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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 220 (search)
set of people a man ever laid eyes on. Their joy scarcely knew bounds. Hardly had the soldiers been there five minutes, till they had arrested and under guard as many secessionists, viz.: a tavern-keeper named Wells; Mr. Knotts, a merchant; Charles Mathews, superintendent on that section of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Dr. Grant, defeated secession candidate for the Legislature, and one Zeke Snodgrass, a constable, who tried to give leg bail, but didn't succeed quite sufficiently to save his bacon. They were arraigned before Col. Kelly, who released Wells, Knotts, and Grant, on their taking the oath of fidelity, but retained Mathews and Snodgrass. The train soon after moved on down to the first burned bridge, where the men disembarked and paraded in a meadow. Col. Kelly then detailed six companies and started for Farmington, a notorious secession nest, some three miles below, from which it was said the men who burnt the bridges had come, and where it was stated some fifty a
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
ique, on Central court, opened, Sep. 30, 1865 Continental, on Washington street, opened, Oct. 28, 1867 Dudley Street Opera House, opened, Sep. 4, 1879 Eagle, on Sudbury street, occupied, Oct., 1851 Federal, on Federal street, opened, Feb. 3, 1794 Burned to the ground, Feb. 3, 1798 Rebuilt and re-opened, Oct. 29, 1798 The name changed to The Boston, Nov. 8, 1805 Edmund Kean hissed down, Dec. 17, 1818 Tickets for Kean's play sell at $22 premium, Feb. 24, 1821 Charles Mathews playing, Jan. 1, 1823 Edmund Kean riot, building damaged, Oct. 25, 1825 Charged $1,000 for a license, Jan. 9, 1826 Theatres Federal, on Federal street. Edwin Forrest playing William Tell, Feb. 7, 1827 Clara Fisher playing, Nov. 20, 1827 Name changed to Old Drury, Sep. 3, 1828 Charged for license, $500, 1828 The building called The Odeon, May 18, 1835 Sold to make place for stores, Dec. 29, 1851 Last play performed, May 7, 1852 Haymarket, near the Mall
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], The bogus Government in Missouri. (search)
, by an explosion of gunpowder. The impenetrability of the rhinoceros' hide is stated by recent English hunters to be a fable. A common buck-shot will in reality go through the hide with perfect ease. A London paper gives the rumor that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews have separated, because Charles took madame's salary to pay his own debts. A destructive flood occurred last week in Rockingham county, Va. Farms were damaged and bridges swept off. Edward E. Hall, a railroad conMrs. Charles Mathews have separated, because Charles took madame's salary to pay his own debts. A destructive flood occurred last week in Rockingham county, Va. Farms were damaged and bridges swept off. Edward E. Hall, a railroad conductor, of Baltimore, was instantly killed at Harrisburg, Pa., last week, by falling from a train. Mr. Richard Grainger, the celebrated builder and architect, of Newcastle, England, died on the 4th of July. Hon. Thos. F. Marshall was badly beaten at Newport, Ky., on Tuesday, by Mr. James White. It is reported in Paris that young Mr. Patterson Bonaparte is about to marry a daughter of Prince Murat. Benj. Lockwood, an old citizen of Marshall county, Va., committed suicide on th
The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Promoted. (search)
gain the preponderance. Just then it became the dignity and supernal power of the god to enter the arena and decide the fate of the day. And so comes in the great Bramlette. The god of Kentucky! The world pauses to take a long breath! Grant's glory is fled. Lee will find it useless to fight against the power that descends from high Olympus; and that great and bloody drama which the world has watched with such deep interest is suddenly to be concluded. When the final blow will fall-- the exact day thereof — is known only to the Kentucky divinity. His advent cannot be far off. Let us, in the meantime, like the old Romans, prepare ourselves to die as decently as possible! We think it was of Charles Mathews that the following story is told: Mrs. M. looked out of doors one dark, stormy night, and was asked by her husband "what sort of weather is it? " She replied that it was "quite windy." Then," said he, "throw out a peppermint lozenge, my dear, the weather has the choice!".