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The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Distressing Casualty. (search)
Distressing Casualty. --John Ellis, a resident of Chaptico district, St. Mary's county, Md., accidentally shot and killed his wife on Saturday last. They had been playfully snapping at each other a pistol which was supposed to be unloaded, when finally the weapon was discharged while in the husband's hand, and the ball entering the breast of Mrs. Ellis caused her almost instantaneous death. Distressing Casualty. --John Ellis, a resident of Chaptico district, St. Mary's county, Md., accidentally shot and killed his wife on Saturday last. They had been playfully snapping at each other a pistol which was supposed to be unloaded, when finally the weapon was discharged while in the husband's hand, and the ball entering the breast of Mrs. Ellis caused her almost instantaneous death.
The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], The secession question to be Tested in Court. (search)
The James River and Kanawha Company. --The proposed sale of the canal to the French Company has directed public attention to the importance of completing that work, and any facts relating to its history are at this time interesting. The correspondence between Col. Ellis and Mr. E. de Bellot des Minieres brings to light much information on the subject.--The "old" James River Company was organized on the 21st of August, 1785. The Presidents, successively, were — George Washington, from the 21st August, 1785, to the 5th October, 1795; William Foushee, from the 5th October, 1795, to the 20th January, 1818; John G. Gamble, from the 21st January, 1818, to the 22d March, 1819; Wilson Cary Nicholas, from the 22d March, 1819, to the 20th February, 1820. On the 17th February, 1820, the Legislature passed an act entitled, "An act to amend the act entitled an act for clearing and improving the navigation of James River, and for uniting the Eastern and Western waters by the James and K