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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1866
Page
1
The aged minister Rev Henry Clannard is reported to have written a final confession before death. The note laments political entanglements and racial tensions, expressing despair and guilt and asking for his words to be printed as a warning.
M A Pomeroy reports the dying confession of Henry Clannard a former army chaplain in a Wisconsin regiment who abandoned preaching and embraced politics and slavery. He admits corruption theft and aiding the war effort for money including stolen goods and poison, then reflects on loss of grace as he nears death in Chicago seeking mercy from God but finding none in his final hours.
An extended dialogue contrasts a Southern master and a Yankee through anecdotes from a freedman. It depicts service expectations, cash tips, and social manners at hotels and transport hubs, highlighting white and Black interactions amid Reconstruction era tensions and civic questions.
A guide to kissing blends advice on timing, technique, and poise. It warns against haste and roughness, stresses calm restraint and genuine connection, and describes posture, hand placement, and the moment of contact as a path to shared bliss.
The Louisville Courier notes a dry goods house received a large invoice of false calves. An experienced cutter from New York will measure Indies legs and ensure a satisfactory exhibition. Ladies must be precise about fit as trend shows not only the leg but half the knee.
A kind visitor found a family near starvation and asked what they most needed. The mother brightened and replied that she always wanted a waterfall, claiming it was coming.
A scathing historical broadside denounces Benjamin Butler as a thief and traitor in postwar rhetoric. The piece damns his military conduct, calls him a grave-robbing bully, and predicts a fall into infamy, ending with a defiant farewell from the La Crosse Democrat.
At a late session in Indiana radicals demanded allowing a negro to vote. Conservatives and Democrats elected the negro over the radical candidate. The note calls it a good joke. Separately, the Masons of St. Louis resolved to begin erecting a grand temple in that city costing at least one hundred thousand dollars.
Testimony before the Reconstruction Committee reports Dan Rice touring the South observing loyalty under pressure. A circus anecdote features a mule and a former Confederate rider, with questions about riding the unruly beast and offers of payment.
A Paris physician reports successful grafting of rat tails onto other rats. The tail grafted rats grow tails that appear normal and healthy, suggesting a potential advance in tissue fusion for lost organs. The article notes a broader question of practical advantage for physicians or rats and cites nose grafts as a parallel.
A Charleston New correspondent paints Nashville as dangerous and suspicious politically. He notes residents carry pistols more than watches, warns visitors to tread carefully in conversations, and says fighting is archaic yet the atmosphere invites personal trouble.
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