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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1865
Page
2
The AB State Convention will be held at Haesrisburg on Tuesday the 17th Avoner 1865 at 12 o'clock M for nominating a rate ticket by the Union friends for the coming October election. Simon Cameron, Chairman, urges all districts to be represented to discuss business of vast importance and to preserve the recent victory.
A Northern Democratic split is argued by Pollard in Southern History of the War. The piece notes alleged secret league with rebels at Chicago 1860, cites Gov. Seymour’s alleged Canada talks, and discusses Union candidates for Pennsylvania offices. It also covers Butler's Fort Fisher report, potential Western slate picks, and Tennessee rebel gold repurposed into bonds.
The speaker warns that forgetting treason and those who aided it would empower future divisions. He cites party actions during the rebellion that damaged governance, finances, and the army, urging continued faith in American justice and patriotism despite Pollard’s damaging testimony and the party’s troubling record.
The piece condemns Ford for seeking sympathy after Secretary Stanton refused to let the theater reopen. It argues Stanton acted prudently, that opening the theater would have sparked a mob, and that Ford aims to profit from Lincoln's murder, seeking government help to do so. Stanton is praised for fearless duty.
W H Markle of Wentavcros land county is a candidate for Survey or General subject to convention decision. Capt Blair of Huntingdon county who lost an arm at Gettysburg is named for the post and said to be well qualified.
The article notes many skedaddlers in Canada returning home after the war. It warns that Congress requires deserters to report within sixty days after the March 3 1865 Proclamation or forfeit citizenship. Deserters who did not report by May 1 1865 have forfeited their rights and franchises.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Charley Daly, a Maryland third-year college student who joined the Southern army and rose to officer rank. In Pittsburgh a distant relative confronted him in a council room, denouncing his dandy conduct and urging departure, ending Daly's access to the family circle. The piece links Daly to George Crook and General Kelly and notes Edwin Wharley Daly as a prominent actor in Cumberland.
Report of the 1864 transportation of the four conspirators Mudd Arnold O Laughlin and Spangler from Washington to the Florida coast aboard the State of Maine under Brig Gen Dodd. They were manacled on boarding then removed. they reach the Florida gunboat flotilla and are redirected seaward as twilight descends over the bay.
Obituary records Epwaznp N Boors of North Sowickly township, aged about 30, died in the Andersonville prison in September 1864 after serving from October 1861 with Company H of the 101st Regiment P. V. He was a respected local educator and devout Christian, captured at Plymouth, North Carolina on April 26, 1864. His loss is mourned by widowed mother, five brothers, two sisters, and a large circle of friends.
A New York group of shipowners considers building eight thousand ton vessels with dual engines and paddle wheels plus screws. They claim eighteen mile per hour speeds and a six hundred foot length to carry 2,500 passengers between New York and Bristol with variable fares. Meals served on board and options to dine or go ashore are mentioned.
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