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The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], Jomini and his career. (search)
eneral-in-chief — a rank next to that of marshal, which no one can hold who has not gained a battle. He successively received the grand cross of St. Anna, St. Waldimir and St. Alexander; assisted the Emperor at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1818, and at the Congress of Verona, in 1828; was made president of a committee for organizing the military academy; and was afterwards charged with preparing plans for fortifying and defending the frontiers of the empire. On the accession of Nicholas to the throne, he was appointed aide-de-camp general, and charged with directing the military education of the Imperial heir. General Jomini's first published work is his "Treatise on Grand Military Operations, " which appeared in 1804, and is considered the most important of his works. In 1811 he began the publication of his "Critical and Military History of the Revolution," which was not completed until 1824.--It is a strictly scientific work, in fifteen volumes, with four atlases.
The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], From the United States. (search)
Mayor's Court, Thursday. --James McGiffin, an old, gray-haired man, and his two sons, Stephen and Nicholas, were charted with stealing from their employer, Mr. N. Tinsley Pate, one canal boat, valued at $1,500, and a horse worth $750. The only witness examined was Mr. J. S. B. Tinsley, the manager of Mr. Pate's farm, at which the McGiffin were employed; and at the conclusion of his testimony the Mayor unhesitatingly dismissed the parties. Immediately thereafter, their counsel, Messrs. J. Leeds Carroll and Daniel Ratcliffe, demanded the warrant upon which their clients had been arrested, remarking that it would hereafter be seen whether felonious charges should be permitted to be made against respectable gentlemen with impunity. John, slave of Robert Lumpkin, and Mat, slave of George T. Ratcliffe, were charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr. George Lee on the night of the 7th instant and stealing six thousand dollars' worth of wines, brandies, and other
The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
hing to do with, and what I am not guilty of. When I took a prisoner I always treated him kindly, and never harmed a man after he surrendered. I hope God will take me to his bosom when I am dead. O. Lord be with me." While the sergeant was bandaging his eyes Minniken said--"Sergeant, I don't blame you. I hope we will all meet in Heaven. Boys, when you kill me, kill me dead." The eyes of all being bandaged, they bade each other farewell. "Good bye, George, " said one; "Farewell, Nicholas," said another; "Good bye, Blackburn," uttered several; and two or three of them said, "Boys, farewell to you all; the Lord have mercy on our poor souls." The firing party was about ten paces off. Some of the Kansas men appeared to be reluctant to fire upon the prisoners, but Captain Jones told them it was their duty; that they should have no hesitation, as these men had taken the life of many a Union man who was as innocent as themselves. At the word, the thirty-six soldiers fired
The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Virginia Legislature. [Extra session.] Senate. Saturday, February 4, 1865. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Read, of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Alderson, of Nicholas, offered a resolution that, from on and after Monday next, the Senate will meet at 11 o'clock until otherwise ordered. On motion of Mr. Johnson, the resolution was laid on the table. Mr. Newman, of Mason, offered the following joint resolutions, which, on his motion, were referred to the Committee on Confederate Relations: "Resolved, by the General Assembly of Virginia, That while we anxiously desire and pray for an honorable peace, that it is the part of wisdom and sound policy to employ all the means at our command for the vigorous prosecution of the war, to the end that all our rights may be secured. 2. "That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and they are hereby, respectfully but earnestly requested, as speedily as may be, to advocate the adoption of such measures, and the empl
The Daily Dispatch: March 8, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Russian Church in America — Significant religious and political ceremony. (search)
and joy; Grief no more shall rent our breasts, Tears no more shall dew our eye. III. Heaven-directed spirits rise To the temple of the skies! Join the ranks of angels bright Near the Eternal's dazzling light. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! After the previous ectene or litany, and the Cherubic hymn, is said another long ectene, and the Nicene Creed, which was sung in English, omitting the clause "and the Son," or filioque; which, by the way, was interpolated into the creed by Nicholas I, Bishop of Rome, in the ninth century, and has the sanction of no ecumenical council whatever. This point has ever since been the point of difference between the Eastern and Western churches. Immediately after the creed occur these passages: Priest--Stand we well; stand we with fear; let us attend to offer the holy Oblation in peace. Choir--The anointing of peace; the sacrifice of praise. Priest--The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father, and t
The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
The London Times remarks that whether Poland was made over to Russia in the last settlement of Europe as a trust or a gift, it has certainly proved a fatal possession. Poland, says the Times, has been ruled by three Russian Emperors since 1815, and has been a difficulty to all of them. Alexander and Nicholas would have left better names in history had they not been Kings of Poland. The judgment Europe has passed on them has been materially influenced by the system of government they authorized or permitted in this portion of their dominions. It identified the Russian power and the Russian name with the worst kind of despotism, and made it a kind of terror to the nations of the West. To repel any further encroachments, in any direction, by such a Government, appeared worth every sacrifice, and the feeling at last found expression in the war, from the effects of which Russia has not yet recovered. France, England and Germany judged the whole tendency of Russian policy by wha
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
we are not left to conjecture. They have already passed a law abolishing slavery. They have already passed a law confiscating the entire territory covered by the Confederate States. They have already declared that the States shall, in future, be entitled to no rights greater than those possessed by the counties. They have, in a word, inaugurated for our benefit one of the most stupendous systems of centralized despotism the world ever beheld, and it is to be inaugurated with the proper accompaniments of a general confiscation and an universal spoliation. A Confederate is to own nothing that he can call his own. He is to be judged by Yankee judges and tried by Yankee juries. He is to be the slave of his own negroes and of their Yankee associates. Such a let is offered him as even Katherine or Nicholas never thought of entailing upon the Poles, and such as makes that of the Irish people blessed in the comparison. If these are not motives for fighting on, then there can be none.
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