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The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], War news. (search)
ls working to the market carts supplying city markets, I have to say it is not, and that none so circumstanced will be impressed. Very respectfully. "Wm. H. Gibbons, "Maj. and Act'g Insp'r Gen'l Transp'n." The celebrated race horse "Fanny," belonging to Major Thomas W. Doswell, of this city, was among the nags pounced upon by the Government impressing guard. The horse was at the farm of Maj. D.'s father, a few miles from the city, and would have been forthwith taken off but for t The celebrated race horse "Fanny," belonging to Major Thomas W. Doswell, of this city, was among the nags pounced upon by the Government impressing guard. The horse was at the farm of Maj. D.'s father, a few miles from the city, and would have been forthwith taken off but for the representation of the value of the animal, and the entering into heavy bonds by Mr. Doswell that another animal would be furnished in her place. The owner of "Fanny" had refused $20,000 for her before the war.
The Daily Dispatch: June 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], A New Order of Affairs at Memphis. (search)
Mayor's Court. --Besides the cases mentioned above, there were several matters of less interest before the Mayor yesterday: Churchill, slave of George Duggins, was charged with breaking and entering in the night time, the store-house of Robert B. Smith, on Brook Avenue, and stealing several thousand dollars worth of groceries.--In the absence of witnesses the case was continued till Saturday. Peter, slave of Dr. Theo. P Mayo, was ordered to be whipped for stealing a pound and a quarter of sugar from J. H. Haymond. Fanny, slave of George Thomas, and Charlotte and Phillis, slaves of Mrs. Yarrington, were ordered to be whipped for being disorderly in the street, and using profane and disorderly language. Lewis H. Allen, charged with foreing the name of Mr. John H. Baptist to an order on the post office for letters, was turned over to Confederate Commissioner Sands.
The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
as the witnesses for neither side were present, His Honor postponed the case till to-morrow. George Totty, an idiotic looking white man, who remained during the session of the Court with his hat on, and staring vacantly about the room, was committed to jail in default of security, on the charge of associating with negroes. The police testified that Totty had been repeatedly admonished to break off his association with negroes, but inst he would not heed their advice. The following parties were ordered to be whipped: Ellick, a slave, charged with advising and aiding and siding Fanny, also a slave, hired to Peter F Valden, to make her escape and go to the county of New Kent, with intent to deprive her hirer of her services; Frank, slave of Wm H. Macfarland, charged with stealing $400 from Joseph T. Smith; and Tom, slave of Robert Smith, for threatening violence towards his master. A fine of $20 was imposed upon John W. Hughes, for permitting his servant to go at large.
The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], Cage Items. (search)
Cage Items. --The following arrests were made by the police yesterday: Phil, slave of F. Gary, charged with stealing a watermelon from the First Market. He was examined by Justice N. T. Chandler, who ordered him twenty lashes. Fanny, slave of Peterfield Trent, charged with inferring with officer Jenkins in the discharge of his duty and displacing a net which had been thrown over her dog.
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], Four thousand five hundred dollars reward. (search)
d; whereupon the matter was immediately disposed of as above stated. The charge of stealing a lot of jewelry and money from Mrs. Lucy A. Miller, preferred against Thomas, slave of Talbott & Brother, partially heard on Tuesday by his Honor, and deferred till yesterday, was again continued. Michael Sullivan and Monteith, two white boys of very bad character, were committed for want of security for good behavior — the first charged with striking Belia MacCarthy with a stone, and the second for stealing watermelons in the Second Market. Alice Hardgrove, charged with assaulting John L. Roane with a two-pound weight, and Philip Stanb, charged with receiving a refrigerator from Alice, knowing it to have been stolen from Roane, were discharged. Fanny, slave of Dr. Trent, was whipped for interfering with officer Jenkins, on Tuesday, while in the discharge of his duty, and releasing a dog which had been netted by a negro who was attached in the train of dog-catchers.
The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1865., [Electronic resource], Five Hundred Dollars reward. (search)
r caught these negroes about two o'clock yesterday morning in an old lot in rear of the Mansion House, on Main street, in the act of carrying off a dead hog, which, upon investigation, he ascertained they had tolled for a certain distance and then thrown a noose over its neck, choking it to death. In a room in the neighborhood, occupied by the accused, a large lot of corn and some half-picked chickens were also found. Three flashy mulatto girls, named Catherine, slave of Ann Fox; Fanny, slave of Harry Wyatt; and Emma, slave of Kitty Yarrington; charged with riotous conduct and drunkenness in the street, were ordered ten lashes each. When the Mayor announced his decision they all three burst into tears, and for some time their weeping and wailing excited the attention of the spectators present. The continued case against Sam, slave of John Gamble, and Dick, slave of Michael Hart, charged with breaking into the house of Thomas Kennedy, in the night time, and stealing t
The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1865., [Electronic resource], South Carolina Moving. (search)
Mayor's Court. --The cases before His Honor yesterday were of an uninteresting character. Davy, slave of Warner Jones, charged with depositing ashes in the street, was ordered to receive ten lashes. John Roberts, charged with having a bag of coal, supposed to have been stolen, proved his title, and the case was dismissed. Lewis, slave of Dr. Samuel Patterson, was committed to jail as a runaway. The following cases were continued till the 26th: Fanny, slave of Martha E. Dickinson; Emma, slave of S. G. Ames, and Kate, slave of Ann E. Fox, charged with going at large; and Charles, slave of P. B. Jones, charged with stealing a pair of gloves.
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