January 30 (1856).–I came home from school at eleven o’clock this morning and learned a piece to speak this afternoon, but when I got up to school I forgot it, so I thought of another one. Mr. Richards said that he must give me the praise of being the best speaker that spoke in the [...]
[January] 30th Lewis returned and had a very nice time was handsomely entertained and enjoyed the change, the negroes seemed to like it too. Mr John Townsand was very much interested in the Fort— Things seem to progress, the Southern States are going out one after another and the border states undetermined.— We dined with [...]
WEDNESDAY 30 A pleasant cold day, freezing in the shade, Streets muddy. Another Company of Flying Artillery arrived last night—90 men & four “pieces.” They are quartered in the old Wm Wirt House where Mrs Smith had her Young Ladies Select School or “Institute,” something of a change on those premises. The southerners here are [...]
Junius Hillyer to Howell Cobb.. Washington [D. C], Jan. 30th, 1861. Dear Sir: I wish you would take a few moments of your time to drop me a line. Things here are not working right. Since the Southern men have left Washington there seems to be nobody standing up for the Southern movement, and the [...]
BILOXI, MISS., January 30, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report that the works at Ship Island were visited by an armed body of men on the forenoon of the 13th instant. They stated to the overseer that their object was to take possession of the works, and, also, that they were acting on [...]
January 30, 1861, The New York Herald The announcement of the peaceful mission of the steam sloop-of-war Brooklyn to Florida is confirmed by late advices from Washington. The provisions on board the Brooklyn are to be delivered at Fort Pickens, but she is not to enter the harbor of Pensacola, nor to land troops at [...]
January 30, 1861, The Charleston Mercury The Government of the United States insists on holding Fort Sumter as property. They pretend to think that this is by no means a hostile attitude against South Carolina. They do not hold it was a military instrumentality by which the waters of our bay and the commerce of [...]
January 30, 1861 Louisiana Secessionist Convention selects 6 delegates to represent the state at the Convention of Seceded States in Montgomery, AL