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The Daily Dispatch: March 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
esignation of the Hon. Robert H. Whitfield, late the representative from the district composed of the counties of Norfolk, Princess Anna, Nansemond, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussay rry and Greensville, and the city of Norfolk; Therefore I, William Smith, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby proclaim and make know that elections will be held in the said counties and city on Monday, the 10th day of April next, to supply the said vacancy; and the sheriffs of the said counties andeach in his respective county or city, and officers commanding military encampments and posts are authorized to have such elections held on the said 10th day of April next for a representative to fill the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 20th day of March, A. D. 1865, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Commonwealth. William Smith. By the Governor: George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonweath. mh 21--6t
The Daily Dispatch: March 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
e States, occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. William C. River, late the representative from the District composed of the counties of Albemarle, Campbell, Amherst, Nelson, Fluvanna and Buckingham, and the city of Lynchburg: Therefore I, William Smith, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby proclaim and make known that elections will be hold in the said counties and city on Monday, the 18th day of April next, to supply the said vacancy; and the sheriffs of the said counties anch in his respective county or city, and officers commanding military encampments and posts are authorized to have such elections held on the said 10th day of April next for a representative to fill the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 20th day of March, A. D. 1865, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Commonwealth. William Smith. By the Governor:s George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth. mh 21--6t
The Daily Dispatch: March 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
The cause Progressing. --Daily accessions are made to Major Turner's negro troops, now being drilled and organized at Smith's factory, on the corner of Twenty-first and Cary streets, by Lieutenant Virginius Bossieux. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon we witnessed a drill at their barracks, and have no hesitation in saying that, for the time they have been at it, as much aptness and proficiency was displayed as is usually shown by any white troops we have ever seen. Among the number who enlisted yesterday was a free negro, who had been despoiled of his canal boat by the Yankee raiders who lately visited Goochland and other counties on the line of the canal. Upon applying to Lieutenant Bossieux for permission to join, he said that he was born in Virginia, and had, by hard work, bought himself a boat, but the Yankees had despoiled him of his all, and he never would rest till he had his revenge and they were driven entirely out of the State. Other free negro boatmen, he said,