28 Feb 1862
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Newspaper
Cannelton Reporter
Location
Cannelton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1862
Page
1
Down mail shows Rockville arrival at 6 10 A M and Terre Haute departure times. It lists a train from 84 47 passing Wednesday at 1 59 P M and Browes at Braneville 9 36 P M. John Ingle Jr Sup t.
A historical Indiana Democratic pledge argues for restoring the Union and Constitution, condemns Northern sectionalism, supports a constitutional settlement with border states, and opposes abolitionist war aims while urging loyalty and peace amid the Civil War.
The text denounces executive overreach and presses for unwavering defense of free speech and constitutional rights. It condemns the Slidell and Mason seizure as either legal or a humiliation, calls for accountability in army and navy procurement, and praises Indiana troops for their wartime conduct and loyalty to the Union.
The article notes British frustration over American successes at sea, citing American captures and the American flag still flying, while contrasting European political strains including Portugal and Rome. It highlights naval bravado, public nerves, and diplomatic tensions of the era.
The page presents a long, poetic fragment with heraldic imagery and battle lines followed by short prose notes on natural history, bees and honey guides, then a string of 19th century news snippets. It references Forcey the Willson, Cape bees, and several regional anecdotes including Ohio conventions and cotton trade data.
A Baden journal lists subsidies granted to theaters in imperial cities including Vienna 800000f, Munich 290000f, Hanover 210000f, Stuttgart 175000f, and Carlsruhe 150000f. Darmstadt Cassel Wiesbaden Weimar Coburg Schwerin also receive ample aid. Mannheim's 100000f city grant reflects liberal support.
The Japanese government signals intent to send articles to the London Great Exhibition next summer. Foreign Ministers Koodze Gama tonskami and Ando Teco Tsoosime Nokami inform the English Consul that it would be a joy to showcase Japan’s glory abroad.
A clergyman hears an auditor praise a sermon and a man claims it was stolen. The preacher demands a retraction. The man admits error after checking his book and finding the sermon still in the original copy. The exchange shows humorous misattribution and quick reconciliation.
A war correspondent for a western paper reports a shady exchange scheme about gallery landers, offering an assorted stock to a jewel dealer. He notes a dime that looks like a quarter eagle as a pleasing illusion and hints at wartime profiteering diversions.
A quotation on steadfast leadership emphasizes choosing leaders who set direction with stability, not swayed by every breeze. It contrasts flexible, vane like change with steady, mountain like resolve guiding policy and action.
The first cotton shipment from Union County Illinois was sent Friday. Eight bales were shipped to Philadelphia.
The President warns the public not to trust private conversations unless they bear the name Abraham Lincoln at the bottom. He asserts that nothing from him should be believed unless explicitly labeled with Lincoln.
A historic almanac quip prompts farmers with playful instructions to sow Ps keep Us warm hire Bs shoot Js feed Ns tend potatoes Is and finally take their Es in a tongue in cheek verse reflecting period humor.
The article details Miller a 27 year prisoner held forty seven years for a debt likely unpaid. A London petition seeks release under bankruptcy act. judges say not yet covered but may be next session. Miller reportedly desires no release, having grown accustomed to prison misery.
A wartime note suggests soldiers wear oiled wool in their ears to guard against cannon concussion, with a correspondent claiming opening the mouth to equalize pressure helps. The British steamer John Bell arrived at New York with 1,600 bales of cotton as movement rises, two ships loading for Feat passage exchange cotton laden vessels in transit.
A German inventor creates a tack hammer that lifts its own tacks with heads up. The device holds tacks in place until they are driven home, promising smoother domestic industry and less aggressive hammering.
A Glasgow Herald correspondent recalls a church scene last Sunday where singers recited a hymn line that sounds like an insect chase. The misheard verse suggests entomology as a playful interpretation of the lyric about catching the fleeting hours.
The piece notes an unprecedented skating craze in Paris due to cold weather. The Bois du Boulogne lake is the favored pond while Lady Cowley hosts a fashionable pond at Chantilly with a large fire by the Villa Conde. Skaters seek warmth in a well heated boat-house and refreshment moats are laid out by hospitable embassy staff.
A man in Frankirk, England, has died leaving an estate valued at £10000. He was noted for his unusual reverence for the first sixpence he earned, which he kept for sixty years.
A reader notes a good time to buy horses in the country as many diseased animals bought for Government have been sold. A purchaser now has a strong chance of getting a sound animal.
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