16 Feb 1864
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1864
Page
1
The notice lists weekly and monthly rates for advertisements in the Daily Gazette. It details pricing for single and multiple copies, extra copies, and additional charges for insertions within various columns and sections. It outlines payment terms and how extra copies affect the rate.
A Kentucky reader discusses the Danish Germanic dispute, explaining Holstein’s dual status within Denmark and the German Confederation. The piece outlines who may intervene, the political stakes, and potential powers at play as Austria and Prussia weigh a solution.
In this Meadow essay from February 12, the writer dismisses German unification as flawed and advocates a united American Republic. He contrasts barbarian remnants in Europe with the virtues of truth, justice, and freedom, urging adherence to a single flag and national unity for North America. The piece critiques the German Diet and continental fragmentation.
A fervent exhortation urges citizens to rally with true Union men against rebels and abolitionists. It declares no middle ground between loyalists and traitors, calls for public meetings, and insists on immediate action to support the higher cause and save the state from disgrace.
A letter reports Butler's scheme to strike Richmond from the rear to free prisoners and destroy Tredegar works. It notes Halleck's role, and questions the president's policy while praising Butler's resolve amid scarce troops. Includes debate on conscription and anti-slavery tensions in Congress.
Special Correspondence from Chattanooga reports on the end of service for old regiments and the potential value of casualty data for philosophy and life insurance pricing. The piece examines enlistment losses, battles like Shiloh and Mission Ridge, and provides a detailed, though partly garbled, strength and casualty table, ending with Brigham Young compared to the Ashanti king on wives.
A Southern orator rails against abolitionist rhetoric, defending slaveholding as property under state and federal law while denouncing Northern justice as biased. He cites figures, rebukes Maryland and Pennsylvania speakers, and laments wartime ruin as Ohio and Maryland leaders clash, with a Cincinnati editor among Western arrivals observing.the consolidating tensions of the era.
Special correspondence from Fort Laramie Idaho Territory reports Governor Tod’s pressure to raise and recruit for the Litho Cavalry. Weather and winter hardships, mail delays, stock losses, and post facilities are described. The letter argues for another battalion and military support to open mining routes and protect settlers, with notes on hospital, school, and postage, plus Sanitary Commission actions in Cincinnati.
A group led by Gen Paine’s cavalry left Gallatin on a scouting expedition into Kentucky border counties. Col Stokes’ regiment joined from Nashville and pressed through White Putnam and Overton counties. Paine’s forces killed argay and captured sixty three rebels including Col Thomas B Murray. Smokes’ unit killed seventeen rebels. Captain James Davis was slain after resisting with revolvers and a pistol.
A meeting in this city endorses Hon. Will Cumback of Decatur county for Indiana Secretary of State. The resolution lauds his integrity and canvassing ability and seeks loyal Indiana papers to publish the proceedings. Also referenced are Missouri Governor Hall’s death notice and funeral arrangements in St. Louis.
The document details the incorporation of a branch company with capital stock of 90000, assets and liabilities listed, including mortgages and bonds, and confirms authority from the Ohio Insurance Department. It outlines capital, surplus, and loan valuations, with a certificate of authority expiring on a set date and sworn statements by the state auditor.
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