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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1863
Page
2
The firm lists agents at 37 Park Row and 6 State Street Boston for ads and subscriptions at their lowest rates. They are authorized to handle announcements in those cities on behalf of the publisher.
Notice calling all indebted readers to settle accounts with J. L. Anderson who is authorized to receipt in the name of T. C. Nicholson. Also public notice about name changes and a published letter from Newberne New York recounting a battle with troops victorious, with a recommendation to organize Union Leagues to support the government against rebellion.
The Star attacks Vallandigham and Copperhead sympathy, reporting on Union Leagues forming in various counties and New Brighton. It denounces treason, urges loyalty, and questions ministers about slavery’s role in the nation’s strife, urging readers to reject proslavery sentiment.
A New York City Democratic meeting denounced South Carolina as treasonous and urged support for Abraham Lincoln. In Tennessee near Millon, Col Hunll's Brigade conducting a scout clashed with Morgan and Breckinridge cavalry, about 8 000 to 10 000 strong, and was driven back after hours of fighting.
A dramatic denunciation questions the national treasury and arms theft, accusing Buchanan era figures and Southern leaders like Breckenridge Jeff Davis Floyd Mason Slidell Vallandingham Hughes of promoting slavery. It portrays Northern sympathizers as loyal to liberty or as subservient to slaveholding masters, ending with a harsh image of dog-like obedience by pro-slavery factions.
A wartime editorial attacks secret Northern leagues described as treasonous and uniting to oppose the government. It argues these groups aim to disrupt recruitment, threaten national unity, and force a peace on terms that would destroy self government. The piece insists loyalty is the only path for the North.
A long editorial denounces Vallandigham and the Union League as treasonous, urging loyal Union men to unite, support government efforts, disarm traitors, and stand together for national strength and peace. It cites editorials and speeches from The Star and Planters' Banner to illustrate the debate.
The Harrisburg community welcomed Judge Agnew for a lecture on the Adaptation of the Federal Constitution to a state of rebellion. Readers are urged to circulate his address widely as a defense of government policy and constitutional authority amid wartime criticism. The piece lauds his clarity and calls him a leading legal mind deserving greater national recognition.
A Civil War camp letter describes convalescence, movement rumors around Hooker, distrust of Copperheads, pay received with Greenbacks, and morale notes. The writer mentions Army inspections, temperate soldiers, rations and whiskey, and a desire to return home among loyal men before further battles.
The Beaver County Agricultural Society's Board of Managers requests the presence of members on Saturday April 4 at 2 o'clock for a meeting and to receive bids for renting the grounds to the highest bidder. Secretary Al Gy McCreary signs the notice, dated March 17, 1868. Maj. Gen. B. V. Simar, recently associated with the Ottomanic war, died Friday in Syracuse, NY.
A 1863 correspondence from Haggis pura reports a large turnout at a Methodist Episcopal service in a northern city, with Rev. Franklin Moore delivering a controversial sermon opposing slavery. The writer condemns slanders against Moore, praises his loyalty to the Union, and criticizes slaveholding sympathizers within the church. The update covers legislative actions, including appropriations and a Portage Railroad dispute, and notes a lecture by Judge Agnew amid political tension.
A garbled roll lists many senators and representatives by county and state, naming those who refused to speak for this courtly cause. The fragmentary text names individuals such as Geo W L Bucher Cumberland County and Charles Lamberton among others, across Philadelphia and several counties, with numerous misspellings and garbled phrases.
The article reflects on Unionist resolve and loyalty amid rebel advances as estimates place Confederate forces near Shinarset with 5000 to 10000 troops mentioned and caution that treason and disloyalty threaten patriotism. It discusses strengthening government aid and unity across parties to preserve the Union and defeat the rebellion.
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