discharged, at his own request, from further serving on the Committee of Claims. A bill providing for the removal of the St.Louis Arsenal, and sale of the land on which it is located, was passed. Mr. Crittenden's resolutions were laid aside, and the Tariff bill taken up and referred to a special committee. The Pacific Railroad bill was discussed. A warm debate ensued between Messrs. Douglas and Trumbull, and subsequently between Douglas and Benjamin. The name of John Wentworth, as one of the corporators of the road was stricken off, and a large number of railroad men added, including James S. Barbour, of Va. Mr. Green of Mo., suggested that the names of Wendell Phillips and John Brown, Jr., be added, as agents of the underground railroad. Pending this suggestion, the Senate adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Resistance to the laws. (search)
e friends of the Union are much encouraged by the friendly responses to the invitations for Commissioners from the several States, to meet here in Convention on the 4th of February, and it is believed that its action will command the support of a large majority of both branches of Congress. The Fugitive Slave Law introduced in the Senate by Mr. Douglas is believed to be a thorough and effective measure, obviating "the objections" to the present statute and securing efficiency. Messrs. Benjamin and Slidell, since the secession of Louisiana, have taken no active part in the proceedings of the Senate. They will formally vacate their seats upon receipt of official information of the action of their State. The great point now aimed at by the friends of the Union is to avoid all pretext for collision by the seceding States, in the hope that the adjustment measures presented will induce them to resume their connection with the Union. Secretary Dix has instructed the comma
The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sad accident. (search)
Sad accident. --On Saturday morning, Benjamin and Wm. Hamilton, and the wife of the latter, started in a small boat from Long Island, Me., to go to Chebeaque. In rounding a point, their boat was swamped by the ice, and they were all drowned.
The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], The secession question to be Tested in Court. (search)
Congressional. Washington, Feb. 4. --Senate.--Mr. Hale introduced a resolution inquiring as to the seizure of the Mint, Custom-House, &c., at New Orleans. Messrs. Slidell and Benjamin, after well timed remarks, withdrew from the Senate; their State having seceded. Mr. Clingman sustained the claims of the South to the elements of a powerful nation.--He read from English journals to prove her independence would be recognized by England. He denounced coercion. He alluded feelingly to the vacant seats of the Southern members. Mr. Hale said if war came, the North would have to take care of the traitors in their midst. Mr. Lane inquired who Hale meant? Mr. Hale replied those alluded to by Mr. Clingman as intending to fight against the Republicans. Mr. Lane said those men would fight against Republicanism in behalf of the Constitution and State's-Rights and should not be called traitors. The bill organizing Pike's Peak as the Territory of Colorad
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 18 (search)
Senators Benjamin and Slidell, from Louisiana, passed through Lynchburg, Va., Wednesday, en route for home.
The Daily Dispatch: February 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The great fraud. (search)
liar to be passed without comment. Important testimony of Senator Benjamin--Mr. Buchanan notified of Gov. Floyd's System of issuing acceptances. Mr. Benjamin, who promptly appeared at the request of the Committee, and testified with commendable and courteous frankness, statesued with the approbation of the President and Attorney General. Mr. Benjamin visited the President, and submitted the inquiry to him. The Preid not know by virtue of what law they were issued, but that he (Mr. Benjamin) might rely, if Gov. Floyd had issued them, he had issued them p Interview with Gov. Floyd. In pursuance of this suggestion, Mr. Benjamin called on Gov. Floyd, and was informed by him that the matter hartainly that they would arrive. "I suggested to him," says Mr. Benjamin, "That I thought he was acting imprudently; that if any accidentrevious policy. It appears, however, that supposing the note to Mr. Benjamin, before referred to, to have been written a year ago, there have
The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Southern Cabinet (search)
The Southern Cabinet --A Washington dispatch to the New York Herald says that according to news from Montgomery, President Davis was arranging his Cabinet, and it was understood that the following will probably be the cast: Secretary of State, Herschell V. Johnson, Ga.; Secretary of War, P. O. Hider, La; Secretary of the Navy, S. R. Mallory, Fla.; Secretary of the Interior, W. Porcher Miles, South Carolina; Post-Office Department, J. H. Hemphill, Texas; Attorney General, John A. Elmore, Ala. Should Benjamin be made Attorney General, instead of Elmore, John Forsyth will go into the War Department. Messrs. Toombs and Slidell will probably be sent as Ambassadors to England and France respectively.
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Charleston. [Special Correspondence of the Dispatch. Charleston, Feb. 21, 1861. It is pretty well understood here that Mr. Memminger, of this city, is to be Mr. Davis' Secretary of State; and it is also rumored that Mr. Cobb (not Howell, his brother,) is to be Secretary of the Treasury; Mr. Toombs, Secretary of War; Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, Secretary of the Navy; Interior, ,Hon. Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina; Postmaster General, Judge Chilton, of Alabama; and Attorney General, Mr. Benjamin, of Louisiana.--This may be so, but no one knows positively. I said to you a few days ago, upon what was good authority, that President Davis would be here to day. Official business prevents it. We are getting exceedingly impatient with the slow movements of affairs in every direction; and I do not think that the people of the Southern Confederacy will much longer endure the menaces of these forts and the taunts in various quarters. As for that Peace Conference in Washington, i
The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Throwing stones in the street. (search)
Throwing stones in the street. --Benjamin, slave of John M. Murray, convicted of throwing stones at A. Myers's house, was ordered punishment yesterday, by the Mayor.
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