24 Feb 1863
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1863
Page
1
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A Cincinnati Enquirer interpretation argues that Ohio lawmakers must face responsibility for excluding Black workers and immigrant competition. It links labor exclusion to slave power politics, universal suffrage, and aims to curb foreign and white immigrant labor via democratic control, warning of expanded exclusion nationwide.
The piece argues that General Fremont refused to serve under Pope after commanding a division and then a corps. It compares his independence unfavorably with Sumner and critiques appointments over him by jealous subordinates. The author cites Polk era conduct as precedent and questions the command structure and loyalty.
The passage notes Fremont asked for a thirty day furlough to explain his position to the War Department, but Secretary Staxton refused. It suggests Washington intended Pope’s appointment to push Fremont out. The text argues for relief from service as the correct course for the good of the service.
City notes published in papers argue over abandoning the Miami Canal outlet for a sewer. Critics liken lessees to famished birds of prey squeezing vitality from canals while considering repairs and costs. The State and Mr Perens face a choice to abandon or repair, with public opinion mixed on navigability and profits.
New Orleans correspondent reports protest at Baton Rouge over Third Louisiana Native Guards. He notes a thousand colored soldiers well drilled and orderly yet subjected to maltreatment. He urges proper action by Union officers and criticizes race based clashes hindering operations at Galveston Sabine Pass and Baton Rouge. He backs Gen Banks and warns against sacrificing national effort.
A critique of Northern secession ideas and Cox of Ohio proposing amputation of New England to restore Southern power. The piece argues the Democrats would dissolve the Union or redistrict it after every defeat, comparing a party to a ward and noting shifting praise for Connecticut’s state politics amid national turmoil. It cites the Louisville Journal and names McNary and Tennesseeans amid fragmented reform remarks.
Officers and men of the 116th Regiment O V L form a committee and unanimously adopt 11 resolutions declaring unconditional surrender as the goal against rebellion, supporting the Administration, denouncing Copperheads, defending the Union, and pledging to publish the resolutions in regional papers.
Proclamation by Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee, warns landlords and agents to withhold rents from Confederate property. The Nashville Union reports the City Hospital fire, noting no deaths among 240 sick soldiers and that patients have been relocated. Burglary spikes described as five bold break-ins.
The notice states Sermour ofew Fork did not attend but endorsed treasonable proceedings. The context clarifies it was not the New York Governor but his relative T. H. Surmoun, the convention nominee, who averted this sympathy.
Reports from Murfreesboro describe railroad resumption crossing the Stones River, Union advances rumored toward Chattanooga, and Confederate efforts around Shelbyville and Bridgeport. The piece also details hospital arrangements, Sanitary Commission aid, and casualty lists amid ongoing front-line strain.
The report details Wheeler Forrest and Stevens cavalry raids between Lavergue and Nashville with conscription seizures, deserters at Murfreesboro, earthworks at Tullahoma, and a large refugee flow. It notes Brig. Bragg’s forces in Tennessee and Kentucky, and mentions a Lady Messenger and a letter from Indianapolis exposing disloyalty.
A Springfield Ohio Republic note ties copperhead to the Civil War term. It cites a rattlesnake as emblem of the South Carolina rebels, contrasting the rattle snake’s warning with the copperhead’s stealth and strike.
Solomon King, a 19 year old Indiana native and Lawson Hospital nurse, is in jail awaiting trial for the alleged murder of nurse Thomas Daily after an altercation. The Recorder ordered his confinement based on conclusive evidence and premeditation cited by witnesses in St Louis. King’s background includes service in the Twenty fifth Indiana during the Civil War and recent arrival in St Louis seeking work as a nurse.
The Columbus Times notes revived wartime streets, cotton drays on Randolph Street toward Muscogee depot, cotton platform crowded, cotton selling around twenty cents. The Rome Southerner reports promising wheat crop and extensive land being sown, with potential for a vast harvest barring calamity.
A Cincinnati to Dayton correspondence reports a federal decision that a certificate of acknowledgment by a notary or magistrate does not require an additional Certificate Stamp beyond the Conveyance Stamp. Commissioner Boutwell’s ruling is cited and published for public credit.
A Louisville general hospital list names soldiers who died between February 14 and February 19 1863. Included are D Pritt of Kentucky 23d, OC, Michael McCarty 34th Kentucky, George Knapp 13th Michigan, Andrew Stewart 6th Kentucky Cavalry, John Faust 108th Illinois and many others. Also noted are remarks on Col Frank T Sherman Illinois officer and a high society Paris jewelry report on Empress Eugenie.
General Butler arrived in Baltimore by 20 o clock amid military honors and a large civic gathering at the Maryland Institute. The event featured 31 young ladies in white, national songs, and strong Union pledges as Butler urged unity, predicted Union triumph, and recalled Maryland’s wartime loyalties while noting recent federal gains and the need to defend the nation.
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports the 167th Pennsylvania drafted regiment fought at Blackwater Virginia. Its commanders and officers were killed or wounded early, yet the men rallied when scattered, performing as well as possible in adverse conditions. General Corcoran vindicated the regiment from false accusations of cowardice.
A fragment from Nashville mentions a post office near the Franklin pike serving the 86th Illinois with a humorous inscription on a letter. It recalls a Butler anecdote and Lincoln’s response about drafts and troops, highlighting wartime humor and recruitment debates.
Public meeting scheduled for February 24 at 7:30 PM in the Second Presbyterian Church to draft a constitution for a new undenominational General Thele in Our Religious Library Association of Cincinnati. Speakers include Bishop Molivaine and several ministers. many church leaders across denominations back the initiative.
In February 1863 the Steamboat Captains Benevolent Association adopted resolutions opposing lower bridge height over the Ohio River. They argue the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge could be 100 feet above low water with no river piers and foresee hinge chimneys on large boats. They acknowledge other river bridges and urge balance with public interests while preserving navigation.
At yesterday’s County Commission meeting Wm. McLaughlin was ordered discharged from the county jail upon payment of costs. Bids for abutment and superstructure work on the Sycamore bridge were rejected for nonconformity. the Auditor will re advertise and bids must meet specs with security. Additional appropriations and contractor entries follow, including stonework and dam construction near the bridge.
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