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The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Characteristic. (search)
From Montgomery.Extra session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. [reported for the Richmond Dispatch.] Montgomery, Ala., April 29, 1861. April 29, 1861. Congress assembled to-day at noon, in compliance with the proclamation of President Davis, convening an extra session. It was a gratifying scene to notice the cordial greetings, the shaking of hands, the pleasant smiles, and other demonstrations of welcome, which were interchanged among the members, as they met this morning in the Congress hall. An unusual number of strangers and citizens were present, and in the hall and gallery there were many ladies. At 12 o'clock, the President of Congress, the Hon. Howell Cobb, took his chair, and the Rev. Basil Manley offered a fervent invocation to the Throne of Grace. The President then called Congress to order, and stated that they had been assembled at this time by a proclamation from the President. The first business in order was the call
The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
oof that up to this period the season has been propitious. We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor and independence; we seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concessions of any kind from the States with which we were lately confederated; all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never hold power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms. This we will, this we must resist to the direst extremity. The moment that this pretension is abandoned, the sword will drop from our grasp, and we shall be ready to enter into treaties of amity and commerce that cannot but be mutually beneficial. So long as this pretentious is maintained, with a firm reliance on the Divine Power which covers with its protection the just cause, we will continue to struggle for our inherent right to freedom, independence and self-government. Jefferson Davis. Montgomery, April 29, 1861.
The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
From Montgomery.[special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] Montgomery, Monday, April 29, 1861. In obedience to the Proclamation of President Davis, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States assembled in this city to-day. The reading of the President's Message, which elicited the profoundest attention of the members, occupied about half an hour, after which they proceeded quietly to a consideration of the grave, public interests committed to their charge with closed doors. Its organization is nearly the same as of the previous session — the "Huge Leviathan," Hon. Howell Cobb, its President, and Johnson J. Hooper, retired editor of the "Mail," and author of the renowned "Simon Suggs," Secretary. Judge A. B. Clitherall, the former Assistant Secretary, resigned upon receiving an appointment from the President of Register of the Treasury. Its position is one of great responsibility, and its proceedings will be watched with peculiar interest. Upon its members will
The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Third day. (search)
Third day. Montgomery, Ala., May 1, 1861. Congress met to-day at noon. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Davis. The Journals of yesterday were read and confirmed. The President presented a communication from the President of the Baptist State Convention of Georgia. The Secretary read as follows: Athens, Ga., April 29, 1861. Sir I have the honor of transmitting to you the accompanying resolutions unanimously passed on Saturday last by the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, with the request that you will present them to the Congress over which you preside. That God will direct and bless the counsels of the Congress of the Confederate Government, is the prayer of the Baptist Convention of Georgia, and of none more sincerely than your obedient servant, N. M. Crawford. Chairman of the Committee. Howell Cobb, President of Congress: at a meeting of the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, the following preamble and
The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Graceful letter from our President's wife (search)
Graceful letter from our President's wife --The following letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis (says the Petersburg Express,) was written in acknowledgement of the receipt of a beautiful work box, manufactured and presented to her by several patriotic misses of this city: Montgomery,Ala., April. 29, 1861. My Dear Young Ladies. --Permit me, before thanking you for your kind present and wishes for my husband's welfare, to congratulate you upon the secession of Virginia — the birthplace of my mother, as well as yours. The elder and honored sister of the Southern States is received with fearful joy among us, and many hands will fashion stars with which to mark this brilliant accession to our galaxy. The possession of a work box manufactured by little Southern girls, so industrious, so enthusiastic, and so patriotic, will be much prized by me, and I will leave it to my daughter, with the note which precedes it, as a precious legacy. Long are you reach the respo
The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], War matters. (search)
ls of the city, all of which have the United States flag floating over them, are crowded, mostly with Northerners. Northern troops continue to arrive in great profusion. At the camp of the New York 7th Regiment is planted a branch of a pine tree, to which, by pieces of twine, is attached two crows, which the New Yorkers call Virginia Eagles. The following letter, addressed by Mrs. A. J. Donelson to Gen. Scott, appears in the Memphis Bulletin, of the 19th : Memphis, April 29, 1861. General Scott-- Dear Sir: I address you not as a stranger. I was introduced to you in 1834, at the White House, by President Jackson, as "my niece, Miss Martin, of Tennessee." In 1835 I married Lewis Randolph, a grandson of President Jefferson. In 1837 he died; and in 1841 I married Major Andrew J. Donelson, whom you will remember. In 1852 I saw you frequently in Washington. I write to you, Gen. Scott, as the only man in the country who can arrest the civil war now begun.
The Daily Dispatch: may 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
th of April, 1861. Lieutenant H. H. Lewis, from the 20th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown, from the 28th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Chas. M. Fauntleroy, from the 7th of May, 1861. Lieutenant J. Pembroke Jones, from the 29th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Geo. T. Sinclair, from the 16th of April, 1861. Lieutenant C. C. Sims, from the 22d of April, 1861. Lieutenant C. F. M. Spotswood, from the 18th of April, 1861. Lieutenant C. B. Poindexter, from the 18th of April, 18 Lieutenant Wm. A. Webb, from the 20th of May, 1861. Lieutenant Jno. S. Taylor, (reserved list,) from the 18th of April, 1861. Lieutenant B. W. Hunter, (reserved list,) from the 23d of April, 1861. Surgeon T. B. Steele, from the 29th of April, 1861. Surgeon John T. Mason, from the 6th of May, 1861. Surgeon W. F. Patton, from the 6th of May, 1861. Surgeon George Blacknall, from the 7th of May, 1861. Passed Assistant Surgeon D. B. Phillips, from the 6th of May, 1861. Pas
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