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The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], The last murder by Hunter. (search)
The last murder by Hunter. The murder of David S. Creigh, of Greenbrier county, Virginia, by the order of Major-General Hunter, United States Army, has been noticed.--The Central Presbyterian gives us the particulars of this cold-blooded deed. Mr. Creigh was a very prominent citizen of Greenbrier county, and an elder in the Presbyterian church. While Crook's command was near Lewisburg last year, Mr. Creigh, upon returning home one day from the field, found a Federal soldier there insua chaplain of the Federal army. He requested to see Mr. Morrison, stating that they had with the army a citizen of Greenbrier county, whose name was Creigh; that he was under sentence of death, and was about to be executed. (His doom had just been When Hunter's army in their flight from avenging justice were passing like vast packs of famished wolves through Greenbrier county, this chaplain called upon Dr. McElhenny, the interview; as we understand, having reference to the tragical fate of
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
be seen. In the meantime General Thomas, the renegade. Virginian, is in command of the Yankee Army of the South. Poor Sherman, his laurel wreath is already wilted; and at Eternal Justice does not sleep, he who has beggared and exiled the Atlanta sufferers will be made shortly to chew his mother lip in disgrace. Wither's raid. The Abingdon Virginian gives the following interesting particulars of Colonel Witcher's Northwestern raid: "Colonel Witcher has just returned to Greenbrier county from a very successful expedition into Northwestern Virginia, the result of which, as we have it from authority that many be depended upon, is to follows. He brought out four hundred horses and over two hundred fine cattle. He captured Hulltown, Jacksonville, Weston, Buchanan and Walkersville. At Westover, he destroyed a large amount of all kinds of stores. At Buchanan, he captured Major Long, of the Third (Yankee) Virginia cavalry, of Averill's brigade, with one hundred men and ho
The Daily Dispatch: November 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Three hundred Dollars Reward. (search)
s. The Yankees have withdrawn from the vicinity of the Manassas Gap railroad. They committed many depredations and carried off quite a number of citizens of Fauquier and Rappahannock counties. The crops are still safe. Southwest Virginia and Tennessee. The Yankees are entirely driven from Southwestern Virginia, and there are none of the enemy this side of Bull's gap, on the Virginia and East Tennessee railroad. Western Virginia. The Federals hold a small portion of Greenbrier county; mainly that portion which lies around the Great Falls of New river and the Blue Sulphur Springs. Big Sewell mountain is a retreat for them when pressed by our cavalry. The Confederate troops range through Boone and Raleigh counties. In the upper portion of Monroe county, bands of tory militia roam and depredate and shoot our man wherever they find them. Our boys are in the habit of swinging them to the first tree which can be found after the wretches are caught. From Missouri.
The Daily Dispatch: December 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], A Yankee expedition into Greenbrier. (search)
A Yankee expedition into Greenbrier. --On the 11th instant. Captain Ramsey, a tory marauder, with forty-two men, made a raid into Greenbrier county, Virginia, and captured about sixty horses, belonging to the Confederacy, and ten men, guarding them. They were pursued by Lieutenant Aulsted, with fifteen men, who rescued our prisoners, recaptured all the horses but eighteen, (fifty or sixty having been captured,) took seven of Ramsey's men prisoners, got nineteen fine guns, and drove the rest of them out of the county. It is said four of them were killed near Meadow Bluff by Captain Snyder's men.
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], Runaway.--one thousand Dollars Reward. (search)
ary 18, 1865. At 12 o'clock M. the Senate was called to order. Prayer by Rev. Dr. McCabe. On motion of Mr. Christian, of Augusta, the House bill authorizing the County Court of Augusta to make an additional levy for the support of soldiers' families was taken from the calendar, read the requisite number of times and passed: Mr. Brannon, from the Finance Committee, reported, without amendment, House bill for the relief of the securities of John E. Lewis, late sheriff of Greenbrier county. Read a third time and laid on the table. A resolution was offered by Mr. Dickinson, inquiring into the expediency of so amending the Code of Virginia as more effectually to prevent slaves from going at large and trading as free persons. Mr. Dulaney reported an act authorizing the Auditor of Public Accounts to pay General Samuel Cooper for a horse impressed for the service of the State.--Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice. The bill reported from the Committ
The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
llowing bills were read the third time and passed: To authorize the Auditor to settle and pay the accounts of William F. Ritchie, Public Printer. To repeal the fence law as to certain counties, so as to make the remedy for trespasses more effective and summary. To relieve G. W. Butts. To relieve W. W. Forbes, late sheriff of Buckingham county. On motion of Mr. Johnson, the vote by which the bill for the relief of the securities of John E. Lewis, late sheriff of Greenbrier county, was rejected, was reconsidered, and the bill laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Brannon, the bill to amend the thirty-eighth section of the Code, relating to licenses, was taken up and read through by sections. Various amendments were made to the bill, and the question being on its engrossment, on motion of Mr. Johnson it was laid on the table until to-morrow. House of Delegates. The House was called to order at 11 A. M. by the Speaker. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Hoge.
The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
the arms-bearing portion of the male population for military purposes. Bill to appropriate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, with a "ryder," by Mr. Haymond, of Marion, making the fund payable quarterly. Bill to provide for making surveys in certain cases, and appropriating five thousand dollars for that purpose. Bill for the relief of Lunsford L. Loving, of the county of Nelson. Bill for the relief of Alfred Beard, late sheriff of Greenbrier county. Bill to authorize any county or corporation court to relieve from county levies in certain cases. At 1 o'clock the bill and substitute were laid on the table, and the order of the day — the resolution of Mr. Staples, of Patrick, in regard to authorizing a convention of the people of Virginia--taken up and discussed. The resolution provides that the question of "a convention" or "no convention" be voted on at the March election by the people. The resolution was adopted.
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