The Domicile Erected by John From Anser Mater
A lengthy verse narrative is followed by a report on the Agricultural Department’s organization and personnel. The article lists Commissioner Isaac Newton and other officials, notes limited funding, and discusses the department’s early challenges and hoped-for progress in collecting agricultural statistics and guiding farm advancement.
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John
Anser Mater
Agricultural Department
General Government
Isaac Newton
Pennsylvania
James 8. Grinnell
Massachusetts
Bayston Betts
Washington City
Lewis Bollman
Indiana
Townsend Glover
New York
Department of Government
Department of Agriculture
Maine
Texas
Olio
Kansas
California
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Agriculural Department
Beata of a Child Ends in Heaven’s Quiet Light
A meditation on infant death and heaven, contrasting the solemnity of mourning with the purity of children. The piece imagines little coffins, morning departures, and the eternal, unblemished memory of a child, asking readers to envision bright dawns and heavenly reunion rather than sorrow.
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Charnel House
Paradise
Port Hudson Native Guard Regiments In Action
New Orleans correspondent notes the Native Guard regiments suffered heavy losses at Port Hudson last Wednesday. He says many colored troops faced the front line, while praise comes for regiments in rear, and laments that better bravery did not translate to safety.
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New Orleans
New York World
Port Hudson
Indiana Regiments Brave Assault At Vicksburg Gorge
View Gur Hoosiers recounts a Vicksburg action by the 18th Indiana infantry storming a fort ditch amid shells and cotton bales. The 16th Indiana, under Col Lucas, led a bold crest cut to relieve the trapped unit then repelled rebel bayonet charges as Yankees closed in.
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16Th
Indiana
Col. Lucas
6Th Indiana
Orpheus
Hidden Heroine of the Kansas Regiment in Civil War
A letter from Lake Providence La describes a First Kansas Regiment soldier who died in hospital revealing she was a woman. She enlisted under an assumed name, fought in many battles including Springfield where General Lyon fell, and earned respect for bravery and endurance despite concealment.
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Lake Providence
Kansas
Missouri
Springfield
Lyon
Free Labor in Tennessee Report From Gen Payne
A June 1 dispatch from Gallatin Tennessee details a plan to convert enslaved people to hired labor. Slaves are to be paid eight dollars monthly, with written contracts designating them as hired hands and overseers reporting weekly. The note claims increased productivity and loyalty after the change and reports oath-taking by East Tennesseans to support the Union.
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Tennessee
Payne
Gen. Rosecrans
Gallatin, Tenn
Fairview
71St
Indiana
5Th Tennessee Cavalry
Sun as the Source of All Power in Tyndall’s Heat Theory
The excerpt argues that all mechanical action on earth stems from the sun, with warmth regulating oceans and weather, lifting rivers and mountains, and driving fire, motion, and human industry. It asserts this is not poetry but mechanical truth and suggests sun energy underpins vegetation, animals, industry, and tools.
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Tyndall
Herbert Spencer
Proteus
A Rich Cow Scrage Causes Household Bedlam in Erie
An Erie family is awakened by a cow trapped with its head in a barrel of swill. The animal bangs tables and crockery as a dog wrestles to free it, then rams into a bedroom, where a man and boy tackle the mischief in a chaotic, farcical scene. The episode ends with the cow driven outside amid uproar and laundry.
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Erie
Directory of Hospitals and Relief Services for Soldiers
A notice explains the U.S. Sanitary Commission directory for hospital information in the Eastern and Western Departments with offices in Washington and Louisville. It outlines the Special Relief Department offering free food and lodging for discharged soldiers and pension access, plus contact for Pension Director W. F. Bascom. The piece shifts to a moral lecture on thrift, urging workers and youths to use small moments for self improvement and lifelong learning.
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U.S. Sanitary Commission
United States
General Hospitals
Eastern DepartMent
Office Sanitary Commission
Washington
Western DepartMent
Louisville
Kentucky
Tach
W. F. Bascom, Esq
Sanitary Commission
Washington, D. C
Foolscap and the origin of its name in paper history
London Notes and Queries explains that foolscap paper earned its title from a royal monopoly on paper with royal arms watermarks. Cromwell’s Parliament altered the watermark replacing the arms with a fool’s cap and bells, a change later removed but the name persisted for paper the size of the Parliament Journal.
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Charles 1St
Cromwwell
Charles
Parliament
London Notes and Queries
Provocation and Rebel Defiance Amid War News
The Columbus correspondent relays a dialogue between a War Democrat and a Butternut about wartime provocations and mercy. Rebels claim the provocation justifies staying in the field while Union prisoners resist exchange and vow to die for the Confederacy. Officials report enrollment resistance and arrests for flying rebel flags in Indiana.
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Columbus
Cincinnati Times
Shiloh
Butternut
The Fainting Profession in Paris Court
A Paris trial features a young woman who testifies her profession is to faint. She explains she earns a living by fainting in a theater balcony each evening as the audience hits a dramatic moment, a performance valued by managers. The court questions and humor follow as observers muse on the vocation.
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Tribunal Correctional of
Paris
Themis
Theatre de la Porte Saint Martin
Noted Former Sheriff and Judge Now A Pauper In Laporte County
A former Laporte County official once Sheriff from 1848 to 1852 and later Common Pleas Judge, who ran for State Senate and was defeated, is now an inmate in the county poor house maintained at public expense. The piece attributes his decline to liquor.
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Laporte
Common Pleas
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