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The Daily Dispatch: February 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Violating the Liquor law. (search)
Runaway in Jail. --Was committed to the jail of Henrico county, on the 23d of November, 1861, as a runaway, a Negro Man, who calls himself John, and says he is the property of Mrs. Mary Scott, of Albemarle county, Va.--Said negro is about 25 years old, 5 feet 10 inches high, yellow complexion, and had on when committed a light winter suit of homespun clothes. The owner of said negro is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs. Geo. D. Pleasants, S. O. ja 1--ts
The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], (search)
Runaway in jail. --Was committed to the jail of Henrico county, on the 23d of November, 1861, as a runaway, a Negro Man, who calls himself John, and says he is the property of Mrs. Mary Scott, of Albemarle county, Va.--Said negro is about 25 years old, 5 feet 10 inches high, yellow complexion, and had on when committed a light winter suit of homespun clothes, The owner of said negro is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs. Geo. D. Pleasants, S. H. C. ja 1--ts
The Daily Dispatch: November 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], The appearance of the Yankee Army in Front of Fredericksburg — shells Thrown into the town — supposed destination of the threatening force. (search)
ld says: Early Monday the streets were filled with rumors as to the character of the advance, one man, from the upper part of Stafford, saving there had passed his house three brigades, embracing cavalry, infantry, and artillery. About noon the enemy arrived on the hills in the rear of Fairmont, but kept their force out of view, being drawn up from Lawson's Hill back as far as Mr. John R. Fitzhugh's — The enemy planted four pieces of artillery in the skirt of woods on the hill at Miss Mary Scott's a commanding position. Four other pieces were understood to be on the highway in the immediate neighborhood. We had four pieces of artillery near the "White Plains" house, (Mr. S. H.Owens a,) within the corporation; but the point is not compactly built over, the woolen factory. Hesston's and Book's flouring miles besides several private residences being in the vicinity. About three o'clock in the afternoon, an artillery duel commenced which was kept up with much spirit by th
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
ldwell wounded. Gen. Bayard, of the cavalry, was also killed, and Lieut.-Col. Dickinson. The former was to have been married on Wednesday. A dispatch from headquarters, dated the 15th, says there was much firing the day before between the two armies, and that at one time the enemy showed a disposition to advance on Franklin's corps. The Yankees claim to have taken 700 prisoners. The Confederate cavalry made a raid on Pooleville, Md., on the 14th, and captured a whole company of "Scott's 900" Federal dragoons. The surrender at Hartsville. The Louisville Journal thinks that no fact has been more repeatedly demonstrated during this war than that marauding troops cannot be depended on. Referring to the surrender of 2,100 Yankee troops at Hartsville, to Gen. Morgan, it says: They are the same regiments that Gen. Dumont had at Frankfort and elsewhere in this State. Their conduct in Kentucky was scandalous. Wherever they marched or sojourned they insulted quiet ci
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Bombardment of Port Royal — Another Barbarity of the War. (search)
ut it was not large, as we had but two or three regiments in the place. After 11 there was a calm, with an occasional shot, but about half an hour before sunset we were told that the Yankees had succeeded, under their heavy fire, in building their bridges, and were then crossing; and we were ordered to fire at that point, said to be in the upper part of the town, considerably to the left of the Baptist Church steeple.--We speedily waked up the heavy battery of 18 guns at the Scott (Miss Mary Scott) House, which had been frowning down upon us for several days, and also two or three other batteries, higher up the river Layne's fine battery, on our left, soon opened from its marked position, and drew off those last-mentioned batteries from us. This duel only lasted come thirty minutes, and resulted in the wounding, so far as I know, of only two men--one of them an infantryman, some distance to the rear. The picket firing in the town was continued till about 7½ P. M. The murky heave
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court, yesterday. (search)
ases brought up for adjudication: Eliza, slave of Samuel Forsyth, was charged with stealing ninety dollars in Confederate money from B. C. Brooks. The evidence being insufficient to convict the accused, she was discharged. A small boy, named Charles Childress, arrested in the Second Market on Saturday morning for stealing onions from Dr. Wm. E. Anderson, was discharged upon the condition that his father would take him home and administer a severe whipping upon him. John and Mary Scott, free negroes, were charged with stealing sixty dollars' worth of chickens from William Henry, also free. The parties are next door neighbors, and the morning after the robbery blood was traced from Henry's hen-house into the yard of the accused, which excited the suspicion that they were the thieves. Search was made, but none of the stolen fowls were found. The Recorder did not deem the charge sustained, and thereupon discharged the accused. William, slave of Wm. Winston, charged
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