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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1863
Page
1
S. M. PETTENGILL & CO. are the agents for the Weekly Sentinel in New York and other cities and are authorized to take advertisements and subscriptions at the lowest rates.
The piece denounces abolitionists as hypocritical Union supporters who now oppose the Union as it was. It cites Hannibal Hamlin’s remarks, accuses the administration of disunionist aims, and warns voters to oppose their tactics while highlighting Ohio Governor race polls and alleged soldier voting schemes.
A long dispatch dated August 1863 from Tsar Alexander’s government to France discusses Poland and Ukraine. It criticizes French views on Polish fate, reaffirms commitment to international law, and urges no inference of Russian territorial aims while seeking tranquility in Poland. The exchange notes benevolent intent toward Poland and restraint in asserting empire claims.
The Republican editors warn of Democratic embarrassment to the Administration as radicals push for a higher presidential salary. The piece notes a Cincinnati trial of about a dozen about stolen funds, fierce war rhetoric, and foreign arrivals in New York. It reports a Wayne Street fire at Sam Stophlet’s building, burglaries proliferating, and Eaton & Co. launching a large dry goods stock on Columbia Street with low prices.
The text contrasts Wallandingham supporting white freedom of view with Brough backing Black freedom. It urges a choice between two paths and critiques broken words, the ap:t arrow, the past life, and neglected opportunity.
In a northern ledger column, the writer condemns Lincoln for suspending habeas corpus and questions the wartime proclamation. It cites Governor Morton arguing the Union cannot be restored by war and accuses Morton of pursuing emancipation for four million enslaved people, marking the piece as partisan critique from the Cm, Eng.
A verbose piece argues the Democracy are loyal and not disloyal to the Union while detailing rumors from a Russian shipboard talk about France entering the war and aid to the South, plus miscellaneous anecdotes. It mocks critics, cites a judge’s wit and a theatrical disguise incident, and closes with reflections on habeas corpus and the sea’s call.
Gen Danna’s Federal division near Morganza 25 miles above Port Hudson clashed with Prince Polignac’s Confederate force. Federals suffered several hundred killed and wounded and about 1,500 prisoners. Rebels pressed the attack. gunboats aid limited by bluffs. Reinforcements urged as Bragg and Lee moves loom in wider theater.
An ornate Cork Ireland advertisement touts Spanker a six foot high gelding with superb conformation and speed. Billed as sturdy sound and rail-ready he promises no lameness or illness and boasts a grand pedigree related to Sparkler and Big Sabersides. Selling price listed as sixty seven pounds sixteen shillings sixpence sterling.
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