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The Daily Dispatch: April 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], A voice from Illinois. (search)
e a splendid show. This company is composed of the real fighting grit of the county. The Clarksville Blues, under Capt. Finley, however, took the palm. The proficiency in drill which this capital company has attained under the skillful tutorship of Capt. Finley, evokes the most cordial praise. The Captain has been offered promotion, but prefers to stand by his "boys." After the muster, a large crowd collected in front of B. D. Morton's store, and called lustily for a speech from E. R. Chambers — That gentleman appeared, and among other good things, said that no propositions for peace could now be listened to by the South, and no adjustment made, except dictated by us at the foot of Washington's Monument. Col. Eaton, of North Carolina, responded most zealously to the call made upon him. --He said that North Carolinians ran "powerful" at Guilford Court-House, but they intended to show Virginians how they could stand fire in this fight. As to Virginians, he declared that th
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
day — special election — military matters — wheat crop, &c. Clarksville, Mecklenburg Co., Va., June 15, 1861. The Fast Day appointed by the President of our Confederacy was generally observed here All places of business were closed, and religious services performed at the Baptist Church, by the Rev. Mr. Bray, morning and night. The sermon in the forenoon was preached from second chapter of the Prophet Joel, twelfth and thirteenth verses. The race for the Convention between E. R. Chambers and J. G. Boyd was a spirited one, and resulted in the election of the former by a small majority. Considering that the editor of the Tobacco Plant was not so well known in the lower end of the county, and had to make a canvass in ten days, his friends think he made a fine run. Out of about eight hundred votes he received three hundred and forty-eight. Dr. Smith was not a candidate. Captain Wood's Company, the Carrington Guards, are now encamped in the suburbs of the town. He has <
The Daily Dispatch: September 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ran away (search)
Lunenburg — John Orgain, Sterling Neblett, Jr. W. H. Hatchett. Lynchburg — Wm. T. Yancey John G. Meem, John M. Speed. Madison — Travis J. Twyman, A. R. Blakey, Robert A. Banks. Marion — A. S. Hayden, U. S. Arnett, Thos. F. Conaway. Marshall — W. H. Oldham, Joseph Gallagher, Chas A. Hoge. Mason — A. G. Eastham, David Long, J. M. H. Beale. Mathews — H. Hudgins, George E Tabb, John H. Blake. McDowell — Malcomb McNell, R. Vance, W. L. Jones. Mecklenburg — W Baskerville, Jr. E. R. Chambers, Dr. W. H. Jones. Mercer — James S. Grigaby, W. H. French, Elliott Vawter. Middlesex — George L. Nicholson, E. T. Montague, Wm. S. Christian. Monongalia — Alexander Wade, John Wallace, Joseph McLane. Monroe — A. T. Caperton, J. H. Harnesberger, James M. Nickell. Montgomery — R. D. Montague, John B Radford, A. P. Eskridge. Morgan — J. S. Duckwall, Col. S. Johnston, Johnson Orrick. Nansemond — J. R. Kilby, H. H. Kelly, W. S. Riddick. Nelson — J
The Daily Dispatch: September 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], A marine infernal machine. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. affairs in Mecklenburg county. Clarksville, Mecklenburg, Va., September 3d, 1861. News in Mecklenburg is by no means plentiful. The bountiful harvest, the extraordinary crops of corn in this section, your readers already know. The last County Court appointed the following gentlemen as a committee to superintend the Confederate loan in the county: Henry Wood, E. R. Chambers, William Townes, William Baskerville, Jr., Dr. Samuel. Saunders, and B. W. Leigh. Mr. Wood informs me that the prospect is flattering for a liberal loan. He says, that every one to whom he has mentioned the subject, expresses a desire to sell a portion of his wheat and tobacco for Confederate Bonds. The Secretary of the Treasury may rest satisfied that Mecklenburg will do her duty in this matter as promptly and freely as she has in furnishing largely over her quota of men for the army. Out of a white population of 6,777, this county has sent into the field