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The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], The art and science of War. (search)
ll ye die, saith the Lord God of Hosts." If ever, then, Christmas should be observed in its true character of a religious festival, it is the present anniversary. Amid all our tribulations, one deep, unfailing fountain of joy and consolation remains — that Christ was born. Amid the overhanging darkness shines a light which may cheer the saddest and calm the gayest heart. Amid the tumult of human passions and the clangor of battle, still sound those angelic strains which ravished the shepherd's ears, heralding the birth of the Prince of Peace. Peace! Blessed word! What richer gift could Heaven have offered to earth? We, at least, can appreciate the full significance of such a gift, and with lowly adoration bend at the altar of the Lamb of God, and, while We lament these evil passions which have disowned his benignant sway, beseech Him that when another Christmas comes we may be able to echo from earth to heaven the song of Bethlehem--"Peace on earth, good will among men."
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Georgia militia. (search)
that he would willingly have taken a London theatre; so that we have just missed a dwarf play-house to be opened this Christmas. I suppose the Thumbs had proved congenial that he would willingly have taken a London theatre; so that we have just missed a dwarf play-house to be opened this Christmas. I suppose the Thumbs are inordinately proud of their baby. They have been announced for appearance at the Sydenham Crystal Palace. The theatres, of course, are busy with the approaching Christmas entertainments. "Ruy Blas," at the Lyceum, has proved so great a hit that the production of "Robert Macaire," which was to have been brought out on boxing-night, is adjourned for the present. Miss Bateman returns to the Adelphi with the new year, to appear, I believe, as Julia, in the wearisome play of "The Hunchback." At the Haymarket, Mr. Sothern is to resume "Garrick" and "Lord Dundreary Married and Done For." The burlesque at that theatre, and at the Strand, has been written, I hear,
The Daily Dispatch: December 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], Insurrection. (search)
Insurrection. --We hear that the County Court of Spotsylvania has expressed to General Harris its fears of a negro insurrection during Christmas. General Harris will, we learn, take prompt measures to repress any disturbance, should one occur, but does not share the apprehensions felt by the Court.--Fredericksburg Ledger.
The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1865., [Electronic resource], Holiday festival (search)
Holiday festival --The teachers of the Union Commission School, at the old naval laboratory, near Hollywood Cemetery, propose to give their numerous pupils a good Christmas festival, which will commence with a review to-morrow at 11 o'clock, and wind up on Monday with a grand dinner. It is understood that Governor Peirpoint and other prominent gentlemen will participate.
The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], Greeley makes a motion to admit the Southern members. (search)
e low, the good saint must be a sad as well as a puzzled saint, yet he never appears to us more amiable than just then.--To see him trudging along, and trying to make some little children happy, but without the means to do it as he would wish, is a sight that must enlist the sympathy of all his brother saints, and, no doubt, will induce them all, one of these days, to open their purse-strings, and make it even with those little children, who seem to be somewhat neglected now. After all, the best Chritmas gift is the love and affection that prompt the outward tokens and impart value to them, if they are ever so cheap and commonplace. But it ought not to be forgotten by those who have the means to give, that there are many habitations in this city in which no stockings can be hung up, no Christmas tress planted, and whose inmates would be only too happy to obtain the bare means of life. There can be no difficulty in solving the question--what Christmas gift to bestow upon them.
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
The Christmas festival has passed off with the usual religions and social observances in the city and country. There is no part of the United States where these holidays are held in as universal esteem as among ourselves. They are principally observed in other sections by two or three religious denominations; though we are glad to notice that, of late years, the disposition to make Christmas the Queen of the Festivals has become more general. In Virginia, this disposition has never required any cultivation. The celebration of Christmas is a traditional custom, handed down from the settlement of James town, descending from father to son in every homestead, and embracing men of every religious faith. It is generally kept up in some sort till the commencement of the new year, when the influence of egg-nogg begins to abate, and turkeys — happily for the community — come down. Let us hope that its moral effect, its hope, its happiness, and charity, will prove, like its evergr
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