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The Daily Dispatch: February 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], The last Paris fashions. (search)
Discharged and Recommitted. --Before Commissioner Sands, yesterday, the cases of Samuel Ruth, charged with treason, and John Hancock, suspected of being a spy, were brought up and disposed of. Hancock was committed to the county jail for examination before Judge Halyburton; but Mr. Ruth was discharged, there being no evidence adduced sufficient to warrant his further detention.
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
the leaders; whether they will flee the country, or whether the people will forcibly depose them and take the matter in their own hands. One or the other will likely occur if our spring campaign is as successful as I have every hope it will be. Yours, truly, U. S. Grant. The failure at the Petersburg mine. Lincoln sent to the Senate to-day a message inclosing the opinion and finding of the Court of Inquiry instituted by him in the Petersburg mine. The opinion is signed by Major-General Hancock, president of the court. After narrating the circumstances of the assault, the failure is ascribed to the following-named officers: First. General Burnside in not obeying the orders of the commanding general in the formation of the assaulting column, in not preparing his parapet and abattis for the passage of his troops, and in not employing engineer officers to lead the columns with the working parties. Yet the court is satisfied that General Burnside believed the measures
The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
s derived from "deserters and refugees." They publish the following dispatches on the subject: War Department, Washington, March 5, 1865. Major-General Dix, New York: The following dispatches, in relation to the reported defeat and capture of General Early by General Sheridan, and the capture of Charlottesville, have been received at this Department: General Sheridan and his forces commenced their movement last Monday, and were at Staunton when last heard from. Major-General Hancock was placed in charge of the Middle Military Division during the absence of General Sheridan's headquarters at Winchester. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. City Point, Virginia, March 5--11 A. M. To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Deserters in this morning report that Sheridan had routed Early and captured Charlottesville. They report four regiments having gone from here to reinforce General Early. [Signed]U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. City Point
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
g yesterday evening report that the fighting had not been renewed. Thomas's movements--Southwestern Virginia Threatened. Intelligence received here leads to the belief that General Thomas is preparing a formidable advance either into Southwestern Virginia or Western North Carolina, as the requirements of the opening campaign shall seem to indicate. He is now reported to be at Knoxville, with fifteen thousand men, while a portion of his force is thrown forward as far east as Morristown. He has repaired the East Tennessee railroad to Bull's gap, and is still engaged in putting it in running order in the direction of Bristol. Yankee forces in the Valley. The report that Hancock was moving up the Valley, towards Staunton, with several thousand men, is incorrect.--There is but one Yankee regiment south of Martinsburg, and that is posted at Kernstown. Our scouts report that this regiment was last week making their preparations to remove to a new field of operations.
The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1865., [Electronic resource], Admission of Southern Representatives. (search)
d whether there be any efficient measure which may be adopted to prevent agents of the same from taking risks in this State. Mr. Clark offered a resolution inquiring into the expediency of legalizing the acts of all the civil officers of the State of Virginia from July 1, 1865, to June 13, 1865, inclusive, excepting insofar as these acts were not in violation of the Constitution of the United States. House bill incorporating the Catawba Coal Mining and Iron Works was passed. Mr. Hancock, of Chesterfield, offered a resolution of inquiry relative to establishing by law certain rules and regulations for the government of negroes actually engaged in agricultural labors. Mr. Straughn, of Northumberland, moved to take up the resolution offered by Mr. Herst, of Norfolk, and laid on the table the previous day, relative to General B. F. Butler. He desired to offer a substitute, declaring that this House is both willing and anxious to pursue such a conciliatory course toward
The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Latest from Washington by mail. (search)
to be disarmed; and this action, I am informed, was based almost solely on the fear that a collision might occur should the negroes be permitted to retain their arms. What Governor Humphrey has done in Mississippi is no more than General Canby has done, though in the one case it was by Government action and in the other by States. There is no session of Congress to-day, both Houses having adjourned yesterday until Monday. Major-General Robert O. Tyler has been assigned by General Hancock, commanding the Middle Department, to the command of the District of Pennsylvania, in addition to his duties as commander of the District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore. His headquarters will be in Philadelphia. General Tyler relieves Major-General Humphreys, who, we understand, will be assigned to very important duties in the Southwest. Secretary McCulloch to-day decided not to anticipate January interest. Burlingame, Minister to China, will leave to-day on a short leave
The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
(as they are called) of all kinds. He spoke with much earnestness. Mr. Robinson wanted to stop this debate and get to the vote. The report of the Select Committee was accepted by the Senate — ayes 19; noes, 18. Adjourned. House of Delegates. The House met at 12 o'clock, M. The Speaker announced the following select joint committee on the pardon of Jefferson Davis and others, and the restoration of the writ of habeas corpus: Messrs. Baylor, Martin, Holmes, Bowles, Hancock, Trout, Lewis, Childress, Mann, Parsons, Langhorne. Mr. Joynes, from the Committee on Courts of Justice, reported the following bills, which were read and ordered to be printed: A bill to provide that credit in all suits hereafter brought shall be endorsed on the original writ. A bill to amend and re-enact section three of chapter three of the Code. A bill providing for the punishment of vagrants. This bill provides that vagrants may be arrested by the overseers of th
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
e expediency of reporting a bill authorizing the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company to extend their road to some point at or near Strasburg, to connect with the Manassas road. Settlement of Claims during the war. By Mr. Morgan.--That the Committee on the Courts of Justice inquire into the expediency of fixing some standard for establishing some principle for the settlement of debts and claims made and arising during the war, and that they report by bill or otherwise. By Mr. Hancock.--That the Committee on Propositions and Grievances inquire into the expediency of incorporating the Chesterfield Gas and Coal Mining Company, in the county of Chesterfield, and report by bill or otherwise. Oysters. By Mr. Smith, of Williamsburg.--That the Committee on Oysters inquire into the expediency of further protection. By Mr. White, of Hanover.--That the Committee on the Penitentiary inquire into the expediency of making the pay of the interior guard of the penitenti
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