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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
. Sickles, for killing Philip Barton Key, Washington, D. C.; acquitted......April 4-26, 1859 John Brown, for insurrection in Virginia; tried Oct. 29, and executed at Charlestown, Va.......Dec. 2, 1859 Albert W. Hicks, pirate; tried at Bedloe's Island, May 18-23; convicted of triple murder on the oyster-sloop Edwin A. Johnson in New York Harbor; hanged......July 13, 1860 Officers and crew of the privateer Sa-vannah, on the charge of piracy; jury disagree......Oct. 23-31, 1861 Nathaniel Gordon, for engaging in the slave-trade, Nov. 6-8, 1861; hanged at New York......Feb. 21, 1862 Fitz-John Porter tried by military court......1863 C. L. Vallandigham, for treasonable utterances; by court-martial in Cincinnati; sentence of imprisonment during the war commuted to banishment to the South......May 5-16, 1863 Pauline Cushman, Union spy; sentenced to be hanged by a court-martial held at General Bragg's headquarters; is left behind at the evacuation of Shelbyville, Tenn., and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
tol at Atlanta finished and accepted by State; cost, $1,000,000......March 20, 1890 National Military Park established at Chickamauga battle-field by Congress......Aug. 19, 1890 Direct-trade convention, delegates from six cotton-producing States, organizes at Atlanta......Sept. 10, 1890 William J. Northen, president of State Agricultural Society, nominated by Farmers' State Alliance in June, and by Democratic State Convention in August, is elected governor......Oct. 1, 1890 Ex-Governor Gordon elected United States Senator......Nov. 19, 1890 Ex-Gov. James Milton Smith dies at Columbus......Nov. 25, 1890 Monument to Henry W. Grady unveiled at Atlanta......Oct. 21, 1891 Southern States exposition opens at Augusta......Nov. 2, 1891 Charles F. Crisp elected speaker United States Congress......Dec. 8, 1891 First State convention of People's party at Atlanta nominates W. L. Peck for governor and a full State ticket......July 20, 1892 L. Q. C. Lamar, of United St
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Fifth: Senatorial career. (search)
to have informed Congress and the people to the northward of the real state of things, have joined in the deception, and magnified the strength and resources of this country infinitely above their ability. Many of those, who adhere to our party, are so fond of pleasure, that they cannot think of making the necessary sacrifices to support the Revolution. There are many good and virtuous people to the southward; but they cannot animate the inhabitants in general, as you can to the northward.—Gordon's History of American Revolution, vol. IV. p. 87. Writing to Colonel Davies, under date of 23d May, 1781, he exposes the actual condition of the country:— The animosity between the Whigs and Tories of this State renders their situation truly deplorable. There is not a day passes but there are more or less who fall a sacrifice to this savage disposition. The Whigs seem determined to extirpate the Tories, and the Tories the Whigs. Some thousands have fallen in this way in this qu
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xlviii. (search)
to have informed Congress and the people to the northward of the real state of things, have joined in the deception, and magnified the strength and resources of this country infinitely above their ability. Many of those, who adhere to our party, are so fond of pleasure, that they cannot think of making the necessary sacrifices to support the Revolution. There are many good and virtuous people to the southward; but they cannot animate the inhabitants in general, as you can to the northward.—Gordon's History of American Revolution, vol. IV. p. 87. Writing to Colonel Davies, under date of 23d May, 1781, he exposes the actual condition of the country:— The animosity between the Whigs and Tories of this State renders their situation truly deplorable. There is not a day passes but there are more or less who fall a sacrifice to this savage disposition. The Whigs seem determined to extirpate the Tories, and the Tories the Whigs. Some thousands have fallen in this way in this qu
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Eighth: the war of the Rebellion. (search)
a Treaty concluded with Great Britain, for a mutual and restricted right of search, and mixed courts, with a view to the suppression of the Slave-trade. It was signed by Mr. Seward and Lord Lyons on the 7th of April. On the 24th of that month Mr. Sumner introduced a Resolution of ratification, accompanied by so convincing a speech, that the ayes and noes were dispensed with, and the resolution agreed to, without a dissenting vote. He had opened his speech by alluding to the fact that Nathaniel Gordon,—a Slave-trader, commanding the Slave-ship Erie,—had been executed in New York on the 21st of the preceding February, being the first in our history to suffer for this immeasurable crime. English lawyers, he continued, dwell much upon treason to the King, which they denounce in a term borrowed from the ancient Romans——lese-majesty; but the Slavetrade is treason to man, being nothing else than lese-humanity. Much as I incline against capital punishment, little as I am disposed to cont
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xxxii. (search)
a Treaty concluded with Great Britain, for a mutual and restricted right of search, and mixed courts, with a view to the suppression of the Slave-trade. It was signed by Mr. Seward and Lord Lyons on the 7th of April. On the 24th of that month Mr. Sumner introduced a Resolution of ratification, accompanied by so convincing a speech, that the ayes and noes were dispensed with, and the resolution agreed to, without a dissenting vote. He had opened his speech by alluding to the fact that Nathaniel Gordon,—a Slave-trader, commanding the Slave-ship Erie,—had been executed in New York on the 21st of the preceding February, being the first in our history to suffer for this immeasurable crime. English lawyers, he continued, dwell much upon treason to the King, which they denounce in a term borrowed from the ancient Romans——lese-majesty; but the Slavetrade is treason to man, being nothing else than lese-humanity. Much as I incline against capital punishment, little as I am disposed to cont
The Daily Dispatch: December 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], King of the Pumpkins. (search)
Wight, Fleming, Anderson of Albemarle, Hopkins, Troy, Shannon, West of Halifax, Priner, George, Garrison, Coleman of Nerson. Finance--Messrs. Barbour, Tomlin, Edmunds, Bouldin, Newton, Cother, Flood, Wyhne, Thomas, Davis of Campbell, Miner, Gordon, Reid, Noland, Gatewood. Military Affairs Messrs. Anderson, Jones, Huster, Robertson, Military, Pitman, Davis of Amherst, Richardson, Saunders of Campbell, Lundy, M.Gruder, McDonald of Hampshire, Friend, Bradford, Eggleston. PenitentiarSpady, Franklin, McKinney, Flood, McLaughlin, Wooten, Williams. Second Auditor's Office--Messrs. Shannon, Woodhouse, Bayse, Coleman of Nelson, Mallory, Blue, Ward, Clarke, Laidly, Vaden, Lively. Library--Messrs. Edmunds, Minor, Sheffey, Gordon, Mallory, Anderson of Botetourt, McKinney, Burke, Baker, Cazenove, Crochett, Gilmer, Dabney, Nelson of Louisa, Garrison. Armory--Messrs. Blue, Carter, Wright, Shannon, West, Lynn, Lockbridge, Cecil, Fletcher, Ewing, Huntt, McLaughlin, Thrash
The Daily Dispatch: December 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Last Moments. (search)
arger, rapidly passing man after man, I soon found myself gazing upon the splendid bodies of the Yankees, their beautiful blue overcoats spreading on the evening air, as they had wheeled after firing one or two perfectly harmless rounds at us. Maj. Gordon fed on the column, and very soon was far ahead of any of his men. We all knew now that their entire force was flying rapidly before us, and every man of us strove the harder to overtake and capture his prisoner. We had chased them a bout a mimrose, of Company H; Sergeants Hogart and Farmer, of Company B, and one or two others whose names I can not now ascertain, who constituted the body that fired upon and charged the whole force of the enemy rallied on the hill mentioned. To Major Gordon belongs the honor of having killed the two and firing the shots that wounded others. He also charged upon a body of about forty of the enemy, fired into them, commanded the whole force to surrender, as he gallantly bore away his prisoner. He
The Daily Dispatch: December 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], King of the Pumpkins. (search)
Northern News. We append a few additional items of Northern news: General summary of Northern items. From the New York Herald, of December 1st, we take the following: The New York cotton market was again higher yesterday, and closed at an advance of per lb. The sales embraced about 1,700 bales, chiefly to spinners, at 27½c. per lb. for middling uplands. Capt. Nathaniel Gordon, of the slave ship Erie, convicted of piracy, was yesterday sentenced in the U. S. Circuit Court to be hanged on the 7th of February next. The prisoner has a young and interesting wife, and a lovely child. United States Marshal Murray has been ordered by the Secretary of State to proceed to Fort McHenry to investigate some matters connected with the existing treason. The exports of breadstuffs to Europe during the past week were 1,000,000 bushels grain and $1,155 barrels of flour — a slight falling off from the shipments of the past six weeks. Four tenement buildings wer
The Daily Dispatch: February 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
Lincoln has respited the condemned slaver Nathaniel Gordon till Feb, 21st. The test of the respite gives no hope of pardon; but, on the contrary, declares that the sentence of death shall be put into execution when the respite shall have terminated.
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