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The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], A Contract (search)
t he allowed his troops to strip gentlemen's plantations of their negroes and their houses of everything valuable. Fredericksburg is a standing monument of Burnside's unbounded rapacity. The next two generations will execrate Pope in the Piedmont country. Milroy, the coward and oppressor, immortalized himself by his zeal against women, children, and old men, and his total lack of zeal when it came to fighting. Rosecrans threatens to hang every Confederate caught with a Yankee uniform on. Grant deluged an enormous district in Louisiana, with the avowed purpose of starving the inhabitants, and afterwards pillaged and burned Jackson. As for Beast Butler, his crimes are a reproach to human nature, as he himself is a libel on mankind. In striking contrast to these monstorsappear the names of the Confederate Generals Lee, Johnston, Bragg, Jackson, Beauregard, Pemberton, Price, Kilby Smith, &c. They have violated no law; on the contrary they have everywhere enforced rigid obedience
The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], "Still they Come" (search)
Ten dollars Reward. --A colored boy, named Albert, of free appearance, about 4 feet high, bacon color, left my store on Sunday morning. He is supposed to be making his way home in Sussex, where he was raised, or taken off by same soldier to camp. I will give ten dollars for his apprehension. E. M. Grant, 6th st. betw. Broad and Marshall. 16--2t*
The Daily Dispatch: March 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], Proclamation by the President of the Confederate States of America. (search)
e. Its leading features are: First--Absolute, complete, and immediate liberally, without distinction of race or color. Second--The absolute maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. Third--Another and better military organization than that of President Lincoln. Fourth--A diminution of the powers of the Executive and a larger responsibility of Cabinet Ministers to Congress Fifth--A nation in the place of a confederation. Now, unless the fortunes of war shall yet bring General Grant in the foreground and leave "Old Abe." in the background, the best thing that the broken up democracy can do is to fuse with the Fremont party. Why not? Why stick upon democratic principle and prejudices when they have had their day and become obsolete ideas? Why not take a new departure, and strike ahead of the Administration of this models idea of universal liberty by adopting the Fremont platform and Fre- [from the Newburyport Herald.] In all the Presidential calculations t
The Daily Dispatch: March 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], How Lincoln is running the machine in Arkansas. (search)
erick Cook, a few nights since, one vest pattern, four rolls of silk ribbon, and two neck ties. The witnesses falling to answer, the matter was postponed till a future day. Charles Pendergrass alias Green, a penitentiary convict, charged with garroting and robbing P. Augustus Haxall, of a horse and buggy, some money, one hide, &c, was remanded for indictment by the Grand Jury of the Hustings Court. From scars and cuts on the neck and hand of the prisoner, one of the witnesses was enabled fully to identify him as the party who offered the hide for sale which was stolen from Mr. Haxall. Fines were imposed upon E. M. Grant, grocer near the Second Market, for running a wagon on the street without first obtaining a license from the city; and Lorenzo Lewis, charged with permitting servants in his employ to go at large, in violation of law. Rachel, slave of H. C. Dawson, was ordered to be whipped for using insolent language toward and assaulting Thomas and Harriet French.
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Violation of an Ordinance. (search)
Violation of an Ordinance. --E. M. Grant and others were before the Mayor yesterday morning, charged with permitting piles of oyster shells to remain in front of their places of business in the Second Market, and each fined five dollars.
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Semmes, of the Alabama. (search)
the number of actual voters, has been agreed on, and will probably be brought before the House next month. This is another scheme of the Radicals to perpetuate their power over the South; but inasmuch as it requires the sanction of three-fourths of the States, it will hardly be as successful as the anti-slavery amendment, which only became a part of the fundamental law of the land by the action of some of the late rebellious States. Disabled soldiers. An order will be issued by General Grant in a day or two, directing that disabled soldiers, capable of doing duty as watchmen of public buildings and other like services, shall have preference in such employment over able-bodied men in the army. The object of this order is to prevent the discharge and mustering out of disabled soldiers, as far as may be, by making room for them in positions where they can perform service as well as able-bodied men. President Johnson in favor of representation Based upon voters. I can
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Daring Robbery. (search)
General Grant going to the Rio Grande. New York, December 26. --The Washington correspondent of the Herald reports that Lieutenant-General Grant will leave for the Rio Grande immediately after the holidays in the flag-ship of the Gulf squadron. General Grant going to the Rio Grande. New York, December 26. --The Washington correspondent of the Herald reports that Lieutenant-General Grant will leave for the Rio Grande immediately after the holidays in the flag-ship of the Gulf squadron.