26 Nov 1863
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1863
Page
1
A war poem recalling the Chickamauga battle with lines about encampments, Confederate assaults led by Longstreet and Polk, Union defense under Turchin and others, and the endurance of veterans from the Cumberland. The piece honors officers like Whitaker and Garfield and notes heavy losses on both sides.
A story from Rockland County Journal recounts General Jackson in the White House dealing with a widow seeking to collect a board debt from a clerk. The woman obtains a thirty day note endorsed by Jackson, later discounted at the bank, exposing the clerk’s fraud and leading to his dismissal.
A New York Tribune correspondent recalls the grim scene at the Annapolis hospital yard where 1800 Union prisoners from Belle Island endure starvation and exposure. He describes emaciated patients, scant food, and officers and nurses overwhelmed by the savagery of captivity amid a broader report on Union sentiment and political jests.
Count d’Orsenne accompanies Napoleon on a hunt when thirst leads to a water gift from a woman. She questions the escort’s identity, praising the Emperor’s entourage as she hails the count, then the Emperor laughs and rewards her with a double louis.
A Confederate veteran, W. M. Bishback, spoke at a Little Rock union meeting, recounting his journey from Virginia to Arkansas. He contrasted Northern and Southern views, praising New England’s hospitality and education while defending the Union and asserting that twenty million people will preserve it.
A philosophical old man encounters a tale of a school committee meeting about moving a new schoolhouse or the smell of stacked dead cats. A boy explains Bill hoarded cats and fell ill handling them, prompting the committee to decide whether to relocate the school or the cats, and the elder departs.
A Brooklyn copperhead is confronted by a Union man who asks his view of the election. He concedes the majority supports the Government. A Mata moros trader laments potential missteps as the public backs Lincoln. A prominent New York lawyer who arrived conservative in Washington now backs the Administration.
Excerpt from Randell s Practical Shepherd advising split of flocks into small, uniform lots before winter. Merinos and other sheep should be separated by age, sex, and condition. Feeble, late lambs or old sheep should be sold or given to needy neighbors. hospital care outlined for unfit animals.
The article notes that green ink used on U S currency was patented by Stacy J Edson on June 30 1807 as anti photographic ink. It claims the ink cannot be photographed or counterfeited and remains known only to the American Bank Note Company and the inventor. The piece mentions banks used it before the Civil War and that the date appears in small print on the bills.
Ancient accounts credit remarkable memory feats to individuals like Seneca recalling two thousand words in sequence and Pontius Latro remembering every declaration spoken. Yneas memorized names of spectators for swift senate salutes, Cyrus knew each army soldier by name, and Scipio remembered Rome’s people. A German scholar Nieublin reportedly restored a ledger leaf from memory alone during his Copenhagen bank clerk days.
Alert reports counterfeits of five dollar notes from the Western Reserve Bank of Ohio and new two dollar fakes from the Bank of Seneca Falls New York. The five shows a joined last three letters in the corner and lacks the greasy appearance typical of forgeries. The two features a medallion two and a Washington portrait with state arms and a grain sheaf.
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