09 Oct 1861
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1861
Page
1
Notice to Assessors lists attendance dates for various boroughs and townships in Gettysburg and surrounding areas, with instructions from the Commissioners. Public Sale details describe auctions at George Black’s estate in Bettersville and related properties including a mansion, farm, and timber lands with dates, locations, and terms.
A lyrical meditation on the seasons where Autumn seizes power as Summer fades and Winter awaits. The poem traces harvests, ripening sheaves, and the fading warmth while Autumn’s reign promises rest and renewal.
Fragmentary verse expresses longing for union with a beloved star and soul. The speaker speaks of closeness, silent bond, and a vow that after death their beings may remain united in spirit and memory. The text blends archaic diction with incomplete phrasing, indicating a lyric about enduring connection.
A passerby notes a door draped in crape and reflects on the phrase somebody's dead in there as a child, parent, veteran, and others pass by, highlighting how the living overlook the loss of those within. The piece broadens to Revolutionary-era presses and civic duties, noting presses suppressed and the call for citizens to honor duties over self interest as secession debates continue. A marine in irons arrives in Washington for treasonous arson tied to Maryland legislators’ attempted escape, with a reward offer mentioned.
The text recalls an 1861 wartime tale from a village near Geneva, detailing a child’s misreported sighting of a dramatic nighttime quarrel, later clarified as a rat in a meat chest. It shifts to reports on Reverend Ward’s call to clerics for military service, a Mary Smith joining the McClellan Aouaves, a carved Indian idol found during blasting, and assorted Civil War era notes including recruiting appeals and local letters.
Amos Kendall addresses opponents of a peace movement, urging Democrats to support the government and the war, denouncing a peace party as traitorous. He recalls Federalist and Jacksonian lines to argue true Democrats never favored surrender or separation. He probes terms of peace and loyalty to the Union.
An immense Boston audience gathered at Music Hall to hear Irish patriot Thomas Francis Meagher. He denounced allegiance to party over people and attacked Southern democracy, predicting war among citizens while urging loyalty to the Union and condemning Know Nothingism as dead.
A lengthy, charged defense of Lincoln and the Union argues that Democrats who sympathize with the South betray the nation. It denounces Republicans who seek peace with the Confederacy and warns against abandoning the President or hurting the war effort. The piece contrasts Northern resolve with Southern arrogance and includes references to figures like Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln.
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