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The Daily Dispatch: February 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Anti-Abolition Mob in New York. (search)
bably intended for an object, on the platform; but it fell wide of its mark, and exploded its shell upon the auticular appendage of one of the police officers. The officers endea vored to discover the perpetrator, and a scene of the wildest confusion ensued, in which rushing and pushing showed where the "irrepressible conflict" was the thickest, interspersed with occasional music from an unfortunate dog.--From this time forward all was confusion worse counfounded, the chairman was hissed, Mr. Powell was hissed and denouneed as a traitor, whose language would not be any longer tolerated. Men jumped upon the platform and took it by storm. All efforts of the Chief of Police and his aids to restore order were unavailing, and in this state of things it was impossible to hear a syllable uttered by any one, and the abolitionists sought refuge outside the hall. Several patriotic Union speeches were made, and the meeting continued until Mr. Cobb, the proprietor of the building, gave satisfa
The Daily Dispatch: February 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Church Burnt. (search)
day, the 13th February, 1861. Said act provides that the Commissioners and Officers conducting the State Election in May last shall conduct this election. The following is a list of the Commissioners and Conductors then appointed: Jefferson Ward.--Joseph Brummel, Abel F. Picot, E. A. Smith, John J. Wilson, and N. B. Hill, Commissioners; and Reuben T. Seal, Conductor. Madison Ward.--James H. Grant, George Whitfield, R. R. Howison, George W. Randolph, and Thomas R. Price, Commissioners; and Thomas U. Dudley, Conductor. Monroe Ward.--Thomas Barham, Thomas M. Jones, Thomas Boudar, Charles H. Powell, and Felix Matthews, Commissioners; and James L. Bray, Conductor. The Commissioners and Conductors are requested to meet at my office, at the City Hall, on Saturday evening, the 2d inst., at 5 o'clock, to take the oaths prescribed by law. Thomas U. Dudley, Sergeant City of Richmond. N. B.--The Polls will be opened at Sunrise in each Ward. [fe 1--2t] T. U. D.