02 Sep 1862
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1862
Page
1
A devotional poem by Ghsie Posrey praising faith and love for the unseen savior. It contrasts earthly love with a purer spiritual bond, recalling the narrator's journey from faith to sight and the hope of eternal presence. The verse evokes pilgrimage, mercy, and steadfast devotion across life’s trials.
A Columbus Statesman report recalls a dramatic incident at a Van Amurau and Sons show where a boa constrictor, after swallowing two rabbits, grabbed the keeper’s hand and wound its coils around him. Passersby and the resilient showman Pows D aided in freeing the keeper without fatal harm. The bite left the hand swollen but nonpoisonous, with no lasting injury expected.
A young woman seeks an ideal archangel husband beyond the reach of reality. She learns, by eighteen, the myth cannot exist in real life and settles for a decent, sensible suitor who may lack grandeur. The tale traces choices between romance and practical, lasting marriage.
A nostalgic poem extols the virtues of an attractive, well ordered home. It urges neat tasteful decor, bright surroundings, and happiness rooted in domestic harmony, suggesting a lasting impression on character and contentment.
A fragment discusses humility and the fleeting nature of life, urging modesty before divine truth. It then shifts to practical guidance on desk posture and lighting to protect sight, advising window placement and light quality for reading and writing. The text ends with a brief reflection on fidelity and the danger of falsehood.
A long sketch portrays New York life as a high pressure grind where men rush through days from dawn to midnight. It cites bankers lawyers and merchants, neglect of home, and the toll on health and marriages, with satirical notes on fashion and social life.
A patchwork of 19th century prose and reports. Poems on hope mingle with brisk wartime anecdotes. Capt Gwynne and the Arkansas figure in a rambunctious tale of a gunboat chase, while orders sternly warn officers against surrender. Local vignettes address women in uniform and rural humor amid unrest.
A mixed set of 1850s era notes contrasts free states favorably with seceded regions, praising prosperity and unity. It also asserts Tokyo Japan as the world’s largest city, detailing its population and trade, and includes short anecdotes about patriotism, portraits, and a humorous anecdote about a portrait question.
Ten men argue that the Unionist stance treats the Administration as the constitutional exponent and commander in chief. They insist the war’s direction belongs to the President and urge support for the national cause over party strife, warning that opposing the Administration risks national doom.
The Breckinridge faction rails against the Constitution as it is and the Union as it was, deeming the Democratic Party treasonous. They warn of three more years of debt and sacrifice while leaders keep followers at home from volunteering. They refuse to explain how they would resolve differences and demand public faith without asking.
A scouting party from Edina captures Colonel Farssre H McCunnoven near Kirksville after a chase. He is court martialed and executed by a firing squad, declaring his action a principle of right and forgiving his captors as he dies. His body is buried by friends in Edina.
Le Pays publishes an extract in which Gen Couseret praises American troops for endurance under hunger cold and exposure. He notes they march 150 to 200 miles with minimal gear and provide no complaints while displaying discipline. He calls them admirable and values their patience and restraint alongside French qualities.
A Tennessee soldier in the Confederate army faces a court martial for refusing to abandon his post to visit his wife and four children. His fellow soldiers yielded, but he remained steadfast, asking for thirty days to see his family. Executed on Monday, he died amid a cross on his breast, remembered as a martyr by some in Civil War reportage. The article also notes the Union war stance on black troops and the dissolution of a South Carolina Colored Volunteers unit due to ration shortages. A counterfeit ten dollar note circulating in Montgomery County is also described.
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