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The Daily Dispatch: November 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Hint to the Government. (search)
Hustings Court. --Present, Recorder Caskie, Aldermen Sanxay, Bray, Timberlake, Cloptop, and Binford. In the appeal of Albert Rush, a slave, from a decision of the Mayor, (sentencing him to the whipping post for petty larceny,) the court reversed judgment and ordered his discharge. Opie Staite, charged with forging the name of J. W. English to an order of the Circuit Court of Giles county, and the signature of James D. Johnson upon the back of the same paper, was examined; and after hearing the evidence, the Court remanded him for final trial. John Wade, charged with shooting William V. Mott, on the 5th of October last, with intent to "maim, disfigure, disable, and kill," was discharged from further prosecution. The Grand Jury yesterday made the following presentments; The Commonwealth against Charles Wood, for petty larceny; John Haake, for retailing ardent spirits without license; George Nelson and Joseph Calvin Henry, for petty larceny; George Williams
The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. Scott in New York. (search)
use in the morning, in regard to making change for a note, and on leaving said he would see him again. He returned at night with several others, and commenced a violent demonstration, in the course of which young Moran, who was acting as bar-keeper, received a pistol ball in his stomach, from the effects of which he died on Friday, at 4 o'clock P. M. The deceased had taken no part in the difficulty, and the shooting appears to have been an unprovoked outrage.--An inquest was held by Acting Coroner Sanxay, assisted by Constable Freeman, but the testimony furnished no clue to the apprehension of the murderer, and a verdict was accordingly rendered that the death of Moran was caused by a wound inflicted by some person unknown to the jury. It is a pity that such a deed of blood should be allowed to go unpunished, and we yet have hopes that the guilty party will be found and brought to justice. The funeral took place on Saturday, from the residence of Mr. John Moran, brother of the dece
The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway.--$10 reward. (search)
house. --An elderly man, a stranger in the city, was seen about the Monumental Hotel on Tuesday, evidently laboring under the effects of prolonged dissipation. Some time afterward he proceeded down Broad street, and, when near the corner of 14th, fell helpless upon the pavement. A lady in the neighborhood, observing his condition, sent him some refreshments, but he remained there till late in the afternoon, when he was removed by an officer and conveyed in a wagon to the lower station house, where he died in a few hours. An inquest was held yesterday, by Acting Coroner Sanxay, attended by High Constable Freeman. From papers found upon the deceased, it appeared that his name was J. C. Workman; that he was a doctor by profession, and that he came here from Louisiana. He had passes, lated in October, to go to Manassas, and it is stated that one of his sons was killed in the battle of July 21st. The jury rendered a verdict that his death was caused by intemperance and exposure.
The Daily Dispatch: December 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Federal reports from Southeastern Kentucky. (search)
Fatal result --William Clarke, who was shot last Monday by James Stater, expired at his residence on 17th street, near Venable, on Tuesday night. An inquest was held yesterday by Acting Coroner Sanxay, and several witnesses were examined, but no facts of interest were elicited beyond those already published, except that Mr. Clarke stated after he was shot that there was no altercation between them. Francis Sheridan, who was present at the time and had a finger shot off by the discharge which wounded Clarke, made a statement to the effect that he and Slater started out that morning for a day's pleasure, and took several drinks before reaching Clarke's house, and his impression was that both were very drunk when they went in. He remembered nothing that occurred there previous to the shooting. The pistol was his own, and he was totally ignorant of the way in which it got into Slater's possession. He did not know who fired, and in fact, seemed to know very little about the circum
The Daily Dispatch: December 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Wanted — negroes.-- (search)
The fire at Dibrell's --The report of B. J. Johnson, Inspector, in regard to the recent fire at Dibrell's Warehouse, states that the damage on 44 hhds. of tobacco amounts to $134--that is to say, to the owners $58, and the Inspector's bill of opening the same, and assessing, $76. An investigation of the cause of the fire was had, and a report has been made to the Governor by R. D Sanxay, Commissioner, and Lewis L. Barnes, Chief Engineer, in which they state that they found the third story of the jail occupied by federal prisoners, the room having a fire-place and a coal fire; on the second story the prison-room has a small stove, the pipe extending through the window and over the warehouse shed. From the various statements they could draw no correct inference; but were satisfied that the fire originated from the second or third story apartment of the jail. They recommend that the stove-pipe should be conducted to a chimney flue, instead of through the window, and that the Feder
The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Attempted Murder of a mother and Daughter. (search)
Sudden death. --Major Richard S. Jones, formerly a citizen of Hampton, died very suddenly, at the boarding-house of Mrs. Eddins, on Governor street, Thursday evening. An inquest was hold yesterday, by acting Coroner Sanxay, which resulted in a verdict that death was caused by "apoplexy, produced by irritation of the nerves of the spinal marrow, communicating with the brain." Major Jones, we understand, has been an officer of the Wise Legion.
The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Capture of three Lake steamers. (search)
Hustings Court. --The monthly term of this Court commenced yesterday. Present--Recorder Caskie, and Aldermen Sanxay, Bray, Lipscomb, Timberlake, Anderson, and Clopton. John Walthall, charged with the murder of Wm. Hamilton, was examined and remanded for final trial. Wm. Watkins, charged with stealing $63 from Wm. H. Major, was examined and remanded for final trial. Wm. Clarke, charged with stealing a bag of pepper, a coat, and a pair of pants, from Bernard Gattleib, was examined and remanded for final trial. Joseph Gray, a free negro, charged with stealing a silver watch, valued at $40, from a slave named Henry, was tried and convicted; whereupon the Court sentenced him to be sold into absolute slavery, according to the provisions of the act of Assembly passed March 29th, 1860. John Houke and Richard Sealing, indicted for retailing ardent spirits without license, severally appeared and plead guilty, and were fined $60 each. A nolle prosequi was ent
The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], From our army in Kentucky. (search)
heatre. Owing to the fact that a riot had just occurred in the vicinity, it was believed that he had fallen a victim to violence, though there were no visible wounds to confirm such a fearful suspicion. The body was subsequently removed to the yard in the rear of M. G. Delarne's establishment, and identified as Mr. Charles P. Dohm, who for some time past has been employed as shipping clerk in the office of the Southern Express Company at Lynchburg. An inquest was held yesterday by Acting Coroner Sanxay, and an examination made by Dr. Wm. Grebe, who gave it as his opinion, from the general appearance of the deceased, that death was caused by an attack of apoplexy. It was proved that Mr. Dohm went to the theatre on Monday night with two other gentlemen, from whom he got separated in the crowd about the door at the close of the performance, and nothing is known of his movements subsequently. He was found lying upon his face, and the only mark visible was a slight bruise upon the for
The Daily Dispatch: December 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], An interesting letter. (search)
Sudden death. --Mr. S. M. Hite, of New Orleans, who has been in this city for a week or two past awaiting the arrival of some machinery designed to be sent South, was found dead in his bed, in room No. 31, Spotswood Hotel, yesterday morning about 6 o'clock. An inquest was held. by Acting Coroner Sanxay, and it was ascertained that he was seen in his room, lying down, the previous afternoon, and when found yesterday morning the door was partially open and the gas burning. A gentleman who had known him for thirty years past, stated that he was a highly respectable man, of temperate habits Dr. John H. Boyle, who examined the body, gave it as his opinion that he died in a fit of apoplexy, and a verdict was rendered accordingly. He was about sixty years of age, and leaves a wife and four children in New Orleans a wife and four children in New Orleans.
The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Address from Gen. Floyd to his army. (search)
Found Drowned. --On Monday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the Captain of a schooner, in the Dock observed a dead body floating in the water, and as soon as possible had it taken out and placed upon the wharf. It was soon afterward identified as the body of Mr. Robert H. Holdsworth, whose mysterious disappearance, some four weeks ago, has been noticed in this paper. A silk handkerchief was found grasped in one of the hands of the deceased, and his watch and some twenty-five dollars in money were in the pockets. There is every reason to suppose that his death was the result of accident. Acting Coroner Sanxay was notified, but deemed it unnecessary to hold an inquest. Mr. Holdsworth was a resident of Church Hill, a carpenter by occupation, and for some time previous to his death had been employed upon work for the Government. He leaves a family.
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