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Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, L. (search)
at I have said, that there is one association whose object and motives I have never heard in any degree impugned or questioned; and that is the Christian Commission. And in these days of villany, as Shakspeare says, that is a record, gentlemen, of which you may justly be proud! Upon the conclusion of the ceremony, he added, in a conversational tone, I believe, however, it is old Jack Falstaff who talks about villany, though of course Shakspeare is responsible. After the customary hand-shaking, which followed, several gentlemen came forward and asked the President for his autograph. One of them gave his name as Cruikshank. That reminds me, said Mr. Lincoln, of what I used to be called when a young man--long-shanks. Hereupon the rest of the party, emboldened by the success of the few, crowded around the desk, and the President good naturedly wrote his name for each; the scene suggesting forcibly to my mind a country schoolmaster's weekly distribution of tickets among his pupils.
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 5: West Point, 1818-25. (search)
nths of weary travel, and must have required the travellers to be in the enjoyment of good health to bear them. After crossing the Ohio they met in the stage Mr. Cruikshank, the English caricaturist, and Robert Dale Owen, the founder of New Harmony. Mr. Cruikshank was a genial, cheery, old gentleman, who played with the baby andMr. Cruikshank was a genial, cheery, old gentleman, who played with the baby and noted all the facial peculiarities of the people they met on the road. At that early date the characteristic type of the American face was not as apparent as it is now, and he noticed the trace of different strains of blood which had been mingled with the Anglo-Saxon. He stated a fact which has been verified since in a great mry violently more than twice if laid in a cradle and left alone. Its common-sense would teach it that the scream did not bring any relief and it would stop. Mr. Cruikshank, who was dandling little Joe, said, Those were cowardly civilized British babies, were they not, Joe? You Americans will teach Mr. Owen better than that.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White League. (search)
xtent of this report, the supporters of McEnery proceeded to displace by force in some counties of the State the appointees of Governor Kellogg; and on April 13, in an effort of that kind, a butchery of citizens was committed at Colfax, which in bloodthirstiness and barbarity is hardly surpassed by any acts of savage warfare. To put this matter beyond controversy, I quote from the charge of Judge Woods, of the United States circuit court, to the jury in the case of the United States vs. Cruikshank and others, in New Orleans, in March, 1874. He said: In the case on trial there are many facts not in controversy. I proceed to state some of them in the presence and hearing of counsel on both sides; and if I state as a conceded fact any matter that is disputed, they can correct me. After stating the origin of the difficulty, which grew out of an attempt of white persons to drive the parish judge and sheriff, appointees of Kellogg, from office, and their attempted protection by c
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
g ranks of teeth. The horizontal obliquity of the teeth, relatively to the central line of double-cut files, is about 55°, but in single-cut files the inclination is much less, and in some floats the teeth are square across the face of the file. Single-cut file. Sin′gle-flu′id Bat′ter-y. （Electro-magnetism.) A galvanic battery, having but a single fluid, in which the elements are submerged, or by which they are wetted. The original Voltaic pile was the first of this class. Cruikshank was the first to submerge the elements. Babbington and Wollaston had also submerged elements. See gravity-battery; Cal-Laud-battery. The term is in contradistinction to the double-fluid battery, invented by Daniell. Sin′gle-line. （Saddlery.) A single rein leading from the hand of the driver to a strap forked a little behind the hames, and proceeding thence to the bitrings. This is the favorite mode in most parts of the West of driving horses at work on the farm, or w
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 8: first trip to Europe, 1853. (search)
n in the National Theatre of New York all summer with most unparalleled success. Everybody goes night after night, and nothing can stop it. The enthusiasm beats that of the run in the Boston Museum out and out. The Tribune is full of it. The Observer, the Journal of Commerce, and all that sort of fellows, are astonished and nonplussed. They do not know what to say or do about it. While the English editions of the story were rapidly multiplying, and being issued with illustrations by Cruikshank, introductions by Elihu Burritt, Lord Carlisle, etc., it was also making its way over the Continent. For the authorized French edition, translated by Madame Belloc, and published by Charpentier of Paris, Mrs. Stowe wrote the following:-- Preface to the European edition. In authorizing the circulation of this work on the Continent of Europe, the author has only this apology, that the love of man is higher than the love of country. The great mystery which all Christian nations hold
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 9: sunny memories, 1853. (search)
or and shipping,all filled me with delight. In this propitious state, disposed to be pleased with everything, our hearts responded warmly to the greetings of the many friends who were waiting for us at the station-house. The lord provost received us into his carriage, and as we drove along pointed out to us the various objects of interest in the beautiful town. Among other things, a fine old bridge across the Dee attracted our particular attention. We were conducted to the house of Mr. Cruikshank, a Friend, and found waiting for us there the thoughtful hospitality which we had ever experienced in all our stopping-places. A snug little quiet supper was laid out upon the table, of which we partook in haste, as we were informed that the assembly at the hall were waiting to receive us. There arrived, we found the hall crowded, and with difficulty made our way to the platform. Whether owing to the stimulating effect of the air from the ocean, or to the comparatively social aspec
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Index. (search)
olera, 119; sympathetic audience in, 498. Civil War, Mrs. Stowe on causes of, 363. Clarke & Co. on English success of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 190; offer author remuneration, 202. Clay, Henry, and his compromise, 143. Cogswell, Catherine Ledyard, schoolfriend of H. B. S., 31. College of Teachers, 79. Collins professorship, 129. Colored people, advance of, 255. Confederacy, A. H. Stephens on object of, 381. Courage and cheerfulness of H. B. S., 473. Cranch, E. P., 69. Cruikshank illustrates Uncle Tom's Cabin, 192. D. Daniel Deronda, appears in Harper's, 473; his nature like H. W. Beecher's, 481; admiration of Prof. Stowe for, 482. Da Vinci's Last Supper, H. B. S.'s impressions of, 305. Death of youngest-born of H. B. S., 124; anguish at, 198. Death, H. B. S. within sight of the River of, 513. Debatable land between this world and the next, 464. Declaration of Independence, H. B. S.'s feeling about, 11; death-knell to slavery, 141. Degan, Mis
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Agents wanted for the wonders of the world; comprising startling Incidents, interesting scenes, and Wonderfl events in all countries, all ages, and among all people. (search)
Agents wanted for the wonders of the world; comprising startling Incidents, interesting scenes, and Wonderfl events in all countries, all ages, and among all people. C. G. Rosen Berg. Over one thousand illustrations, By the most distinguished Artists in Europe and America. The list of contributors numbering one hundred and twenty-eight, among whom are found the popular and widely-known names of Gustave Dore, Berghaus, Billings, Cruikshank, Corbould, Eytinge, Fenn, Gilbert, Gavarni, Hennessy, Homer, Milais, Nehleig, Nast, Read, Horace Vernet, White, Weir, Waud, Miss Edwards, Tony Johannot, etc., etc. The Largest, most Beautiful, and Cheapest Pictorial Work ever issued. A novelty in literature, and the most splendid book enterprise of the age. A progressive book for progressive people, at a nominal price. Indispensable to every man, woman, and child in the land. It contains over one thousand magnificent engravings, with accompanying reading matter on every conceivable
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
rests, he remained only a day, and left for London. There he passed a busy month, filled with invitations to breakfasts and dinners from the Sutherlands, Lansdownes, Westminster, Granvilles, Palmerstons, Argylls, Stanhopes, Cranworths, Wensleydales, Kinnairds; as also from Reeve, Senior, Macaulay, 1808-1871. Of a noble family of Milan; exiled by Austria for her liberal ideas; a traveller and author. Sir Henry Holland, T. Baring, Buxton, Denison, and Mrs. Norton. He met Thackeray and Cruikshank at L. B. Mackinnon's. He met again Brougham and Lyndhurst. Lady Byron, an invalid, asked him to tea, referring to the pleasure which he and Lady Arabella King found in each other's society. He was present at a reception at Strawberry Hill. The Speaker gave him a seat for a month under the gallery of the House, which he frequently occupied. London society, agreeable as it was, was too much of a strain, and he left, July 23, for Bains Frascati near Havre. He wrote, August 8, to J. R. G
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: (search)
disciplined the regiment under the direction of the noble Gillespie, and made it one of the best in the service. On the night of June 21st, Capt. A. J. Canood of the Forty-third, with 59 men, part of his own company and a detachment from Captain Wiseman's company, was ordered to assault an intrenched outpost in front of Barkuloo's Georgia regiment. He captured it but could not hold it. Twenty-three of his force were killed and wounded, the gallant Canood received a mortal wound, Lieutenant Cruikshank was killed, and Captain Wiseman severely wounded. On the following night, Capt. W. H. McKamy of the Forty-third, with 47 men, assaulted and carried the same work, but he lost 27 of his command in killed and wounded, and the courageous captain was severely wounded and disabled for life. The Forty-third was 900 strong when it entered Vicksburg, but forty-seven days of exposure to the burning sun, drenching rains, thick fogs, heavy dews, and the enemy's guns, reduced it to less than
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