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The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Duke of Newcastle on America. (search)
Hanging of a notorious burglar. Hamilton, C. W.,Dec. 24. --The Sheriff to-day received orders from the government to hang Brown, the notorious burglar, who broke into Henry's jewelry store last summer and severely injured Mr. Henry in a desperate encounter. A reprieve was expected, as Henry recovered from his injuries.
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
s Morse. We observe that Mr. Seward has presented to the illustrious United States Senate the memorial of the illustrious Samuel R. Morse, the illustrious inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph, (which he stole from European inventors and from Prof. Henry,) praying that Congress will grant an extension of one of his illustrious patents. We hope Congress will do no such thing. The illustrious Morse is an illustrious humbug, as was proved in a suit before the United States Court, the testimony strious Samuel R. Morse, the illustrious inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph, (which he stole from European inventors and from Prof. Henry,) praying that Congress will grant an extension of one of his illustrious patents. We hope Congress will do no such thing. The illustrious Morse is an illustrious humbug, as was proved in a suit before the United States Court, the testimony of which appears in full in the reports of the Patent Office. If any man ought to have a patent, it is Prof. Henry.
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], A wash for the face. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. From the Kanawha Valley--Gen. Wise After the Tories — He Talks to a Preacher and Converts Him — He Will Drive Out the Snakes. Charleston, Kanawha, July 1, 1861. Gen. Henry A Wise reached this town on Wednesday last, escorted by a fine cavalry company and attended by his staff. Col. C. Q. Tompkins has accomplished miracles in organizing his military force here, considering the difficulties be had to contend with. Capt. Patton commanding at a camp some miles below here, has his camp in thorough military order, as I am informed by those who accompanied General Wise in a visit on Friday last. The state of public sentiment in this immediate region is sound, and public spirit aroused, and active for defence A few months longer of apathy on the part of the people, deception on the part of partizans, and neglect on the part of public authorities, and this beautiful valley would have been in the hands of the enemy. Its importance
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sixth North Carolina Regiment. (search)
er, commanding.--Privates Jas. P. Stewart, and James Simpson, killed; privates W. P. White, mortally wounded; privates Eldridge G. Thompson and W. P. Gouge, severely wounded; private Jos. B. Thompson, ear shot off; and Jas. G. Watson, slightly wounded. Company G, Capt. Craige, commanding.--Privates G. Noah, A. B. Corriher, J. R. Corriher, J. S. Smith, Jason D. Setzer, Jno. Hess and Jacob Safrit, killed; privates John Howard and N. Lindsay Dancy, severely wounded; privates W. Rufus Owen, Henry W. A. Miller, Jacob W. Miller, and Bartlett Allen, slightly wounded. Company H, Capt. Mitchell, commanding.--Not directly in the engagement, Private John W. Evans, hand shot off. Company I, Capt. York, commanding.--Sergeant Hiram Sears, Sergeant John W. Wilson and Private Joseph T. Morris, mortally wounded; Private James H. Moring, severely wounded, and Joseph D. Ausley, slightly wounded. Col. Charles F. Fisher killed, and Lieut. Col. C. E. Lightfoot slightly wounded, making 1
The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Five Dollars reward. (search)
of his men and was shot through the coat. A Minnie ball wounded the horse of Major Hounshell. Col. Reynolds was also shot through the coat, and came near losing his life. General Floyd, who is as brave as a lion, followed with his staff, and in his red hunting shirt, upon the very heels of his troops, (frequently in their very midst,) encouraging them by his example and commanding voice. Capt. Shead's company, of Amherst, was actively in the fight, and performed admirably; and Capt. Henry, of Amherst, though not property belonging to the fighting department of the Brigade, shouldered his gun and was in the thickest of the fight. Captain Peters was also with us in the thickest of the fight. Col. Tomkins' regiment was held in reserve, and did not, I think, get actively into the fight. The Colonel and his men, however, was hotly in the chase, and took many of the prisoners, the Colonel himself taking Capt. Shurfleft, and others. our scouts are still bringing in pr
The Daily Dispatch: September 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], An account of Fort Chene. (search)
favorably. With a very slight stretch of the imagination a person here could imagine himself a sojourner for pleasure at a fashionable watering-place, where his physician insisted upon regular hours and diet, and plenty of active exercise. It is a noticeable fact that many of the soldiers at this place find it impossible to button the jackets that fitted them so easily before they left the city. The bathing and fishing is unexcelled. Capt. John Rareshide, with Lieuts. H. L. Blow and Henry and Edward Rareshide, have effected great things at this post, and their efforts have been heartily met by the co-operation of Sergeants Taylor, Harsey, Savage, Lardner and Winue, and every man of the command. The strictest discipline is maintained and cheerfully accorded by the volunteers, who have but to know a wish of their officers to execute it. The drill, police management, and every camp duty is fully up to the regular standard, and if the enemy ever do accord the Perseverance boys s
The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], The poor old lady at Manassas. (search)
The poor old lady at Manassas. --One of the correspondents of the Delta gives the following account of the poor old lady who was killed in her house amid the strife of the contending armies at Manassas: There, near the spot where the last desperate struggle was made, in the house of Mrs. Henry, the central point in the field of the combat. We participated in the natural curiosity of all who visited the spot. It was the scene of one, of the most interesting incidents of the battle, which is doubtless familiar to all your readers. Here had lived for a half century an old woman who had been long crippled by age, and was now bed-ridden; she was attended by a son and daughter, both quite old and infirm. Remaining quietly in this house, in the midst of the conflict around them, the red wave of the battle at last swept around the house, where, under its cover, the guns were loaded and they run out to be fired at our troops, forced at a distance of two or three hundred yards in
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
1,300 patent breech muskets, with the Maynard primers; 250 sabres; 300 pistols, and 5,000 infantry and artillery accoutrements. They have just received 210 sets of harness for artillery purposes, and carriages, caissons, forges, and everything complete for the twelve pieces of cannon purchased some time since by the committee. The statement that a large number of guns from Prussia had been received in New York for this city is not true. The guns do not belong to the city, nor has Mayor Henry received any information of any such present. The Post-Office Department has adopted a plan for altering the two Government buildings on Chesnut street, next to the Custom-House, so as to adapt them to the purposes of a post-office. The whole cost of the alteration is to be about $45,000. The exports for the week ending October 17 amount in value to $239,656; imports $35,250. Upwards of fifty bales of cotton from New York now lie at the foot of Walnut street. The asse
The Daily Dispatch: November 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Army of the Potomac. (search)
f his qualifications as an officer, or of his characteristics He was the second Colonel in rank in the brigade, the third being Col. Sydenham Moore, of Alabama, a man well known in the South. I am told that Col. P. T. Moore, of the 1st Virginia regiment, has been placed in command, temporarily, of Gen. Longstreet's Brigade. This is a fitting recognition of the merit and gallant conduct of Col. Moore, who bravely won his spurs in the battle of Bull Run. The 17th Georgia regiment, Col. Henry L Benning, has elected Wesley Hodges, of Columbus, Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel. The regiment is now attached to Gen. Toombs's brigade. Col. Hodges is a gallant and meritorious young man, universally popular, and is a fine drill officer. He served with distinction in Mexico, and was among the first to volunteer in the Georgia service. He was First Lieutenant of the Columbus Guards, Capt Ellis, of the 2d Georgia regiment, from which position he has lately been transferred. Lieut. Co
The Daily Dispatch: November 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], State Convention. (search)
eir homes and deprived of their offices to the enemy. Civil and military offices. Mr. G. W. Randolph offered the following ordinance for adoption: Be it ordained, That, during the existing war, voters of the volunteers and militia shall be eligible to seats in the General Assembly, and for any person holding office in this Commonwealth may hold any military appointment under the Confederate Government the war without vacating such office. Be it further ordained, That Colonel Henry did the Paymaster of the Virginia forces, be, he is hereby, authorized to accept a commission in the army of the Confederate states without vacating his commission as paymaster of the Virginia forces. On motion, Mr. Maslin's ordinance for the relief of persons driven from their homes was aided, and, the rules being suspended, the ordinance passed. Secret session. The Convention then went into secret session for the purpose of considering a communication from the Executive
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