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The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ands and carts, which dates from the 10th day of January, 1860, to the 10th day of January, 1861, inclusive; also, report of the Engineer of the city, for the fiscal year ending February 28th, 1861, was presented, and laid on the table. The Council granted the use of the city gas to the congregation worshipping at Trinity Church, in Henrico county, corner of 20th and Broad streets. Lewis M. Carter was elected 1st Lieutenant of the Night Police; Caleb Crone, 2d Lieutenant, and Jas. B. Pleasants, 3d Lieutenant. James W. Davis was elected 8th Day Police Officer, vice Wm. B. Page, dec'd. The election was gone into at the suggestion of the Mayor, and was rendered necessary by the death of Gervas S. Trueheart and Wm. B. Page, to whose memory, as officers and gentlemen, the Mayor paid a deserved tribute of respect. The Council, on motion of Mr. Glazebrook, adopted a resolution for paying one month's salary to the widow of Jas. H. Davis, dec'd, late of the City Watch. The
The Daily Dispatch: March 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Yankee Humanity. (search)
Ranaway. --$50 Reward — Ranaway, from my farm in Henrico co., on the night of the 23d inst., four negro men, to with Isham, Abram, Jack and Pleasants. Isham is an old man, about 55 years old; when spoken to looks down — Abram is a tall, brown mulatto, aged 25 years--Jack is 45 years old, and has one leg very much swollen — Pleasants, aged 20 years, stammers when spoken to I will give the above reward for the delivery of said negroes or secured in any jail so I can get them, or $12.50 for my farm in Henrico co., on the night of the 23d inst., four negro men, to with Isham, Abram, Jack and Pleasants. Isham is an old man, about 55 years old; when spoken to looks down — Abram is a tall, brown mulatto, aged 25 years--Jack is 45 years old, and has one leg very much swollen — Pleasants, aged 20 years, stammers when spoken to I will give the above reward for the delivery of said negroes or secured in any jail so I can get them, or $12.50 for each Wm. A. Deitrick mh 25--d
The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Notes of the War. (search)
endent of Streets: Washington Gill224124176 G. H. Epps22410138 High Gonstable: Geo. A. Freeman218324366 City Ganger: Richard Fox221321363 Grain Measurer: Henry Davis221332368 Manager Poor-House: Jno Pearce223322364 Captain Night Watch: J. B. Pleasants13180153 L. M. Carter6295107 Richard Reins21148109 L. M. Jude13511 A. Jenkins00001 Jefferson Ward.--Hustings Court--A. F. Picot 210, Wm. Taylor 216, N. M. Lee 186, E. A. J. Clopton 214, Richard D. Sanxay 214; scattering 32. Council t--N. C. Lipscomb 366, W. W. Timberlake 362, J. F. Regnault 362, C. E. Anderson 364, J. W. Beveridge 360. Council — D. J. Saunders 359, S D. Denoon 352, L. W. Glazebrook 364, Thos. C. Epps 359, W. C. Allen 1. The contest for the Captaincy of the Night Watch was conducted very quietly. In the whole city, L. M. Carter received 264 votes, Richard Reins 278--a majority of 14. James B. Pleasants, for the same office, received 364 votes — an excess of 86 over Reins — and is therefore elec
The Daily Dispatch: October 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
ies in the street, kissing his hand to them, &c., was required to give security to be of good behavior. John Holmes, charged with picking the pocket of James B. Pleasants of a bunch of keys. The prisoner found Mr. Pleasants in a reclining posture, and placed his hand on his pocket and shook him, saying, "Is that you, Mike?" Mr. Pleasants in a reclining posture, and placed his hand on his pocket and shook him, saying, "Is that you, Mike?" Receiving no reply, he put his hand in Pleasants's pocket and took his keys. Holmes was sent to the Provost Marshal. Joseph J. Home, for being drunk and lying in the street, was fined $1. Michael Buckton, charged with the murder of John Delaney, was committed. Patrick Shee, charged will stealing a small quantity of Pleasants's pocket and took his keys. Holmes was sent to the Provost Marshal. Joseph J. Home, for being drunk and lying in the street, was fined $1. Michael Buckton, charged with the murder of John Delaney, was committed. Patrick Shee, charged will stealing a small quantity of whiskey from the Confederate Government, was bailed to appear before the Grand Jury.
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Eastern North Carolina. (search)
The police. --The day police of the city, that in former times consulted only of Clement White and Wm. Byrd Page, owing to the growth of the city and the requirements of the times has been increased to eleven. We append a list of names of the present force, viz: Reuben T. Seal, R. H. Chalkley, B. M. Morris, Wm. N. Kelley, A. D. Quarles. M. Adams, W. T. Bibb, John A. Davis, John D Perrin, Caleb Crone, and Washington A. Griffin. The night watch comprises a force of forty men, who, by ordinance of the Council, are compelled to reside in the city. This force is officered as follows: Captain, James B. Pleasants, (elected by the people;) 1st Lieutenant, L. M. Carter; 2d Lieutenant, Theodore Baptist; 3d Lieutenant. Augustus R. Cousins.
The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], Runaway. (search)
Burglar caught. --It will be recollected that one night about a week ago the smoke house of Major William Allen, on Leigh street, between 7th and 8th, was broken into and robbed of a quantity of sausage, lard, bacon, beef tongues, &c. Yesterday officer Davis and Capt. James B. Pleasants, of the night watch, received information that Robert Patterson, a white man living over Russell's stable on Wall street, was the thief, and immediately went in search of him. They found him and a woman named Amanda Logan in a room in the third story over the stable mentioned, and in the room, on search, found the sausage, lard, and most of the stolen articles. As Davis was bringing Patterson down the stairs, the latter jumped out of the 2d story back window and tried to escape by running. Davis followed him out of the window and pursued him and shot at him as he went up the alley leading to the Exchange Hotel. The bullet missed him, but came close enough to him to warn him that the alley was n
The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
imed the Mayor's attention. Wm. M. Emery, a wounded soldier from the 11th Virginia regiment, was charged with stealing a bottle of whiskey from John Buras, and David T. Courtney, member of the 25th Virginia regiment, with assaulting Capt. James B. Pleasants, while in the discharge of his duty. Capt. P. was present at Burns's when Emery, in company with Courtney, came in and bargained for a bottle of whiskey, which he walked off with without settling for. As was his duty to do, Capt. Capt. Pleasants followed and arrested Emery, whereupon Courtney stepped up and demanded his comrade's release, at the same time striking the officer over the eye with his fist. The Mayor administered some wholesome advice to the prisoners, and then directed that they should be taken before the Provost Marshal. Edward, slave of Mrs. Mary Cross, was charged with receiving fourteen bushels of corn and sixty-four bushels of bran, the property of the Confederate States, one barrel of whiskey, one lo
The Daily Dispatch: June 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he Capital Square; that about two o'clock, P. M., he was informed by John J. Green that Capt. James B. Pleasants, of the night watch, and some of the watch men were playing cards on the Square; that he ordered Green to order them to stop; that shortly after Pleasants accosted officer Seal in the Square and asked him if he was going to present him before the Grand Jury, and on Seal's saying (Joculm he "would play cards when and where he d — d please, in spite of him and the Mayor" and that Pleasants then wanted to fight Seal, and was guilty of conduct for which he ought to have been arrested; that Pleasants thought because he was elected by the people that he was not subject to the order of the Mayor. The Mayor further stated that he had discharged six watchmen for playing cards on the ch was unanimously adopted: Received by the Council of the City of Richmond, That James B Pleasants, Captain of the Night watch, be removed from his office for misconduct as an officer on the 1
The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1865., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
Mayor's Court. --George Mack, of Philadelphia, charged with burglary at the store of John G. Regnault, was arraigned yesterday but the case was continued until Friday morning at eleven o'clock in consequence of the absence of Captain James B. Pleasants, who was shot a few nights ago while endeavoring to arrest Mack and his comrades. Nicholas Fox, charged with drunkenness. Case continued until to-day. J. J. Horne, charged with attempting to violate the person of a little girl named Minnie Donovan, was admitted to bail in the sum of five hundred dollars for his appearance before the Hustings Court. A. G. Babcock, charged with threatening to assault E. V. Menzel. Charge withdrawn and case dismissed. William V. Barker, charged with threatening to kill his father, George Barker, was sent before a county magistrate. John Traverse, for abusing and threatening Patrick Fagan and wife, was required to give security in the sum of three hundred dollars to keep the
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
re Mayor Saunders yesterday, namely, that of John T. West, a white man, charged with purchasing thirty-two law books which were stolen from the offices of Mr. James B. Pleasants and Mr. J. L. C. Danner, lawyers, of this city, he knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Danner testified that, for two weeks previous to the arrest els of law books, among which he identified nine or ten of those he had lost, and a much larger number which he recognized as having seen in the office of Mr. James B. Pleasants. Upon this discovery, West was taken into custody. Witness had lost upwards of thirty valuable law books, and believed they had all gone the same way. Mr. Pleasants stated that he knew nothing of his loss until informed by Mr. Danner of the discovery he had made, when he went at once to police headquarters, where the books had been deposited, and there discovered some that had been stolen from his office. He supposed he had lost in all thirty-odd, and set a high value upon t
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