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Monroe (search for this): article 1
he Provisional capital, #x38;c. A sketch of the prominent man who is to share in North America the honors of the Presidential chair with Abraham Lincoln for the next four years, is at the present moment especially apropos. Hon. Jeff. Davis, President. Few men have led a life more filled with stirring or eventful incidents than Jefferson Davis. A native of Kentucky, born about 1806, he went in early youth with his father to Mississippi, then a Territory, and was appointed by President Monroe in 1822 to be a cadet at West Point. He graduated with the first honors in 1828 as Brevet Second Lieut., and at his own request was placed in active service, being assigned to the command of General (then Colonel,) Zachary Taylor, who was stationed in the West. In the frontier wars of the time young Davis distinguished himself in so marked a manner that when a new regiment of dragoons was formed he at once obtained a commission as first Lieutenant. During this time a romantic attachm
January 11th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
ities. The Vote on Secession. The States composing the Confederacy passed their respective ordinances of dissolution as follows: Vote State.Date.Yeas.Nays. South Carolina.Dec. 20, 1860169 MississippiJan. 9, 18618415 AlabamaJan. 11, 18616139 FloridaJan. 11, 1861627 GeorgiaJan. 19, 186120889 LouisianaJan. 25, 186111317 The New Confederacy. At this particular juncture it will also be interesting, in view of coming legislation, to note some of the statistics of the sJan. 11, 1861627 GeorgiaJan. 19, 186120889 LouisianaJan. 25, 186111317 The New Confederacy. At this particular juncture it will also be interesting, in view of coming legislation, to note some of the statistics of the several seceding States with reference to their population, State debt, &c. They are as follows: Population in 1860. Free.Slave.State Debt in 1859. South Carolina308, 186407,185$6,192.743 Georgia615,336467,4002,632,722 Alabama520,444435,4735,888,134 Mississippi407,051479,6077,271,707 Louisiana354,245312, 18610,703,142 Florida81,88563,800158,000 2,287,1472,165,651 2,287,147 Total4,452,798 This is a population exceeding by 522,926 that of 1790, at the close of the Revolution
January 9th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
another one was erected on the same site in 1851. The present population of the city is not far from 16,000, and it is probable that, with all its natural advantages, the fact of its present selection as the Southern capital will soon place it in the first rank of Southern cities. The Vote on Secession. The States composing the Confederacy passed their respective ordinances of dissolution as follows: Vote State.Date.Yeas.Nays. South Carolina.Dec. 20, 1860169 MississippiJan. 9, 18618415 AlabamaJan. 11, 18616139 FloridaJan. 11, 1861627 GeorgiaJan. 19, 186120889 LouisianaJan. 25, 186111317 The New Confederacy. At this particular juncture it will also be interesting, in view of coming legislation, to note some of the statistics of the several seceding States with reference to their population, State debt, &c. They are as follows: Population in 1860. Free.Slave.State Debt in 1859. South Carolina308, 186407,185$6,192.743 Georgia615,336467,4002,632,
John Randolph (search for this): article 1
ommand the attention of the House at any time or upon any topic. His health from childhood has been very feeble, being afflicted with four abscesses and a continued derangement of the liver, which gives him a consumptive appearance, though his lungs are sound. He has never weighed over ninety-six pounds, and to see his attenuated figure bent over his desk, the shoulders contracted and the shape of his slender limbs visible through his garments, a stranger would never select him as the "John Randolph" of our time, more dreaded as an adversary and more prized as an ally in a debate than any other member of the House of Representatives. When speaking he has at first a shrill sharp voice, but as he warms up with his subject the clear tones and vigorous sentences roll out with a sonorousness that finds its way to every corner of the immense hall. He is witty, rhetorical and solid, and has a dash of keen satire that puts an edge upon every speech. He is a careful student, but so very c
Black Hawk (search for this): article 1
h the first honors in 1828 as Brevet Second Lieut., and at his own request was placed in active service, being assigned to the command of General (then Colonel,) Zachary Taylor, who was stationed in the West. In the frontier wars of the time young Davis distinguished himself in so marked a manner that when a new regiment of dragoons was formed he at once obtained a commission as first Lieutenant. During this time a romantic attachment sprang up between him and his prisoner, the famous chief Black Hawk, in which the latter forgot his animosity to the people of the United States in his admiration for Lieut. Davis, and not until his death was the bond of amity severed between the two brave men. In 1835 he settled quietly down upon a cotton plantation, devoting himself to a thorough and systematic course of political and scientific education. He was married to a daughter of Gen. Taylor. In 1843 he took the stump for Polk, and in 1845, having attracted no little attention in hi
January 25th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
00, and it is probable that, with all its natural advantages, the fact of its present selection as the Southern capital will soon place it in the first rank of Southern cities. The Vote on Secession. The States composing the Confederacy passed their respective ordinances of dissolution as follows: Vote State.Date.Yeas.Nays. South Carolina.Dec. 20, 1860169 MississippiJan. 9, 18618415 AlabamaJan. 11, 18616139 FloridaJan. 11, 1861627 GeorgiaJan. 19, 186120889 LouisianaJan. 25, 186111317 The New Confederacy. At this particular juncture it will also be interesting, in view of coming legislation, to note some of the statistics of the several seceding States with reference to their population, State debt, &c. They are as follows: Population in 1860. Free.Slave.State Debt in 1859. South Carolina308, 186407,185$6,192.743 Georgia615,336467,4002,632,722 Alabama520,444435,4735,888,134 Mississippi407,051479,6077,271,707 Louisiana354,245312, 18610,703,1
January 19th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
the city is not far from 16,000, and it is probable that, with all its natural advantages, the fact of its present selection as the Southern capital will soon place it in the first rank of Southern cities. The Vote on Secession. The States composing the Confederacy passed their respective ordinances of dissolution as follows: Vote State.Date.Yeas.Nays. South Carolina.Dec. 20, 1860169 MississippiJan. 9, 18618415 AlabamaJan. 11, 18616139 FloridaJan. 11, 1861627 GeorgiaJan. 19, 186120889 LouisianaJan. 25, 186111317 The New Confederacy. At this particular juncture it will also be interesting, in view of coming legislation, to note some of the statistics of the several seceding States with reference to their population, State debt, &c. They are as follows: Population in 1860. Free.Slave.State Debt in 1859. South Carolina308, 186407,185$6,192.743 Georgia615,336467,4002,632,722 Alabama520,444435,4735,888,134 Mississippi407,051479,6077,271,707 Lou
February 11th, 1812 AD (search for this): article 1
lexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, Vice-President. This gentleman is known throughout the Union as one of the most prominent of Southern politicians and eloquent orators. His father, Andrew B. Stevens, was a planter of moderate means, and his mother (Margaret Grier) was a sister to the famous compiler of Grier's almanacs. She died when he was an infant, leaving him with four brothers and one sister, of whom only one brother survives. Mr. Stephens was born in Georgia on the 11th of February, 1812. When in his fourteenth year his father died, and the homestead being sold, his share of the entire estate was about five hundred dollars. With a commendable Anglo-Saxon love of his ancestry, Mr. Stephens has since re-purchased the original estate, which comprised about two hundred and fifty acres, and has added to it about six hundred more. Assisted by friends, he entered the University of Georgia in 1828, and in 1832 graduated at the head of his class. In 1834 he commenced the s
Speight (search for this): article 1
rs highest fame. Twice by his coolness he saved the day at Buena Vista. Wherever fire was hottest or danger to be encountered, there Colonel Davis and the Mississippi Rifles were to be found. He was badly wounded in the early part of the action, but sat his horse steadily till the day was won, and refused to delegate even a portion of his duties to his subordinate officers. In 1848 he was appointed to fill the vacancy in the Senate of the United States occasioned by the death of General Speight, and in 1850 was elected to that body almost unanimously for the term of six years. In 1851 he resigned his seat in the Senate to become the State-Rights candidate for Governor, but was defeated by Governor Foote. In 1853 he was called to a seat in the Cabinet of President Pierce, and was Secretary of War during his administration. In 1857 he was elected United States Senator from Mississippi for the term of six years, which office he held until his resignation on the secessi
November, 1847 AD (search for this): article 1
at navigation the Alabama river is one of the best in the Union, the largest steamers ascending to this point from Mobile. The city is also the western termination of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. It contains several extensive iron foundries, mills, factories, large warehouses, numerous elegant stores and private residences. The cotton shipped at this place annually amounts to about one hundred thousand bales. The public records were removed from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery in November, 1847. The State House was destroyed by fire in 1849, and another one was erected on the same site in 1851. The present population of the city is not far from 16,000, and it is probable that, with all its natural advantages, the fact of its present selection as the Southern capital will soon place it in the first rank of Southern cities. The Vote on Secession. The States composing the Confederacy passed their respective ordinances of dissolution as follows: Vote State.Date.Ye
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