27 Apr 1866
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1866
Page
1
Rates for Adtentixine listed as one Square-ten Tikes or one dollar and fifty gen cs for nest quotation. Advertisement options show transient advertisers charged with terms including a one year subscription at 200 dollars and a three month prepaid discount, with a four thousand unit reference.
A fragmented poem depicts a speaker adoring his wife in tranquil imagery. It contrasts peaceful sleep with thoughts of death and devotion, invoking night, dreams, and the glow of her face as he contemplates mortality and earthly love.
The Richmond Enquirer editor Nat Tyler retires amid controversy over army orders and press freedom. The piece notes Tyler’s stance against General Grant and General Terry, reports on a public hall event with Blues band, and mentions speculation on Jefferson Davis’s fate, medical adviser Dr Craven, and possible postwar trials and parole.Hints of political intrigue weave through a scene of farewell and unrest in wartime Richmond.
A garbled dialogue from a late 19th century page mixes chatter in a printing office with scattered portraits and quips. The piece drifts between a firefighting exchange, a political mockery, and a long list of joke questions about ladies, ending with a description of a public figure’s features and a parade of fictional names.
A Norfolk newspaper rebukes rumors of a Freedmen’s Savings Bank run by General Butler. It describes deposits from about 19,000 black troops, doubts of where funds went, and persistent searches by freedmen. The piece critiques Northern frauds and argues for practical education and labor to uplift the emancipated.
The text discusses Jeff Davis awaiting trial for high treason, criticizing the Supreme Court chief justice and Congress for delays. It suggests trying Davis in the District of Columbia or under a general amnesty, while recalling Civil War era events including the fate of a Confederate ship and a Mobile coast guard incident.
Extract from Senator Lyalsbury of Delaware denounces the Civil Rights Bill as unconstitutional and warns it could trigger bloodshed and civil war. He argues the judiciary and Republican judges would not support enforcement and predicts long, damaging conflict if passed.
General Muuy's report chronicles a Loiler iron torpedo boat built thirty five feet long with nine crew. Eight worked the propeller by hand while one steered and regulated movements below water. It could submerge for over half an hour and move at four knots, towing a floating torpedo to strike ships. Lieutenant Payne led volunteers to attack in Charleston, but a steamer's wave capsized the boat and killed all aboard except Payne. Further trials by Mr. Auniey at Cooper River followed as the craft was reborn for action.
The speaker defends President Johnson as temperate and steadfast, outlining his policy: protect constitutional state rights, preserve Union, respect voting qualifications, prevent federal overreach, reject Stevens' death-by-own-action doctrine, oppose immediate Negro suffrage, and note the vast national area. The speech questions opposition and emphasizes determination amid years of effort and prayer.
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