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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A noble life. (search)
A noble life. Address delivered at Tappahannock, Essex county, Va., July 17, 1899, presenting to Essex Court a portrait of Judge William Brockenbrough. by John P. McGUIRE. Ladies and Gentlemen: A Virginian in a Virginia assembly is always among friends; but for myself, and here in this county of Essex, as a wanderer returned to his home again, I stand among you and respectfully salute you all. In the far dawn of human history, the blind old bard of Chios, with mental vision dple are bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: yonder where the solemn cedars wave, and here where the spire points to heaven, lie the ashes of generations right dear to me; familiar to my childhood are the faces here depicted; to this town of Tappahannock I owe the peaceful ending of an honored father's long labor of love; in the act I now perform, I pay reverent honor to a noble woman, who, once familiar to your eyes, was, as I think, dear to your hearts, and who, when the shadows fell around
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
able number of prisoners in sight of the city; then, leaving the enemy astounded at so much audacity, he crossed the Chickahominy near Meadow Bridge, destroyed the railway-bridge, quickly gained the banks of the Pamunkey at Hanovertown, and, being ferried over, succeeded at last in placing that river between himself and the enemy, who was pressing him closely. On the morning of the 5th, starting again for the north, he crossed the Mattapony, and reached the Rappahannock at the village of Tappahannock. From thence, in order to throw the detachments that had been pursuing him all the way from Richmond on the wrong scent, he suddenly turned once more southward; picked up on the way a squadron of the Twelfth Illinois; and finally, on the 7th, reached the strong place of Gloucester Point, at the entrance of York River, which was occupied by the Federals. Here he found Colonel Davis, who had arrived the day before. The latter had started at the same time as himself, and had followed, m
The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1860., [Electronic resource], Heavy Loss. (search)
Heavy Loss. --The Tappahannock (Va.) Southerner states that a citizen of King William, by the name of
The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Effects of the storm. (search)
wing to this cause and the high wind at that time prevailing. Mr. John L. Marye, had the wood work attached to his mill-race at Alumni Spring all destroyed, his corn house containing some one hundred or more barrels of corn swept away, and lost a servant by the name of Seaton; who died from fright, his house becoming surrounded by water, it so alarmed him that he died. He also lost the lower floor of his mill at the lower end of the town, which was torn up by the rush of the water. A bout one o'clock on Tuesday night the gas house at the lower end of the town overflowed and cut off the supply of gas throughout the town at once. The Fredericksburg Herald says: The damage by the flood has been very great all down the river. The whole of the long wharf at Tappahannock, over 200 feet long, and the wharf at Port Royal, also extending into the river about the same distance, were washed away. The wharf at Hop Yard was also materially injured, part being carried off.
The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
e great wrongs that have been perpetrated against us, both as a Government and as private Christians, I find myself unable to restrain myself; but I have still, and ever have had, abiding faith in our cause, our people, and God's justice. Virginius. Charleston, May 17, 1861. I have it on better authority than you generally get, that old "Tureen" (Scott,) and Lincoln will, on Tuesday or Wednesday next, make an attempt on Harper's Ferry, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Urbana, and Tappahannock on the Rappahannock, and at Norfolk, and on the York river, merely to divert voters from the polls. I hope, however, that every voter in the State may determine to go to the polls and vote, if he never gets back home alive. Let him go with his ticket in one hand and the sword in the other, and vote your noble old State out of a Union with men whom you can never live except in degradation. Virginians, next Thursday is to you the most momentous day that has ever dawned upon you. It i
The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Charleston, May 17, 1861. I have it on better authority than you generally get, that old "Tureen" (Scott,) and Lincoln will, on Tuesday or Wednesday next, make an attempt on Harper's Ferry, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Urbana, and Tappahannock on the Rappahannock, and at Norfolk, and on the York river, merely to divert voters from the polls. I hope, however, that every voter in the State may determine to go to the polls and vote, if he never gets back home alive. Let him go with his ticket in one hand and the sword in the other, and vote your noble old State out of a Union with men whom you can never live except in degradation. Virginians, next Thursday is to you the most momentous day that has ever dawned upon you. It is a day for weal or woe to you and your posterity. I feel as confident as I ever did of anything, that an overwhelming majority in favor of secession will not only effectually crush out that little detestable nest of Tories in the Pan-Handle, but will be
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Press on the State of the country. (search)
from each other. We cannot live together in peace and equality, because the North are conscientious in claiming a right to agitate our domestic institutions, and because they are greater, and therefore, in a political sense, the master section. We were not born to be mastered, nor to submit to inferior position. There is no alternative but separation from those who seek to be our rulers, or else abject submission to their yoke. Who can hesitate what he will or ought to do? The Tappahannock (Va.) Southerner says: Whether this Union can be divided, seriously admits great doubt. But the probabilities of an attempt at dissolution, in certain contingencies, are certainly very sure. The attempt, to our mind, is as fearful as actual disunion. It will bring with it, if it ever should come, collision, bloodshed and the worst calamities. More than this, if the attempt should be made on slight grounds or inadequate causes in the estimation of the masses, it would doubtless meet
The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1860., [Electronic resource], Our Minister to Peru. (search)
Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States, arrived in Washington, Friday evening. Patrick Suddoth, charged with killing McClanaban, in Warrenton, Va., was acquitted by the examining court. We learn from the Philadelphia papers that the small pox is prevailing to a considerable extent in that city. Richard Ellis, of Bedford county, Va., died very suddenly on Monday last while he was partaking of his evening meal. A little daughter of John Wilson, of Kanawha county, Va., died on the 14th ult., from burns received a few days previous. A shark, nearly eight feet in length, was captured near Tappahannock, Va., last Tuesday. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is doing very little business. Dr. Charles R. McAlpine has been elected Chief of the Minute Men in Portsmouth, Va. Thursday last was observed as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer in Fredericksburg.
The Daily Dispatch: December 06, 1860., [Electronic resource], Death of an Army officer. (search)
Baltimore, Dec. 4.--Arrived, schr. William and John, Richmond; cleared, schrs. Lucy Penn, Tappahannock; J. M. Tarr, Fredericksburg; Jno. Allen, Richmond. Portland, Dec. 1.--Cleared, schr. E. L. Hammond, Richmond; arrived, schr. Flying Cloud, from Vindnaven, for Norfolk. Philadelphia, Dec. 3.--Cleared, schr. S. D. Bellows, Norfolk, Dec. 4. --Cleared steamer Virginia Richmond. New York, Dec. 4.--Cleared, steamer Jamestown, Richmond. Arrived, schr. Wythe, Tuttle, Richmond.
The Daily Dispatch: July 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 21 (search)
rke Hampshire, Warren. Strasburg--(except those Companies already ordered to Beverly)--Shenandoah, Hardy, Page Pendleton, Highland, Rockingham, August Bath, Rockbridge. Charlottesville.--Albemarle, Nelson Amherst, Fluvanna. Richmond.--Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Richmond. Gordonsville.--Louisa. Fredericksburg.--Stafford, Caroline, Spotsylvania. Williamsburg.--James City, Elisabeth City New Kent, York, Warwich, Charles City. West Point.--King William. Tappahannock.--Essex. Gloucester Point.--King and Queen, Gloucester. at their Court-houses.--Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, Matthew, Middlesex. report to General Beauregard at Manassas Junction, as heretofore ordered by Adjutant General. --Green Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Rappahannock Headquier, Prince William, Loudoun, Fairfax. All newspapers within the counties nated will publish the foregoing three times transmit accounts to the Executive Department. jy
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