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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 13: results of the work and proofs of its genuineness (search)
the best soldier of the Confederate camps. His eternal parole is that of the Prince of Peace. Your friend, Henry A. Wise. To George S. Rogers, Esq. Hon. D. B. Lucas has written a deeply interesting sketch of John Y. Beall, Acting Master of the Confederate Navy, who was hung under sentence of a court-martial February 24, 1865, and whose execution, Mr. Lucas clearly shows, was without the shadow of law or justice. Mr. Lucas thus describes his death: Thus we find Beall in Fort Columbus, face to face with his doom, all hope extinguished, every avenue of mercy or escape closed. His friends told him there was still a slight gleam of hope. He reMr. Lucas thus describes his death: Thus we find Beall in Fort Columbus, face to face with his doom, all hope extinguished, every avenue of mercy or escape closed. His friends told him there was still a slight gleam of hope. He responded that he himself entertained none, nor would exchange, he declared, the penalty of death for the living death of perpetual or indefinite imprisonment; he preferred an open grave to a vault. General Dix allowed his friends to visit him freely. Ministers of his own Church brought him the holy unction of their message, and
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reunion of the Virginia division Army of Northern Virginia Association. (search)
mid the tempest stood ye firm as mountain pines. Dr. Thomas J. Moore. The Dead: Their dust sleeps well in the land of their choice, Their names in song and story; And fame shall shout with immortal voice, Dead on the field of glory. Hon. D. B. Lucas, of Jefferson county, West Virginia, whose exquisite poem, The Land Where we were Dreaming, has touched so many hearts, responded to the last toast in a speech which elicited loud applause. There has been so strong a demand for its publication that we are glad to give it in full. Speech of Hon. D. B. Lucas. In responding to the sentiment now proposed to the memory of the dead of the Army of Northern Virginia, I feel and appreciate both the difficulty and the sacred character of the melancholy duty which has been assigned me. What can I say which shall exaggerate the debt of gratitude or lighten the burden of regret which we owe to the brave soldiers who, by their courage, illumined the most brilliant page of military hist
The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
rdance with the finding. Meriwether Quarles was tried for stealing $150 in C. S. notes from John H. Scribner. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with one year's confinement in the penitentiary; but in consequence of the previous good character of the prisoner recommended him as a fit subject for Executive clemency. A. Judson Crane appeared for the defendant. Thos. Kelley, jointly indicted with Jas. Gannon for stealing $200 and a silver watch from Capt. A. H. Franklin, of Miss., was tried, and the evidence being heard the jury returned a verdict of acquittal, and the prisoner was discharged from custody. D. B. Lucas appeared for the accused. The Court sits again to-day, at 10½ o'clock. C. S. District Court--Judge Halyburton attended at this Court yesterday for the purpose of passing sentence on several parties convicted at the present term; but the bailiff of the Court failing to attend, the prisoners were not forthcoming. The Court will meet again to day.
The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
l Leary, on the 18th of September. After making the above indictments the Grand Jury adjourned till next Friday. The Judge, on motion of the attorney for G. A. Lumpkin, in the first indictment found against him for forging Owens & Son's name, quashed the indictment for errors apparent on its face. The indictment found above is the second one in the same case. James Jones was put on trial for stealing a trunk and contents from Capt. James G. Hawthorne. --Messrs. E. Y. Cannon and D. B. Lucas appeared for the prisoner. The robbery was effected several weeks ago on Mayo's bridge, near the Danville depot. An old negro named Billy had started with the trunk from Manchester, intending to carry it to the railroad depot, when he was suddenly beset by robbers after crossing Mayo's bridge and despoiled of his charge. Verdict, guilty, and three years in the Penitentiary. The prosecution against Charles Toothaker and James H King, severally indicted for felonies, was discontinue
The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], Martial law — Penalties under it. (search)
youths, Thomas Collier and Richard Morris, charged with entering the restaurant of John McPherson, near the Old Market, and stealing $2,200. Both the prisoners possess no enviable reputations as "bad boys," but the testimony in the case against them was not sufficient to ensure conviction and they were acquitted. Mr. D. Ratcliffe appeared for them. Yesterday Albert G. Short, a North Carolina soldier, was tried for the murder, near the Old Market, of a comrade named George Balley. Mr. D. B. Lucas appeared for the prisoner, who was found by the jury guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and his term of imprisonment in the Penitentiary was fixed at three years. The trial of Wm. Fitzgerald for murder was commenced at 5 o'clock. Before Commissioner Watson.--A man named J. G. Williams was carried before C. S. Commissioner Watson yesterday for examination on the charge of presenting a forged paper at the Quartermaster's Department, for the purpose of drawing his pay as a soldier