The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-27
WHAT-WAS-NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Confcdcrnte Conpre..,
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CONFERENCE.-The SOnBrehss
The Confederate Senate recommitted
% the judiciary Committee the bill do
iarinS persons owing military Scr
zee To the Confederate States. and who
ng beyond the control and jurisdlc-
,on of said States, alien enemies and
suDJccting their property to confiscn-
ION.
Committee hearing charges OF cor
upton brought by Richmond Elk
,inlner against member of tho House
sound nothing to sustain charges.
MIR. Foote, Of Tennessee. offered roso-
iution to remove commissary general.
Fire at Ashland.
a most destructive nre occurred on
he premises of Charles Stebbins Mt
ashland on january "a. All the out
houses save the kitchen wero destroyed
tnd one horse, one COW and one mulo
Ell to about $1,000. Origin unknown
In Mayors Court.
John vi. French. sent on to Hust-
charge of stealing $1,000 in Confed-
crate money from John w. Weeley, n
member of the Fourth Georgia Regi-
ment.
Negso woman, named Fanny. the
property of John Cary. was arraigned
on the charge of setting tire TO the
Time iii December and sent on to tho
Hustings Court.
Martin ,ounlan was fined $40 for
selling ardent spirits without a license.
Mr.. Byrd Chambcrlayne. an old and
highly respected citizen, died in this
Chamberlayne had been sick for some
time.
Trial Postponed.
The trial of Mrs. Patterson Allan,
charged with reasonable correspond :
ence with the enemy. which was set
for yesterday. was again postponed.
4. =. District Court.
No business was transacted in this
court yesterday. Judge John ID. Haly-
burton, who has been sick for some
days. is improving slowly, but will not,
IL is believed, be able to attend TO anv
business this week
The Trini of Forde.
In Judge Lyons's Court yesterday the
The testimony OF Mcssrs. Bowen, Hard
wood, ouariea a, and Goodwin and DR..
were developed. AT the conclusion OF
the examination OF the above named
Witnesses tho hour OF o'clock arrived,
o'clock this morning
Arrivals ut the Libby.
.,,h her9 Wero eleven arrivals at tho
ana S0s EIGHT rison SssterdH S three officers
officers are as follows: Captain Calvin
Fuller of the Virginia militia; Lieu
tenant lanes H. Thornbury. of the
W. II. shaw, sheriff OF Putnam County.
under the jurisdiction of Pierpont.
These. parties were all captured in
DIR. Leyburn's Lecture.
Inc lectures OF this gentleman. to be
delivered tonight on Palestine and
1erusaiem, viii doubtless attract a
large audience and prove very In
structiye and entertaining. In these
DAYS OF trial. when the mind and heart
are Hurfcited and saddened by the In :
evitable memories and experiences OF
battles, campaigns and casualties, IL
VIII DC relief to dwell for an hour on
these classic and sacred lands.
Confiscntion of PROPERTY
The humane Butler. who is so solici :
tous about the health of Yankee pris-
oners in Richmond. has commenced
connscatinE the property of citizens in
norfolk. The real estate, furniture.
goods, chattels and personal property
OF number of citizens have been nd
Xertised for sale for the benefit of the
United states government.
Dcnth of Colonel CluI<c.
A dispatch has been received con
tanning information OF the death OF
colonel II. :. Clukc, acting brigadier-
general in General Morgan's command
This distinguished officer died in the
ONO Penitcntiary in close confinement
The news came to General Morgan by
letter, sent through a flag of truce by
Coionel -. Howard Smith now on pa
role in the city of Columbus, o.
North Cnrolinn Troops.
me troops known as Whitford's Bat :
taiion nave been organized into a rcgi :
ment, and Will hereafter be known ms
the sixty seventh Regiment, North
Carolina troops