21 Apr 1863
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1863
Page
1
Fragment of an elegiac poem recalling a departed beloved. The speaker mourns a girl who sleeps in death, hearing a familiar song that revives memories of youth and happiness. He pleads for comfort and asks that she rest and not be disturbed by grief, hoping to meet again beyond the sea.
An 1860s public exhortation argues that the United States should stamp God our Trust on all coinage and inscribe it above public doors and on hearths. It asserts divine guidance is essential to victory and national harmony, urging immediate adoption to avoid future misery and ensure unity in a time of civil war.
A plea for marital privacy and unity urging couples to keep their relationship free from outside confidences. It emphasizes vows of mutual trust, healing alienation, and growing together as two hearts bound by devotion, noting many marriages might endure better if this secret was shared.
A correspondent recalls a childhood incident where mocking an elderly disabled man at a tavern stagecoach led to his father’s compassionate appeal and the man’s praise for the boy. The tale ends with a moral on not injuring others feelings and avoiding lifelong regret.
An Irishman in Cincinnati and a Dutchman share a house during a night of fantastical mixups as three infants appear. Each man asserts possible parentage while a nurse observes. The plan resolves with two children to the Trishman and one to the Dutchman, who vows to reject any Dutch-talking child.
A child bids good night to family and prays with her nurse nearby. The little girl tells her father she loves him and says she enjoys saying good night to God. A mother asks if she will remember prayers, and the child affirms.
Excerpted reflections praise soldiers wives for endurance and sacrifice, contrasting officer and settler spouses. Humorous and sober anecdotes follow, including a Doberman tale and a comic misadventure with ducks, then a story of April Fools in camp and a Virginia liquor sting.
A Victorian tone essay argues heaven as home and inn, lamenting earthly sorrows. Mention of Sir Mathew Dede OGPA, a figure in session at Indianapolis, who proposed a resolution to fund cough medicine for members.
The piece notes vast private property losses in the South since the rebellion began. It cites Rebel General Gideon Pillow estimating 400 enslaved people lost, four gin houses valued at 10 000 each, 1060 pounds of baton, 2000 hogs, 500 cattle, 2100 bales of cotton burned by the Federal armies, plus ruined houses and plantations. Estimated total for Pillow alone reaches 600 000 dollars, raising questions on the national scale of losses.
A Texas jury acquitted a man of horse stealing despite clear proof, as he stole the horse to elope with his sweetheart who attended the trial and waited to marry him if he was acquitted. The jurors, perhaps in love themselves, asserted a sympathy that influenced the verdict.
A reflective meditation on kindness and its lasting joy to giver and recipient. The text extols visiting the afflicted as a noble act, noting the comfort it brings to the poor widow and orphan and likening benevolence to a lasting luxury that brightens the soul.
A fragmented column presents moral quips and anecdotes. It recalls a man wishing aloud for a friend’s true support at his grave and a Albany Recorder case where a presumed respectable New York woman name checks eminent criminal lawyers, then a supper scene with Mr Brown and an old hostess. It closes with reflections on life as a struggle for wealth and a Cincinnati physician’s odd act, a metaphor on effort and rest.
A Cincinnati Gazette account describes four young women at a Butternut gathering in Jennings County Indiana who, angered by conservative men, seized the Stars and Stripes from the post office and bore it toward a schoolhouse. A skirmish with a man named Barnes followed before the women maintained control of the flag and withdrew to the hillside, while one participant charged the banner with a batter nut. The episode prompted further calls in Baltimore for proper flag display by prominent hotels.
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