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The Daily Dispatch: December 22, 1860., [Electronic resource], New President. (search)
New President. --J. Marsden Smith, Esq. has been elected President of the Farmers' Bank of Norfolk, vice Duncan Robertson, resigned.
The Daily Dispatch: August 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Admirals. (search)
From Norfolk. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Norfolk, Va., Aug. 22, 1861. The Spanish Consul at this place, Duncan Robertson, Esq., went down to the Roads under a flag of truce, yesterday morning, to understand something about the arrival of the frigate mentioned in yesterday's letter. The officer from the Fort who met the flag of once informed Mr. Robertson that she was a Dutch, and not a Spanish or French frigate, as before stated, and that she had left the Point and gonMr. Robertson that she was a Dutch, and not a Spanish or French frigate, as before stated, and that she had left the Point and gone seaward. It is probable she put into that port on account of the heavy weather outside — a belief to which we incline, after learning her early departure. Last night, about 11 o'clock, a fire was discovered in the tailor store of Farant, Lester & Co., on Main street, which, if not for the presence of our firemen, would probably have burned a long row of buildings. The origin of the fire, we understand, was through negligence in some of the workmen, when leaving the establishment, in l
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 21 (search)
ed about twelve officers and five midshipmen. A more cordial, frank, and generous set of gentlemen, it has never been my pleasure to see any where. One in coming in their company feels at once at home and forgets that he is in the society of French nobility, so pleasantly pass the hours. They will leave to-day by via of flag of truce for Old Point, where they will take the Baltimore boat for Baltimore. We bid them God speed to their happy homes. The French Consul at this place, Duncan Robertson, Esq., will see that they want for nothing, and will probably accompany them to the Point. The only drawback that prevented their time from being more agreeable than it otherwise would have been, was the great dignity of understanding the English language, and of our understanding correctly their language. But this difficulty was obviated in a degree by several French gentlemen in our city, who, I am glad to see, showed them every attention. One of them gave me his photograph
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Lamartine's Theory about currency. (search)
ial list of the killed and wounded in the fight at Belmont Mo.--an attack expected at Pocahontas--Gen. Jeff. Thompson hard pressed, &c. Memphis Nov. 11. --Col. Tappan reported the following list of killed and wounded, in the Arkansas Regiment, at the recent battle in Missouri, opposite to Columbus, Ky. Killed--Messrs. Sanford, Fulkerson, Flynn, Harris, Lamb, Rose, Wagner, Morgan, Miller, Watkins, Flippen, Orga, Morris, and Carrigan. Wounded--Messrs. Gamble, Harron, Noble, Robertson, Cook, Wilkinson, Hill, Cummings, Hyde, Darcus, James Smith, Charles Smith, Hegland, Bismouth, Sands, Ragland, Penix, Moody, Hughes, Hawkins, Busby, James and William Bcusalle, Dalton, and Leon. Missing--Twenty-three are reported missing. A participator in the fight says he saw only one man of Marks's Regiment in a dying condition, and he was an Indian. The Regiment was only engaged in pursuit of the vandals. The Lincolnites numbered 7,000, and were picked men, but they wer