22 Jan 1863
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1863
Page
1
A husband narrator visits Dr Stearns and observes a loving, well cared for marriage. After a day with the couple, he learns that small daily courtesies sustain affection. Returning home, he rekindles his wife Alice with renewed attention and replays the doctor’s advice that early dreams endure through persistent care.
Reports of Cotopaxi eruptions in 1788 and 1754 describing fiery jets and extensive sound reach, while Tunguragua in 1797 produced mud torrents that dammed rivers formed new lakes and deep deposits. An old Excise tax notice from 1862 announces licenses issued by E H H Moore in Ohio with street address in Bank Building.
A letter from the 75th Ohio Regiment at Camp 7511 recounts marching from Fairfax Court House to Dumfries in December 1862, with scarce crackers and mud clogged roads. The men hear artillery from Fredericksburg and Stafford and hope for Burnside’s victory, only to face more delays and rough weather.
General Butler describes his radical shift on the slavery question during his New Orleans tenure. He cites slave wealth, merchant loyalty, and a broader demoralization of Southern society, comparing reform to Uncle Tom's Cabin and recounting a vivid incident of coercion and exploitation.
Dispatches report a dawn assault on Federal forces at Galveston by five rebel steamers protected by cotton bales. Harriet Lane captured. 130 officers and crew killed. Westfield blew up to prevent capture. Commodore Renshaw and Lieut. Zimmerman perished. Remaining troops evacuated from Galveston as reinforcements retreat.
Mie Boldier markets Prrenad and Arcumatem claiming relief from diarrhea and dysentery. The advertisements spell out a preventive approach and promise rapid action, citing unnamed testimonials and generic medical authority.
A Times correspondent recalls a December night reconnaissance from the blockade off Mobile. A boat crew from the Brooklyn and Pembina, under Lieuts Mitchell and Prontias, crept past Fort Gaines and Morgan to inspect driven piles, then slipped back, narrowly escaped by signals as the fleet watched. The report notes rebel pile driving blocks the flats and criticizes the need to force a channel under Fort Morgan fire.
The Richmond Examiner reports war theater shifting to North Carolina with General Kirby Smith and staff arriving from the west. Congress convenes at noon, the President’s long message reportedly fifty pages. Four thousand Yankee prisoners head to Richmond from Chattanooga via Murfreesboro, destined for the capital’s safety beyond Wilmington and eastern counties.
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