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The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Central Railroad. (search)
id. The Legislature was in secret session nearly the entire night on the subject. This morning a white flag came from Fort Sumter, the object of which, it is stated, is to demand a suspension of work on the fortifications in the harbor. Lieut. Davis, with four men, is now in the city. The soldiers are witnesses in a murder case, and Lieut. Davis is being entertained by his friends. He drinks to a peaceable settlement of the difficulties. Fort Sumter is allowed to procure fresh provret session nearly the entire night on the subject. This morning a white flag came from Fort Sumter, the object of which, it is stated, is to demand a suspension of work on the fortifications in the harbor. Lieut. Davis, with four men, is now in the city. The soldiers are witnesses in a murder case, and Lieut. Davis is being entertained by his friends. He drinks to a peaceable settlement of the difficulties. Fort Sumter is allowed to procure fresh provisions from our market daily.
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], The clerical suicide. (search)
f from their present financial embarrassment in the prosecution of that work. Reports from Standing Committees.--The Committee on Claims asked that the petition of Robert H. Grey, attorney, &c., be referred to the Committee of Courts of Justice. Referred. The same committee reported against a resolution for the relief of Floyd Smith, late sheriff of Montgomery. Report received. The Committee on Finance asked that the resolution for allowing compensation to Jas. Carskdan and Wm. F. Davis, for services rendered the 77th Regiment Virginia Militia, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, Granted. State and Federal Relations.--A message was received from the Senate through Mr. Johnson, communicating the passage, by that body, with amendments, of the resolutions reported by the Joint Committee on State and Federal Relations, (adopted by the House on Thursday.) The report and resolutions provide for the appointment of five Commissioners to meet Commissioners from