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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 277 (search)
Philadelphia, Jan. 7.--Some of our banks refuse to take Treasury notes on deposit. A very bad feeling is getting up toward the banks, and if they do not alter their course there will not be a dozen banks in the United States in a year from now. The cry is being raised: Down with the banks, and give us a national currency. N.. Y. Herald, January 8.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 161 (search)
Among the novelties which this extraordinary war has produced are the instances which have repeatedly occurred of late of cavalry capturing gunboats. A friend suggests that our horses should be fitted out with sails and rudders, in order to facilitate their amphibious operations. The gunboats, it must be admitted, have fallen amazingly from their original prestige. At one time they had nearly scared the South from its propriety; but they are now manifest humbugs, which even a few troopers can explode. The gallant cities of Vicksburgh and Richmond deserve the credit of having first shorn the gunboats of their terrors. From the hour when Drury's Bluff demolished their iron-clads, they have been gradually sinking to their proper level.--Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 27.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 164 (search)
A patriotic Parson.--A New-Hampshire paper publishes a letter from Lieut.-Col. Billings, Third New-Hampshire volunteers. This officer was formerly pastor of a Unitarian church in Concord, New-Hampshire, and first entered the service as chaplain. His former profession would seem to imply some Christian foundation of character and some of the sentiments and feelings of a gentleman. Whether he is entitled to such a charitable construction may be judged about by the following extract from his letter: I was authorized to order the evacuation of St. Simon's Island, Georgia, and took off ex-slaves, horses, cattle, rice, corn, etc., leaving nothing of value. The splendid mansion once occupied by that ex-U. S. Senator and arch-rebel T. Butler King, is on this island, and we stripped it of every thing. I write this letter on his writing-desk, which, with his piano, were presented to me on my return. --N. Y. World, Jan. 22.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 6: ecclesiastical history. (search)
strangely contrasts with the sum of $5,500 paid for ministers' salaries in 1855. He made no complaint; although the number of taxable persons in his parish had more than doubled during his ministry, and their means of payment more than quadrupled. May 9, 1808: Voted eighty dollars for the encouragement of the singing. April 7, 1817: Voted to grant seventy-five dollars to the Medford Amicable Singing Society, to promote the objects of said society. Dr. Osgood kept a diary, beginning Jan 1, 1777, and ending Dec. 5, 1822. Through this long period he recorded, with marvellous brevity, the salient events of each day. The manuscript is preserved in his family. From its first settlement to 1823, Medford had been but one parish; and, for the last hundred years, its two ministers experienced neither popular opposition nor social neglect; and the people experienced neither sectarian strife nor clerical domination. Claiming free thought for himself, and encouraging it in his peop
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 8: Education. (search)
er placed him in the family of Mr. Foxcraft, the County Register of Deeds, that he might pay for his board by writing in the office. Dr. John Thomas was a medical student under his care, and, at the commencement of the Revolution, commanded at Dorchester Heights, and afterwards at Ticonderoga, where he died of the smallpox. The following lines were from the pen of his son, Dr. Cotton Tufts, of Weymouth :-- Upon the death of my honored father, Simon Tufts, Esq., who died suddenly, Jan. 31, 1747, in the evening. Death seized, and snatched my tender father hence, To live enthroned in happiness immense. Religion, grace, and truth possessed his soul; And heaven-born love he breathed from pole to pole. His grateful country owned his signal worth, And gave him public life in civil birth. A friend to all mankind; true to every cause, Where bound by virtue or his country's laws. Sweet peace he loved, and peace he oft prolonged When jarring parties wished themselves revenged. To v
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
d in divis. of his father's estate.  13Samuel, b. Jan. 17, 1696.  14Anna, b. Nov. 2, 1697; m. Benj. Dany, July 23, 1724.  15Joseph, b. Jan. 5, 1700.  16Ebenezer, b. Oct. 30, 1701; d. Mar. 3, 1702.  17Lydia, b. Apr. 20, 1703; m. Joseph Tufts, Jan 12, 1727.  18Ebenezer, b. Mar. 25, 1708; d. Feb. 2, 1727.   He appears to have m. Eliz. Frost, Sept. 13, 1705; and, in fact, it is possible that all these children, after Nathaniel,--that is, from and including No. 13,--may be the offspring of Frederick I., b. Oct. 31, 1828; d. April 16, 1830. Frederick P., b. Oct. 24, 1831; d. May 23, 1851. Georgianna I., b. Sept. 8, 1836. Winslow W., b. Oct. 2, 1840. William E., b. Mar. 19, 1845.-1GARDINER Greenleaf m. Catharine Thompson, Jan 21, 1748, who died Apr. 8, 1768, aged 38. He died Nov 21, 1808, leaving--  1-13Gardiner, b. Aug. 20, 1748.  14Rebecca, b. Sept. 25, 1750; m. Benjamin Floyd, Apr. 30, 1770.  15Mary, b. Oct. 11, 1752; m. Samuel Kidder, May 19, 1778.  16Jon
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 19 (search)
e orders could be given them to prepare for action. They remained in anxious suspense, but ready for what they believed was sure to come, a volley from Fort Sumter. The Star of the West rounded the point, took the ship channel inside the bar, and proceeded straight forward until opposite Morris Island, about three-quarters of a mile from the battery. A ball was then fired athwart the bows of the steamer. The Star of the West displayed the stars and stripes. As soon as the flag was unfurled the fortification fired a succession of shots. The vessel coutinued on her course with increased speed; but two shots taking effect upon her, she concluded to retire. Fort Moultrie fired a few shots at her, but she was out of their range. The damage done to the Star of the West is trifling, as only two out of seventeen shots took effect upon her. Fort Sumter made no demonstration, except at the port-holes, where the guns were run out bearing on Morris Island. --Charleston Courier, Jan. 10.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
ges, to take the jar of the recoil, and also for railroad-cars. See pneumatic spring. A-tom′ic weights. The appended list of chemical equivalents differs much from those of older and other authorities, but is offered as the best within the reach of the present writer. It differs also from a short list of chemical equivalents on page 66. Table of atomic weights. Compiled according to the Latest Determinations, for the Use of the Students of the School of Mines, Columbia College, Jan., 1872. by C. F. Chandler, Ph. D. Hydrogen = 1. symbol.old.New. Oxygen,O.8.16. Aluminium,Al.13.727.4 Antimony,Sb.122.122. Arsenic,As.75.75. Barium,Ba.68.5137. Bismuth,Bi.210.210. Boron,B.11.11. Bromine,Br.80.80. symbol.old.New. Cadmium,Cd.56.112. Caesium,Cs.133.133. Calcium,Ca.20.40. Carbon,C.6.12. Cerium,Ce.45.791.3 Chlorinc,CL.35.535.5 Chromium,Cr.26.152.2 Cobalt,Co.30.60. Columbium,Cb.94.94. Copper,Cu.31.763.4 Didymium,D.47.595. Erbium,E.56.3112.6 Fluorine
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
MorgensternNov. 29, 1864. 48,133W. MorgensternJune 6, 1865. 50,334N. S. ClementOct. 10, 1865. 60,832A. A. ChassepotJan. 1, 1867. 63,217J. W. CochranMar. 26, 1867. 63,303Thomas RestellMar. 26, 1867. 65,509E. K. RootJune 4, 1867. 73,351H. LordJan 14, 1868. 74,387H. LordFeb. 11, 1868. 1. (b.) Withdrawn by Hand, etc.—Continued. No.Name.Date. 75,627J. W. CochranMar. 17, 1868. 78,603S. Morris, W. and P. MauserJune 2, 1868. 80,043Thomas WilsonJuly 14, 1868. 81,059B. BurtonAug. 1 KittredgeMar. 8, 1864. 42,435Thomas GibsonApr. 19, 1864. 43,709Robitail and DahisAug. 2, 1864. 44,303S. GuilbertSept. 20, 1864. 44,363S. W. WoodSept. 20, 1864. 45,290R. WhiteNov. 29, 1864. 45,532E. T. StarrDec. 20, 1864. 46,131F. D. NewburyJan 31, 1865. 46,612C. E. SneiderFeb. 28, 1865. 1. Chambered Cylinder revolving on Parallel Axis. (a.) Behind a Barrel; Cylinder charged at Front—Continued. No.Name.Date. 47,707W. H. ElliotMay 9, 1865. 47,712G. H. GardnerMay 16, 1865. 48
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), J. (search)
e stone pillars on the sides of a doorway or of a window. Jam′da-ri. （Fabric.) A Dacca muslin woven with figures of flowers and other ornaments. Jam-nut. An auxiliary nut screwed down upon another one to hold it. A check-nut, lock-nut, or pinching-nut, See nut-lock. Jam-weld. （Forging.) A weld in which the heated ends or edges of the parts are square butted against each other and welded. Jank′er. （Scotch.) A long pole on two wheels, used in transporting logs. Jan′tu. A water-raising device of great antiquity used in Bengal for land irrigation. It is a trough counterweighted by an extended arm and balanced across a bar. As the trough end descends it dips water, and, as it rises, the water runs towards the axis of vibration and escapes at a lateral orifice into a trough, which conducts it to the field. See gutter for a common device on this principle, excepting the counterweights. See also bail-scoop. Ja′nus-cloth. A fabric having ea
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