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The Daily Dispatch: April 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], Raid in Western Virginia. (search)
c resort, seeking the smiles of the contractors, peculators, and nouveaux riches, and blending in a scene which could alone be photographed in language by the pen of a Juvenile. On every side money flows as though the Potomac were the Pactolus. The dome of the Capitol, which once promised to share the fate without rivalling the beauty of Collogue Cathedral, is finished, and surmounted by a Goddess of such Liberty as even Madame Roland never conceived. The hotels are thronged to bursting; Willard's, in particular, is occupied by an excited, pike-eyes, seething crowd such as vibrates in the of the Parisian Bourse. At night theatres, gambling houses, "Varieties," and worse dens of infamy, veiled under no pretence at disguise, vie with the attractions of the "inspired Maid of Philadelphia," Miss Anna Dickinson Mr. Seward's optimism is accepted without thought or comment; no sound of war save the occasional boom of cannon being tried at the Navy Yard (a sound soothing to Yankee vanity
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], Three hundred Dollars Reward. (search)
rrest of Senator Foote. The Washington correspondents send off a great many glowing accounts of Mr. Foote's "escape" from rebeldom. The correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer telegraphs the following: Mrs. ex-Senator Foote is still at Willard's, and has been called upon by many of her old friends. From her account, it appears that, a few days before Christmas, Mrs. Foote procured a passport to bring her through the rebel lines, that she might come to Washington, and proceed thenached Colonel Welles, at Alexandria, that Mrs. Foote was at Occoquan, and he sent out a cavalry force to bring her in. She arrived in Alexandria on Friday morning, and Secretary Seward, hearing of her arrival there, drove down, brought her up to Willard's and ordered that she should be well cared for. It is understood that Mr. Seward expressed the opinion that Mr. Foote was in our lines when taken by the rebels; that he had renounced his faith in their cause, and was consequently under our prot
The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Army of Tennessee. (search)
d for an assault and battery on Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in the hall of Willard's Hotel. Mr. Field was taken to the station-house, and the case was ruled for further hearing. Mr. Field attacked Judge Kelley with a small knife, and inflicted a wound in the back of his hand. There are several accounts given of the affair; one of which, that it grew out of reference made to the Brooks and Sumner affair by Judge Kelley in one of his speeches. Another, that it originated at the table at Willard's, where Judge Kelley and some friends were sitting in conversation, and were interrupted by Mr. Field with inquiries relative to his claim for a seat in Congress; that Judge Kelley remarked that he was responsible for his actions, but did not wish to make them the subject of dispute there in the presence of ladies, that Mr. Field retired from the table, and subsequently, when Judge Kelley made his appearance in the hall, the collision occurred. Rosser's cavalry's capture of Beverly.
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Fire. (search)
in favor of the passage, by Congress, of an amendment to prevent the payment of the rebel debt. The House bill for negro suffrage in this District was, at the request of Western members, postponed till January 10th. Mr. Sage, editor of the Lebanon, Ohio, Star, and son-in-law of Tom Corwin, will be here to-morrow to take charge of his remains. the Congressional delegation will meet in a body to take notice on Mr. Corwin's death. General Williams C. Wickham, of Virginia, is at Willard's. A meeting was held Monday night to take steps to defeat the negro suffrage bill. Firey addresses — reading very much like some we have seen before somewhere --were delivered by Hon. T. B. Florence and others. A stranger, supposed to be a Mr. Atwell, from Westmoreland county, Virginia, died in Baltimore on Saturday last, under the influence of a powerful opiate. A decided majority of the clergy of this State gave all their influence to the cause of secession, and, as the w
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1865., [Electronic resource], The poor of Richmond. (search)
as commissioners of the Government for the inspection of the forty- mile section of the Pacific railroad recently completed beyond Omaha City. The Alexandria riot. General Auger, commanding the Department of Washington, has directed an investigation to be made into the circumstances of the riot in Alexandria on Monday, and will bring all parties responsible for the affair to justice. A number of arrests have already been made. Personal. General Stoneman and family are at Willard's. The Long bridge out of order. The drawer on the Virginia side of the Long Bridge is out of order this morning. The damage prevents the working of the drawer, and was caused by floating ice in the river. The use of the Georgetown channel through the bridge will be delayed for a day or two. Chief Justice Chase opposed to the oath. It is news that many of the secessionist here claim that Chief Justice Chase is opposed to the test oath because he favors universal amnesty a
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