23 Feb 1866
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1866
Page
1
Advertisement rates announced by editor J Hershman specify one square ten lines costs one dollar and fifty cents for the first insertion and one dollar for each additional insertion. Job work must be prepaid with no deductions for non-regular patrons. Subscription term is three dollars for one year, increasing to four dollars if unpaid after three months.
A reflective poem criticizing ostentatious piety among the wealthy and powerful. The speaker denounces prayers that mask exploitation of the poor, condemning sermons about grace while ignoring hunger and injustice. The verse contrasts hollow ritual with actions that feed and support neighbors in need.
Gen Grant refused to revoke the order suppressing the Richmond Examiner, denouncing articles harming the government. By Tuesday an officer informed Pollard the order would be revoked, promising less objectionable content. Grant will ensure no papers publish disloyal sentiments as hostility between sections is to end.
The speaker reflects that aging brings respect for those who fail in earthly life and notes Heaven welcomes those overlooked by worldly success. He cites forms of greatness that perish unseen, martyrs without fame, heroes without laurel, and conquerors without triumph.
A Monday morning chill in New York produced a strange snow like phenomenon. Exhausted steam from a heating pipe at Fulton Ferry house rose skyward and froze into delicate white flakes that fell gently. A comparable event was noted at a ballroom in Russia recently.
The killing of Lieutenant Col. Dyer by a Black man in Knoxville led to a mob hanging him. After shots grazed him, the man was dragged to the Freedman's Bureau corner, then to Captain Wainwright's yard. A longer rope failed, but he was hanged to a tree, ceasing to struggle after about twenty minutes.
The convention completed a four day session with high spirit and eloquent addresses by Rev. Trapier Gadsberg Elliott Drayton Cornish Chief Justice Dunkin and Bishop Davis praising the move to reunite South Carolina with the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Charleston Courier notes thanks to Rev J D McCullough for courtesies.
The Lancaster Palladium lauds a Democratic victory, calling it the greatest Lancaster has seen and a rebuke to Thaddeus Stevens. It proclaims white men triumphant and free, and notes the treasurer’s request for John W. Forney to provide a detailed accounting of $4,000 used to secure endorsements for Stevens and negro suffrage at yesterday’s municipal election.
A Yorkshire farmer visits a lawyer to seek professional counsel but is refused. He asks his hostess for needed information and proposes a morbid scenario to test liability. The wife, the lawyer’s housekeeper, reveals the farmer has already declared he will not pay, closing the door and leaving the case without advice.
A humorous dialogue features a child asking how many days are in 1866 and a father’s jokey reply. The boy counters with a playful correction about Lent days, turning a simple date into a light, era-flavored pun.
Camden notices announce Col Thomas P Suiber as the sole authorized agent for Camden Journal in Charleston working from Mills House. W T Warren of Denaco and Warner is the sole agent for Camden Weekly Journal in Columbia. A sale of household furniture stock and more will be held Tuesday at 11 o'clock at Col R B Johnsons residence in Kirkwood.
A neatly printed weekly paper from Columbia is issued under Juttay A Syrny Esq, noted as the popular publisher of the Columbia Phenix. The item highlights the paper’s fine production and the publisher’s reputation.
readers praised for patience with half sheet publication and informed of a forthcoming improved issue starting the 16th. The Northwest drives a free trade movement and tariff revision to revenue basis. Free trade leagues form in major towns with the Chicago league organized and prominent citizens from both parties listed as officers.
A tribute writes of Gen Stephen Elliott as a gallant soldier and virtuous citizen. It recalls his steadfastness in the Civil War, his leadership at Fort Sumter, and his calm bearing in ruin. The piece notes his return to peace, practical service with the South Carolina Railroad, and his family’s long-standing role in the community, expressing deep sorrow and sympathy.
The Crockett Texas Quid Nune cites Bill Arp as an old Rome Georgia acquaintance and notes Judge Ghas Smith of Rome once partnered with J W H Underwood. The piece warns of criminals using apples laced with strychnine to rob victims, citing a Wellsville Ohio incident and noting 630 schools for colored children in the South with about 60 000 students.
The Washington correspondent reports an order to seize all churches and parsonages within a Virginia district. It states possession will determine legal title and shifts control from the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Church to new authorities, with the conference meeting soon in Baltimore.
A collage of venturing lines from old texts and court quips praises humble beginnings, notes a judge’s humane sentence due to cold jail conditions, and recalls a Confederate Post Office coal fire tale. Also references Madama Jumel will dispute, Gen Grant’s reception, and Brigham Young’s Utah policy stance amid Civil War era rhetoric.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent offers a sketch of the inimitable Mr. Charles B. Smith of Rome. The piece notes Smith’s grave countenance, long-standing reputation, and reserve in social life, contrasting him with the famed Arp and implying a connection to the political and social circles around Chickahominy and Bull Run references.
A Winsboro Me ws report notes the President plans to dispatch agents to upper districts of the state to gather reliable information on labor and relations between owners and workers. The move aims to inform reconstruction policy as actors speculate about broader Southern tours and plantation visits.
Ward muses on the African in society and Congress with satirical humor. He questions assumptions about race and kinship, noting stereotypes and urging calm while critiquing public fuss and prejudice. The piece uses humor to challenge views of Africans as outsiders or threats within national life.
Rev Henry Ward Beecher spoke in Brooklyn praising the President's veto and arguing that Southern States should be admitted without delay. The conservative public praises his grounded sense and patriotism as he has previously stood firm on national issues.
A deteriorated OCR passage references Davidson county rebels and racial and military terms, mentioning Jesus Christ imagery, a darkey’s coat instruction, Gen Jabal, Early, and Gal vexon with travel notes toward Havana and Mexico, capturing a fragmentary historical context without a clear narrative.
A garbled retrospective mixes European politics with U S Civil War era elements. It references Louis Napoleon, French soldiers, and a Brooklyn speech by Wendell Punch. It notes reconfigurations of party lines, leaders like Grant, and a shift toward new radical alignments.
The Charlotte Times cautions citizens after reports of counterfeit twenty dollar bills circulating from the First National Bank of Indiana. The paper notes the bills are hard to spot but warns careful examination can reveal fakes. Senator Wilson of Massachusetts is quoted criticizing the Freedmen's Bureau bill, arguing liberty was proclaimed to millions to break rebellion, not from military necessity.
Crowd estimates from Pittsburg to Concord note 10 000 to 15 000 attendees for Miss Carrie W Moore’s skating event drawing clergy and public figures. A West Dispatch reports strong Indiana opposition to negro suffrage with Republicans facing defeat by about 75 000 votes in Ohio.
In 1865 about 125000000 letters passed through New York City Post Office. Postage on letters and papers totaled 1 721 579 40 dollars. Box rents earned 67 786 75 dollars. Office expenses 359 798 71 dollars. Government profit over expenses 1 503 174 22 dollars. The Internal Revenue Commission estimates the sum needed to pay interest on the public debt sustain government and fund a small sinking fund at about 750 000 dollars.
A northern man in Athens claims he is assembling enslaved Black people to transport to Tennessee for plantation work. About 100 left last week intensively for Tennessee, with uncertain destinations afterward. Influential conservative letters from New England urge Republicans to support the President’s Union restoration policy. A Virginia child in Stainton weighs seven weeks old at one and a half pounds, tiny enough to fit in a tea cap.
A reader notes that claims of high prices for goods come from supposed costs to procure revenue stamps on manufactured articles. The remark suggests skepticism about the price drivers and questions the link to official stamp requirements.
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