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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 10: (search)
es of land at the end of the war; pensions were promised to disabled soldiers and to the widows of those who should find their death in the service; half-pay for life was voted to the officers. Each division of the militia was required to furnish for the service one Chap. X.} 1779. May. able-bodied man out of every twenty-five, to be drafted by fair and impartial lot. Hening, x. 82. The law defining citizenship will be elsewhere explained; the code in which Jefferson, Wythe, and Pendleton adapted the laws of Virginia to reason, the welfare of the whole people, and the republican form of government, was laid before the legislature. The law of descents abolished the rights of primogeniture, and distributed real as well as personal property, equally among brothers and sisters. The punishment of death was forbidden, except for treason and murder. A bill was brought in to organize schools in every county, at the expense of its inhabitants, in proportion to the general tax-rat
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 17: (search)
igration and was the char- Chap. XVII.} 1781. acter of all their development, set narrow limits to slavery; in the states nearest the tropics it throve luxuriously, and its influence entered into their inmost political life. Virginia with soil and temperature and mineral wealth inviting free and skilled labor, yet with lowland where the negro attained his perfect physical development, stood as mediator between the two. Many of her statesmen—George Mason, Patrick Henry, Jefferson, Wythe, Pendleton, Richard Henry Lee—emulated each other in their confession of the iniquity and inexpediency of holding men in bondage. We have seen the legislature of colonial Virginia in 1772, in their fruitless battle 1772. with the king respecting the slave-trade, of which he was the great champion, demand its abolition as needful for their happiness and their very existence. In January, 1773, Patrick Henry threw ridicule and con- 1773. tempt on the clergy of Virginia for their opposition to emanci
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 19: (search)
if it can be conducted at all, while the powers of congress Chap. XIX.} 1781. March. are only recommendatory. Our independence, our respectability and consequence in Europe, our greatness as a nation hereafter, depend upon vesting congress with competent powers. That body, after hearing the views of the several states fairly discussed, must dictate and not merely recommend. And now that the confederation was established, he addressed himself to the great statesmen of Virginia, to Pendleton, Wythe, and Jefferson, to give adequate powers to the representative body of the states, especially a control over refractory states, to compel their compliance with the requisitions made upon them. Danger, he wrote, may spring from delay; good, from a timely application of a remedy. The present temper of the states is friendly to the establishment of a lasting union; the moment should be improved: if suffered to pass away, it may never return; and, after gloriously and successfully cont
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., Bridges in Medford. (search)
the 3rd. month 1646. Ralph Sprague and Edward Converse are appointed to view tile bridge at Mistick, and what charge they conceive meet to be presently expended for the making it sufficient and prevent the ruin thereof, or by further delay to endanger it, by agreeing with workmen for the complete repairing thereof and to make their return to Mr. Willoughby and Mr. Russell and what they shall do herein to be satisfied out of the Treasury. March, 1647-8. Capt. Ting, Mr. Glover, Lieft. Pendleton, Willie Parker and Edward Jackson are appointed a committee, they or any of them to view Mistick bridge, and certify to the next Court, the two first named to give notice and three days warning to the rest. Of the duties of this committee, or of their report, we can only judge by the action of the Court. March, 1647-8. It was voted by the whole Court that Mistick bridge, should be made and maintained by the County at the public charge. This action of the General Court, placing upo
The Daily Dispatch: November 13, 1860., [Electronic resource], Affairs at the South. (search)
The returns. The following are the returns received since the publication of the table yesterday, containing 140 counties: Breckinridge's Major's. In 110 counties14 565 Taxewell698 Wirt111 Jackson100 Grayson132 Louie256 Sussex109 Lee425 Hanover200 McDowell16 Mercer175 Russell48 Scott200 16535 Bell's majorities. In 110 counties15,695 Kanawha760 Patrick2 Lancaster67 Pendleton167 Randolph18 Nicholas811 Richmond county168 York139 17.327 16,836 Bell's majority792 Letcher's maj. in'59 in counties unheard from1,288 Bell falls short of overcoming Letcher's majority by496 The following table shows the vote in 1859, in the counties yet unheard from: Letcher. Boone142 Buchanan91 Cabell91 Calhoun251 Craig161 Fayette39 Logan386 Middlesex85 Pocahontas285 Preston305 Tucker159 Wayne51 Webster. (new co.) Wise18 2,017 729 Letcher's maj.1,288 Giggin. Braxton32 Clay41 Giles111 Mason141 Morgan13 Pulnam24 Ra
The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1860., [Electronic resource], A fork swallowed by a Cow. (search)
The election. --We do not republish our election table this morning. But one county was heard from yesterday — Pendleton — which gave Bell 16 more votes than was estimated in the reported vote. In 137 counties officially heard from, Bell has 171 majority — and in the 12 counties reported, but not official, Breckinridge has 77 majority, making a clear majority for Bell, in all, of 94. The five unheard from counties were carried by Goggin, by 74 majority. In the table published yesterday a mistake of 100 in favor of Bell was made in Scott county. The above summing up includes the correction of this mist
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
the following counties are all that have been received at the Capitol, up to yesterday evening: counties.Bill.Breck.Doug in 134 counties69,59369,5714,842 Calhoun192851 Cabell316161407 Braxton27422746 Hampshire678106475 Nicholas34415248 Mason716439297 McDowell353700 Pendleton400217133 Tyler315423197 Wayne3261668 in 144 counties73,21672,75016,128 72750 Bell's majority466 the counties received, unofficial, are as follows: Bell's Majorities.Breckinridge's Major's. Giles159Buchanan180 Raleigh159Gilmer152 Wyoming35King and Queen255 Webster (new co.)Roane18 363605 353 Breckinridge's maj252 The above table allows for the mistakes in Accomac and Lancaster, and shows that Bell has a clear majority of 214 in all the counties, official and unofficial. Breckinridge, therefore, goes to Webster (a new county) 214 behind.
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
McCormick Mr McLaugh M McEnary M McDenolee P McGouldry Jno Noesey & Weidemeyer Newman E Newlon E B Nepper Ro Neill Philip Norton C S Oakley A E O'Brien C O'Brien David Osborne D M O'Conner Dan O'Keeffe R M Cakson N Oliver P H Oslem T R O'Brien Jno' 2 Osborne A N Porter E M Power M Patterson C G Platt Willett Park Wm Plemont W Pugh Thos 2 Pollard Ro Pierce Rd Patterson E C Pratt Rev H B Puryear H H Pease J S Pallar J W 2 Pendleton J J Perrin Jno D Plummer & Kelly 2 Quay Jno W Quick Wm Rudd Wm 2 Richardson W F Read N H Richardson W Ralen Jas Reardon Jas Rippitoe J E Ryan Jno Roberson F W Rogers Jeff Rowland Henry Reizner H Roberts G S Ryand Thos Rose Sam Roper Ro Ragland Rufus Redo C M Reeve M 2 Ray And Rogers Lewis Redford L Slade W B Storrs W W Sherahan Tim Stancy T J Sallady S F Seeley R S Sealing Rd Sanders R W C2 Sneed Dr A 3 Smith A W Sla
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
s are so bent on ing the Southern Confederacy that they three large companies to fight for the South. This is reliable, I assure you.--I have heard also that the people in Mr. English's district are almost unanimous for joining the South. Southern Illinois is one of the tobacco growing countries in the world, and the people there have long been in want of nigrots. The State is to be split on the of the old National road. The strong Southern speech made in the the older day by Mr. Pendleton, of Cincinnati is deservedly complimented by all good men Mr. P. is a native of Virginia, as ar Senator Davis of Mississippi, who has been offering with chills and fever, goes home tonight. He will be elected Commander-in-Chief of the Southern army. Judge Elmore, of Alabama, has been spoken of as Provision President. Jefferson begins an engagement to-night at the Theatre. A high wind sweeping down Pennsylvania Avenue affords an enlivening view of the second-floor of nume
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
certained to know that the Conservatives will have a very large majority over the Prompt Activists.--Of Secessionists per se, there are not perhaps a dozen elected. We give the following returns: Pittsylvania, (Official.--Tredway, Conservative, 1,999; Sutherlin, Conservative, 1,715; Witcher, P. A., 661; Carrington, P. A., 954. Henry elects Peyton Gravely, Conservative, by 388 majority. Franklin.--Early and Saunders, Conservatives, are elected. Monroe--Elects Caperton and Echols, Conservatives. Majority for reference 700. Prince Edward.--Jno. T. Thornton, Conn., 353; B. J. Worsham, P. A., 183. The majority against reference is 472. Page.--P. P. Borst, P. A., is elected. Hardy.--Pendleton and Hammond, Conservatives, elected by 400 majority. The majority for reference is 1,350. Appomattox.--L. D. Isbell, P. A., no opposition. Majority against reference 250. Princess Anne.--The official majority of Gov. Wise in Princess Anne co. is 51.
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