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The Daily Dispatch: December 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Public meeting in Danville. (search)
ns of Danville, Va., and of Caswell county, N. C., held in Danville, on the 30th November, 1861. Mayor William T. Clark was called to the chair, and C. W. Watkins appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting having been explained by George W. Read, Esq., R. W. Lyles, Esq., moved that a committee of — be appointed to draft suitable resolutions for the action of the body. The chairman appointed the following gentlemen to constitute said committee, viz: R. W. Lyles, B. G. Cobb, John W. Holland, Jas. C. Voss, Dan'l S. Price, G. T. Pace, William Rison, J. P. Atkinson, and E. J. Bell. The committee then retired for consignation. During the absence of the committee, the meeting was addressed by George W. Read, Wm. D. Coleman, Wm. W. Flood and others. The committee then returned, and reported, through their chairman, the following preamble and resolutions, viz: Whereas, the President of the Confederate States has recommended in his late message to Congress the construc
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], The position around Petersburg. (search)
ys--Messrs. Walker, Scott and Hill--3. So the motion to lay on the table was adopted. A communication was presented by Mr. Hill from Major Talcott, Superintendent of the Danville railroad, of a character solely concerning that road, and which prudence forbids our making public. A resolution offered by Mr. Crutchfield asking for the continuance for a limited period of the pay of R. J. Crafton, deceased, one of the city watchmen, for the benefit of his family, was adopted. A communication was presented from John W. Holland, President of the Danville Common Council, tending to the Council of this city twenty-five barrels of flour at cost (which will be $200 per barrel) for the benefit of the poor, was properly referred, and a resolution of thanks in return adopted. A resolution offered by Mr. Denoon asking an appropriation of $3,000 for the benefit of the Ladies' Humane Association, was passed. After some further unimportant business the Council adjourned.