20 Jan 1864
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Newspaper
Allen County Democrat
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1864
Page
1
A fragment from a Dayton Exopire column recounts Wall Street chatter and currency shifts. It notes gold rising to fifty-tero, mentions Masgo Chase and Lincoln Dun, and hints at a rising exchange with race and class implications. The piece ends with reassurance against panic.
In Allen County Ohio on January 3 1864 Judge Ben Metcalf heard John M Anderson petition for a writ of habeas corpus to discharge John H Anderson a minor held by Captain D S Brown Provost Marshal Fifth District Ohio as an enlisted soldier. The court discharged the youth and quashed the enlistment citing lack of age and parental consent. The record includes a lengthy exchange with Brown and a summary opinion by the judge criticizing military authority over civilians.
A 19th century column marks the anniversary of the New Orleans victory and reprints excerpts from General Jackson’s farewell address, stressing preservation of the Union by constitutional means. It discusses sectional tensions, civil liberty, and views on slavery, with local notes on a War Meeting in St John and reactions to abolitionist rhetoric and Copperhead criticisms.
The Richmond Sentinel publishes a list of Confederate state governors. Alabama Thos I Watts Arkansas E Flanagan Florida John Milton Georgia J E Brown Kentucky Richard Hawen Louisiana Henry W Allen Mississippi Chas Clarke Missouri T C Reynolds North Carolina Z B Vance South Carolina M L Bonham Tennessee Robert L Carathera not yet inaugurated Texas Pendleton Marrah Virginia William Smith from January 1864
Justice Smith delivered judgment in the case of Redpath versus the Amer its Codent-General Hoagrabte Ji oan ne ft Giddings on. The garbled text suggests a court decision with named parties and officials, though details are unreadable.
Streeted murderer Streeter, who killed the Coy family months ago and broke jail on Christmas eve, was captured yesterday at Tichfield. Pursuers Sanders and Nelson, aided by Hart of Bielefeld, tricked the culprit into revealing himself. A pitchfork punctured Streeter, ending his resistance as he exclaimed he would return to Medina and Beling. The ordeal concluded with his death, in a cloud of mystery and grim irony.
Fragmented OCR lists cabinet officers and officials with unclear spellings and mis-typed names for the United States and Confederate States, including references to Lincoln, Hamils, Shavens, Sevent, Rempuala, Beddoa, Wae Btanten, Shagr, Wellen, Bates, and Blaig in a garbled wartime reference.
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