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The Chinese have their peacock's feather as a set-off against our button-hole ribbon; "Ainsi va le monde." One of the Aheer Touaricks, who, unlike my Ghat friends, return presents, brought me to-day a damaged ostrich skin and feathers.
Being desirous of founding a town somewhere, and willing in accordance with the custom of his time to leave the selection of a site a little to chance, he hurled a javelin from his mountain-top with the cry, "Va lance!": and so gave Valence its name and its beginning, on the eastern bank of the river two miles away, at the spot where his javelin fell.
He was then passed the age for military service, but had furnished three sons-in-law and two sons to the army of General Washington, and a third son, at sixteen years of age, to the army at Norfolk, Va. One of his sons-in-law, Major William Gill, entered the service at the beginning of the war, and became connected with the staff of General Washington.
"MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Winchester, Va.: "If you can possibly spare a division of cavalry, send them through Loudoun County to destroy and carry off the crops, animals, negroes, and all men under fifty years of age capable of bearing arms. In this way you will get many of Mosby's men. All male citizens under fifty can fairly be held as prisoners of war, not as citizen prisoners.
At last the voice was very near. Presently a figure appeared ahead, staggering toward her. "Qui va l
I therefore telegraphed General Sheridan as follows: "CITY POINT, VA., February 20, 1865 1 P.M. "GENERAL: As soon as it is possible to travel, I think you will have no difficulty about reaching Lynchburg with a cavalry force alone. From there you could destroy the railroad and canal in every direction, so as to be of no further use to the rebellion.
"Gaspare," Maurice said, "I must leave some one with the padrona. Salvatore might come still. I may miss him going down. Whom can I trust to stop Salvatore, if he comes, but you? You see?" "Va bene, signorino." The boy seemed convinced, but he suffered and did not try to conceal it. "Now I must go," Maurice said. He shook Gaspare's hand. "Have you got the revolver, signorino?" said the boy. "No.
Thus the "public opinion" of slave states protects the defenceless slave by arming a host of legal penalties and setting them in ambush at every thicket along his path, to spring upon him unawares. "CRIMINALS CONDEMNED. On Monday last the Court of the borough of Norfolk, Va. sat on the trial of four negro boys arraigned for burglary.
If not already soldiers, they will be made so the moment the rebel army gets hold of them. "U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General." "MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Charlestown, Va.: "In stripping Loudoun County of supplies, etc., impress from all loyal persons so that they may receive pay for what is taken from them.
The one on the Shenandoah to assemble between Cumberland and the Shenandoah, and the infantry and artillery advanced to Cedar Creek with such cavalry as could be made available at the moment, to threaten the enemy in the Shenandoah Valley, and advance as far as possible; while General Crook would take possession of Lewisburg with part of his force and move down the Tennessee Railroad, doing as much damage as he could, destroying the New River Bridge and the salt-works, at Saltville, Va.
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