Your search returned 178 results in 59 document sections:

1 2 3 4 5 6
The Daily Dispatch: July 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], A tragedy in Missouri. (search)
d session]. Richmond, July 1, 1861. The Convention was called to order at the usual hour by Mr. Southall. Prayer was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Hall. Mr. Macfarland arose and said: The Convention will please give me its attention for a moment, while I refer to a gross misrepresentation which appears in the Dispatch of thid am happy to find that he concurs entirely in the correctness of my recollection. I will read a portion of the report: "Mr. Hall, of Wetzel, replied to Mr. Macfarland, by remarking that 'fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.' Mr. Macfarland here desired to know what Mr. Hall meant by his remark. Mr. Hall rejoined, "I meanMr. Macfarland here desired to know what Mr. Hall meant by his remark. Mr. Hall rejoined, "I meant, sir, just what I said. You and your friends always went with Brown while he was here, and now when he is proved to be a traitor, you wish to vindicate him."" The member from Wetzel did use the language "a fellow feeling," as here reported, and when I asked him what he meant, he had the candor to say at once that he had n
The Daily Dispatch: October 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Last days of the Convention. (search)
And by that competitor he will be defeated, if defeated at all. I refer to Mr. Macfarland. But my purpose is not to engage in the unnecessary task of advocating the diversion of a very few votes from Mr. Tyler, in aid to that extent of Mr. Macfarland's success; for, between the latter and Mr. Tyler the contest unquestionablyd every one of those votes will be taken from Mr. Tyler and aid in electing Mr. Macfarland. In his card, announcing himself a candidate, he stated that he did so because neither Mr. Tyler nor Mr. Macfarland were candidates. They were both candidates a few days after. Mr. Tyler's nomination appearing in the newspapers the next da, let the people themselves execute his first (and best) intention. To Mr. Macfarland the objections have been already partly intimated. A strenuous opponent uphe persistence in the canvass of Mr. Lyons. Another great objection to Mr. Macfarland is his office of Bank President which, while it gives him an extensive and
The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], The great naval expedition — from Fortress Monroe and Hatteras Inlet. (search)
ott, of Fauquier, proposed as a substitute "That the present Constitution of this Commonwealth ought to be amended, and it is expedient that this Convention should submit amendments thereto for the ratification or the rejection of the people." Some debate ensued, in which the disposition of members to make long-winded speeches was freely commented on, when the previous question was called, and Mr. Scott's substitute adopted by a vote of 55 to 26. The Governor communicated the resignation of John Echols, the member from Monroe, now serving in the army, and called attention to the additional fact of a vacancy in the Provisional Congress, in consequence of the acceptance of a foreign mission by Mr. James M. Mason. Mr. Macfarland succeeded in introducing the memorial of the City Council of Richmond, on the subject of legalizing the issue of corporation notes, though some objection was made on the ground that such business belonged to the Legislature. The memorial was referred.
The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Report of Capt. Wilkes.why he did not seize the Trent. The following is the report of Capt. Wilkes, assigning his reasons for the arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell: U. S. Steamer San Jacinto, At Sea, Nov. 16. Sir: --In my dispatch by Commander Taylor I confined myself to the reports of the movement of this ship, and the facts connected with the capture of Messrs. Mason, Slidell, Eustis, and Macfarland, as I intended to write you particularly relative to the reasons which induced my action in making these prisoners. When I heard at Cienfuegos, on the south side of Cuba, of these Commissioners having landed on the Island of Cuba, and that they were at Havana, and would depart in the English steamer of the 7th of November, I determined to intercept them, and carefully examined all the authorities on international law to which I had access, viz: Kent Wheaton, Vattel, besides various decisions of Sir William Scott, and other judges of the Admiralty Court of Great B
The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], The orders for the arrest of Mason and Slidell. (search)
ve officer of that vessel, for the arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell: "U. S. Steamer San Jacinto, At Sea, Nov. 8, 1861. "Sir: You will have the second and third cutters of this ship fully manned and armed, and be, in all respects, prepared to board the steamer Trent, now hove to under our guns. "On boarding her you will demand the papers of the steamer, her clearance from Havana, with the list of passengers and crew. "Should Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Eustis and Mr. Macfarland be on board, you will make them prisoners, and send them on board this ship immediately, and take possession of her as a prize. "I do not deem it will be necessary to use force — that the prisoners will have the good sense to avoid any necessity for using it; but, if they should, they must be made to understand that it is their own fault. They must be brought on board. "All trunks, cases, packages and bags belonging to them, you will take possession of and send on board of thi
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Twenty dollars reward. (search)
[Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch]the Yankees in Greenbrier. White Sulphur Springs, Dec. 22, 1861. There has been much excitement here growing out of a foraging expedition of the Yankees to Meadow Bluff and the region thereabouts. They invaded the farms of Messrs. Macfarland, (Wm. H.,) Cralle, and Cabell, and carried off horses, sheep and cattle, and two of those beings they tauntingly call "contraband," very much against the will, it is said, of the poor blacks. Whether the invaders will push further into this productive country remains to be seen. Many have prepared for the worst.--The funds of the bank at Lewisburg have been removed to a place of safety. The withdrawal of protection from this part of the State is in effect an invitation to the invaders to come in, and rob and steal, and burn, as they have done. It is to be devoutly hoped that the Government will send some troops here soon. These visits from the Yankees are having the worst effect possi
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], Outrage upon the person of our Commissioner to Mexico. (search)
saw no more of the Yankees, who cleared out with their plunger. The rogues came from Summersville, in Nicholas county, and returned in that direction. Their depredations were committed in the valley of the Meadow river, on the estates of Messrs. Macfarland, Cralle, and Cabell. They took two negroes from Mr. Macfarland, but they escaped and returned home. There are various reports as to the number of Yankees in the Kanawha Valley. But up to the close of last week it was pretty well asceMr. Macfarland, but they escaped and returned home. There are various reports as to the number of Yankees in the Kanawha Valley. But up to the close of last week it was pretty well ascertained that there were none between Summersville, and the mouth of Ganley, and Lewisburg. But the country undefended must be exposed to incursions such as that which occasioned no much excitement three weeks ago. We suppose they will not be allowed to go on in this manner. Indeed some steps have been taken and we trust others will succeed that will put our Western affairs in a better train.
The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 19 (search)
Government the same compliment. I said I would dispense with compliments if this matter could be amicably arranged. We parted on very friendly terms, I am, &c., (Signed) Russell. Lord Lyons to Earl Russell (received January 9) Washington, Dec. 27, 1861. My Lord: I have the honor to enclose a copy of a note which I have this morning received from Mr. Seward, in answer to your Lordship's dispatch of the 30th of last month, relative to the removal of Mr. Mason, Mr. Sidell, Mr. Macfarland, and Mr. Eustis, from the British mail packet Trent. The note contains a very long and very elaborate dissertation on the questions of international law involved in the case. I have not time, before the departure of the messenger, to weigh the arguments, or to estimate precisely the force of the expressions used. But as Mr Seward admits that reparation is due to Great Britain, and consents to deliver the four prisoners to me, I consider that the demands of Her Majesty's Government
The Daily Dispatch: February 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
The Congressional election. The official returns of the election in this district for a member of Congress, to supply the vacancy occassioned by the death of Hon. John Tyler, have not yet been received by the Secretary of the commonwealth. The sheriffs met in this city on Saturday last, to make up returns, but owing to the absence of those from Hanover and New Kent counties, it became necessary to adjourn ovr until to-day. There seems to be no douct of Mr. Lyons's election, by a handsome majority. Unofficial returns in our possession from the entire districch, with the exception of Hanover, foot up as folloows: Lyons 1,220, Macfarland 1,061, Young 213, Saunders 202, Randolph 118. It is reported that Mr. Lyons has a majority of oover 100 in Hanover, and if the vote from the camps be counted his majority in the district would be still further increased.
The Daily Dispatch: February 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
Supreme Court of appeals. --Present Jno. J. Allen and other Judges.--The following decrees have been rendered since our last report: Otey's administratrix vs. Jeter's administrator and others. Argued by Jno. Randolph Tucker and Jno. O. L. Goggin for the appellant, and Peachy R. Grattan for the appellee. Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Bedford county. Decree reversed in part and affirmed in part. Porter Sheriff and others vs. Farrar's administrators and others. Argued by Macfarland & Roberts for the appellants, and James Alfred Jones and Arthur A. Morson, for the appellees, upon an appeal pronounced by the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond. Decree affirmed.
1 2 3 4 5 6