Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for January 4th, 1861 AD or search for January 4th, 1861 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 2 document sections:

The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Washington. (search)
From Washington. [special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] Washington Jan. 4, 1861. This "day of National humiliation, fasting and prayer," is generally observed. The churches are all open, nearly all the stores are closed, and the city has a Sunday look.--On Pennsylvania Avenue there seems to be a crowd of men, boys and backs. The restaurants are doing a good business. If one were a believer in omens, be would be comforted by the sunny sky which at mid-day succeeds the dark and foggy morning. The air is soft, warm, balmy. But the day is not over yet. No man can fell how the sun will go down. It seems that Mr. Buchanan has made up his mind to carry out coercion with a high hand and a strong arm. A dispatch appears in Brown's Hotel this morning, stating that the steam-frigate Brooklyn is about leaving Norfolk for Charleston. We may expect the Gulf Squadron to be actively at work blockading all the Southern ports. This is war. The seizure of the forts at S
The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.things in Nansemond — the Fast — public meeting a failure, &c. Suffolk, Va.,Jan. 4, 1861. All business is suspended, and the day is observed here with even more sanctify than it is customary to observe the Sabbath. Two churches were opened in the town for divine service — the Methodist and Episcopal — and both were well filled with what appeared to be earnest and devout worshippers. I attended the latter particularly, and must confess that I was deeply moved by the full Litany of that beautiful and solemn service, said in connection with the fine prayer issued by the Bishop of the diocese for the state of the country.--May God hear the supplications of his people, and stay His avenging arm!