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The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
Later from Europe.arrival of the American. Halifax, Jan. 1. --The American, from Liverpool on the 28th, brings £162,000 in specie. It is stated that the war like preparations of France exceed those of 1858. Commercial. Liverpool, Dec. 28th Motion--The market (Saturday) is firm. Breadstuff reports are contradictory. Some say Flour is firm advancing tendency; Wheat buoyance and slant higher Corn quiet and 61 higher. Others say Flour has advanced 6d.; Wheat advanced Holders of Corn advance which is not conceded. Consols 92 ¾@9 ½
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Warlike movement at Norfolk. (search)
Slavery in Kansas. --A case came up before Judge Pettit, yesterday, in the District Court for the Territory, which involved the constitutionality of the anti-slavery bill passed by the Legislature last winter. A negro woman, named Fanny, claimed by Horace Haley as a slave, left his custody some time ago, and went to live at the house of F. R. Foard.--Haley petitioned to recover possession of the "property," and Foard demurred, on the ground that Fanny was not a slave, as stated in the petition. The case was argued by Lecompte, Matthias and Burns, for the plaintiff; and J. O. Douglas, Esq., for the defendant.--Judge Pettit overruled the demurrer, and decided that the law prohibiting slavery in Kansas was not constitutional.--Leavenworth Times, Jan. 1.
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
General Agency. --The subscriber having withdrawn from the concern of Rawlings & Holladay, will be prepared to resume the Agency business on the 1st of January next. He will give his strict attention to Hiring Out Negroes, Renting Out Houses, and Collecting Claims of all kinds, and hopes to receive a fair proportion of patronage from his old friends and the public generally. Office on Franklin street, opposite the Whig Building. Edward G. Rawlings. de 17--1m