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The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The moral courage of our Generals. (search)
great heroes morally as physically, and will never suffer themselves to be affected in their movements by the capricious gusts of uninformed public sentiment. General Scott pronounced himself the greatest coward in the world, for permitting the Northern popular to force him before he was ready to begin his march to Richmond. If hmatism of ignorance and incompetency, without a criminally as great as would be involved in the actual surrender of his army to an enemy. As great a coward as old Scott may consider himself, he never, in reality. suffered himself to be forced before he was ready into a conflict which the whole world looked to as the decisive battrising, forever in darkness and storm. We feel confident that our commanders on the Potomac, men in the prime of life and energy, know at least as well as Gen. Scott how much attention to pay to the clapping, stamping, whistling, and etherealizing which insist that the curtain shall rise and the play go on In all human proba
The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], A national debt of six hundred millions. (search)
a vote touching the duty of the clergy to declare themselves on the side of loyally and against rebellion, and breach loyal doctrines to their congregations. D. W. A. Scott, of Calvary church, alone voted against the resolution, and protested against its adoption. He believed the action if the late General Assembly on the state approve of the action of the Assembly, but he could not consider it proper to introduce them into ecclesiastical and spiritual bodies. This position assumed by Dr. Scott has revived the charges against him of sympathising with Secession, and raised much feeling in the community.-- There were threats of mobbing his church the nexts been detailed to prevent any outbreak. Some of the newspapers have covertly encouraged the mob spirit, but the more influential citizens earnestly advise that Dr. Scott he left in the hands of his congregation, who are mostly Unionists. Judge John McHenry, formerly of the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, was arrested in
The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The moral courage of our Generals. (search)
City Council. --The Council met yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. Present--Messrs. Saunders, Grillin, Wynne, Crutchfield, Talbott, Haskins, Burr, Denoon, Scott, Hill, Grattan and Glazabrook. Mr. Grattan, from the Committee on Finance, reported adversely to several petitions referred to the Committee, including one from Dabney M. Miller, City Assessor, for an increase of salary; one from Rev. Mr. Saul, for remission of poll tax; and one from R. G. Morriss, for remission of tax on c$11,000, made by the Council for the purchase of horses for the battalion of Home Artillery, be converted to the purchase of twelve pieces of field artillery, to be the property of the city in charge of Col. Ellis's battalion. On motion of Mr. Scott-- Resolved, That the Committee on Water and the Committee on Light inquire into the expediency of so amending the ordinances as furnish the private hospitals, used for the sick and wounded, with gas and water, free of cost. Mr. Saund
The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Winter Campaigns. (search)
er Sumter--Unsuccessful Cruise of the Keystone State--the Sumter pursued by the Powhatan. We extract the following from the correspondence of the New York Times: Panama, Thursday, Sept. 26, 1861. --The steam gunboat Keystone States, Commander Scott, with 140 men, arrived at Aspinwall yesterday from Surinam. She will remain at Aspinwall five or six days, and take 350 tons of coal. She reports that the gunboat Iroquois was at St. Thomas on the 8th. The steam war-ship Richmond took coaod deal of dissatisfaction existed among them, and several deserted at St. Thomas. The officers and crew of the Keystone State are in good health. She five men on board, sent on board by the United States Consul at Surinam, for mutiny. Capt. Scott, of the Keystone State, picket up a boat at sea, sixty miles from Trinidade Cuba, containing three seamen belonging, to the American bark Nazarene, which sails from Aspinwall for Cuba about a month since. The men, two of whom were negroes sta