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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1865
Page
1
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A Cincinnati Gazette summary contrasts rebel meeting aims in Richmond with Union hopes for prisoner exchange. It argues the South seeks to revive war feeling for leverage while the Southwest is conquered. It condemns Confederate leaders and praises Union perseverance, urging immediate, clear exchange actions and accountability.
Washington letter details wartime losses with official War Department figures placing deaths at about 240000, plus 221000 in service died from wounds or disease. It explains Rosecrans removal by Grant, notes Chase's first Supreme Court opinion on blockade law, and Farragut's stance on neutrality and enforcement of the blockade. Includes reflections on peace prospects and political assertions from a wartime perspective.
In Papucau Kentucky February 8 the Eps Gazette thanks the U S Sanitary Commission and agents E D Way L Owen D C Petty and T E Horton for tireless aid to Eclipse explosion sufferers. They cooked coffee and soup and supplied dressings and rags to surgeons, arriving within minutes of the hospital steamer’s arrival. Indiana owes them a debt of gratitude.
The Kentucky legislature considers a bill by the Senate Judiciary Committee to ratify the U S constitutional amendment and abolish slavery. It outlines compensation for slave owners, emancipation of slaves, and removal under a ten year plan, with debate on conditional ratification and Congress approval.
In Warren County near Lebanon on the Waynesville turnpike at 10 30 this morning oil was reached after boring 1764 feet. The vein is expected to be among the best in the territory. The well sits 1 3 4 miles northeast of Lebanon on William Mulford's land. Oil and gas rise to the surface in large quantities and excitement grows as wells are bored and land values rise. J W notes readiness to advise further on the enterprise.
In the 11th and 14th issue a survivors list for the Battle of Lake Erie is printed, but Captain Stephen Champlin is omitted. Champlin, a Buffalo New York resident, commanded a Perry gunboat, was wounded, long ailing, later in command of the steamer Michigan on Lake Erie, and is now about seventy years old and likely to live many years.
In oil regions striking the oil requires care to prevent gas explosions. Gas rises rapidly, is highly combustible, and even a pipe or cigar can ignite it. Gas fires have burned for weeks, turning well mouths into huge flames. Recently a gas surge near a Pa. well ignited after reaching a stove, causing a terrific explosion, yet workers avoided fire near the bore.
A London correspondent discusses Anglo American tensions, democracy’s global impact, and British views on the U S Civil War. References to Mowbray, Milner Gibson, Butler’s removal, and editorials in the Telegraph are threaded with social reactions, neutrality policy, and the prospects for emancipation and postwar relations.
Trustees of Miami University urge the Ohio Legislature to allocate half of the agricultural grant for a new college within the university. They cite the land grant history, current debt status, and the need to expand instruction to include agriculture and the mechanic arts under a single state-supported system. The request notes faculty retention, student numbers, and the goal to keep pace with western development while remaining under legislative control.
The twenty third day of trial closes prosecution in the Marmaduke and Semmes cases. The court debated adjournment, considering personal leave and time needs, with Judge Advocate warning that longer pauses require reporting to command. Semmes and Marmaduke submitted their cases without testimony, court deliberated, and adjourned to next Thursday with findings reached but not public.
Fragmentary will text from a shopkeeper on Rue St Denis ends abruptly with garbled phrases. The readable portion hints at instructions regarding heirs or possessions. The source is too damaged to determine full names, date of death, or exact bequests.
A lyrical meditation extols flowers as self-evident beauty and moral teachers. It connects roses, lilies, and modest blue petals to love, virtue, endurance, and renewal, praising their influence beyond books and urging reverent thanks for their fleeting grace. The piece ends by savoring present fragrance while acknowledging tomorrow’s silence.
The Covington draft meeting drew a large attendance at City Hall. Enrollees offered to pay 800 dollars for substitutes for three years, and a committee was formed to confirm availability. Another panel canvassed counties to gauge willingness to pay 300 dollars for substitutes, with forty enrollees already volunteering. Funds were to be held by a treasurer to recruit enough men to fill the county quota, with further plans debated and a next meeting set for Thursday. A fatal stabbing in an earlier incident was noted, and a soldiers’ relief fair concluded with a supplemental drawing and prize distribution scheduled for Saturday morning in the Oud Fellows Hall.
Information reached Provost Marshal Mitchell that Jamestown resident J. D. Edwards had in his son about one thousand dollars in goods or wares. The note implies a disciplinary or legal action related to alleged improper handling of assets.
Ohio court weighs if telegraph firms may condemn private property for public use under 1853 incorporation act. It considers whether power is granted to such companies and if railroad precedents apply, noting public use and jurisdiction limits, with references to related cases and the need for explicit constitutional authority.
A Confederate dispatch reports a 2000 to 3000 strong Union force landing on Grimball’s on James Island with skirmishing but no full engagement. Sherman’s army advances toward Charleston, aims to isolate Branchville Augusta and Charleston, destroy rail links, and retreat north, with reports of captures near Hamburg Aiken and Orangeburg.
The Army of the Potomac maintains control of newly won ground along Hatcher's Run with strong earthworks in place. Rumors persist that the enemy is mining a Union fort near Peters. Gen Wright returns to command the 6th Corps this week, after an absence since January. Desertions among rebels remain noted, while Grant's lines report continued activity.
New York reporters note that General Hindman of Arkansas is en route to Matamoras to assume a command in Maximilian's army. The dispatch claims that faith in Jefferson Davis's Confederacy has waned among several officers who recently reached the Mexican border city.
Kennedy charged as one of the rebels who attempted to burn the city is tried before the same military court that convicted Beall. The February proceeding moves ahead in the New York courtroom context.
Navigation remains closed amid cloudy mild weather. Report notes February fifteenth readings from PrimssurG with ongoing river restrictions and vague local impact.
A Cairo Illinois letter warns that a Chicago Journal correspondent exposed General Thomas planned campaigns in Alabama and Mississippi. The author urges harsh retaliation against treasonous disclosure, laments copperhead provocation, praises General Garrard’s disciplined troops, and notes Cairo soldiers generally orderly amid recent pilfering incidents.
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