23 Oct 1862
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1862
Page
1
A dramatic archaic verse extols Liberty as a young figure chained by tyranny. The captive is dreadfully tested by Power and oppression, yet defiant light endures. The speaker envisions the eternal struggle, urging Freedom to rise as ages pass and tyranny persists unseen.
A chaotic collection of cartoonish quips and short notes recounts humorous dialogue about women money and respect, a Kentucky rebel letter ending in harsh proscriptions, a Dutch name mix up at a shipping office, Wesley's joke about a sleeping servant, a Connecticut corporal honored with a sword, and a tiny surgeon tale from Ohio.
Ixpranapolis October 10 1862 General Commissioner J P Sippais explains Indiana’s draft rules for conscientious objectors. Exempts are not counted in militia quotas. they must pay a $200 equivalent, funds used to recruit volunteers. Two quotas apply: 320 for militia and 160 for exemptions, totaling 480 per township. He defends this as constitutional, equitable, and necessary to avoid shifting burden.
The Detroit segment reports Parson Brown-Jow praising Lincoln's emancipation policy as timely and effective. He asserts support for freeing enslaved people of rebels in arms and paying loyal men, while condemning riots seen during Blackford County ballot tampering.
A Civil War boatman writes after sixty days service from the Ohio region. He describes sickness, the climate, and swamp miasma, mentions gunboats like Clara Dolson and Carondelet, life aboard in Cairo, Church on Sundays, cleaning routines, and personnel such as Weaver on Eastport and Edmundson as Master of Arms. He asks for regular newspapers and notes a Bank of England bullion-room scare with an anonymous letter and a sewer repair payment.
The article argues that soil exhaustion stems from bare summer soil and exposure to sun and rain, not solely from crops like corn and tobacco. It cites examples of depleted peach orchard lands and shows that shading preserves nutrients. green crops such as clover should replace hoed crops to maintain fertility. It also urges loyalty to the Constitution and government.
A Waterloo tale recalls Colonel Ponsonby of the Twelfth Dragoon Guards saved after multiple wounds when a Polish Lancer struck him and riflemen used his body as cover. He survived by lying exposed for two days and later died from a chicken bone incident years later. The piece also notes Rome’s Vatican complex growing from Nero’s garden to a grand museum of paintings and antiquities.
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