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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Xvi. The era of Slave-hunting. (search)
matizing this decision as atrocious, that he thought it a very fair compromise, since it gave the law to the North and the negro to the South. On Sunday, January 27, 1856, two slaves, with their wives and four children, escaped from Boone County, Ky., drove sixteen miles to Covington, and crossed to Cincinnati on the ice. They were missed before nightfall, and the master of five of them followed rapidly on horseback. After a few hours' inquiry, he traced them to the house of a negro named Kite, and, procuring the necessary warrants, with a marshal and assistants, proceeded thither on Monday. He summoned them to surrender. They refused. Whereupon the officers broke in the door, and were assailed with clubs and pistols by the desperate fugitives. Only one of the marshal's deputies was struck, and he not seriously injured; the negroes being disarmed before they could reload. On a first survey of the premises they had captured, a horrible sight met the officers' eyes. In one co
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
000 pounds one mile in a day. Multiply this amount by the number of feet in a mile, and divide the product by the number of minutes in 8 hours; the result is 33,000, which stands for the number of pounds raised one foot per minute, and this is now the admitted measure of a horse power. An′i-mals. In the nomenclature of the mechanic arts, the names of animals have not been entirely overlooked e. g.: — Ass.Cricket.Hound.Rat. Bear.Crow.Jack.Seal. Bee.Dog.Jenny.Serpent. Beetle.Dolphin.Kite.Skate. Buck.Drill.Leech.Slug. Buffalo.Fish.Lizard.Snail. Bull-dog.Fly.Mole.Sole. Butterfly.Fox.Monkey.Starling. Camel.Frog.Mouse.Swift. Cat.Goose.Mule.Throstle. Cock.Hawk.Pig.Turtle. Cow.Hedgehog.Pike.Urchin. Crab.Hog.Ram.Worm. Crane.Horse. Each of these useful animals is described in its alphabetical place. Ani-mal trap. A device for catching animals. There are numerous varieties; some to set in the path of the animals, others are pulled off by a person on watch; the mor
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), K. (search)
provided with glass or hard rubber anglepieces, upon which the plate rests to prevent contact between the wood and nitrate of silver solution adhering to the wet plate, which would cause stains upon the negative. 2. (Ger. Kitt.) A cement for stuffing canvas to place over the vents of carcasses to keep out the damp. 3. A small fiddle. 4. A large bottle. 5. A milk-pail or churn. 6. The tools of a workman or outfit of a tourist. 7. A flaring-bottomed tub for fish or butter. Kite. 1. A light frame covered with paper or cloth, and flown at the end of a string. Centuries of use among the Chinese, and the remarkable use by our Benjamin Franklin, have aided to make the kite respectable. Benjamin had a roughly made kite, two cross-sticks, over which was stretched a silk handkerchief, and this was flown in June, 1752. Franklin was not a boy at this time, but a mature man of 46. Betsy Trotwood observed, Franklin used to fly a kite. He was a Quaker or something of t
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), N. (search)
Downhaul.Hounding. Drabler.Hounds. Drag.Housing. Drag-anchor.House-line. Drift-anchor.Ice-anchor. Drift-sail.Ice-beam. Driver.Inhaul. Drog.Jack-block. Drum-head.Jack-cross-tree. Dunnage.Jack-ladder. Earing.Jack-staff. Electric buoy.Jack-stay. Electric log.Jaw. Euphroe.Jeer. Eye.Jewel-block. Eye-splice.Jew's-harp. Fair-leader.Jib. Fake.Jib-boom. Fall.Jigger. Fall and tackle.Jury-mast. Fancy-line.Keckling. Fang.Kedge. Fast.Kennet. Fender.Kentledge. Fid.Kevel. Fid-hammer.Kite. Fife-rail.Knights. Filling.Knittle. Fish-davit.Knot. Fish-fall.Lacing. Flake.Ladder. Fleet.Ladder-way. Flemish eye.Lanyard. Flemish horse.Larboard. Floating-anchor.Lashing. Flying-jib.Lasket. Flying-jib boom.Latching. Fog alarm.Lateen-sail. Foot.Lazy-jack. Foot-rope.Lead Fore-and-aft sail.Leading-part. Fore-ganger.Leak-indicator. Forerunner.Leak-signal. Fothering.Lee-board. Fox.Leech. Frapping.Leech-line. Furling.Leech-rope. Gaff.Lee-fang. Gallows-bitt.Lee-faunce. Gam
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Roster of Company E, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry. (search)
illiam S., wounded in right shoulder, Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862. Hall, Joseph M., enlisted March 28, 1862. Hall, E. B., honorably discharged and detailed to other service. Harris, William, honorably discharged and detailed to other service. Harlow, Lucian M., enlisted May 10, 1861. Johnson, W. W., died Chimborazo Hospital, typhoid fever, June 27, 1864. Johnston, William W., captured at Yorktown, April 26, 1862; exchanged August 5, 1862. Jones, B. C. Kendricks, J. M. Kite, William H., enlisted October 30, 1864; transferred to 39th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry. Leake, William J., enlisted May 10, 1861. Leake, John W., wounded May 5, 1862, in battle of Williamsburg; mortally wounded in battle of Seven Pines, June I, 1862; died in Richmond Hospital, June 3, 1862. Lane, Nemiah, detailed to other service. LeTellier, Joseph C., wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. LeTellier, William B., promoted second lieutenant, April 13, 1863; wounded in the face, Jul
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.30 (search)
illiam S., wounded in right shoulder, Gaines Mill, June 27, 1862. Hall, Joseph M., enlisted March 28, 1862. Hall, E. B., honorably discharged and detailed to other service. Harris, William, honorably discharged and detailed to other service. Harlow, Lucian M., enlisted May 10, 1861. Johnson, W. W., died Chimborazo Hospital, typhoid fever, June 27, 1864. Johnston, William W., captured at Yorktown, April 26, 1862; exchanged August 5, 1862. Jones, B. C. Kendricks, J. M. Kite, William H., enlisted October 30, 1864; transferred to Thirty-ninth Battallion, Virginia Cavalry. Leake, William J., enlisted May 11, 1861. Leake, John W., wounded May 5, 1862, in battle of Williamsburg: mortally wounded in Battle of Seven Pines, June 1, 1862; died in Richmond Hospital, June 3, 1862. Lane, Nehemiah, detailed to other service. LeTellier, Joseph C., wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. LeTellier, William B., promoted second lieutenant, April 13, 1863; wounded in th
The Daily Dispatch: August 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Bitter Fruit. (search)
On the night of the 20th ult., a company of the 12th Virginia cavalry, under Capt. O'Ferrall, entered the town of Luray, Page county, in the hope of finding a body of the enemy, who had been committing various depredations upon the property of the citizens. The Yankees, however, had taken their departure but a short time before. The Confederates were welcomed with great demonstrations of joy. At Newtown, near Winchester, Capt. O'Ferrall's company captured and paroled a number of prisoners. A large force of Yankee cavalry crossed the Blue Ridge, from Madison county, on the 24th ult., into Rockingham, and arrested Dr. S. B Jennings, Dr. S. P. H. Miller, Capt. Kite, Capt. Covington, Geo. W. Sanford, and Meredith Nighting, residing near Conrad's store. They burned Mr. Nighting's barn and dwelling house, alleging as a reason that a Yankee soldier had been shot and killed near that place.--Some of the parties were subsequently released but Mr. N. was carried off into captivity.
The Daily Dispatch: July 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Address of Gen. Lee to his Army. (search)
Kite flying in public thoroughfares is a violation of law, punishable by fine. Boys should bear this in mind, and thus save themselves the trouble of going before the Mayor.