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The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], Mining and the miner. (search)
Mining and the miner. In these cold and nipping days, when the good people of Richmond and Petersburg put their toes on the fender and poke their coal fires into blaze, they rarely think where that coal comes from, or of the labor, the courage, the patience and the skill required to bring its cheerfulness and glow to their hearth-stones. The coal measure of Chesterfield are worked at two print rest points. One near Coalfield station, on the Danville road, and the other at Clover Hill. At the latter place the works are quite extensive. The strata of coal outcrop there and dip to the westward, descending at about the angle of twenty-three degrees. These seams or layers of coal — alternating with layers of stone like the cake and jelly of jelly-cake — differ much in thickness. The richest is about twenty-seven feet through. Some are so thin that the working of them would not be productive.--The mines are of two kinds. One kind begin at the outcrop, where the coal comes t
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Franklin street shooting affair — close of the investigation.--the accused sent on for examination. (search)
h male and female — who appeared to testify in the case.--The witnesses of the previous day were called, and the following testimony was elicited for the Commonwealth: Mrs. Delilah Sales testified that she had been acquainted with Mrs. Ould between six and seven years, and had always found her to be a lady. She lived with her for nine months. Her husband and mine had occasional words together; but with that exception we got along very well. In the year 1860, she and Mr. Ould left for Danville, and returned in 1861.--Stayed with me two weeks, and then commenced housekeeping in Sidney. I visited her, and was there introduced to Meade. She sold out with the intention of going to the North, but gave up the idea, and went to board with Mrs. Minter, on Third street, where I visited her. Afterwards she bought a place on Foushee street, and commenced keeping a boarding house. She sold out, and went to live with Mrs. Willett; continuing all the time to visit my house. Subsequent to t
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], Mining and the miner. (search)
, signed by several prominent colored men, in which they suggest that the land and other property of colored people be subjected to an additional tax, the revenue from which to be appropriated to the benefit of colored persons in destitute circumstances. Mails in Virginia. The Postmaster-General last evening issued the following orders for mail service in Virginia, to commence the 1st of January next: of "Pittsylvania Courthouse to Lynchburg twice a week; Pittsylvania Courthouse to Danville three times a week; Pittsylvania Courthouse to Glade Hill once a week; Old Point Comfort to Hampton six times a week; Fredericksburg, by Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Locust Grove, Verdiersville and Unionville to Orange Courthouse twice a week; Farmville to Buckingham Courthouse twice a week; Mattoax to Winterpock twice a week; Genilo to Cumberland Courthouse twice a week; Lawrenceville to Lawrenceville once a week; Farmville to Pemberton twice a week; Jerusalem to Petersburg twice a week;