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Newspaper
Daily Commercial Register
Location
Sandusky, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1863
Page
1
The notice lists mail subscription prices for the Daily Commercial Register and Tri-Weekly Register. Rates include annual 660 dollars for prepaid, 60 cents monthly, and carrier delivery 15 cents weekly. also outlines advance and non-advance options for the Tri-Weekly Register with various tiered totals.
The May 29 reports deny Lee issued orders celebrating victories and planning to invade Maryland or Pennsylvania. Deserter-based claims are dismissed, while Rosecrans’s movements imply Bragg’s retreat. Balloon reconnaissance found no confirmed Union movement, and Rappahannock remained quiet.
Colonel Fry directs Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General to open camps near state headquarters for the Invalid Corps. Camps will receive transferred soldiers, hospital patients, and volunteers, with transport funded if rejected. State camp estimates list dozens of companies, and uniforms and arms are to be supplied at rendezvous camps before deployment. Atlantic & Great Western Railway schedules noted for routes between Akron and Salamanca with daily day express times.
A Buffalo soldier writes to the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser defending General Hooker. He claims northern papers misstate the engagement as a disaster, asserts Hooker was not drunk, praises army discipline, and says Union forces had the best of the fighting while rebels were unable to exploit a three day standoff near the front.
William Pomeroy eleven years old son of Lieut George W Pomeroy of the 1st Ohio cavalry wandered from home in Wooster Wayne County Ohio last Thursday. He was last heard being put off a car between Clinton and Loudonville stations on the Fort Wayne and Central Railroad bridge run. He is described as tall for his age with dark eyes and black hair. Reports requested sent to Mrs Geo W Pomeroy Wooster Ohio.
The Dubuque Herald reports that Ohio crisis over Vallandigham could be settled by taking six federal officers hostage as leverage. It urges Ohio Democrats to act and Iowa Democrats to aid if needed, noting Mahoney could attend and seize officers from Cincinnati without heavy travel cost.
The Morrow Sentinel reports excellent outlook for apples cherries pears and peaches this coming season. Observers note abundant tokens of plenty despite a late season, with no evident danger of failure from ordinary causes in the vicinity.
A New York Democratic weekly named Copperhead debuts with a masthead praising C. L. Vallandigham as the 1864 presidential candidate. The note comes from Marshall Beam who sent a copy for review. The tone calls the paper pure yet persecuted and signals active campaigning.
The Steubenville Herald notes progress on the railroad bridge across the Ohio with many piers up and workers active. A parallel road between there and Pittsburgh on the Pan Handle employs a large force, expected to be finished for cars in six to eight months. Fruit prospects are favorable with blossoms on apples peaches and cherries, though some orchards heavy last year may yield less. A Union mass meeting is set for Ashland on June 10 with Gov Tod and Senator Henkel among speakers. The Paineville Telegraph remarks frost has not harmed most fruit this season, promising ample supply for home use despite reduced yields in overbearing apple orchards.
A large number of German men women and children traversed the city en route to Minnesota forming a potential new colony. The Albany Journal notes the humorous contrast of a speaker announcing freedom of speech in public meetings amid current events.
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