12 Feb 1863
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1863
Page
1
An advertisement notice notes a daily gazette issue with an offer for an additional copy and a weekly insertion rate of Gasertx one dollar per square for each additional insertion.
Crowded New York Academy of Music hosts a Sunday gathering in aid of the United States Christian Commission with Generals Scott and Burnside set to participate. Dodge urges silent homage as Scott takes the chair. Burnside vows support, praising the army and urging Union morale and field strength.
The article reports on paper made from wood as an alternative to rag stock, noting high rag prices and exchange rates. It describes the Rogers Ford mill in Pennsylvania testing wood pulp, detailing the process, costs, and the potential profit for a proposed $1,000,000 company to scale production. It cites patents by Ladd and Keen, and notes broader paper industry growth and regional usage at the time.
General Burnside urges restraint in speech and loyalty to the Constitution while praising the association's work. He defends the President's right to appoint companions and notes the army is not demoralized beyond typical wartime strain. He prays for prosperity, peace, and a strengthened government.
The analysis argues that defeat at Rosecrans would have allowed Bragg to threaten Grant in the Southwest and cut re-enforcements from Richm ond and Virginia, leaving Tennessee in Union hands. It lauds Western soldiers as elite emigrants from the East with a strong liberty drive, noting their few defeats and Rosecrans’ three day persistence before Confederate retreat. The piece closes with reflections on Murfreesboro negro teamsters murdered and British views on the war.
An 1861 Richmond Examiner editorial denounces intercepted rebel correspondence as contraband for the North. It notes Benjamin dispatches revealed intelligence beyond Southern papers and mocks Emperor of the French jibe, later suggesting George Sanders forged the dispatches. Reid Sanders appears before New York Prize Commissioner, confesses paternity, destroys part of the orders, and is detained for government orders.
The Albany Standard reports a marriage by telegraph between a village girl on the Cawego Railway line and an artillery soldier near Washington. The chaplain asked the question via telegram and she answered I do. Two hours later a second message announced they were man and wife. Parents supposedly opposed the match. telegraph was used to outwit them.
A Boston Traveller correspondent witnessed a grand naval expedition sailing from Beaufort North Carolina toward Charleston harbor. About 125 vessels including 78 schooners and storeships and 32 steamers carried troops as bands played and colors flew. The fleet glided from the harbour in a silent orderly line and passed forts by dark. The correspondent envied the troops aboard.
Nathan Hale senior editor of the Boston Advertiser died on the 8th inst in his 79th year after a career connected with the paper since 1814. A nephew of the revolutionary martyr Nathan Hale he helped found the North American Review and the Christian Examiner. He introduced editorial criticisms on public men and measures and chaired the board of internal improvements that oversaw early railway survey work. His wife, sister of Edward Everett, survives him.
Washington dispatch says Burnside denies saying McClellan would lead the Army of the Potomac. The testimony before the War Committee sparks charges against some generals, with Burnside seeking assignment to service against the rebellion.
London correspondent of the New York Herald notes unmistakable signs of shifting public mood in England. He says the British Tories counted on Southern rebels rising earlier, but the expectation has not materialized and current events are altering the political landscape.
Mrs Magee of Rowena Wells County Indiana has given birth to twelve living children over the past three and a half years noting all are alive. The births began about 180 from 1858 with one child, Joss, mentioned in fragmentary text.
Superior Court rules that an 1862 militia exemption cannot shield a soldier’s individual interest from attachment when the decree charges the common property. Case remanded. multiple judgments affirmed or remanded. Also notes English market packing contract suit and local criminal and probate matters with names and counsel.
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