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The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
fspring of a man of the same name, who was an indignant basket-maker in a small town called Rome, situated on the river of Tigers, a stream which takes its rise in the Pyranine mountains, and flows in a southeasterly course into the Gulf of Mexico. At an early age, Columbus evinced a decided talent for the sea, and occupied the leisure hours of his infancy in perusing books of travel and works on navigation. It was while engaged in these pursuits that he incidentally met with the works of Robinson and Crusoe, and Captain Cook, and the definition he made from them was, that far away over the track less main, hitherto untrodden by the foot of man, was an undiscovered country. "As he approached to manhood, he was filled with a desire to discover that country which he so often saw in his youthful dreams; actuated by this desire, he petitioned the great Pontifical Pope of Rome to give him three yawls and a jolly boat to carry out his design. That distinguished man at first refused,
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
it would not do him any good. Witness testified further that a man named — came to her house that morning, and she remarked to him that her "baby" was killed. He remarked, "yes," he knew all about it; was present and saw the difficulty. Since that time, the Coroner said he had had arrested certain parties, who were then present. The first person examined was a young man, named George W. Deas, member of the Twenty-fourth Virginia cavalry, who was arrested on Thursday afternoon by Constable E. W. Robinson, of Henrico, on the charge of committing the murder. He testified as follows: I fell in with the deceased on the evening of the occurrence, near the Old Market; he was in company with some five or six men, but I did not know any of them. Heard words pass between him and one of the party; had reason to believe he would be killed, and tried to persuade him to go home. He would not do so, but continued on down the street. When in Rocketts, left him, but had only gone across th
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Recovery of stolen Goods. --On Tuesday night last, Constable E. W. Robinson, of Henrico, found secreted in the kitchen of Mrs. Judith Smith, on Union Hill, upwards of eight thousand dollars' worth of pork, which had been stolen the night before from Mrs. Amanda S. Nunnally. Upon the premises were the following negroes, who were arrested and taken before Justice Nettles, and subsequently committed to the county jail for further examination: Emily, slave of Judith Smith; Albert, the property of Alexander Carr; Bill, slave of Miles E. Eggleston, and Andrew, slave of John O. Austin.