15 Feb 1865
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1865
Page
1
A veteran speaker reflects on a fallen comrade with stark imagery of blood and death. The poem mourns the cost of battle and hedges toward freedom, ending in a resolve to honor the dead by embracing the duties and costs of liberty.
Obituary notice from Knox December 1 1864 recounts the death of a long lived Zionist woman born 1776 near Princeton New Jersey. Daughter of the Hart signer lineage she moved through Pennsylvania and Sharon to Crow's Bottom Beaver and settled in Sharon until death. Married 1803 to Robert Darragh the couple raised eight children seven surviving. Conversion occurred in Pittsburgh amid early Methodism with Rev Thomas J Dorsey. the account emphasizes her piety and hope for others to find salvation and spiritual welfare.
In a long reminiscence, the piece celebrates the Methodist Mother Darrah as a virtuous spiritual catalyst whose prayers and deeds spurred conversion and charity. It then draws a brief parallel between the Southern rebellion and the French Revolution, arguing parallels in revolt, leadership failures, and the revival of Union prospects as Sherman advances through Georgia.
The official Admiralty return shows England has 765 ships of all classes in service or building as of late January 1865. It lists 350 line of battle ships frigates corvettes sloops and others ready to sail at short notice, plus 224 in commission across various stations and 43 gunboats, 38 watch vessels, 48 coast guard cruisers and 98 coast guard watch vessels. The fleet includes 312 effective line of battle ships and other sailing vessels, plus harbor duties ships hospital ships airship tenders and depots as the navy expands with steam and sail power.
A fragment notes whisky weakness after the war with a claim that it is run into candle moulds, frozen, and sold by the stick, reflecting wartime scarcity and unusual handling.
A dense miscellany recalls a clever border smuggling case where a house straddling the boundary enabled evasion of duties on British and American goods. It notes a Congressional push to authorize search of such premises and seizure of goods. The piece also summarizes a San Marino sketch by W Irving, church and religious notes, and various civic notices.
A fragmentary passage shows a speaker reflecting that revenge is a dangerous idea when one holds power over a pretender and can punish a prelate who wronged him. The words imply caution and the moral tension of vengeance versus restraint.
Classified ad rates described with scattered terms for space, discounts, and service features. Mentions marriage and death notices and religious notices as public items.
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