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Ord,
Gen., commands, at
Dranesville, 625-6.
Ordinance of 1784, the, 39; 50.
Ordinance of 1787, the, passage of, and an extract from, 40; 50; allusion to, 369.
Ordinance of Nullification, the, 93.
Oregon, congressional action upon the
Territory of, 190 to 198; has a Democratic majority, 300; 801.
Orr, James L., of
S. C., sent to
Washington, 411.
Osawatomie, Kansas, sacked and burnt by Border Ruffians, 214; battle of, 284.
Ostend Manifesto, the, extract from, 273-4-5.
Otis,
Harrison Gray, 122.
“ out of the
Tavern,” 353.
Owen,
Robert Dale, cited by
Lovejoy, 132.
Oxford, Kansas, fraudulent voting at, 249; 285.
P.
Palmer,
Rev. B. M., his Sermon, 501-2.
Palmyra, Kansas, sacked by Border Ruffians.
Palmyra, Mo., Rebels defeated at, 576.
Palo Alto, battle of, 187.
Palsley,
Daniel,
Lt.-Gov. of
W. Virginia, 519.
Panama, the
Congress at, 267-8.
Parker, Amasa J.,
President of the
Tweddle Hall Convention, 388; his speech, 389; 396.
Parker,
Mr., of
S. C., remarks of, in the Secession Convention, 345.
Parkersburg, Va, occupied by
Unionists, 512.
Parkville Luminary, The,
Mo., destroyed, 238-9.
Parrott,
Lieut. E. G., takes the
Savannah, 598.
Parsons,
Gen., (Rebel,) in
Northern Missouri,587.
Pate,
H. Clay, whipped at Black-
Jack, 244.
Patterson,
Com., destroys a Florida fort, 177.
Patterson,
Gen. Robert, 528; crosses the
Potomac, 535; moves from
Bunker Hill to
Charlestown, 536;
Gen. Sanford's testimony, 536 to 538; Patterson falls back to
Harper's Ferry and is superseded, 539;
Gen. Scott's dispatch, and
Patterson's reply, 539; allusion to, 540; 549-50; his politics; refuses to display the
American flag, 550; allusion to, 618.
Patton,
Col., (Rebel,) victor at Scarytown, 524; marches to reinforce
Price at
Lexington, 587.
Patriot and Union, The, on
President's call, 457.
Paulding,
Com. Hiram, captures
Walker, 276; takes command at Norfolk Navy Yard, 475; his work of destruction there, 476.
Pawnee, U. S. Ship, arrives at Norfolk Navy Yard, 475; two of her officers made prisoners, 476.
Payne,
Henry B., of
Ohio, his resolves in the Charleston Convention. 310; 312; 318.
Payne, R. G., threatens
Mr. Etheridge, 484.
Pearce,
Gen., reenforces
Gov. Jackson, 575.
Pegram,
Col. John, defeated at
Rich Mountain, 522-3; is captured, with 600 men, 523.
Pennington, Wm., Speaker, 305; 306; 372.
Pensacola, Fla., seizure of Federal property at, 412;
Bragg in command; schooner
Judah burnt, 601-2; the
Rebels attack
Santa Rosa Island; they evacuate the post, 602.
Pennsylvania, slave population in 1790; troops furnished during the Revolution; emancipation, 36; Legislature favors the
Missouri Restriction, 77; 108; Republicans triumph in, 300;
Curtin elected Governor, 326; 396; militia of, attacked at
Baltimore, 463-4.
Pennsylvania Freeman, The, 114.
Pennsylvania Hall, burned by a mob, 115.
Perry, U. S. Brig, captures the
Savannah, 598.
Petrel, the privateer, sunk, 599.
Pettus, got. John J.,of
Miss., for Secession, 347.
Phelps,
Col., in the
battle of Big Bethel, 529.
Philadelphia, Pa., riots at, 126; fugitive-slave arrests at, 216; Convention at in 1856, 247; Peace Meeting at, 362 to 366;
Geo. W. Curtis at, 367; speech of
President Lincoln, 419-20.
Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, The, on the
President's Inaugural, 428; 457.
Philanthropist, The, 112.
Philbrick,
Capt., (Union,) at Ball's Bluff, 621.
Philippi, Va., 521-2.
Phillips,
Wendell, 116; 117; 142.
Phillips, Wm., tarred and feathered by the
Border Ruffians, 239: killed at
Leavenworth, 245.
Pickens,
Gov. Francis W., Of
S. C., 347; 410; sends
Col. Hayne to
Washington, 412; confers with
Col. Lamon, 442.
Pierce,
Franklin, of
N. H., nominated for
President, 222; elected 224; inaugurated, 224; 226; 227; appoints Reeder Governor of
Kansas, 236; disperses the
Free-State Legislature at
Topeka, 244; 246; 270; directs the Ostend meeting, 273; in the
Convention of 1860, 317; 497; his letter to
Jeff. Davis. 512.
Pierce,
Gen. E. W., at Big Bethel, 530-31.
Pierpont, Francis H., 518; chosen Governor of
Virginia, 519; appoints two
Senators, 562.
Piketon, Ky., affair at, 616.
Pillow,
Gen., at the
battle of Belmont, 596.
Pinckney, Charles C., on the adoption of the
Constitution, 43 to 45; speech of Jan. 17th, 1787, 49.
Pinckney,
Henry L., of
S. C., 141; 145.
Pinkney, William, of
Md., on
Missouri, 76.
Pittsburgh, Pa., the
Convention of 1856 at, 246; excitement at, in regard to the transfer of arms to the
South, 408; schedule of the order of transfer, 408; speech of
President Lincoln at, 419.
Pittsfield, N. H.,
Geo. Storrs mobbed at, 27.
Platte Argus, The,
Mo., citation from, 238.
Plummer,
Rev. Wm., D. D., 128.
Plummer,
Col. John B., 581; 591.
Poinsett, Joel R., 149; 176.
Polk,
Gen. Bishop, bombards our troops at
Belmont, 595; crosses to
Belmont; drives off the Unionists, 596; occupies
Columbus, Ky., 613.
Polk,
James K., 69; nominated for
President, 164; is elected, 167; 168; letter to
John K. Kane, 169; is openly committed to Annexation, 174; 185; 186; his special message, 187; makes an offer for
Cuba, 269.
Pollard, Edward A., his summing up of the initial conquests by the
South, 413-14; his estimate of the troops furnished by the North and South respectively, in 1812, and the
Mexican War, 500; remarks on the
battle of Carnifex Ferry, 525; remarks on the
battle of Bethel, 531; his estimate of Rebel forces at
Bull Run, 54); on the manner in which
Gen. Johnston eluded
Patterson, 549-50; testifies as to the
Union sentiment of
Missouri, 573-4; account of the affair at Camp Cole, Mo., 575; opinion of
Gen. Lyon, etc.. 582; 589; 590; 593; statement of Rebel loss at
Belmont, 597; admits the hostility of
Kentucky to the
Rebellion; on
Henry Clay's influence, 609-10; estimate of the
Rebel forces in
Kentucky, 615.
Pope,
Gen.,in
Northern Missouri, 587; dispatch to
Gen. Fremont, 588; in
south-western Missouri, 593.
Porter,
Col. Andrew, appointed
Provost-Marshal of
Washington, 619.
Porter,
Fitz John, testifies for
Patterson, 538.
Porter, W. D.,
President of the
S. C. Senate, 330.
Port Royal, expedition to, 604 to 606; map of the bombardment, 604; surrender of the forts, 605;
Sherman's proclamation; ‘contrabands’ lock in, 60.
Potter,
Bishop, prays at “Peace” meeting, 363.
Potter,
Major James D., at
Bull Run, 545.
pound Gap, Ky., the
Rebels retreat to, 616.
Powell,
Lazarus Av., of
Ky., proposes a Committee of Thirteen on the Crisis, 375; 382; 562; 564
Presbyterians, the, and Slavery, 118; 631.
Preston,
Mr., of
S. C., on Abolitionists, 128.
Preston, Wm., 509; flees to the
Confederacy, 614.
Preston, Wm. B., one of
Virginia's Commissioners to
President Lincoln, 452.
Price,
Gov. Rodman M., to
L. W. Burnett, 439.
Price,
Gen. Sterling, his election to the Missouri Convention, 488; makes a compact with
Harney; has an interview with
Gen. Lyon, 491; allusion to, 509; is appointed
Major-General, 574; resigns tho command
