Beaver Argus News Digest 1862
Beaver Penn a November 12 1862 issue contains partial telegraph items and notices from EC Nicholson. Local happenings, market notes, and brief items appear with customary 19th century newspaper framing.
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1862
Page
2
Beaver Penn a November 12 1862 issue contains partial telegraph items and notices from EC Nicholson. Local happenings, market notes, and brief items appear with customary 19th century newspaper framing.
Ss M P entengill and Co Boston No 7 Park Row and 6 State St are named agents authorized to take advertisements and subscriptions at the lowest rates. A response from the Star alleges a manuscript theft from its office but the reply states no such entry occurred. The Anderson Troop of nine hundred men passed through en route to Kentucky to join Rosecrans, recruited in Pennsylvania for the South west, praised for their arms and equipment. Local names E Allison Sam Hamilton Win Stewart New Brighton are noted as members.
The November Term court presided by Judge Agdew disposed of several cases by press time. Indictments included murder, false pretence, assault and battery, and nolle prosequi entries were entered on costs. Individuals named include Eliio Sheets, John Fosnaught, Samé Wiley, George Poe, Will Lockhart, Mosca Doak, John Brown, Santo, John S Shepler, and Jos Allen with John B. Maben named as constable. Continued cases and new trial rulings are noted.
The report notes a Democratic mass meeting in New Castle where Mr. Taylor faced defeat amid accusations of intelligence bias. It mentions Mr. Quay of the 134th Regiment, ill but recovering enough to possibly travel to Harrisburg, with officials hoping he stays in a trusted nonfield role.
A democratic reply to a Star editor asserts Republicans won soldiers votes for Union, claims election delays hindered soldier ballots, denounces emancipation policy as misused by pro slavery factions, and accuses Democratic leaders and press of treachery and hypocrisy amid wartime mismanagement and corruption.
The speaker vows to persevere despite threats and defeats, declaring the fight for freedom is not over. They promise to return stronger, attack misrepresentation, and persist with editor and associates standing firm against foes. The message emphasizes unwavering resolve and defiance.
A dated letter discusses loyalty during wartime, opposing abolitionist labels and praising the President. It critiques a Lawrence Journal exposure of election irregularities in Greene County and mentions Postmaster Meadville J. De Hays acquittal and possible rehabilitation by the President.
The order removing Gen. McClellan from command arrives at Headquarters at eleven last night. Command passes to Gen. Burnside and McClellan departs tomorrow to report elsewhere. The last act is a brief address to troops as the army begins to move.
A 19th century club notes the resignation of Capt. Thomas N Boyle due to health and the group’s plan to honor him with a suitable public tribute. It also expresses sympathy for his successor and reaffirms confidence in Boyle's leadership and character.
Prina deLouin reports an official Gen. Ullock letter to the War Secretary alleging McClellan was urged to move against the enemy after Antietam and cross the Potomac immediately. It claims delays, stressed roads and supply shortages, and suggests the army’s failure to advance hurt supplies and outcomes.
The piece profiles General Ambrose E. Burnside, his Indiana origin, West Point education, rise to Second Lieutenant, and Civil War service including North Carolina campaigns and Bull Run. It also discusses draft mass-mobilization dilemmas, War Department orders on consolidating regiments, and McClellan request to use drafted men for Maryland Pennsylvania borders and Washington fortifications.
Nov. 7 dispatches report Gen A P Hill and Stuart cavalry at Chester Gap and Pleasanton pushing rear guard. Lee's force believed advancing toward Gordonsville with 70,000 men while Bragg moves from Gordonsville toward Nashville. Reports say Jackson ten miles off with 70,000, Abdul 80 rebel prisoners arrive from Lebanon Kentucky. Nashville area under distress as supplies run short and rail bridge at Broad Run damaged. Weather clear but storm persists.
Missouri returns suggest Blair leads in the First Congressional district with a likely about 1000 vote margin after soldier vote. Fifth district shows a close contest between Gen Thos. L. Price and McClung with a chat in favor of the chat ter. Seventh district sees Win. elected by roughly four hundred. Ratlins wins Ninth district by a small margin. State results remain meager and legislature likely favors antici pation.
Illinois voters favored the Democrats by a substantial majority and carried the state. Democrats likely won a large share of Congress seats and two thirds of the state legislature. The Republicans won a smaller number of seats and will hold a minority in both chambers.
Detroit voters report Baldwin a Democrat elected in the Fifth Congress signal district with the Sixth and other districts in doubt. Michigan legislature shows Senate with seventeen Republicans and fifteen Democrats. House with thirty-eight Republicans and forty-two Democrats.
The St. Paul Press reports Donnelly won the First District by about 1000 votes and Windam took the Second District as a Republican. Minnesota Republicans hold a state majority near 2000 votes.
A Gibraltar dated letter reports that the second mate estor of the pirate Sumter shot Captain Andrewson of the south. The pirate craft has been taken for possession by the British and its crew imprisoned on a man of war. Estor will probably be hanged.
The speaker condemns slavery and argues the Union must perish rather than allow slavery to continue. He asserts fierce devotion to the Union’s cause, claiming it would be better for the nation to fall than to see its slavery persist. The passage reflects intense pro Union anti slavery rhetoric and willingness to endure exile for belief.
The piece notes the death of General Jameson at an advanced age after long service in the United States Army. It discusses his early role as Colonel of Maine Volunteers, his rise to Brigadier General of Volunteers, and his leadership in the Bull Run and Yorktown campaigns. Also included are wartime orders and assignments from the War Department, detailing officers like Andrew Porter, T A Palmer, and E R Canby, with election results from Delaware and surrounding political notes.
Obituary recounts the death of a Corporal of Company F l0lst Regiment Penns Volunteers after Peninsula campaigns. It praises his bravery loyalty and discipline detailing his service from recruitment to Camp Conoa and his death at Wessels Hospital Suffolk Virginia after a brief illness. Also notes a second death Nancy Wannick in South Beater County age 74.
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