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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1866
Page
4
The Pittsburg Chronicle argues the president is a true friend to the freedmen yet opposes the Friedmans Bureau bill due to excessive powers, not its aim to protect emancipated blacks. It notes some journalists rush to condemnation but would share similar sentiments upon reflection, praising a western contemporary for restraint.
The Knoxville Whig quotes harshly on Democrats and Civil War politics, accusing them of treasonous sympathy with rebels and predicting dire consequences if they regain power. It condemns Democratic editors and calls for payment for publishing amid editorial tirades and a brief note on foreign ministers and a pair of steamboat disasters on the Ohio River. The column ends with a long Boswell of oblique political claims and a Toronto despatch about a Sweeny plan near Pittsburgh.
Friday night week a warehouse in New Oxford owned by Mr David Woks was robbed of coffee sugar tobacco and about 40 cents in coin entrance gained through a back window. The following night the warehouse of Mr Daniel Gulden near the railroad five miles away was entered with sugar coffee tobacco stamps and other items taken. Also reports on oil wells by Alien Petroleum Co Gettysburg and Buck Run region progress with two wells and planned testing. Various farm implements and equipment including Walker's Horse Hay Fork promoted. Freshets damaged mills and caused temporary shutdowns. A child bitten by a rat alarmed Hanover residents amid sickness reports typhoid fever and diphtheria. A great freshet on the Susquehanna sent ice and logs downstream. property sales include Eliza Wintrode and McIlhenny Creek mill sale.
Writ of habeas corpus suspended in Ireland by the Queen with over 100 Dublin arrests reported on the 17th, chiefly organizers. Fenian activity described as hidden for weeks, Center Head John O Mahoney in New York ordering pirates to unite and aid Ireland. Baltimore hosted two large meetings, one with Confederate sympathizers and the other Union loyalists seeking to restore government. Also a Philadelphia shop ad for Hopkin’s Heap Skirte ladies and children wear at 628 Arch Street.
The House passed a resolution barring members from late rebel states until Congress declares them entitled. Debates featured Garret Davis criticizing Southern Senators and calls for presidential action. The Baltimore meeting showed strong anti rebel sentiment, while a Coffroth resolution urged aid for Chambersburg after General McCausland's raid.
Meyer McMichael of the North American Philadelphia argues for caution toward President Johnson and unity with Congress. He urges avoiding alienation of loyal men, supporting a measured approach to reconstruction, military presence, and representation to steer the nation away from further divisions and dangerous storms.
A private letter from an officer of a colored regiment near Sareve port Louisiana reports terror and daily outrages against freedmen. Soldiers scour the countryside, facing attacks from armed Rebels as state militia allegedly targets freedmen. The letter claims few loyal, powerless residents, treason fears, and notes minimal plantation sales due to Northern refusal to settle among natives.
A severe flood swept the Oil Creek area with ice gorging twenty rods above the bridge. The bridge and several houses were washed away while the eastern part of town was inundated six to eight feet deep. Petroleum Centre suffered heavy damage as river barges broke loose above.
Washington, Feb 26. A letter read to Union representatives outlines President Johnson's restoration plan. He favors rapid peace based on loyalty, civil government over military rule, and a loyalty-driven amnesty. The Freedmen's Bureau may continue briefly, then end if South self‑polices rights and protections for freedmen. Provisional governments replace rebel regimes, with conditions: amend state constitutions to bar slavery, ratify constitutional amendments, repudiate rebel debts, and grant freedmen rights.
The narrative outlines a plan to restore Southern states by reorganizing state governments, reopening post offices and trade, and admitting loyal representatives to Congress. It notes that executive branches would keep limited military presence to protect freedmen, while Congress would judge elections. It emphasizes loyalty tests and gradual restoration through state action and federal restraint.
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