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The Daily Dispatch: October 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mr. Russell. (search)
the various batteries in the vicinity, reviewed troops, &c. He went down to Craney Island yesterday, and was saluted by the heavy guns of the batteries. Yesterday a difficulty occurred at the toll-house of the Norfolk draw bridge, between Mr. Hughes, the keeper, and several persons who had crossed on the bridge and returned, during which Hughes, who is a large and powerful man, was knocked down and very roughly handled. Several arrests have been made. The weather is very rainy and stHughes, who is a large and powerful man, was knocked down and very roughly handled. Several arrests have been made. The weather is very rainy and stormy — wind blowing from the northeast. The tide is high. There are numbers of visitors here. The hotels are well patronized, and supply the various substantial and delicacies peculiar to this favored section in plentiful abundance. The Methodist Conference will meet here in a few weeks. On account of the troubles of the country, the sessions will no doubt be short, but the number of visitors will probably be large.
The Daily Dispatch: October 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ineligibility of officers of the army for Congress. (search)
Miscellaneous Cases. --Richard R. Wren, a soldier, made his second appearance before the Mayor yesterday, and the plea of the "same old drunk" availing him nothing, he was committed to jail.--Robert Hughes, of the Eighth South Carolina; Solomon B. Terrell, of the Fourth Texas, (second appearance;) and D. H. Hill, of the Fourth Texas Regiment, were also sent to jail for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.--Daniel Keys was up to answer a charge of assaulting Mary Sullivan; and after some evidence relative to a "bottle uv whiskey," which seems to have caused the difficulty, the Mayor continued the case for a further hearing.--John Burns and Patrick O'Brien, arrested for indulging in the pastime of a little set to in public, were discharged from custody.--James Cordell, charged with mebriety, was required to give security to keep the peace.--William, a negro dressed in soldier clothes, acknowledged that he was a runaway from W. C. Winston, and was sent to jail. Sentence of twenty-f