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The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Military Promotion. (search)
as his most intimate friend from his boyhood up to the time of his death; it is, therefore, reasonable to suppose that the work which he is preparing will be of superior merit. The life will be embraced in two volumes, each one of which will be embellished with an accurate photograph of the illustrious hero — the first representing him as a Major in the Virginia service, and the second as a General in the Confederate army. The arrangements for its publication have been entrusted to the well known publishing house of A. Morris, of this city, and Mr. Charles H. Wynne is to do the printing, which is a sufficient guarantee that the work will be well executed. An edition will also be printed by Messrs. Nesbit & Co., of London, in order that duplicate stereotyped plates may be procured, which cannot be done in the Confederacy. --A large portion of the first volume has already been worked off, and it is thought that in a few weeks the whole will be completed and ready for distribution.
The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court. (search)
Mayor's Court. --The following is a summary of the proceedings before the Mayor yesterday: James Dunn, a white boy, was charged with being disorderly and throwing stones at persons on Byrd street. A sentinel on duty at the Petersburg railroad depot discovered Dunn in a car stealing peas and drove him off, whereupon he cursed the guard and pelted him with stones, which amusement he kept up till officer Morris was sent for to arrest him. The Mayor sent him under charge of an officer to the poor house, but the keeper of that institution refused to admit him on the ground that it was difficult to keep him, as he had already been an inmate several times before and would hardly be there an hour before he would run away. Under these circumstances he was committed to the city jail. Joseph Fisher and William Miffleton, boys about twelve and fourteen years of age, were charged with gambling in a public place, near the sidewalk on 2d street. They were orally reprimanded and dis