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The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ia 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 study of the law, and in less than twelve months was engaged in one of the most important cases in the country. His eloquence has ever had a powerful effect upon juries, enforcing, as it does, arguments of admirable simplicity and legal weight. From 1837 to 1840 he was a member of the Georgia Legislature. In 1842 he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1843 was elected to Congress. He was a member of the Whig party in its palmiest days, but since its dissolution has ac
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
pposed to have formed at that time the opinions and principles hostile to slavery, to which it has since given expression. To a greater degree than is known of any other American --Mr. Sumner, perhaps, excepted — the object of his life seems to have been to counteract the extension of slavery.-- In he had acquired such influence and character that he was elected a member of the Senate of the State of New York, then the highest judicial tribunal of the State, as well as legislative body. In 1834, at the close of his term of four years, he was nominated a candidate for the Governorship of the State of New York, in opposition to Mr. William L. the then Governor, and, later, the distinguished Secretary of State of the U. States. on this occasion Mr. Seward was defeated by a majority of nearly 10,000. In 1839, his party becoming bolder and stronger, he was triumphantly elected, in opposition to Mr. Mar the majority being greater than his previous minority. Without having passed throu
The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], War matters. (search)
ortherners. Northern troops continue to arrive in great profusion. At the camp of the New York 7th Regiment is planted a branch of a pine tree, to which, by pieces of twine, is attached two crows, which the New Yorkers call Virginia Eagles. The following letter, addressed by Mrs. A. J. Donelson to Gen. Scott, appears in the Memphis Bulletin, of the 19th : Memphis, April 29, 1861. General Scott-- Dear Sir: I address you not as a stranger. I was introduced to you in 1834, at the White House, by President Jackson, as "my niece, Miss Martin, of Tennessee." In 1835 I married Lewis Randolph, a grandson of President Jefferson. In 1837 he died; and in 1841 I married Major Andrew J. Donelson, whom you will remember. In 1852 I saw you frequently in Washington. I write to you, Gen. Scott, as the only man in the country who can arrest the civil war now begun. When it was announced that "Gen. Scott had resigned." a thrill of joy ran through the South. Cannon to
The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Virginia woman. (search)
for a year in that business, but was obliged to abandon it on account of the state of his health. From Vermont he removed to Canandaigua, New York, where he pursued the study of the law until his removal to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1813. From Cleveland he removed still farther West, and finally settled in Jacksonville, Illinois. He obtained employment at first as clerk to an auctioneer, and afterwards taught a school, still devoting his leisure to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1834, and rose rapidly in his profession, being elected Attorney General of the State before he was twenty-two years of age. In 1835 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives, and at the expiration of his term was appointed by President Van Buren, in 1837, Register of the Land Office at Springfield, Illinois.--In 1840, he was elected Secretary of State of Illinois, and the following year Judge of the Supreme Court. Notwithstanding his robust appearance, he seems never to have posses
The Daily Dispatch: November 6, 1860., [Electronic resource], Interesting sketches. (search)
1812 to 1814; W.C. Nicholas, from 1814 to 1816; James P. Preston, from 1816 to 1810; Thos. M. Randolph, from 1819 to 1822; James Pleasants, from 1822 to 1825; John Tyler, from 1825 to 1827; Wm. B. Giles, from 1827 to 1830; John Floyd, from 1830 to 1834; Littleton W. Tazewell, from 1834 to 1836; Wyndham Robertson, Lieut. and acting Governor, from 1836 to 1837; David Campbell, from 1837 to 1840;Thomas W. Gilmer, from 1840 to 1841; John Rutherford, Lieut. and acting Governor, from 1841 to 1842; JohLittleton W. Tazewell, from 1834 to 1836; Wyndham Robertson, Lieut. and acting Governor, from 1836 to 1837; David Campbell, from 1837 to 1840;Thomas W. Gilmer, from 1840 to 1841; John Rutherford, Lieut. and acting Governor, from 1841 to 1842; John M. Gregory, Lieut. and acting Governor, from 1842 to 1843; James McDowell, from 1843 to 1846; William Smith, from 1846 to 1849; John B Floyd, from 1849 to 1852; Joseph Johnson, from 1852 to 1856; Henry A. Wise, from 1856 to 1860; John Letcher, 1860.
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1860., [Electronic resource], The late Earl of Aberdeen. (search)
henceforward showed himself more than ever the irreconcilable enemy of every liberal proposition, and became the supporter of the pretensions of Don Miguel, whom while in power he had ridiculed, and of Don Carlos, whom he aided both in and out of Parliament. The most important act of his administration had been the recognition of Louis Philippe, saluted king of the French, after the memorable days of July. In the ministry formed by Peel and Wellington, which endured only for the vacation of 1834- '35, Aberdeen held the appointment of colonial secretary. When Peel took office, in 1841, Aberdeen received again the portfolio of foreign-affairs, and appeared to have learned that history tendencies were to be repressed rather than indulged. He supported Peel in repealing the corn laws, and retired with him on the ministerial changes which succeeded the enactment of that policy. He has since occasionally spoken against the government, particularly in the affairs of Greece. During the C
The Daily Dispatch: January 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Death of Bishop Cobbs. (search)
Death of Bishop Cobbs. --The Right Rev. Nicholas H. Cobbs, D. D. Bishop of Alabama, expired at his residence, in Montgomery, on Friday last. The deceased, who was born in Bedford county, Va., in 1795, enjoyed a high reputation as a Christian divine and scholar, and was universally esteemed and beloved — He first entered upon the duties of the priesthood at Richmond, Virginia, in 1825, became Chaplain of the University of Virginia in 1834, and in 1839 was called to the charge of St. Paul's Church, Petersburg, Va. In 1843 he accepted the rectorship of St. Paul's Church, Cincinnati, having in the meanwhile (1842.) been created under circumstances highly honorable to himself, a Doctor of Divinity, by Geneva, Now Hobart College, New York. He was elected to the Episcopate of Alabama in May, 1844, and consecrated to that holy office in October of the same year, at Philadelphia, entering upon its duties immediately after.
The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
od authority, that the actual expenditure of the Federal Government at the present moment is at the rate of about £75,000,000 per annum. This, it is true, is less by £9,000,000 than the amount of our own expenditure--£84,000,000--in the heaviest year of the Crimean war; but one-third of that charge was absorbed, in providing for the interest of the national debt, and the whole sum only showed an excess of some £35,000,000 over our ordinary place expenditure. In 1853 we spent £51,000,000; in 1834, £60,000,000; and it was not until we found ourselves in the very agony of the struggle that we added some sixty per cent to our usual outlay. We may say, in short, that the war cost us for the twelve months when it was most expensive about £30,000,000 of money, whereas the civil war is costing the Americans at its very outset at least twice that sum. An expenditure of £75,000,000 represents an excess of about £60,000,000, on the ordinary outlay of the Federal Government, and this incurred
The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], The maritime force of Spain. (search)
ars, from a widow Moore, who at that time owned it. In the preparations and progress of the siege it became Washington's headquarters, and one of its ample rooms is still shown as the place where the "articles of capitulation and surrender" were drawn up by Lieutenant-Colonel Laurens, and the signatures affixed by the British and the allied commissioners. Fire, the ruthless destroyer of too many of the valued antiquities of Virginia, has spared the "Moore House," although it is built of wood. Time, too, has touched it gently. Its frame is still sound, and will yet serve several generations. In Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia a picture is given of this house. This estate got the name of "Temple Farm" either from a temple-like structure that Governor Spottswood had erected as a family vault, or from the ruing of a fort built in the previous century. As late as 1834, the walls of the "Temple" were still standing several feet high, but now all traces of them are gone.
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The second American Revolution, as Viewed by a member of the British parliament. (search)
tained or contended that Congress had any authority to regulate or interfere with the condition of slaves in the several States." He was at that time contending against a feeling which the South expressed, that they thought there was a wish on the part of the Northern States to abolish slavery, and he, as the leading man of the Northern States, and speaking in their name, so far from condemning slavery, denied that there was any wish, on their part to abolish it. It was not till the year 1834 that slavery was abolished in our colonies, and some might fancy that the North had followed our example. But a most important question arose. About eight or nine years ago the English Government objected to the State of South Carolina seizing the negroes who came into port in our vessels and detaining them in prison till the ship in which they had arrived had again sailed. This was represented to the United States Government, who however, replied that it was no question for them, but one
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