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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1861
Page
1
The Daily Gazette promises full general news plus complete market reports for foreign and domestic finance. It notes Texas city and mail subscription rates, carrier payments, and agent copy pricing with prepaid terms.
Published with the main edition on a smaller sheet and omitting main commercial features. No mail copies. Furnished to Carriers and Agents in ten copies or more at 6 cents per copy weekly, subscribers charged 10 cents. Clubs of ten or more sent to one address for set periods at 4 dollars a year in advance. City subscribers ten cents weekly, paid to Carriers. Packages go by first morning trains. Orders for City Carriers at Fourth and Vine Office. Agents wanted in interior towns.
A fragmented payment notice outlines copy pricing options from two to five copies at a set rate, five to ten copies at another, ten to twenty at a higher rate, and bulk quantities beyond twenty with extra copies for larger orders. It mentions a club incentive and additional copies per extra member, though details are garbled.
The Romney camp reports take of Virginians in good running form and captures of camp equipage and spoils by Indiana Zouaves. Casualties include killed and wounded as Steadman moves on Buckhannon. Secessionists swear oaths with limited effect while Unionist policy guides actions. Banner notes the death of Captain Crawford and urges officer prudence amid appointments.
Indiana Zouaves push from Cumberland to Romney seizing five hundred secession troops and equipment. Federal forces occupy key routes in Western Virginia, with garrisons around Grafton Webster Phillippi Buckhannon and Rowlesburg. Richmond defenses along York and James rivers detailed. Jeff Davis pins hope on Manassas Gap and Fredericksburg lines.
A Boston clergyman visiting Washington recounts meeting General Scott. The commander appears towering and formidable yet frail in body, with a calm, tender demeanor. The interviewee recalls Scott’s poignant words about aging and duty and the mutual wish for his long-remembered guidance.
A historical article praises General Scott for using strategic patience over direct combat, likening him to a chess player who wears down opponents. It recounts Fort Sumter, Lincoln, Seward, and the Union's early Civil War moves, praising Scott’s masterful misdirection and warnings against attritional warfare.
An English officer in Bonn from Madrid witnesses a supposed All Souls Night visitation. A black velvet crab, claimed by priests as a soul from purgatory, is found after he pockets it, exposing the hoax and sparking amusement and indignation.
Washington correspondent reports Nashville under Confederate pressure after Fort Sumter. Mrs Clark, wife of a former Nash ville Democrat editor, fled to Washington fearing danger after the election. Union sentiment silenced, soldiers roam streets, and letters to the North are opened. Reinforcements and rumors circulate amid fear of forced loyalties.
Report from John A. Peel describes Texas troops under Col. Young evacuating Fort Ouachita and Fort Arbuckle ahead of Avila forces. Emory’s command lost wagons and stores, while friendly tribes move to secede and resist Union, with executions of two abolitionists and preparations for garrisoning forts under treaty terms.
The New York Post reports a private letter from Thomas H. Clay, son of Henry Clay, outlining his pro Union position, rejection of secession, and support for federal authority. He defends the Constitution, the president's war powers, and calls strict neutrality for Kentucky while warning against impotence of the federal government if neutrality prevails. He names others and discusses Kentucky's role, neutrality, and potential risks to the Union.
The Memphis Rebels propose seizing Columbus claiming neutrality breaches. Officials weigh legality and risks as tension grows around the contested city and potential counteractions.
While walking to the office on Tuesday noon we encountered Kansas Jay-Hawker cavalry under Captain Jennison camping in town. Refugees from Missouri, some Methodist Union supporters, voiced hopes to emigrate back. They denied taking Fort Smith but urged government orders to act. A passerby praised Jennison as humane, while a soldier urged action against Secessionists. Local sentiment runs high amid the Marin des Cygnes tragedy.
Warning of trouble in Hayti as conflict brews between Haitians and Spanish forces in the Dominican part of the island. Blacks and mulattoes quarrel while emigrants invited by Geffrard find conditions diverging from Redpath’s portrayal.
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