United States or Curaçao ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Only a few days after this inflammatory speech at Columbus, S. C., inciting South Carolinians to resist the pending Protective Tariff even to the lengths of Secession, during a grand banquet at Richmond, Va., William B. Giles another Free Trade leader proposed, and those present drank a toast to the "Tariff Schemer" in which was embodied a declaration that "The Southerners will not long pay tribute."
As Hermione said this she looked very steadily at her child. Vere's eyes did not fall, but met hers simply, fearlessly, yet not quite childishly. "I don't wonder," she said. "To tell the truth, Madre, I can't see how a man like the Marchesino could interest a man like Monsieur Emile at any rate, for long. Well " She gave a little sigh, throwing up her pretty chin. "A letto si va!"
If the war is to last another year we want the Shenandoah Valley to remain a barren waste. "U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General. "MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Charlestown, Va.: "In cleaning out the arms-bearing community of Loudoun County and the subsistence for armies, exercise your own judgment as to who should be exempt from arrest, and as to who should receive pay for their stock, grain, etc.
General Moore, after a life of protracted usefulness, died in 1836, with Christian resignation, aged about seventy-seven years, and lies buried near several of his kindred in Goshen graveyard, Gaston county, N.C. Elisha Withers was born in Stafford county, Va., on the 10th of August, 1762.
Thus, this "Va t'en, Guerrier," which France now sings, resounds over the grave of the queen, like a salute of honor over the last resting-place of some brave soldier. She had much to contend with this hapless and amiable queen but she ever proved firm, and ever retained one kind of courage that belongs to woman the courage to smile through her tears.
On September 10th I telegraphed Sherman as follows: CITY POINT, VA., Sept. 10, 1864. MAJOR-GENERAL SHERMAN, Atlanta, Georgia. So soon as your men are sufficiently rested, and preparations can be made, it is desirable that another campaign should be commenced. We want to keep the enemy constantly pressed to the end of the war. If we give him no peace whilst the war lasts, the end cannot be distant.
Now watch him," and sharply he gave the word: "Va!" Straight across the pavement darted Caesar, then along the opposite sidewalk away from the Champs Elysées, running easily, nose down, past the Rue François Premier, past the Rue Clement-Marot, then out into the street again and stopping suddenly. "He's lost it," mourned Papa Tignol. "Lost it? Of course he's lost it," triumphed the detective.
On the 11th I wrote: COLD HARBOR, VA., June 11, 1864. MAJOR-GEN. B. F. BUTLER, Commanding Department of Va. and N. C. The movement to transfer this army to the south side of the James River will commence after dark to-morrow night. Col.
"Va," he said gently, "depeche-toi." She looked after him as he went through the curtains with a long, sobbing sigh. She was paying a heavy price for her happiness, but she would have paid a heavier one willingly. Nothing mattered now that he was not angry any more.
Rien ne va plus!" Then a little ivory ball was thrown into a cylinder, where it rolled with a metallic noise. Although he had never seen roulette, it required no effort to divine that this was the game. And, before putting several louis on the table, he looked about him to see how it was played. But after the tenth time he understood as little as at first.
Word Of The Day