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Peter D. Bernard (search for this): article 1
ever wrote from the first day he appeared before the public in print. He was a member of the old and well-known Virginia family of Daniel who have been residents of Stafford county for probably the last hundred and fifty years, and who have been noted for talent for several generations past. He came to this city from Stafford when very young, probably not more than eighteen years of age. He first became known as a contributor to the Southern Planter, an agricultural paper, owned by Mr. Peter D. Bernard.--His articles, though upon subjects upon which, it was to be presumed, he had spent very little thought, were written with so much vigor and purity of style that they attracted instant attention, and a general call was made for the name of the author. He was at the time, and for several years, Librarian of the Richmond Library, where he devoted his time to severe study, became a good classical scholar, and laid the foundation of that general and extensive knowledge which is one of t
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
s writings. When scarcely of age, about the year 1847, he became joint editor with the late Bennett M. DeWitt, of the Examiner, which was established by the latter about that time. That paper immediately became conspicuous by the extraordinary ability with which it was edited, not less than by the boldness of its views and the freedom which it exercised in criticising the opinions of all classes of politicians. It was not long before Mr. Daniel's name was known not only to the whole State of Virginia, but to the entire press of the country, as one of the ablest among the writers of the day. At what time he became sole proprietor of the Examiner we do not recollect. In 1853, being then in the zenith of his reputation, although not yet thirty years old, Mr. Daniel was appointed Charge to the Court of Sardinia, through the influence, it was thought, of the late Governor Floyd, between whom and Mr. Daniel a warm attachment, personal and political, continued to exist until the deat
Stafford (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
r, expired at his residence, in this city, at ten o'clock yesterday morning. His illness has been long and tedious, the complaint being typhoid pneumonia. His loss, at this particular time especially, may be regarded as a public calamity. Mr. Daniel was a man of uncommonly fine genius, which appeared in everything he ever wrote from the first day he appeared before the public in print. He was a member of the old and well-known Virginia family of Daniel who have been residents of Stafford county for probably the last hundred and fifty years, and who have been noted for talent for several generations past. He came to this city from Stafford when very young, probably not more than eighteen years of age. He first became known as a contributor to the Southern Planter, an agricultural paper, owned by Mr. Peter D. Bernard.--His articles, though upon subjects upon which, it was to be presumed, he had spent very little thought, were written with so much vigor and purity of style that
R. E. Lee (search for this): article 2
providing an adequate supply of provisions for the army and the people. There has been great privation here — we need not deny it,--and even the noble army of General Lee--that army which has so long stood as a wall of fire between our homes and the enemy — was in danger of suffering. In these straits, earnest appeals were made,worn out soldier in the trenches. Sheridan boasts, in his account of these miraculous transactions, that he caused provisions enough to appear in this way to "feed Lee's army for the three months." It is ridiculous to suppose that these provisions existed before his arrival, and had been ingeniously concealed from public observatiion. We can only regret that our own commissaries and other agents for obtaining provisions do not possess this supernatural power. It is to be hoped that General Lee will establish a school of spiritualism in the army, and have its disciples thoroughly trained in the mysteries of that productive art. We feel perfectly satisf
Moses (search for this): article 2
There is a material tendency in the human mind to superstition. There is a positive luxury in gratifying that kind of taste, which even the unbelieving Northern brain has not been able to overcome. If it could not believe in Moses and the Prophets, it had no hesitation in swallowing the Fishes and the Foxes. Its faith in spiritualism, as it is called, was something wonderful. We have never been able till lately to see any ground for the marvellous influence of those tappings and trappings which, in the New England States, have so often caused the unseen world to disclose its secrets. But of late our incredulity has received a staggering blow.--We once laughed when we were told of handkerchiefs spontaneously tying themselves into knots, and hair brushes rushing, of their own accord, to people's heads. It seemed a direct insult to the understanding, and even the illuminate admitted as much, but had recourse to spirits to explain the marvel. We might have remained skeptica
Sheridan (search for this): article 2
ene. Well, thus much premised, we come to the supernatural part of the subject. A party of Yankee spiritualists, under the direction of that famous wizard, Sheridan, left the mountains of Virginia a few weeks ago, and, in the course of their travels, exhibited a series of wonders never surpassed in the days of witchcraft. Te senses, but a solid and savory reality, which would have gladdened the souls of many a hungry citizen of Richmond and many a worn out soldier in the trenches. Sheridan boasts, in his account of these miraculous transactions, that he caused provisions enough to appear in this way to "feed Lee's army for the three months." It is o were, no doubt, as much astonished as anybody at the apparition of objects whose existence they were in profound ignorance of till the tappings and rappings of Sheridan's spiritualists compelled their manifestation. We can only regret that our own commissaries and other agents for obtaining provisions do not possess this su
New England (United States) (search for this): article 2
l tendency in the human mind to superstition. There is a positive luxury in gratifying that kind of taste, which even the unbelieving Northern brain has not been able to overcome. If it could not believe in Moses and the Prophets, it had no hesitation in swallowing the Fishes and the Foxes. Its faith in spiritualism, as it is called, was something wonderful. We have never been able till lately to see any ground for the marvellous influence of those tappings and trappings which, in the New England States, have so often caused the unseen world to disclose its secrets. But of late our incredulity has received a staggering blow.--We once laughed when we were told of handkerchiefs spontaneously tying themselves into knots, and hair brushes rushing, of their own accord, to people's heads. It seemed a direct insult to the understanding, and even the illuminate admitted as much, but had recourse to spirits to explain the marvel. We might have remained skeptical till our dying day, but
6th (search for this): article 4
Terrible Shipwreck. --The following is from the Straits Times, a Singapore paper: "On January 12, a Chinaman, much bruised about the body, presented himself at the shipping office, and said that he had left Swatow a fortnight before, in a three-masted schooner, with five hundred and fifty other passengers. On the night of the 6th, he said, at the entrance to the Straits, barely thirty miles from Singapore, the vessel, going at full speed, dashed against the lighthouse rocks; a moment afterward she fell back, filled rapidly, and sank in deep water, with all hands on board. The man, who believed himself the only survivor, got hold of a piece of wood, on which he floated a whole day and night, when he was picked up by some fishermen. This story, so fearful in its details, was scarcely believed in at first; but fatal confirmation of it arrived a day afterward from the Dutch Resident at Rhio. One of the crew of the ship, a Swede, named Christensen, was picked up and brought
Christensen (search for this): article 4
he body, presented himself at the shipping office, and said that he had left Swatow a fortnight before, in a three-masted schooner, with five hundred and fifty other passengers. On the night of the 6th, he said, at the entrance to the Straits, barely thirty miles from Singapore, the vessel, going at full speed, dashed against the lighthouse rocks; a moment afterward she fell back, filled rapidly, and sank in deep water, with all hands on board. The man, who believed himself the only survivor, got hold of a piece of wood, on which he floated a whole day and night, when he was picked up by some fishermen. This story, so fearful in its details, was scarcely believed in at first; but fatal confirmation of it arrived a day afterward from the Dutch Resident at Rhio. One of the crew of the ship, a Swede, named Christensen, was picked up and brought ashore at Rhio, and his story was the same as the Chinaman's. The vessel was the Hamburg schooner Canton, bound from Swatow to Singapore."
December, 1 AD (search for this): article 4
Terrible Shipwreck. --The following is from the Straits Times, a Singapore paper: "On January 12, a Chinaman, much bruised about the body, presented himself at the shipping office, and said that he had left Swatow a fortnight before, in a three-masted schooner, with five hundred and fifty other passengers. On the night of the 6th, he said, at the entrance to the Straits, barely thirty miles from Singapore, the vessel, going at full speed, dashed against the lighthouse rocks; a moment afterward she fell back, filled rapidly, and sank in deep water, with all hands on board. The man, who believed himself the only survivor, got hold of a piece of wood, on which he floated a whole day and night, when he was picked up by some fishermen. This story, so fearful in its details, was scarcely believed in at first; but fatal confirmation of it arrived a day afterward from the Dutch Resident at Rhio. One of the crew of the ship, a Swede, named Christensen, was picked up and brought
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