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The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
r. Argued by C. G. Griswold for the plaintiff, and R. T. Daniel for the defendant. Judgment of the Circuit Court of King and Queen county affirmed. Davis, Sheriff, vs. Commonwealth. Argued by Arthur A. Morson for the plaintiff, and John R. Tucker, Attorney General. on behalf of the Commonwealth. Judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond affirmed. Brown vs. Reucher. &c. Argued by Peachy R. Grattan, R. T. Daniel and L. J. Bowden for the appellant, and John O. Steger, Cyrus A. Branch and Wm. S. Peachey for the appellees. Decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Williamsburg and county of James City reversed. Davis vs. the Commonwealth. Argued by James Garland for the plaintiff, and the Attorney General for the Commonwealth.--Judgment of the Circuit Court of Amherst county reversed. Holman vs. Hart. Argued by William Green for the appellant, and Charles R. Slaughter for the defendant. Judgment of the Circuit Court of Buckingham county reversed.
The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
was then taken, and the Committee refused to strike out by the following vote: Yeas.--Messrs. Ambler, Jas. Barbour, Blakey, Blow, Bolssean, Borst, Bouldin, Branch, Bruce, Cecil, Chambliss, Chapman, Coffman, Conn, Jas. H. Cox, Echois, Fisher, Flourney, Garland, Graham, Gregory, Goggin, John Goode, Jr., Hale, Addison Hall, Cy. Stuart, Strange, Summers, Sutherlin, Tarr, Tayice, Wailer, White, Wickham, Willey, and Wilson.--92 Nays.--Messrs. Ambler, Blakey, Boissean, Borst, Bouldin, Branch, Cecil, Chamblise, Conn, R. H. Cox, Fisher, Graham, Gregory, John Goode, Jr. Harvie, Holcombe, Runten, Isbell, Kent, Kindred, Leake, Macfarland, Miller, Montague,A. H. H. Stuart, C. J. Stuart, Summers, Tarr, and Willey.--24. Nays.--Messrs. Ambler, Armstrong, A. M. Barbonr, Blakey, Blow, Boissean, Borst, Bouldin, Boyd, Branch, Brent, Bruce, Cecil, Chambliss, Coffman, Conn, C. B. Conrad, R. Y. Conrad, R. H. Cox, Critcher, Deskins, Dorman, Echols, Fisher, Flournoy, French, Fugate, Garlan
The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session. (search)
the writ heretofore a warded, the plaintiff not having been returned executed, on their motion by counsel, a new writ is ordered to issue.--Ro. E. Lee, executor of George Washington Parke Custis, dec'd, appellants, vs. Mary Ann Randolph Lee and others, appellees. Upon an appeal from a decreee pronounced by the Circuit Court of Alexandria county. Appellants heard by Francis L. Smith; appellees called, and not appearing, time was taken to consider of a verdict. [The question to be settled in this case is the meaning of Custis' will, setting free his slaves on the termination of five years after his death]--White vs. White and others, appeal from the decree of the Cirenit Court of Spotsylvania county. Argued by R. T. Daniel for appellants. Case under advisement.--Wilkerson vs. Hall. Appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Williamsburg. Argued by Cyrus A. Branch and A. A. Morson for the appellant, and Lemuel J. Bowden for the appellees.--Decision reserved.
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 30 (search)
was, on motion of Mr. Brannon, taken up; pending the consideration of which, on motion of Mr. Collier, the Senate took a recess until 7½ o'clock P. M. Evening session. Pursuant to adjournment, the Senate met at 7½ o'clock. The Tax bill being under consideration when the Senate adjourned, there being no quorum present, Mr. Brannon moved a call of the Senate. The motion prevailed, whereupon the roll was called, and the following Senators found absent: *James D. Armstrong, Cyrus A. Branch, Charles Bruce, *W. W. Carraway, Boliver, Christian, *Joseph Christian, *Ro A. Coghill, W. H. Day, Asa D. Dickinson, *B. B. Douglas, *Wm. L. Early, J. R. Garnett, Richard Logan, *James K. Marshall, Charles Massie, Wm. N. McKenney, B. H. Nash, Wm D. Pate, John D Pennybacker, Wm. D. Quesenberry, *James M. Taliaferro, Wm. F. Thompson, T. H. Urquhart, J. W. M. Witten. The doors being closed, Mr. Johnston moved that the Sergeant-at-Arms be directed to summon to the bar of the Senate suc
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 32 (search)
d carried to Raleigh. We append some further incidents of the evacuation of the town: The celebrated Gaston House and other buildings, among which is the Progress office, were burned by order of some one in authority, before abandoning the old and beautiful town of Newbern. Many beautiful private dwellings were ransacked and fired by the Yankees, among which was the one in which resided the family of Graham Daves, Private Secretary to the late Governor. It is the intention of Gen. Branch to make a stand at Kinston, where, no doubt, our troops will play havoc among the ranks of the invaders who are brave enough to rout them from the sea shore. Our troops fought bravely in endeavoring to keep the enemy back, but were overpowered by numbers, and it became necessary to fall back. Col. Vance, a brother of G. B. Vance, former member of Congress, and now also a Colonel in the C. S. A., cut his way through the ranks of the enemy with but slight loss. The cry was, "victory or d
The Daily Dispatch: March 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Below we publish some refugee votes cast in this city on Thursday last: Senate. James City, Williamsburg, &c.--Baker P. Leigh, 43; John Tyler, 31; Cyrus A. Branch, 13. Twenty-second District.--James B. Sener, 10; W. D. Quesenberry, 6. City of Norfolk.--General Wm. Mahone, 15; Dr. J. J. Simpkins, 1. House ofa--Morton Marye, 29; B. H. Berry, 33; D. L. Smoot, 2. The following is a statement of the polls at Chaffin's Bluff: Senate. Sixteenth District.--Cyrus A. Branch, 15; Baker P. Lee, 27. City of Richmond.--T. P. August, 5. House of Delegates. Charles City, New Kent and James City.--R. C. Apperson, 18; B. L. Fote polled in the Thirty-second Virginia infantry: Senate. Elizabeth City county, York, Warwick and City of Williamsburg. --Major B. P. Lee, Jr., 109; C. A. Branch, 6. House of Delegates. Elizabeth City county, York, Warwick and City of Williamsburg. --Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Willis, 80; James W. Curtis, 26. J