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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 165 (search)
ommand the Isabel; John Cameron, seaman, aged thirty-two years, a native of Scotland, was on the Jeff. Davis when she captured the barks Alvarado, Enchantress, and schooner Waring; received as his share of prize-money, five dollars; Thomas McBurney, seaman, aged twenty-seven years, born in Ireland; Alanson T. Swan, seaman, aged twenty-five years, born in South Carolina; Michael Kenney, seaman, aged thirty years, born in Ireland; Andrew Jackson, seaman, aged twenty-two, born in Ireland; George Valentine, seaman, aged twenty-five, born in Maryland; deserted from his company at the Charleston Arsenal and enlisted on the Beauregard voluntarily; Henry Maylan, seaman, aged twenty-two, born in Ireland; has been deck hand on the New York and Charleston steamers; Henry Pahlow, seaman, aged forty-two, Prussian ; Richard Robinson, seaman, aged forty-seven, native of England; William Perkins, seaman, aged forty-five, born in Ireland, was ten years in the Third regiment United States Artillery, Co
The Daily Dispatch: may 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], $20 reward. (search)
Police arrests, yesterday. --The following parties fell into the hands of the police yesterday, for the offences set opposite their names; John Wrenn, assaulting George Valentine; John Franklin, free negro, stealing $45 in bank notes from Isham Scott, and Jos. S. Martin, for personal violence to Mary Davis
The Daily Dispatch: July 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], Arrival of Escaped prisoners. (search)
Arrival of Escaped prisoners. George Valentine, a privateersman, who effected his escape from Fort Delaware on the morning of the 16th inst, arrived in this city yesterday, accompanied by a South Carolina soldier, who was fortunate enough to get out of the yankee clutches at the same time, and elude the vigilance of the pursuers. The party originally consisted of eight, but the larger portion were recaptured and carried back to prison. Valentine represents that in swimming the Delaware rValentine represents that in swimming the Delaware river, (a mile and a half in width,) he encountered such a strong current that the task occupied upwards of five hours, but he finally got over safely, and made his way to Newcastle, where he met many sympathizing friends. Through their aid, and that of others whom he subsequently met on his route, he was enabled to reach Virginia, where he finds himself much more agreeably situated than within the walls of a prison where the Abolition Government hold him as a pirate. The South Carolinian, who
The Daily Dispatch: January 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Legislature. (search)
he following cases were disposed of by the Mayor yesterday morning: Eight negroes, of both sexes, who had been arrested on Monday afternoon by officer Crone, were arraigned on the charge of assembling in unlawful numbers at the house of George Valentine, a white man, living on Grace near 17th street. Valentine keeps a cook shop at the above named place, but stated to the Mayor that having employed one of the negro women arrested as his superintendent, he knew nothing of the assemblage whichValentine keeps a cook shop at the above named place, but stated to the Mayor that having employed one of the negro women arrested as his superintendent, he knew nothing of the assemblage which had been found on his premises. His Honor discharged the negroes, but imposed a fine of $10 upon the white man, for violation of law in placing a negro woman at the head of his business. Meriwether Quarles and Henry Gillman, two respectable looking young men, dressed in Confederate uniforms, appeared to answer the charge of stealing on Monday last from the dry-goods store of Thos. D. Quarles, on Broad street, a piece of calico, valued at $200 in Confederate money. Witnesses were introdu