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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 95 (search)
was learned that a squad of twenty cavalry had been there that morning for the purpose of impressing every white man they could find into the service. One of the Union troops who had come this distance foraging, narrowly escaped with his life. A Mr. McCarthy, living near the station, hearing of the approach of the rebel scouts on Friday morning, secreted himself with five other men in the woods and underbrush. McCarthy escaped, but the others were captured by their own imprudence. Mr. Thomas K. Davis, a Union man living near Bristow's, was grossly insulted and rudely handled for refusing to join the rebel forces. Some of his houses were burned, and the chivalrous Louisianians endeavored to frighten him by firing a pistol and musket about his head. Following the line of the railroad, it was also found that Kipp's Bridge, a structure of thirty feet span, had been destroyed by fire. The ruins lay in the bottom of the stream. About two o'clock in the afternoon the main body halt
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Resistance to the laws. (search)
ecting and encouraging independent manufacturers in Virginia; by Mr. Woolfolk, of relieving George W. Davis from the payment of a certain fine imposed on him by the Circuit Court of Orange; by Mr. Lynn, of granting relief to the securities of Thos. K. Davis, late sheriff of Prince William county; by Mr. Cowan, of compensating the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate for extra service during the present session of the General Assembly; by Mr. Bisbie, of incorporating the Amnance. Petition, &c.--Mr. Robertson presented the petition of Ro. H. Maury, R. M. T. Hunter, M. R. H. Garnett, and others, asking to have refunded to them $126.27, paid on an erroneous assessment of 32,097 acres of land in Nicholas county; Mr. Davis presented the memorial of Trustees of Lynchburg College, and citizens of that place, to the Legislature, with copies of catalogues and military regulations. Bills Reported.--The following bills were reported from committees: To amend an ac
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
f slavery. This the Republicans are compelled to have. Without it they . The mind of man cannot frame a Union with them in which there will be peace. Virginia must go with the North or the South.--Will she be the Abolition tag-rag? Winter Davis boldly declares that the North will never consent to Crittenden's Compromise. But suppose we get that. Will it settle the question? Never. No, not for a day. It will give us a bleeding New Mexico, and another reign of Sharp's rifles and Emigrant And Societies. Davis was raised by an aunt who was an abolitionist. That accounts for his being one himself. He married rich, and lives here in splendid style. All his intimate friends are Black Republicans. Ex-President Tyler is at Brown's Hotel, looking well, and quite determined to see that the rights of Virginia are maintained. Had be not been assured by the President that the mission of the Brooklyn was one of "mercy and humanity," (with two companies of artillerists to enforc
The Daily Dispatch: February 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
ediency of reporting a bill authorizing Howell L. Thomas, as attorney for — Jacques and others, to convey certain real estate. Committee: Messrs. August, Isbell and Bruce, who subsequently reported the bill. The following resolutions of inquiry were also adopted: By Mr. Critcher, authorizing the Monticello Bank or the Bank of the Commonwealth to establish an office of discount and deposit at Monaskon, in the county of Lancaster; by Mr. Taliaferro, of relieving the securities of Thos. K. Davis, late Sheriff of Prince William county, for the years 1857 and 1858; by Mr. August, of repealing so much of the law as imposes penalties upon Sheriffs for failing to pay into the treasury moneys received by them for the State. Bills Passed.--House bill incorporating the Sweet Chalybeate Springs Company; Senate bill amending the 6th section of chapter 165 of the Code, to compensate Attorneys for the Commonwealth in Circuit Courts in cities and towns for services heretofore rendered b
The Daily Dispatch: February 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
ffordsville Toll-Bridge Company; refunding a certain sum of money to Hugh H. Hite; incorporating the Home Savings Bank and Aid Savings Bank, of the city of Richmond. Resolutions of Inquiry into Expediency.--By Mr. Dickinson, of amending the 4th section of chapter 141 of the Code, so as to allow a greater rate of interest than 6 per cent. by special contract; by Mr. Sager, of allowing to Henry Exall his claim for furnishing a plan of alteration in the Hall of the House of Delegates; by Mr. Davis, of changing existing law for the repair of bridges and roads in the counties of Brooke and Hancock; by Mr. Mallory, of refunding a certain sum of money to Jos. W. Harper, of Dinwiddie; by Mr. Nelson, of allowing commissions and remitting damages to the Sheriff of Fluvanna; by Mr. Friend, of amending the 29th section of chapter 184 of the Code of 1849; by Mr. Miller, of S., of refunding to David Kipps taxes erroneously paid; by Mr. Duckwall, of so changing the present law prescribing punis
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
Messrs. Brannon, Bruce, Caldwell, Carson, Claiborne, A. D. Dickinson, Early, French, Gatewood, Isbell, Neal, Paxton and Thompson-- 13. Bills Passed.--Senate bill to provide for the voluntary enslavement of Thomas Garland and Mary Anderson, persons of color, in the county of Hanover; Senate bill to amend the third and fourth sections of an act passed March 15, 1850, to provide for the inspection of guano and plaster of Paris, in the city of Richmond and town of Petersburg; Senate bill for the relief of the securities of Eugenius Tibbs, late Sheriff of the county of Ritchie; Senate bill directing the payment of certain interest to Emmet J. O' Brien; Senate bill for the relief of the securities of Thomas K. Davis, late Sheriff of Prince William county; Senate bill for the relief of Benjamin S. Reynolds, of Harrison county; Senate bill authorizing the voluntary enslavement of Fanny Mathews, without compensation to the State. On motion of Mr. H. W. Thomas, the Senate adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Interesting from Fort Pickens. (search)
Interesting from Fort Pickens. President Davis sent sealed dispatches to Pensacola last week. The Columbus (Ga.) Sun learns from a volunteer, just from there, that the women and children had been removed by the State troops, and that "hot work" was expected soon. A letter in the Pensacola Observer, from the Warrington Navy-Yard, dated the 3d inst., says: Lieut. Slemmer has had about forty men engaged in raising a sand battery about a quarter of a mile to the eastward of Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, for the past two or three days. The Wyandotte was engaged all day yesterday in conveying water to the United States ships outside. Lieut.McNab of the Eufaula Rifles, being anxious to find out what Slemmer's men were doing on the Island, procured a boat and went over; he was placed under arrest by the authorities of Santa Rosa Island and sent to the Navy-Yard. This morning the bay is as calm as a mirror — the sun shines in all his majesty-- "the stars and
The Daily Dispatch: March 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates, (search)
extending the limits of Fredericksburg; incorporating the Laurel Valley Coal and Oil Company, in Mason county; amending the charters of the Hampshire New Creek County and Virginia Car Springs Company; incorporating the Commonwealth's Savings Bank of Richmond; authorizing Thomas Chancellor to make a wharf on his lands; incorporating the Coal and Oil Company of Braxton county. Adverse Reports.--Senate bills for the relief of Saml. Openheimer, of Powhatan county, and for the relief of Thos. K. Davis, Sheriff of Prince William county, were reported on adversely by the Committee on Finance. Hour of Meeting.--Mr. Kemper offered a resolution that on and after Wednesday next the House meet at 10 o'clock. Adopted. The Adjutant General.--When Senate bill to "increase the pay of the Adjutant General for services rendered the State in the year 1858-59 " came up, Mr. Kemper asked that it be passed. Mr. Holloway hoped that it would be referred. Mr. Kemper said such a course was unn
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of delegates. (search)
l for the relief of Edward Johnson, of Giles county; for the relief of the securities of Reese Browning, late Sheriff of Logan county; incorporating the Bank of Parkersburg, in the county of Wood; refunding to Lynn and Campton a license tax improperly collected of them; amending an act incorporating the town of Portsmouth; authorizing the town of Portsmouth to issue coupon bonds; incorporating the trustees of the Parkersburg Classical and Scientific Institute; relieving the securities of Thos. K. Davis, late Sheriff of Prince William county; for the relief of Joseph N. Harper, of Brunswick county; for the relief of Enoch Atkins, of Giles county; for the relief of Moses G. Booth, of Franklin county. Lost Coupons.--Senate bill paying the amount of a lost coupon to Jas. C. Maguire, was read in regular order and put on its passage. Mr. Duckwall opposed the passage of the bill, as it established a dangerous precedent. If the House continued to pay coupons lost or affirmed to be l
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Surrender of Fort Brown. (search)
Surrender of Fort Brown. --Advices from Texas to the 15th state that Fort Brown was evacuated on the 12th, and the United States troops had been taken on board the steamship Daniel Webster for transportation to Key West and the Tortugas. The steamer Rusk had been chartered to convey the remainder of the United States troops in Texas to the same points. President Davis had sent an officer to Texas to enlist one thousand men for the defence of the frontiers.
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