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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1859
Page
2
A London Times correspondent describes the wounded and dying after the Battle of Magenta. He details the brutal dispersion by trains and carriages, improvised shelters, and the care of exhausted soldiers amid a grim scene. Nurses, priests, and soldiers confront fear and pain as the victory’s cost becomes visible.
A severe freshet Monday evening wrecked the tarm pike toward Littlestown, swept away three bridges and several culverts, damaged Roth’s mill dam and Horner’s mill remains. Meadows filled with mud and sand, hay and sensor crops carried off. Commencements at Mt St Mary’s and St Joseph’s held, large crowds, flags to be inaugurated. Gettysburg and Trinity invite attendance with 8 oclock campus exercises. Rev Rourey Canned dies in Baltimore County after long ministry. Balloon voyage planned by Trafessors Wice Gage and La Monn tain to Atlantic coast.
The town reports several new buildings under construction along Baltimore Street Carlisle Street and Washington Street including three story and two story brick structures by Van & Joan Waunen and Jacon Stock plus a five story frame by Tetra Werkens and remodelling of Dr Dorsey’s dwelling. The Postmaster notes reduced mail service on Gettysburg Harrisburg direct route taking effect June 30 and New Oxford mail to be discontinued December 4. The warm spell brings 90s to 94 temperatures with a storm and cooling rain Friday. An o cation: Jonathan B. Chrosister of Washington Gardens was shot by his brother in Baltimore, Coulson at large. an elderly woman was killed by a freight train near Cheater after ignoring warnings.
The report says Emperor of Aur trig concentrates forces near the Mincia in Italy for a potential battle with Austrians. Verona and Mantua are fortified. a prolonged siege could follow. Also notes a terrible railroad accident and calls for accountability, plus cholera and other tragedies curtail life in Japan and Virginia grasshoppers feasting on crops.
Steamship Nova Scotia arrived with Liverpool dates to June eighteenth as Austrians retreat and French advance toward a decisive battle. Napoleon shifts HQ to Gorgonzola, Adda crossed on the twelfth. Austria’s Emperor leads anew from Andrid, ministry changes in England reunite a government backing Italian independence. Prince Metternich dies aged eighty seven after a life shaping European diplomacy.
The York Republic asserts a massive specie outflow to England and Europe since January. Estimates show about 31.5 million plus more than five million already shipped, with projections of 40 million more by July. The piece argues this drains domestic employment and wealth, urging wiser use of government funds and domestic investment.
The White Cloud Chief Justice John Pettit recounts a dawn visit to Hiswatha Territory. His hotel room reportedly held a bag of contraband items and weapons as he left with them amid loud oaths and blasphemous outbursts.
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