10 Jun 1863
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1863
Page
1
Wednesday June 10 1863 issue edited by D Le Imbrie includes terms for texts and payments. Reads as a local notice page with letters and communications by mail and reminders about unsettled arrears.
The piece argues slavery is a condition reducing humans to property, against which slave holding profits from human bondage. It stresses the moral breach of treating persons as goods, cites South Carolina, Louisiana, and Maryland definitions, and insists on the essential difference between personhood and chattel status.
A dated ad from a Beaver Pennsylvania source proclaims a first class hotel and oyster saloon offering the best quality oysters by the dozen. It notes the table at the market quality and invites families to use the establishment during season while thanking patrons for liberal support. Also mentions assorted goods like scissors pins needles and cosmetics sold at a nearby drug store.
A daguerreotype saved life during the Rapahannock fighting. James Garrity Aut, of Company D, Thirteenth Regiment, placed a fallen rebel’s photo in his blouse and was struck by a bullet through the photo. The image shielded his heart, the wooden frame splintered, and Garrity survived. His brother found him alive, and Garrity’s image is sent home as a precious memento.
Fragmentary 1861 remarks praise the Constitution and Union, denounce secession, and demand war support to preserve the United States. The speaker condemns conspiracy, urges unity, and cites McClellan’s military conduct and public calls for decisive action to defend the nation.
The text critiques General McClellan and allied generals Franklin and Burnside for delaying action and disobeying a presidential order. It notes Washington urging prompt moves and a removal that faced refusal to comply, labeling the conduct as dereliction and inefficient, as echoed by the New York Times.
The passage records a string of opinions on the Civil War era from figures like Vallandigham and Curtis. It contrasts abolitionist rhetoric with pro Union loyalty and questions constitutional aspects of the war. It mentions fear of Southern rebellion and the insistence that preserving the Union is paramount.
London Vélograph correspondent says Gen Baioo-Dupin died in Paris the prior Friday. He saved Napoleon’s life at Schoen and fought in Napoleonic campaigns. Special election in Missouri fills state senate vacancy with Charles D. Prake winning by about 2500 over James Yeatman. Court martial into General Corcoran shooting Colonel Kimball concludes with justification. People of Muscatine county hold a picnic to plant Thirty nerves of land with the Bongtis of the sebeioes
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