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The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
nized her. She was chastely dressed in a silk of a light neutral tint, drab, ornamented with lace." In the vestibule, among the number of visitors, was a "good specimen of the almighty nigger darkey, accompanied by several negro damsels." Andy Johnson takes the oath — his "speech" in advance. A Washington letter thus depicts the scene in the Senate Chamber: While the foreign ambassadors were taking their seats, Mr. Hamlin concluded his speech, when Vice-President elect Mr. JohnsonMr. Johnson commenced his address, before he had taken the oath of office. He had been talking about five minutes when the President entered the door from the Senate lobby, at the right of the Clerk's desk, escorted by Senators Hendricks and Foster, Mr. Lincoln taking his seat at the end of the Clerk's desk, near the members of his Cabinet. During all this time Andrew Johnson — for such he simply was then, not having taken the oath of office (would to heaven that it could be said in behalf of the c
The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Seward retired to the left at some distance from the President, and sat down together. They seemed very friendly. Stanton had his arm around Seward's neck, and constantly whispered in his ear. Welles sat by himself, and nobody spoke to him. Andy Johnson talked to everybody. Chief Justice Chase sat erect and dignified, evidently reflecting that he ought to be in Lincoln's place. Senator Sumner stood prominently forward, as if to attract attention. Negroes excluded ladies from the rear of thcheer, and the President came forward and bowed and smiled. During the whole ceremony he looked unusually handsome. When delivering his speech, his face glowed with enthusiasm, and he evidently felt every word that he uttered. Cries for Andy Johnson next ensued. There was a momentary delay, and then the Vice-President presented himself and waved both hands. There were calls of "Speech," "Speech," and some applause when Andy appeared. He rubbed his red face with his hands, as if to clea
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], One thousand Dollars reward. (search)
uivalent to an appointment. This suggests a few words about the gossip of the ball. As Andy Johnson passed, a gentleman remarked to a radical Senator that the Vice President, in his inaugural s no chance now for the Presidency. He has killed himself off." Another gentleman added that "Andy Johnson was not inebriated on inauguration day, but had rehearsed his speech to a lot of Tennesseans the night before." It was generally noticed that the President did not recognise Andy Johnson, nor were they seen together. In spite of the reports to the contrary, not one negro was a guest at t party feasted at the upper end of the hall, and, having finished, attempted to pass out. But Andy Johnson's plebeians were savage with hunger, and would not make way for anybody. The President's parheir departure thus unceremoniously excited no comment among the ravenous throng inside. Andy Johnson's plebeians paid no more attention to the other distinguished people after supper time than t
The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], Another scene from the Performance in Charleston. (search)
Virginia Legislature. [Extra Session.] Senate. Monday, March 13, 1865. The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock; Mr. Johnson, of Bedford, in the chair. A communication was received from the House of Delegates, stating that they had agreed to the amendment proposed by the Senate to House bill entitled an act for the relief of William E. Herndon. The Committee on General Laws, to whom had been referred a resolution providing that the Clerk of the Senate, in reckoning the pay of members, shall only include such time as Senators are in attendance, etc., reported it inexpedient to legislate on the subject, as the matter is already provided for by law.--The report was agreed to. Senate joint resolutions relating to the exemption from military service of certain State officers were taken up and considered at length. Various amendments were agreed to — after which the resolutions were adopted. Mr. Christian, of Augusta, from the Committee on Roads, etc., r
The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ing his flank, and Cheatham had come up in his rear. Sherman turned suddenly upon Cheatham, utterly annihilating him, and then pounced in turn upon Hardee and Longstreet, scattering them like chaff. We give this as the rumor afloat, without being able to say what credit should be accorded to it. Richmond papers make no mention of it; but as they are under orders to say nothing in regard to military affairs, of course their silence goes for nothing. A drunken Vice-President. Andy Johnson, the drunken Yankee Vice-President, gets the following from the New York Tribune: Mr. Andrew Johnson, our new Vice-President, is said to have been demented by liquor when sworn into office, and to have made a senseless and discreditable harangue in consequence. And it is reported that he has fallen into habits which disqualify him for the high position to which he has been chosen. We fervently hope that at least the latter and worse half of this scandal will prove untrue; for, if
The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
The Northern journals do not seem disposed to patronize His Excellency, Andy Johnson, Vice- President of the United States. The exhibition he made of himself on the Inauguration Day was not worthy of the wisest and most virtuous people in the world and the best government under the sun. The American Eagle was much chagrineh state of inebriation, and invited several of the prominent friends of temperance to engage with him in single combat. The Army and Navy Gazette says that Mr. Johnson's "bearing at the capitol, 'trembling a little, probably, with excitement,' and his rather incoherent speech, 'which was scarcely audible on account of the noisrive their power from the people' is too obvious a truism to require 'two minutes and a half on that point.' "On that fatal occasion, the prominent idea in Mr. Johnson's mind seems to have been that he was a 'plebeian'; and that he was 'proud of the title.' --In the strict sense of the term, however, the claim he makes at dist
The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Fayetteville. General Johnston's defeat of the enemy last Sunday, the 19th instant, occurred at Bentonsville, near the Neuse river. By these facts, we are informed that Sherman has been pushing towards Raleigh in two columns--one moving due north from Fayetteville, the other northwest from Newbern. General Hardee fought the former, General Johnston the latter. News from Fort Warren. A returned prisoner, who left Fort Warren on the 13th instant, informs us that the following Confederate Generals are in that prison, and well: Major-General Edward. Johnson, of Virginia; Brigadier-Generals Gordon, Smith and Frazier, of Tennessee; Brigadier-General Jones, of Virginia; Brigadier-General Henry R. Jackson, of Georgia, and Brigadier-Generals Cabell and Marmaduke, of the Trans-Mississippi Department. Brigadier-General Page has been sent to Fort Delaware. Major Harry Gilmor is also in Fort Warren, held as a "guerrilla" chief, and not subject to exchange, as the Yankees say.
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
lessness, of which many papers say so much, were true, and that I should be necessitated to see at least a half-dozen grey-haired rebels butchered by the young loyalists of this part of the State. In fact, I thought at least, in order to preserve my own life, to wear my brass buttons and shoulder-straps. When I arrived at Knoxville I expected to have been met by a parcel of loyal ruffians, and to have been compelled to show my passport, countersigned by Governor Brownlow and approved by Andy Johnson. In this expectation I was disappointed. The truth is, I was rather chagrined at the careless treatment shown me. I did not see loaded pistols, nor did I hear of a dozen or two murders, as I did when I arrived at Nashville. Nobody attempted to steal my pocket-book, nobody asked me to have a hack; in truth, I was left "alone in my glory" to find my way to the best hotel in the city, if possible. I am now convinced that there is more of peace and quietude here than there is in Kentucky,
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], The small-pox among the negroes in Washington city. (search)
The small-pox among the negroes in Washington city. --Sergeant Johnson reports that the small-pox is spreading very rapidly among the colored people near the northern boundary, and that their conduct is calculated to spread it through the city. Colored men and women who are literally covered with pustules are seen walking about the streets and mingling with others. This morning he had to prevent two from getting in the cars who were in that condition.--Star.
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], Georgia. (search)
Arrival of the steamer Java. New York, December 13. --The steamship Java, from Liverpool 2d instant, has arrived. The papers publish a dispatch from Mr. Seward, acknowledging the many addresses of condolence from Great Britain to President Johnson on the assassination of President Lincoln. The document shows a cordial appreciation of the good feeling manifested. Luby, proprietor of the Irish People, tried on the charge of treason, was found guilty and sentenced to twenty years penal servitude. In the Court of Queen's Bench, the trial of Captain Corbett on the charge of selling the Shenandoah to the Confederacy, and enlisting men for her, resulted in his acquittal. Mr. Bright made a strong reform speech recently, in which he denounced, in unmeasured terms, the massacre in Jamaica. A company has been organized in Spain to lay a telegraph cable between Cuba and the United States. Liverpool, December 2--P. M. The sales of cotton aggregate 20,000 ba
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