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| | 81 | Author: | unknown | Add | | | Title: | War Poets of the South and Confederate Camp-fire Songs  | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Dr. George W. Bagby was born in Virginia in 1828, and for a
number of years was the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger,
published at Richmond, Va. He was a frequent contributor
to current literature, and won well deserved literary laurels
in humorous writings, over the pen-name of "Mozis
Addums." He also achieved considerable success as a lecturer.
Some of his lyrics are exquisite. "The Empty Sleeve"
is a gem of this kind, full of homely but genuine pathos. In the department of correspondence of your
issue of November 29, appears an article attributing
the authorship of my "Lines on the back of a Confederate
Note," to a lady of your city. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 82 | Author: | Roosevelt
Theodore
1858-1919 | Add | | | Title: | Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904 | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Dear Excellency: I inclose a memorandum by way of
reply to that which you did me the honor to leave with me on
Saturday, and am, as ever, The President in his message of the 3d of December, 1901,
used the following language: I communicated to Mr. Hay this morning the substance of
Your Lordship's telegram of the 11th instant. In accordance with the letter of the Civil Service Commission
of July 6th, the Public Printer will reinstate Mr.
W. A. Miller in his position. Meanwhile I will withhold
my final decision of the whole case until I have received
the report of the investigation on Miller's second communication,
which you notify me has been begun to-day,
July I3th. In connection with my letter of yesterday I call attention
to this judgment and award by the Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission in its report to me of March 18th last: Travellers from Panama report the Isthmus alive with fires
of a new revolution. It is inspired, it is believed, by men
who, in Panama and Colon, have systematically engendered
the pro-American feeling to secure the building of the Isthmian
Canal by the United States. You are directed to protest against any act of hostility
which may involve or imperil the safe and peaceful transit
of persons or property across the Isthmus of Panama. The
bombardment of Panama would have this effect, and the
United States must insist upon the neutrality of the Isthmus
as guaranteed by the treaty. Notify all parties molesting or interfering with free transit
across the Isthmus that such interference must cease and that
the United States will prevent the interruption of traffic upon
the railroad. Consult with captain of the Iowa, who will be
instructed to land marines, if necessary, for the protection of
the railroad, in accordance with the treaty rights and obligations
of the United States. Desirable to avoid bloodshed, if
possible. "Ranger," Panama: Everything is conceded. The United States guards and
guarantees traffic and the line of transit. To-day I permitted
the exchange of Colombia troops from Panama to Colon,
about 1000 men each way, the troops without arms in train
guarded by American naval force in the same manner as other
passengers; arms and ammunition in separate train, guarded
also by naval force in the same manner as other freight. Have sent this communication to the American consul at
Panama: Sir: Pending a complete report of the occurrences of the
last three days in Colon, Colombia, I most respectfully invite
the Department's attention to those of the date of Wednesday,
November 4, which amounted to practically the making of war
against the United States by the officer in command of the
Colombian troops in Colon. At i o'clock P.M. on that date
I was summoned on shore by a preconcerted signal, and on
landing met the United States consul, vice-consul, and Colonel
Shaler, the general superintendent of the Panama Railroad.
The consul informed me that he had received notice from, the
officer commanding the Colombian troops, Colonel Torres,
through the prefect of Colon, to the effect that if the Colombian
officers; Generals Tobal and Amaya, who had been seized
in Panama on the evening of the 3d of November by the Independents
and held as prisoners, were not released by 2
o'clock P.M., he, Torres, would open fire on the town of
Colon and kill every United States citizen in the place, and
my advice and action were requested. I advised that all the
United States citizens should take refuge in the shed of the
Panama Railroad Company, a stone building susceptible of
being put into good state for defence, and that I would immediately
land such body of men, with extra arms for arming the
citizens, as the complement of the ship would permit. This
was agreed to and I immediately returned on board, arriving
at 1.15 P.M. The order for landing was immediately given,
and at 1.30 P.M. the boats left the ship with a party of 42 men
under the command of Lieut. Commander H. M. Witzel, with
Midshipman J. P. Jackson as second in command. Time
being pressing I gave verbal orders to Mr. Witzel to take the
building above referred to, to put it into the best state of defence
possible, and protect the lives of the citizens assembled
there—not firing unless fired upon. The women and children
took refuge on the German steamer Marcomania and Panama
Railroad steamer City of Washington, both ready to haul out
from dock if necessary. The Nashville I got under way and
patrolled with her along the water front close in and ready to
use either small-arm or shrapnel fire. The Colombians surrounded
the building of the railroad company almost immediately
after we had taken possession, and for about one and a
half hours their attitude was most threatening, it being seemingly
their purpose to provoke an attack. Happily our men
were cool and steady, and while the tension was very great no
shot was fired. At about 3.15 P.M. Colonel Torres came into
the building for an interview and expressed himself as most
friendly to Americans, claiming that the whole affair was a
misapprehension and that he would like to send the alcalde of
Colon to Panama to see General Tobal and have him direct
the discontinuance of the show of force. A special train was
furnished and safe-conduct guaranteed. At about 5.30 P.M.
Colonel Torres made the proposition of withdrawing his troops
to Monkey Hill, if I would withdraw the Nashville's force and
leave the town in possession of the police until the return of
the alcalde on the morning of the 5th. After an interview
with the United States consul and Colonel Shaler as to the
probability of good faith in the matter, I decided to accept
the proposition and brought my men on board, the disparity
in numbers between my force and that of the Colombians,
nearly ten to one, making me desirous of avoiding a conflict
so long as the object in view, the protection of American
citizens, was not imperilled. Sir: | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 83 | Author: | Moore
Frank
1828-1904 | Add | | | Title: | Women of the War | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | NO page in the history of the bloody war which has
just now come to an end is so brilliant as that illuminated
by a record of the noble sacrifices and exploits of
heroic women. Dear Friend: There is one of my comrades in the West
Philadelphia Hospital (Ward H) by the name of Harry
Griffin. I wish you would be so kind as to call and see
him as you make your daily rounds. Madam: The joint resolution of the House of Representatives
authorizing the secretary of the interior to grant
permission to erect a building on Judiciary Square for the
purpose of a library for the use of the soldiers, &c., has
just passed the Senate. Kind and highly-esteemed Friends: Though two, yet I
will address you as one, for you are one in every good work,
and in devotion to the interests of the soldier. Dear Madam: We now hasten to express to you our
thanks for the numerous luxuries and kind services we
have received from you, as from the hands of our own
kind mothers, for which we shall ever feel grateful to you. After I left City Point for Baltimore wish my dear son,
I arrifet safe home, only wish a broken hart, on the 11th in
the morning. We cept him till the 12th in the evening,
and took him up to Pansilvaniae, to hes broter and sisters.
The 15th, in the morning, he arrifet saf at hes stat of rest.
Rev. D. Izenbury atent the funerl, and Bregt, hes text John
11th and 11th, and a great many tears has being shatt for
hem. I arrifet at My home the 17th in the morning. I
am so troubelt in my Mint and Week that I could not rite,
and ask for barten me and excus me for not ansern zuner.
My humbel dank to your Virtues and faver which you
showed to me. I would ask your Kindness, if you ples.
I wase so trobelt to see to every ting, namely my Son hat
a very good Watch, and I would lik to have that for Membery,
ples, and ask Mr. Geo. W. Low, Company F. 190th
Penn. Vols. Fifth Core Hospital City Point Va. My Love and
best Respect to Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Polk and Mrs. Ashe. I had not received the painful intelligence of my beloved
son's death until Friday afternoon. My heart is filled with
sorrow; my grief I cannot express. You have a beloved
son in the army. Dear Thomas told me of you and of your
son in one of his letters. He told me there was a woman
in the hospital by the name of Mrs. Lee; he said you were
as kind to the soldiers as a mother, and that they all loved
you as a mother. He said you were an angel. I wrote to
him that I was happy to hear him say that there was an
angel in his tent; for I never ceased to pray to God, my
heavenly Father, that he would send his holy angels into
his tent, to guide him by day and guard him by night.
He wrote me, the day he went into the hospital, that he had
the rheumatism in his arms and legs, but thought he should
be able to go back to his regiment. I did not feel much
alarmed about him. He then wrote to me he had the
measles very lightly, but the cough hung on, as it always
does. I have read of things terrible and heartrending, but
never heard anything to equal the sounds which a rebel in
15
the third story sends forth. I was sitting by my table,
reading, when a sharp cry of pain startled me, followed by
earnest pleadings for mercy from our divine Father. Then,
in a few moments, shouts of praise, cursing, raving,
shrieks, fiendish laughs, growls like an enraged animal,
and every feeling it is possible to express with the voice,
followed each other in quick succession. When I first went through the wards of this hospital, I
found a German woman sitting by her husband in ward
one. This ward contains all the worst cases, and the smell
of the wounds made me sick and faint before I was half
through. But I learned that this woman had been sitting
in her chair there, beside her husband, for two weeks, day
and night. For recreation, she would walk out into the
city, and buy some crackers and cheese, upon which she
subsisted. Her face was colorless, and her eyes had a
sunken, sickly look. I was carrying a bottle of excellent
cologne and a basket of handkerchiefs. I saturated one
with the cologne, and gave her husband, and left the bottle
with her. She was very grateful, and told me that she was
compelled to go out and vomit three or four times every
day, so great was the nausea caused by the impure air. I
arranged for her to sleep at the Commission Rooms, which
are near here, on Spruce Street, and we gave her her meals
from the kitchen. This is against the rules of the hospital;
but the surgeon says he will shut his eyes and not know
we are doing it, if we will not do it again. Until to-day
we have had no doubt of his recovery; but to-night she
came to me in great alarm, saying her husband had a chill.
I have never yet known a person with an amputated limb
to recover after having a chill. This man looks so strong
and well, that I hope he may be an exception. The German in ward one is dead. On Wednesday morning
I went down very early to see him, and found the cot
empty. I asked for his wife, and they said she had gone
out in town. At the door I met her. She threw up her
arms, and cried in piteous tones, "He's gone! O, he's
gone! and I'm alone — alone!" She supposed he would
be buried that day, and walked out to the cemetery — more
than a mile — and found he was not to be buried until the
next day. She asked me if I would not go with her on
Thursday. I complied, and accompanied her, with a delegate
of the Commission and his wife. As the coffins were
taken one by one from the ambulance, it was found that
her husband's was not there. The chaplain kindly proposed
to wait until the ambulance could return to town; and
while waiting we went to a farm-house near by, and made
a bouquet for each of us. As we stood, with bowed heads,
looking into the graves while the chaplain read the funeral
service, she grasped my hand convulsively, whispering,
"It's so shallow! O, ask them to take him out, and make
it deeper!" Our nostrils had evidence of the shallowness
of the graves every time the breeze swept over them. The
"escort" fired their farewell over the "sleeping braves,"
and as the smoke cleared away, the bereaved wife dropped
her flowers upon the coffin, and we wearily returned, — she
to take the next train for the North, and we to our sad
work. This evening, while busy preparing supper, we were
startled by hearing a heavy fall on the pavement, outside
of the window. We rushed to it, and found that a man had
jumped from the third story porch. He was sitting up,
looking about him with a bewildered look, when we reached
him. The doctor says he has broken open an old wound in
his side, and will not recover. He says he had been thinking
all day how long he would have to suffer if he got well,
and then thought he might suffer for weeks and months,
and then die, and he determined to end his misery at one
leap. The nurse caught him just as he was going over, but
was not strong enough to hold him. He talks very quietly
about it, and wishes he had not done it, or had succeeded
in ending life and physical pain at once. He died two
days afterwards. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 85 | Author: | Chirol
Valentine
Sir
1852-1929 | Add | | | Title: | The Egyptian Problem | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | It is little more than a century since Egypt emerged
into modern history from the inglorious obscurity into
which she had sunk after Selim the Conqueror incorporated
her in 1517 into the dominions of the then mighty
Ottoman Empire, and Europe, having discovered new
trade routes to the Orient, ceased to take the slightest
interest in her fate. Nor did she then emerge from that
long obscurity by any effort of her own. She was violently
dragged out of it by the vast ambitions of two great
soldiers of fortune, neither of them of Asiatic or of African
but both of European stock, and both born, by a curious
coincidence, in the same year, 1769, in different parts of
the Mediterranean—the Corsican Napoleon Bonaparte
and the Albanian Mehemet Ali. Napoleon was prompt to
realise that in the great duel which had commenced
between France and Britain the most vulnerable part of
the British Empire was to be sought in the East, and that
Egypt provided the best strategic base for threatening the
great dependency we were building up in India, and
perhaps driving us out of it as we had not so long before
ourselves driven out the French. Mehemet Ali, who landed
in Egypt during the great upheaval produced by the French
invasion and in the very bay of Aboukir in which Nelson's
great victory of the Nile had doomed Napoleon's enterprise
to ultimate failure, realised in turn that, in the
steady disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, Egypt
offered a rich and fertile field of incalculable potentialities
to his masterful genius. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 86 | Author: | Clemons
Harry
1879-1968 | Add | | | Title: | [Manuscript notes for] The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950 | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The references are to pages in the typewritten text. The numbers
within parentheses, however, refer to the numbered notes, not to
pages. We have as yet no library nor consequently
employment for a librarian, and [when] we need
one we propose a compensation of 50. D. a year
only, counting that some one of the professors
will undertake it for that. the fact is also
that a librarian must ever be a man of a high
order of science and able to give to enquirers
an account of the character and contents of the
several books under his care. be pleased to
accept the assurance of my great esteem &respect. You are hereby appointed Librarian to
the University of Virginia, with a compensation
of 150.D a year to be paid by the Proctor from
the funds of the University. an important part
of your charge will be to keep the books in a
state of sound preservation, undefaced and free
from injury by moisture or other accident, and
in their stated arrangement on the shelves
according to the method and order of their Catalogue.
your other general duties and rules of
conduct are prescribed in the printed collection
of the enactments of the Board of Visitors, of
these rules the Board will expect the strictest
observance on your own part and that you use the
utmost care &vigilance that they be strictly
observed by others. Given under my hand this
30th day of Mar. 1825. The office of Librarian to the University
of Virginia having become vacant by the resignation
of mr Kean, and the authority of ultimate
appointment being in the Board of Visitors, it
becomes necessary in the meantime to place the
library under the temporary care of some one;
you are therefore hereby appointed to take
charge thereof until the Visitors shall make
their final appointment. you will be entitled
to a compensation at the rate of 150. D. a
year to be paid by the Proctor from the funds
of the University. I received this moment a copy of the resolution of the Faculty
`instructing the Librarian to report the measures taken by him to save the
most valuable portions of the contents of the Library from the fire on
October 27th.' The committee appointed to prepare a paper with reference to
the death of our esteemed brother, William Wertenbaker, presented
the following, which was approved and ordered to be recorded. To the Board of Visitors
of the University of Virginia, "In regard to the application of certain students for the
use of the Library room on Monday morning and Tuesday night
of next week for dancing purposes, the Faculty, in view of
the very serious interruption to the work of the Librarian
and Secretary of the Faculty, and to the filling up of the
Diplomas of the various Professors, which was caused last
year by a similar use of the only apartment in which these
important duties of the Librarian and Faculty can be properly
attended to, unanimously recommend that the request be not
granted, should the application be made to the Board." | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 87 | Author: | Madison
James
1751-1836 | Add | | | Title: | The Writings of James Madison | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 11th was duly recd.
and I should have given it a less tardy answer, but
for a succession of particular demands on my attention,
and a wish to assist my recollections, by
consulting both Manuscript & printed sources of
information on the subjects of your enquiry. Of
these, however, I have not been able to avail myself
but very partially. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 88 | Author: | Jefferson
Thomas
1743-1826 | Add | | | Title: | The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia | | | | Published: | 2005 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Sir—In response to your letter, I have to advise you that the text of the Declaration
of Independence (the original MS.) as signed by the delegates, reads, at the point
of your inquiry—“unalienable rights”, while the text of Jefferson's MS. draft, as amended
in committee by Franklin and Adams, reads “inalienable rights”. The latter is the paper
printed in Ford's edition of Jefferson's Writings, in fac simile. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 96 | Author: | Catlin
George
1796-1872 | Add | | | Title: | O-kee-pa, a Religious Ceremony, and Other Customs of the Mandans | | | | Published: | 2004 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | In a narrative of fourteen years' travels and residence amongst the
native tribes of North and South America, entitled `Life amongst
the Indians,' and published in London and in Paris, several years
since, I gave an account of the tribe of Mandans,—their personal
appearance, character, and habits; and briefly alluded to the singular
and unique custom which is now to be described, and was then
omitted, as was alleged, for want of sufficient space for its insertion,—
the "O-kee-pa," an annual religious ceremony, to the strict observance
of which those ignorant and superstitious people attributed not
only their enjoyment in life, but their very existence; for traditions,
their only history, instructed them in the belief that the singular
forms of this ceremony produced the buffalos for their supply of food,
and that the omission of this annual ceremony, with its sacrifices
made to the waters, would bring upon them a repetition of the
calamity which their traditions say once befell them, destroying the
whole human race, excepting one man, who landed from his canoe
on a high mountain in the West. "We hereby certify that we witnessed, with Mr. Catlin, in the Mandan
village, the ceremonies represented in the four paintings to which this certificate
refers, and that he has therein represented those scenes as we saw
them enacted, without addition or exaggeration. "We hereby certify that we witnessed, in company with Mr. Catlin, in the
Mandan village, the ceremony represented in the four paintings to which this
certificate refers, and that he has therein represented those scenes as we saw
them transacted, without any addition or exaggeration. "To George Catlin, Esq. "To Thomas Potts, Esq., Edinburgh, Scotland. "To George Catlin, Esq., City of New York. "No man can appreciate better than myself the admirable fidelity of
your Indian Collection and Indian book, which I have lately examined. They
are equally spirited and accurate; they are true to nature. Things that are,
are not sacrificed, as they too often are by the painter, to things as (in his
judgment) they should be. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 97 | Author: | Catlin
George
1796-1872 | Add | | | Title: | Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio | | | | Published: | 2004 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | By whatever means, at what time soever, or for what end, Man and ferocious Beasts have been placed upon the almost boundless prairies, and through the rude and Rocky
Mountains of America: and for what wise purposes soever the dates and sources of their origin have been sealed in impenetrable mystery; it is a truth incontrovertible, that such
were found to be the joint inhabitants of all that important half of the globe; and a truth rendered of tenfold interest at the present time, from the lamentable fact that both
are rapidly travelling to extinction before the destructive waves of civilisation, which seem destined soon to roll over the remotest parts of the continent. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 98 | Author: | Warre
Henry James
Sir
1819-1898 | Add | | | Title: | Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory | | | | Published: | 2004 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | I left Montreal on the 5th May, 1845, in company with Sir G. Simpson,
the Governor of the Honorable Hudson's Bay Company, Lieutenant
V—, an Officer of the Royal Engineers, and several gentlemen connected
with the Hudson's Bay Company, who were proceeding to their
respective stations in the territory belonging to the Fur Company, to
which Sir George Simpson was about to make his annual tour of
inspection. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 99 | Author: | unknown | Add | | | Title: | Annals of Henrico Parish | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The picturesque ruins of Jamestown mark the beginning
of the Church in Virginia, in 1607. The history of Henrico
Parish begins with the second established settlement in
the colony. During the interregnum between the governorships
of Lord De la War and Sir Thomas Gates, Sir Thomas
Dale had acted as regent under the title of High Marshall of
Virginia. On the arrival of Gates, Dale, by agreement, took
advantage of the opportunity to carry out the cherished project
of founding for himself a settlement. In the early part
of September, 1611, at the head of 350 men, chiefly German
laborers, he pushed up the river. He founded Henricopolis
on the peninsula now insulated by Dutch Gap canal. Dale
was almost a religious fanatic. He had named his new city
in honor of Prince Henry, the eldest son of James I. After
this prince's sudden death, Dale writes: "My glorious master
is gone, that would have enamelled with his favors the
labors I undertake for God's cause and his immortal honor.
He was the great captain of our Israel; the hope to have
builded up this heavenly new Jerusalem be interred, I think;
the whole frame of this business fell into his grave." To the Vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond,
Va.: The following is the report of the committee: To the Friends of Old St. John's Church, Richmond, Va.: " `Sir,—I should, with great pleasure, oblige the Vestry,
and particularly yourself, in granting them an acre to build
their Church upon, but there are so many roads already
through that land, that the damage to me would be great to
have another of a mile long cut through it. I shall be very
glad if you would please to think Richmond a proper place,
and considering the great number of people that live below
it, and would pay their devotions there, that would not care
to go so much higher, I can't but think it would be agreeable
to most of the people; and if they will agree to have it there,
I will give them two of the best lots, that are not taken up,
and besides give them any pine timber they can find on that
side of Shockoe Creek, and wood for burning of bricks into
the bargain. I hope the Gent. of the Vestry will believe me a
friend to the Church when I make them the offer, and that
I am both theirs, sir, and, "I fhould, with great pleafure, oblige the Veftry, and
particularly your felf, in granting them an Acre to build their
Church upon, but there are fo many roads already through
that Land, that the Damage to me would be too great to have
another of a mile long cut thro' it. I fhould be very glad if
you would pleafe to think Richmond a proper place, and
confidering the great number of people that live below it, and
would pay their Devotions there, that would not care to go
fo much higher, I can't but think it would be agreeable to
moft of the people, and if they will agree to have it there, I
will give them two of the beft lots, that are not taken up, and
befides give them any Pine Timber they can find on that
Side Shockoe Creek, and Wood for burning of Bricks into the
bargain. I hope the Gent. of the Veftry will believe me a
Friend to the Church when I make them the Offer, and that
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