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The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
City Council. --A regular monthly meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chamber yesterday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. Present, Messrs. Saunders, Hill, Burr, Scott, Howison, Griffin, Crutchfield, Richardson, Greanor, Denoon, Haskins and Grattan. Absent, Messrs. Glazebrook, (sick,) Anderson and Talbott. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Col. Haskins, from the Commissioners of Streets, reported that they had obtained the condemnation of John Purcell's property, for opening 10th street, north of Clay, at the price of $1,755. The report was approved and adopted. On motion of Mr. Hill, the Committee on Police was instructed to bring in an ordinance empowering the Mayor to prevent the influx and settlement in the city of all paupers, vagrants, persons who have no visible means of support, and those whose presence may be dangerous to the peace of the city; and to defray the expenses thus incurred out of the Secret Police Fund. Mr. Grattan o
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], Succession movement at the South. (search)
f such of the steamboats and superintendents of each of the railroads coming to the city. Mr. Crutchfield offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on the Fire Department to inquire into the expediency of locating one or more sections of hose in different portions of the city, remote from engine houses, to be placed in the custody of firemen to be designated by the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. Mr. Burr offered a resolution, which was adopted, to pay Mr. John Purcell the sum of $1,755, the amount awarded for the condemnation of his land on 10th street, by giving him a note, bearing interest, payable the 10th July. Mr. Burr, from the Special Committee appointed by the Council to prepare a plan for the extension of the city limits, and to give due notice thereof, so that it might be acted on at the approaching session of the General Assembly, presented a report, declaring-- That they have maturely considered the plans of extension heretofore propose
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1860., [Electronic resource], Elections in Switzerland. (search)
surely stand, like South Carolina, a free, sovereign, independent State, ready to unite with her Southern sisters to resist the Northern foes that dare invade Southern soil. In testimony of the high appreciation we entertain for the course pursued by you and your native State, we desire that you should join us at the festive board, on Wednesday evening, the 26th inst., at the Exchange Hotel, in this city. Thomas T. Cropper, Jas. R. Crenshaw, Thos. W. McCance, Frans Huffis, John Purcell, David J. Burr, J. R. Tucker, E. C. Drew, James A. Cowardin, John H. Montague. Washington, Dec. 24, 1860. Gentlemen: --I had the honor to receive your kind invitation to my colleagues and myself to join you at the festive board, on Wednesday evening, the 26th inst., at the Exchange Hotel, in Richmond, and I embrace the earliest opportunity to reply. Gen. Bonham and Col. Ashmore have returned to South Carolina, and I am detained here by the illness of Mrs. McQ
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1860., [Electronic resource], Local matters. (search)
s Dunlop, Abram Warwick, R. G. Morriss, Wm. Palmer, Jas. A. Cowardin, Robt. A. Paine, Ambrose Carlton, Jos. R. Anderson, R. O. Haskins, Thos. H. Ellis, John Jones, Lewis Webb, Chas. W. Purcell, John A. Belvin. Mr. John Purcell nominated as Secretaries the following gentlemen, and they were elected: R. Milton Cary, John H. Montague, John Thompson Brown, John H. Claiborne, J. Adair Pleasants. Mr. George W. Randolph offered a resolution, which was adopted, for t Robertson, Samuel. J. Harrison, P. R. Grattan, Wyndham Robertson, R. T. Daniel, R. R. Howison, Jno. H. Gilmer, W. S. Triplett, Robt. Ridgway, Thos. T. Giles, Wm. Old, R. B. Heath, Gen. T. P. August, Wm. G. Paine, John Purcell, Wm. H. McFarland, David J. Burr, Judge John A. Meredith, A. A. Morson, Thos. W. McCance, Bolling W. Haxall, Jno. Randolph Tucker. the Committee retired, and calls were made for T. T. Cropper. at the invitation of the
The Daily Dispatch: August 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Captain Lindsay Walker. (search)
y Southern render as house He will be astonished now to see of him; but after all the noise his have been making, it is no more that some faint echo should come This gallant and enterprising of the most distinguished of the Virginia Military Institute, after the secession of Virginia Governor Letcher was looking for a suitable person to command a the Potomac, the Superintendent of recommended Capt. Walker. has shown the wisdom of the ap- command of a company, to equipment Mr. John Purcell and liberally contributed, Captain at once proceeded to the neighborhood Creek, at which, and other the Potomac, he has been engaged in half a dozen battles with the enemy's and tendered the most seasonable and in defeating every attack they have batteries. The marches he with his artillery from point to point has been astounding for their rapidity and it would seem impossible for an enemy a gun at any point on the but, presto, Lindsay Walker and his battery are there, alt
The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Five Dollars reward. (search)
t enlisted the first man. The first person he applied to for information and assistance was Mr. John Purcell. That gentleman immediately entered heart and soul into the business. He promised any amour was chosen Captain, and Mr. Haggerty First Lieutenant, of the company, which, in honor of Mr. John Purcell, was called the Purcell Battery. To the honor of Mr. Purcell, it must not be forgotten thaMr. Purcell, it must not be forgotten that he contributed much the larger part of the money which went to the purchase of their uniforms and their general outfit. The guns were furnished by the Government. They were four in number, and ofthe fight, by the report of the enemy themselves, that every shot which struck was fired by the Purcell battery. In the report of the engagement, it was said that his guns were of too small calibre,eck, and that numbers were killed and wounded. Not a casualty occurred among our men. The Purcell battery remained for some weeks at Aquia, during which time they not only fought manfully sever
The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], (search)
The Purcell battery. The members of the Purcell Battery, now stationed at the Cross Roads, near Aquia Creek, in Stafford county, at a meeting held on the 12th inst., adopted a preamble and resolution of thanks to Mr. John Purcell, Mrs. Joseph Allen, Mr. Richard S. Allen, and the City Council of Richmond, for liberal donations of blankets, shoes, overcoats, &c., forwarded through Mr. Thomas H. Wynne.
The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The first Kentucky regiment. (search)
ll commence operations with ample capital and with every essential element within its reach, the result will contribute materially towards the achievement of Southern independence. The works will be established in or near Richmond, and will go into operation without unnecessary delay. We append a copy of the act of incorporation, which has passed both branches of the General Assembly: Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That Wm. H. Haxall, Thos. W. McCance, Samuel J. Harrison, John Purcell, W. G. Paine, Lewis, Ginter, J. L. Apperson, and David J. Burr together with such other persons and firms as shall be hereafter associated with them under the provisions of this act, shall be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of "The Virginia Chemical Works," for the purpose of mining for copper and other mineral ores; smelting and preparing the same for manufacture; manufacturing the products of said ores and making chemica
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Death of an aged Negress. (search)
round. In their fall they performed the of fice of auctioneer to from four to six of the houses lately tenanted by Col. Armistead's 57th Virginia regiment. The extensive brick wall around Mrs. Catherine Wallace's residence, on Gamble's Hill, was blown down. The brick wall of Dr. Beale's yard, on 9th street, was blown down, rendering the side-walk impassable. The whole of Col. Bigger's garden fence, fronting on Broad street, was leveled to the ground. The tin roof of Mr. John Purcell's residence, on Clay street, was blown off. A scaffold erected around Trinity Church, on Broad, was blown down, narrowly missing two ladies who were passing at the time. The tin roof of Greanor's factory, on 18th street, was lifted from off its foundation and floated off. Several valuable sheds attached to Dunlop, Moncure & Co.'s mill, in Manchester, were blown down. The tin roof of the extensive warehouse of Edmond & Davenport, on 17th street, curled up like paper a
The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Notes of the War. (search)
. 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 — R. O. Haskins 214, N. B. Hill 212, James M. Talbott 218, W. H. Richardson 166, A. Y. Stokes 164, R. J. Christian 91, J. H. Greanor 19, Luther Libby 5. Madison Ward.--Hustings Court--James K. Caskie 302, James Bray 319, Geo. N. Gwathmey 317, Wm, B. Smith 203, John Purcell 216, Samuel S. Cottrell 103, J. E. Burress 98. Council — D. J. Burr 313, Geo. K. Crutchfield 317, P. R. Grattan 311, J. A. Scott 315, Thomas H. Wynne 305, scattering 10. Monroe Ward.--Hustings Court--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<
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