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The Daily Dispatch: May 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Danville, May 21, 1861. (search)
Danville, May 21, 1861. The County Court has subscribed $50,000 to equip and support the families of soldiers who have and may volunteer. Dan.
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
endezvous, surrounded as usual by a group of his "style of feather." Dan stood treat all around and then took Garry one side. "Garry, I ntee, but that won't do for me, you know." "I'll tell you what, Dan, if you'll give me a couple of sawbucks. I'll find you a customer."er that leave the work to me, I'll fetch the money out of her." Dan, satisfied with this arrangement, sauntered into the bar room, offerd 8-year-old gelding and $100, which he afterwards increased to $125 Dan perempt rily refusing until Garry's offer reached even $200, which haccompanied by Fred. "There she is, old boy, a good $300 worth; Dan, has warranted her every way right. She must bring me a pile beforep and try her as long as you please." "I don't want to try her, Dan has guaranteed her to you, and that's enough. I am satisfied she istruck.--he remonstrated, he fumed, he swore; but all to no purpose. Dan insisted that the sale between them was bona fide, and was made in t
The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1860., [Electronic resource], List of appointments by the Virginia annual Conference of the M. E. Church South. (search)
E Joyner; Pittsylvania, Jacob Shough; Patrick, Geo. E. Booker; Patrick Mission, Wm. J Hunter; Smith's River, John G Bailey; Franklin, E. A. Gibbs; Alleghany, Jas. S. Porter. Randolph Macon District--P. W. Archer, P. E. R. M. College, Geo. H. Rav; Danville, Frank Stanley; R. M. Circuit, Wm. Carter; Union and Clarksville, Samuel. V. Hoyle; Mecklenburg. Thos. A. Pierce; Charlotte. Joseph Lear; Colored Mission, J. D. Southall; South Staunton, Jno. W. White; Halifax, J. J. Lampkin; South of Dan, David Wallace; Ringgold, Bedford B Shelton; Randolph Macon College, W. A. Smith, President; Danville Female College, James Jamieson, President. Farmville District--William H. Christian, Presiding Elder. Farmville, Nelson Head; Prince Edward. D. J. C. Slaughter, James W. Connelly; Colored Mission to be supplied; Powhatan. W. W. Spain; Chesterfield, John W. Howard, J. K. Powers; Coal Field, W. C. Allen; Amelia, Alfred Wiles; Colored Mission, to be supplied; Nottoway, I. R. Finley; Color
The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
t of the old soldiers were dead, and New England immediately turned out more soldier-claimants than were enrolled in the whole Revolutionary Army. [Laughter.] They are very smart, and can demonstrate that the higher the tax the cheaper the article.--Next they will attempt to demonstrate that the lower the price of cotton the better for us, because it will teach us economy, which is one of the cardinal virtues. [Laughter.] He was not going to discuss secession, for everybody was for it, from Dan to Beersheba, and in a few days it will be a fixed fact. He did not understand the position of Mr. Buchanan, but he supposed he was like Selden, who, when asked how he was on the Bank question, said he "stood between Nick Biddle and Calhoun." [Laughter.] If secession brought peace, he hoped we would enjoy its introduction; but if it brought war, we were the most unfortunate people on earth, for we had not bread and meat enough to feed the people who would come here to help us fight our battl
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
onjecture. But be what it may, our camp to-night, (Camp Walker,) Sunday as it is, presents a scene of cheerful and active preparation, amounting almost to a jollification, at the idea of moving, not that our men are tired of camp life, but because there is a hope of active employment. Our regiment seems to prefer to be fighting to being stationed anywhere. One of our bashful young men was writing a letter for a married soldier to his wife, and was so delighted on hearing the order that he immediately closed the letter by saying "kiss all the children and believe me your loving husband" and signed his own name instead of his friend's to whose "dear wife" he had addressed the letter, and did not think of his mistake until he had sent the letter to the post-office. The monotony of camp life does not suit our hot and impatient Southern blood; they want action, excitement, and my word for it, they will give you a good account of themselves whenever called in the field. Dan.
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Confessions of a horse thief (search)
Secretary Walker's letter, I hardly know what to write in the way of news, because I fully concur in the propriety of keeping all our movements and condition in the dark, and it must be apparent to every man. In the first place, it would certainly do us no good to underrate our own strength, and might be of infinite disadvantage to overrate it; while to publish the exact truth would be to show our hands, which, in all other games, is equivalent to yielding the victory, and I don't see why war is a game which should form an exception to the general rule. I can say, however, with great pleasure, that our regiment is still here satisfied in camp, and willing to march when and wherever ordered. The 5th Regiment South Carolina. Volunteers has been peculiarly blessed in point of health. We have now been in service since the 13th April, and have only lost one white man and one negro by death, either from sickness or accident; but our turn may come yet. We will see. Yours, &c., Dan.
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
dy of men to satisfy the general officers that it is composed of the right kind of material. In fact, this regiment will compare favorably with any I have seen from any quarter, and my belief is that Brigadier General Jones will have no cause to regret that he has the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Mississippi Regiments under his command. The only excitement we have had since I last wrote you was caused by the brilliant meteor that made its appearance on Thursday evening, a little after sundown. It was one of the most magnificent specimens of nature's fireworks I ever witnessed, and like its predecessor, the comet, has the reputation of being the harbinger of some grand events. Its course was southerly, indicating that like the Israelites of old, the chosen people of God, we will have a pillar of fire by night, if needs be, to light up our path to victory and to glory. With such omens and such soldiers as we have in the field, we will "follow our leaders and fear no evil." Dan.
The Daily Dispatch: July 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], A good move--military telegraphy. (search)
Dan wishes to know if holes are combustible, as he often hears of their being burnt.
The Daily Dispatch: August 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Twenty-five dollars reward (search)
memorable day than did the 5th South Carolina Volunteers, under Col. Jenkins, who, at the head of his regiment, gallantly led them in the van of the attack, while the grape and shell were flying thick around him, one of which knocked his stirrup from one of his feet. I am happy to say, too, that Lieut.Col. Legg, who was wounded, and the other officers of this regiment, acted nobly and well their respective parts, as did also the officers at the 17th and 18th Regiments Mississippi Volunteers. Dan. Elzey's Brigade. We have published accounts of the gallant part sustained by this Brigade in the battle of the 21st. A correspondent, writing from Fairfax Court-House, gives a description of the memorable forced march from Winchester to Pledment, and proceeds as follows: The battle had been in progress some time when the brigade arrived, but hastily forming, with the First Maryland on the right and Colonel Elzey and General Kirby Smith at its head, it started off on the doubl
The Daily Dispatch: August 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway. (search)
d Clarke, some years ago claimed to be the last descendant from John Milton. The male line of Sir Criatopber Wren was speedily extinguished, and was sometime since stated the belief that the female line had also ceased; a correspondent, however, mentioned that, at the time be wrote, (a few years ago) and old lady descending from the great architect was still living. Sir. Joshua Reynolds, Cowper, the poet, Pope, Locke, Seldon, Thom as Campbell, Thomas Moore, Oliver Goldsmith, Wilkie, Dan, Swift, Sir Isaac New on, Hogarth, Turner the landscape painter, Sir Humphrey Davy, Edmund Burke, Patt — left no descendants Robert Stephenson ended the line of his father George. Notwithstanding the anxiety of Sir Walter Scott to establish a family inheritance, his direct race have perished, and those of but slight relationship inherit his land and title. We believe that with the sons of Robert Burne, the family of the national poet of Scotland will expire. Lord Byron to
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