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The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Georgian in Source of Salt-he visited the Lincolnites in East Tennessee. (search)
.) Times publishes the following letter from a gentleman in Georgia to his son in the service on the coast, giving some amuting incidents in his recent experience: Dear Son--Here I am at home with a whole skin — reached here yesterday morning. I shall not attempt to give you a detailed history of my trip after writing to you at Knoxville, but will reserve some incidents until I see you. When I wrote you I expected to go to Goose Creek or Blue Lick, in Kentucky. I first went to Saltville, in Virginia, and found plenty of salt, and also found Gov. Letcher, with a sledge-hammer in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other, swearing no Georgian or any one else out of the Old Dominion should have or move a teaspoonful of salt out of the limits of said State. After walking round and cursing Virginia and Governor Letcher in particular. I left, as I thought, for Kentucky. Well, I reached Tazewell, within ten miles of Cumberland Gap, and bought ten mules and two road wagons, and o
The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Message of Governor Letcher. (search)
inia has been heavy from the commencement of the war, she has sustained it with a spirit and courage worthy of her revolutionary fame. All the demands upon her that have been presented, have been promptly paid so soon as audited. No creditor has been compelled to wait longer than was necessary to adjust his accounts, and ascertain the amount to which he or she was entitled. The Salt question. The Governor says that after the passage of the Salt bill by the Legislature, he visited Saltville for the purpose of executing the law, and found his duty very embarrassing. The owners of the works, after the Legislature had refused to buy them out, had made contracts to supply several States, and also to supply the Confederate Government with 22,000 bushels of salt per month. In view of there facts, and the many obstacles and difficulties which would necessarily have attended operating the works after they were seized, he determined to buy salt, which has been done and the salt prop
The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
ittee to further inquire whether there is any constitutional authority for the restriction. The amendment was rejected and the original resolution agreed to. On motion of Mr. Bass, the bill authorizing the Court of Appeals to hold its sessions elsewhere than at Lewisburg was taken up and passed. In reply to a resolution passed by the House some days ago, a communication was received from the Governor, with papers and affidavits relative to the condition of the beef salted at Saltville, showing that the same is in good condition, and was sold to the Confederate States officer at a profit upon its first cost. Another communication was received from the Governor, enclosing additional muster-rolls in the State. The messages and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion of Mr. Prince, the bill heretofore laid upon the table relative to binding out free negroes, was called up, and, on motion of Mr. Hopkins, was indefin
The Daily Dispatch: September 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
tate's stock in the various railroads and banks, in accordance with the recommendation of the Governor.--By Mr. Saunders: Of increasing the compensation of tobacco inspectors. by Mr. Winston: Of exempting one able-bodied male slave from the operations of the act for the public defence. By Mr. Hutcheson: Of fixing prices of all articles of farm produce at 100 per cent. above the prices of April 1st, 1861. By Mr. Hendrick: Of compelling the agents of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Saltville to give receipts for salt shipped at that point. By Mr. Kenney: Of exempting from the provisions of the fence law all counties overrun by the enemy. By Mr. Cowan: Of empowering the Superintendent of the Salt Works to impress free negroes. By Mr. Johnson: Of requiring all companies, individuals and firms to make the proper returns, looking to a general absorption of all profits wherewith to pay Virginia's quota of the public debt. By Mr. Harris: Of removing all the salt within the contr
The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], Twenty five dollars reward. (search)
e, and took up their line of march hither on Sunday morning before the surrender, and reached here on last Sabbath. It is understood, since their arrival here, that the Yankees pursued them near. Jonesville, Va. As to the probable result of this surrender of the gap, we will not speculate further than to say that we are fearful that the enemy will prosecute his journey to the Salt Works. There is a turnpike road from the gap to Eastillville, thence there are two parallel turnpikes to Saltville--one by way of Lebanon and Haytor's Gap, the other through the Poor Valley and by way of Abingdon. It is certainly a matter of vital importance that our authorities and people still look to the protection of this interest. Nothing very important "from the front" since our last issue. In upper East Tennessee Maj. Gen. Jones is in command. There was brisk skirmishing on Monday, and on Tuesday evening two wounded Confederates and four Yankee prisoners were brought up from below Jonesb
The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1863., [Electronic resource], Death of a Duke. (search)
From the Southwest. Lynchburg, Sept. 21. --The enemy, 1300 strong, entered Bristol on Saturday, meeting with feeble resistance. They destroyed the new commissary building, containing about 100 barrels of flour and a small quantity of bacon, and gutted several stores. About three miles this side of Bristol they destroyed a bridge and tore up a few rails and then went back. There is no force threatening Saltville. Gen. Jones whipped the enemy at Zollicoffer, ten miles west of Bristol, on Sunday, and it is reported that Gen. Williams, being in their rear, had captured the entire retreating force, said to be 2400. The last rumor needs confirmation, but Jones's victory is doubtless true.
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gone to Grass. (search)
The order of the day — the bill to regulate prices — was then taken up, and continued under consideration till the hour of adjournment. In the House, the bill to amend and re-enact an act further to provide for the public defence, passed Oct. 3, 1862, was received from the Senate, and the amendments of the House previously adopted receded from. Mr. Brooke, from the Joint Committee on Salt, introduced a joint resolution, giving leave to said committee to visit the Salt Works at Saltville, if they deem it necessary. Laid on the table, but subsequently taken up and agreed to. On motion of Mr. Haymond, the joint resolution, rescinding the resolution to adjourn on the 12th inst., was taken up and agreed to. The bill to authorize the impressment of slaves to labor on certain lines of improvement was taken up, and pending its consideration the hour of 12 arrived, and the order of the day was announced. The Speaker laid before the House a lengthy communication fro
The Daily Dispatch: October 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], For hire (search)
est on dividend bonds, preferred stock, Confederate bonds, &c.34,620,94 for tells for use of Blue Ridge railroad.8,078.05 for premium on loans1,840.00 for sale of toll-house and lot on Staunton and Parkersburg road.275.00 total receipts1,426,001.78 $1,438,670.94 disbursements from the Treasury on the War rants of the Second Auditor, viz: Appropriation to Covington and Ohio railroad.$31,721.29 Subscription to Va Central railroad company.53,634.95 Appropriation for road from Saltville to Tazewell C H.4,000.00 Interest due Literary fund.46,247.30 Interest on drafts allowed by Scarred of Public Works3,377.59 Dividend on old James river company stock.12,196.00 Expenses of the Board, salaries, stationary, mileage and attendance of the State proxies to meetings of stockholders of the James river and Kanawha company.4,203.97 Surplus revenue of the fund paid into the treasury1,240,000.00 Interest on guaranteed bonds James river and Kanawha company17,612.58 Interest on g
The Daily Dispatch: October 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], Release of Rev. Mr. Gibson, of Baltimore. (search)
per diem of the members of the General Assembly--being called for, was taken up, and, after discussion, was defeated. A motion to reconsider the vote was lost. In the House, Senate bill to amend the act for the production and distribution of salt, so as to require security of county agents, and to provide for the dismissal of incompetent agents, was read and passed. Senate bill amending and re-enacting the act to provide for the appointment of an Inspector of Salt, to reside at Saltville, was read a second time and laid on the table. Senate bill to authorize John N. Clarkson, State Superintendent, to sell and transport salt belonging to him, was taken up and passed. Mr. Cowan, from the select committed, reported a bill to authorize the Auditor to pay to J. A. Belvin $481, the funeral expenses of the late Israel Robinson, Delegate from Berkeley, which was passed. On motion of Mr. Winston, the act to prevent the unnecessary distillation of grain was taken up a
The Daily Dispatch: December 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Legislature. (search)
nd Tennessee railroad was passed. A communication from the Governor in response to a resolution of the Senate was read, relating to the officers of the army and navy of the United States who resigned their positions and offered their services to Virginia at the time of the passage of the ordinance of secession by that State. Adjourned. In the House a bill was reported authorizing the Charlottesville, Savings Bank to reduce the number of their directors. A resolution was adopted for making additional provision for the manufacture of salt. Also, a resolution calling upon the Board of Public Works for all the information in their possession concerning the manufacture, cost, and the amount total of salt made at Saltville since January, 1863. And a resolution providing for the voting of Virginia soldiers at their county elections. The House agreed to the joint resolution of the Senate providing for an adjournment on the 21st inst, till the 6th January, 1864. Adjourned.
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