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The Daily Dispatch: December 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Five Hundred Dollars reward. --Ran away from the subscriber, on Thursday, the 24th of November, 1864, a Negro Boy, named Pitman. He is fifteen or sixteen years old; about five feet seven or eight inches high, and slender; is of a clear brownish black color, his mother being a dark mulatto and his father black; can read pretty well; looks simple when spoken to, and often curis up his forehead when addressed; had on a grey jacket, a brown shirt and pants, and probably a black sack overcoat, and carried with him a black satchel. He was purchased last August in Richmond, and was raised in Charlotte county. I will give five Hundred Dollars for his arrest and detention so that I can recover possession of him. Hugh W. Sheffey. Staunton, Virginia. de 12--3t
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
Five Hundred Dollars reward. --Ran away from the subscriber, on Thursday, the 24th of November, 1864, a Negro Boy, named Pitman. He is fifteen or sixteen years old; about five feet seven or eight inches high, and slender; is of a clear brownish black color, his mother being a dark mulatto and his father black; can read pretty well; looks simple when spoken to, and often curls up his forehead when addressed; had on a grey jacket, a brown shirt and pants, and probably a black sack overcoat, and carried with him a black satchel. He was purchased last August in Richmond, and was raised in Charlotte county. I will give Five Hundred Dollars for his arrest and detention so that I can recover possession of him. Hugh W. Sheffey, Staunton, Virginia. de 12--5t
The Daily Dispatch: December 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
Five Hundred Dollars reward. --Ran away from the subscriber, on Thursday, the 24th of November, 1864, a Negro Boy, named Pitman. He is fifteen or sixteen years old; about five feet seven or eight inches high and slender; is of a clear brownish black color, his mother being a dark mulatto and his father black; can read pretty well; looks simple when spoken to, and often curls up his forehead when addressed; had on a grey jacket, a brown shirt and pants, and probably a black sack overcoat, and carried with him a black satchel. He was purchased last August in Richmond, and was raised in Charlotte county. I will give Five Hundred Dollars for his arrest and detention so that I can recover possession of him. Hugh W. Sheffey, Staunton, Virginia. de 12--5t
The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Attempting to commit a larceny. (search)
Five Hundred Dollars reward. --Ran away from the subscriber, on Thursday, the 24th of November, 1864, a Negro Boy, named Pitman. He is fifteen or sixteen years old; about five feet seven or eight inches high, and slender; is of a clear brownish black color, his mother being a dark mulatto and his father black; can read pretty well; looks simple when spoken to, and often curls up his forehead when addressed; had on a gray jacket, a brown shirt and pants and probably a black sack overcoat, and carried with him a black satchel. He was purchased last August in Richmond and was raised in Charlotte county. I will give Five Hundred Dollars for the arrest and detention so that I can recover possession of him. Hugh W. Sheffey, Staunton, Virginia. de 12--5t
The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Dispatch. (search)
t one thousand extra copies of the report of the joint select committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war be printed; three hundred copies to be given to the Commissioner of Exchange, three hundred to the Secretary of War and the remainder to the Senate, for distribution. Agreed to. Bill for the relief of the Exchange Bank was considered and passed. House joint resolution for the relief of Alexander F. Kennedy, Confederate Depository at Staunton, Virginia, was considered and passed. Mr. Wigfall offered the following joint resolution, which was agreed to: "Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress and the whole country are due, and are hereby tendered, to Lieutenant-General Wade Hampton for his manly letter of the 27th February, 1865, addressed to General W. T. Sherman; and that, in the opinion of Congress, the Executive Department should sustain General Hampton in carrying out t
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], Washington news. (search)
cated their desire that Hon. Roscoe Conklin be appointed a member of the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the late Southern Confederacy. France, Mexico and the United States. It is also rumored that the Emperor Napoleon has addressed a letter direct to the Secretary of State asking our Government to recognize the empire of Maximilian as the government de facto, and that the Secretary of State is preparing a reply.-- National Intelligencer, yesterday. Tex Chartered. The National Valley Bank of Staunton, Virginia, was yesterday granted a charter. Resigned. We learn that Mr. William J. Walker, passenger agent in this city for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has resigned his position, having been appointed general passenger agent for the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. Mr. Walker has always been attentive and obliging in the situation he has lately occupied, and we are sure he will give satisfaction in his new position.--Washington Chronicle.
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Farmers' Bank. (search)
Mysterious disappearance of a Virginian --Schooners Ashore--The Inauguration of the Governor Elect of Maryland to take Place on the 10th of January. Baltimore, December 29. --Joseph P. Bledsoe, a merchant of Staunton, Virginia, stopped at the Maltby House, on Pratt street, on the 13th instant, with a large amount of money about him, intending to purchase goods. He suddenly and mysteriously disappeared on the same night, and has not since been heard of.--It is generally believed that there has been some foul play, resulting in murder and robbery. His partner (C. B. Wood) is here, anxiously looking after him. During the recent heavy fog on the Chesapeake Bay several schooners went ashore and were lost, with valuable cargoes. Hon. Thomas Swann, Governor elect, will be inaugurated on the 10th of January. A grand time is anticipated at Annapolis. His address is anxiously anticipated.
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