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The Daily Dispatch: February 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
s, Saunders, Sharp, Sitlington, Spurlock, Staples, A. H. H. Stuart, C. J. Stuart, Taylor, Waller, White, Wickham, Willey, Wilson, and Woods.--77. nays.--Messrs. Janney, (President,) Ambler, Armstrong, Blakey, Boissean, Borst, Bouldin, Bruce, Cecy be expected from their deliberations. after some debate upon a point of order, the resolution was taken up. Mr. Wilson, of Harrison, desired to withdraw the resolution, but objection was made. Mr. Carlile appealed to the gentleman wh supplied with arms, their kind and description, as soon as he conveniently may. the resolution was adopted. Mr. Wilson offered the following, which were referred to the Committee on Federal Relations: resolved, that we, the people o Federal Relations Again. Mr. Montague offered the following resolution, which is similar to the one withdrawn by Mr. Wilson: resolved, that the Virginia Commissioners to the Peace Conference now in session in the city of Washington, be r
The Daily Dispatch: February 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Forgery case. (search)
ng H. M. Smith's name to two orders, one for clothing on Wolfe & Brother, the other for groceries on John M. Higgins. The first order, purporting to be written by Smith, reads as follows: Richmond, Nov. 19, 1861. Mr. Wolfe: Let Mr. James Wilson have clothing to the amount of $15, and present your bill to me. H. M. Smith. Respectfully, It was written in ink. The second, in pencil, reads as follows: Richmond, Jan. 25, 1861. Mr. Higgins: Please let Mr. Davis have $2.50 worth of groceries, and charge me. H. M. Smith. Respectfully, On the bills being presented, Smith denied all knowledge of either Wilson or Davis, or of the transaction. The handwriting in both orders was the same, and circumstances pointing to the prisoner, he was arrested, and identified by Wolfe and Higgins as the party who had obtained the goods. The prisoner, who offered no defence, was remanded for examination before a called Court, on the 26thinst., and the witne
The Daily Dispatch: February 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
w Mexico. This act was passed with indecent haste and violence. The House, by a majority of 43, refused to reject the most infamous force bill ever enacted, and it will probably pass to-day. This bill authorizes the President to call out the army and navy, and the militia. It also gives him the power to arm and equip volunteers raised in any part of the United States, out of the refuse and riff-raff population. Notwithstanding these force bills, and notwithstanding the fact that Senator Wilson declares that war will begin on the 4th of March, and the further fact, as confidently asserted to me, that even the Tennessee Commissioners have abandoned all hope of compromise, I feel assured that something will be done to "placate" poor old Virginia, and keep her in as the tag-rag of the Abolition Empire. The Republicans understand all these study resolutions about a "final settlement," to be mere wind and pother. Virginia, by a decisive vote, has declared her preference of the Nor