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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Confederate steamship Patrick Henry. (search)
arleston, where he commanded the Confederate naval forces as flag-officer of the station. When Charleston was evacuated he returned to Drewry's Bluff, which station he commanded until Richmond was evacuated, when he reported with his command to General Lee. His services in the civil war ended at Sailor's Creek, where, after a most gallant resistance, he surrendered to General Keifer, who some years after the close of the war returned him his sword. During the war between the Republics of Peru and Chili and Spain, Admiral Tucker commanded, with the commission of rear admiral, the combined fleets of the two Republics. His last service was the exploration and survey of the upper Amazon and its tributaries, being president of the Peruvian Hydrographic Commission of the Amazon. He died of disease of the heart, at his residence in Petersburg, Virginia, on the 12th of June, 1883, and was buried by the side of his wife, in the cemetery at Norfolk. It would require a volume to do an
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, in the Civil War.—(Iv.) (search)
899. Conner, Thomas, discharged March 12, 1863; died some fifteen years ago. Crosby, Elkanah, enlisted in Company I, Fifth Regiment, May 1 to July 31, 1861; went out with Company E as corporal; promoted to sergeant; one of the few to remain with the company during its whole period of service; mustered out June 2, 1865; lives at 110 Hudson Street, Somerville. Crowley, Daniel, musician (drummer); was with the company during its whole term of service; mustered out June 2, 1865; lives in Peru, Ill. Cutter, George, deserted June 3, 1863; afterwards seen in a New York Cavalry Regiment. Davis, Amos F., detached for special service; came back to the Company May 26, 1865; mustered out June 2, 1865; lives in Dorchester. Dodge, Albert H., deserted December, 1864; has died since the War; came from Nova Scotia. Dodge, William H., brother of Albert H., discharged for disability May 18, 1865; died twelve years ago. Dusseault, John H., went out as first sergeant; promoted to s
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
of his officers, returned to New Spain. His failure to find a Northern Peru threw him out of favor; yet what could have more deserved appla The assertion was received even by those who had seen Mexico and Peru. To no one was this faith more disastrous than to Ferdinand de Sotose of freedom. Perceiving the angry jealousies of the conquerors of Peru, Soto had seasonably withdrawn, to display his opulence in Spain, anlged How brilliant must be the prospect, since even the conqueror of Peru was willing to hazard his fortune and the greatness of his name! Ad equipments the famous expeditions against the empires of Mexico and Peru. Every thing was provided that experience in former invasions and ty added, afforded them shelter through the winter. Yet no mines of Peru were discovered; no ornaments of gold Chap. II.} 1541. adorned the his pride. Should he, who had promised greater booty than Mexico or Peru had yielded, now return as a defeated fugitive, so naked that his tr
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
icent fleet of fifteen sail was assembled, in part at the expense of Elizabeth; the sons of the English gentry embarked as volunteers; one hundred persons were chosen to form the colony, which was to secure to England a country more desirable than Peru, a country too inhospitable to produce a tree or a shrub, yet where gold lay, not charily concealed in mines, but glistening in heaps upon the surface. Twelve vessels were to return immediately with cargoes of the ore; three were ordered to remaif Davis in the north-west; and himself personally explored the insular regions and broken world of Guiana. The sincerity of his belief in the wealth of the latter country has been unreasonably questioned. If Elizabeth had hoped for a hyperborean Peru in the arctic seas of America, why might not Raleigh expect to find the city of gold on the banks of the Oronoco? His lavish efforts in colonizing the soil of our republic, his sagacity which enjoined a settlement within the Chesapeake Bay, the p
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
intment, and all the complicated vices that tend to render the mind of man uneasy, filled all places and all hearts in the English nation. Dreams of the conquest of Florida, with the possession of the Bahama Channel,—of the conquest of Mexico and Peru, with their real and their imagined wealth,—rose up to daz- Chap. XXIV.} zle the minds of the restless. While the opportunity of conquest and rapine was anxiously waited for, Jamaica became the centre of an extensive smuggling trade; and slave ve effectually destroyed all their castles. In July, an attack on Santiago, in Cuba, was meditated, and abandoned almost as soon as attempted. Such were the fruits of an expedition which was to have prepared the way for conquering Mexico and Peru. Of the recruits from the colonies, nine out of ten fell victims to the climate and the service. When the fleet returned to Jamaica, late in November, 1741, the entire loss of lives is estimated to have been about twenty thousand, of whom few fe
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
ho had polluted or disturbed it. Blackstone's Commentaries, b. i., c. II America divided English sympathies by appealing with steadfast confidence to the principles of English liberty in their ideal purity. It is the glory of England, that the rightfulness of the Stamp Act was in England itself a subject of dispute. It could have been so nowhere else. The king of France taxed the French colonies as a matter of course; the king of Spain collected a revenue by his own will in Mexico and Peru, in Cuba and Porto Rico, and wherever he ruled. The States General or the Netherlands had no constitutional scruples about imposing duties on their outlying possessions. To chap XX.} 1765. Dec. England, exclusively, belongs the honor, that between her and her colonies the question of right could arise; it is still more to her glory, as well as to her happiness and freedom, that in that contest her success was not possible. Her principles, her traditions, her liberty, her constitution, al
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 21: (search)
from Belgrade to the southernmost point of the gulf of Drina, sparing the possessions neither of Turkey nor of the republic of Venice. But he insisted that the king of Prussia should never acquire another foot of land, not even round off his territory by exchanges. So the two eastern powers divided out the Orient and Italy between them, knowing that, so long as the war lasted, neither France nor Great Britain could interfere. Spain had just heard of an insurrection begun by ex-Jesuits in Peru, and supported by Tupac Amaru, who claimed descent from the ancient royal family of the Incas. But the first reports were not alarming, and she was still disposed to pursue the separate negotiation with Great Britain. The suggestion of Hillsborough to exchange Gibraltar for Porto Rico was rejected by Florida Blanca; and Cumberland, the British agent at Madrid, having nothing to propose which King Charles was willing to accept, returned from his fruitless expedition. The results of the ca
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 27: (search)
Chapter 27: Rockingham's ministry Assents to American independence. 1782. the hatred of America as a self-existent state Chap. XXVII.} 1782. became every day more intense in Spain from the desperate weakness of her authority in her transatlantic possessions. Her rule was dreaded in them all; and, as even her allies confessed, with good reason. The seeds of rebellion were already sown in the vice-royalties of Buenos Ayres and Peru; and a union of Creoles and Indians might prove at any moment fatal to metropolitan dominion. French statesmen were of opinion that England, by emancipating Spanish America, might indemnify itself for all loss from the independence of a part of its own colonial empire; and they foresaw in such a revolution the greatest benefit to the commerce of their own country. Immense naval preparations had been made by the Bourbons for the conquest of Jamaica, but now from the fear of spreading the love of change Florida Blanca suppressed every wish to
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1860., [Electronic resource], English view of the late Royal visit. (search)
Later from South America.Peru Refuses the American ultimatum--Terrible accident — difficulty betweenBritish and American officers at Panama, &c. New York, Nov. 2 --The steamer, Northern Light, from Aspinwall, reports the Lancaster and St. Mary's at Panama, steamer Brooklyn and storeship Falmouth at Aspinwall. Advices from Valparaiso are to the 2d, and Callao the 12th. The ultimatum of the American government had been rejected by Peru so far as the ships Lizzie Thompson, and Georgiana, and the Sariori claims are concerned. The refusal will compel the American Minister to demand his passports. A frightful accident occurred on the 10th ult., at the dry dock at San Lorenzo, involving the entire loss of the Peruvian frigate Callao, which was being docked. All the crew were on board, when some of the stauncheons gave way, and the frigate pitched over and was crushed. She fell on a great number of people below, all of whom perished. All the particulars were not known a
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource], Further from South America. (search)
Further from South America. American Affairs at Peru----Terrible Accident----The Revolution in Bolivia, &c. The steamship Northern Light, which sailed from Aspinwall on the 25th ult., arrived at New York Friday morning, with $1,241,939 in gold. Peru — Awful Accident. The ultimatum (says the correspondent of the Panama Star) of the Cabinet at Washington has been at last presented, and on Saturday evening, the Peruvian Government answered it, refusing to settle the following Peru — Awful Accident. The ultimatum (says the correspondent of the Panama Star) of the Cabinet at Washington has been at last presented, and on Saturday evening, the Peruvian Government answered it, refusing to settle the following claims:--The Lizzie Thompson, Georgiana and Sartoria claim. This last claim is one which no sensible person ever thought that the United States Government would even listen to, much less try and urge its payment; there can be but one term applied to it, and that is "infamous" The Peruvian Government have in its possession proofs against this claim of a most damning character, with some curious facts as to how such claims are made, but they are urged, and then the division of spoils. The refusa
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