23 Jun 1866
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Newspaper
Logansport Weekly Journal
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1866
Page
1
Soldiers in trenches pause amid bombardment and sing Annie Laurie. The melody softens grim duty as bloodstained faces reveal tenderness. English valor, Crimean Campaigns, and distant laments intertwine with a beloved name. The piece blends war's heat with love's memory and farewell resolve.
The Indiana Journal reports on Milligan, a Civil War era figure linked to Copperhead politics, as a convicted rival in the Senate race. It accuses local Democrats of courting him at his hotel while recalling his alleged plots against the Union and his proposed release of prisoners of war. The piece contrasts the Herald editor’s defense of Milligan with calls for loyalty to Morton and the Republican ticket.
Testimony at Milligan trial reveals a planned uprising to seize arsenals and release prisoners to form a Northwestern Confederacy. Witnesses describe efforts to hostage Governor Morton and possibly kill him if needed.
Henry Dougherty a former inmate of the penitentiary killed Thomas Oliver in Salem after finding Oliver with Dougherty s wife Oliver died quickly from a gunshot wound Dougherty fled and was at large with authorities pursuing him The story notes Oliver s alleged vices and his wife s notoriety as context for the crime reported by the Wisconsin Valley Ledger.
An article accuses Gen Steadman of corruption in the Georgia department and in Atlanta while Post commander Prince Psalin faced charges. It suggests the President assign Steadman to investigate bureau abuses and questions the administration of Georgia affairs.
Deacon A trips through a yard and ties his shoe when a tame ram among the boys retaliates by charging into the Deacon. The Deacon falls and rises to see the ram’s victorious posture as a spectator wiggles in the fence.
In a cryptic moment a young boy awoke and wandered the ward. A bright idea struck him to parse the clue as a positive wait or comparative waiter and a superlative seating notion.
A late dispatch reports the death of Hon. Lewis Cass at four o'clock Sunday morning in Detroit aged eighty three years eight months. Born in Exeter Illinois October 6 1782 Cass served in the Continental Army and in the U S Army He held many offices including Governor of Michigan Secretary of War and Secretary of State He opposed sectional policies and resisted Southern pressure during his career. The obituary recalls his wartime leadership and patriotism and contrasts his stance with that of trailing party factions.
A Connecticut deacon tows a heavy wood load with a feeble oxen team. A neighbor questions the plan to reach market, and the deacon says he relies on Divine Providence for assistance. The neighbor jokes about forgoing the oxen and waiting for Providence to supply the way.
Crew from the Cultivator of the Black Star Line recount brutal abuse by first mate Munson during a Liverpool to New York voyage lasting over fifty days. Officers beat, kicked, and maimed crew with iron tools and straps as captain allegedly approved.
A Quakeress preacher at Nantucket declares every tub must stand on its own bottom. A sailor interrupts asking about lack of a better bottom, and she answers that then it is no job, continuing her sermon.
The piece notes Missouri Arkansas Tennessee and West Virginia kept restrictive laws on rebel voting after the war with West Virginia voting to bar exrebels from suffrage. It argues rebels caused their own exclusion by refusal to reconcile with the Union and cites strong opposition to restoration of rights. The Journal editorial blames ex-rebels for their exclusion and emphasizes Unionist insistence on stricter measures.
A sensational note claims mules in upper Louisiana parishes are exploding due to a mysterious disease. Eyewitness accounts describe mules starving and collapsing, with tails and hooves left behind and a strong mule meat odor. The piece mixes fear with bizarre science in a frontier setting.
A Detroit businessman's half dozen cartes de visite reached New York via friends. The family cook obtained a counterfeit likeness from a fortune teller who offered to reveal a future husband for fifty cents, sending the cook the likeness in return.
The Secretary of the State Agricultural Society has received fleeces from across the state for a wool test in Springfield. The test will determine clean wool content, with premiums awarded. All fleeces must reach the Secretary by July 1 for the scouring committee to convene shortly after.
J. S. Scott of Bethlehem Connecticut reports a post mortem on a seven year old girl who died in his neighborhood. He says particles bitten from her finger nails were found in the stomach and caused death.
Mr Hickenbuck, station agent at Waverly, died when he fell onto the track after the sleeping car was uncoupled near the station. He had been en route to Fort Wayne to attend Judge Hanna's funeral and was crushed when the car passed over him.
A Rome letter states French troops will leave Rome on December 11 1866. If they stay past that date they will cease protecting the Pope and become observers concerning events in the kingdom of Italy.
The piece explains pure carbonic gas impregnation for soda water in a fountain vessel, noting two thirds fill, gas purification, and high pressure. It warns against salts and impure fountain interiors, recommending corrosion resistant materials to avoid poisonous contamination and stresses simple, cheap gas generation methods.
Margaret Howitt presents sketches of Swedish workers in her new work. Two servants join a theater but leave when a curtain reveals polite conversation about family matters. A woodcutter and water drawer finds variety in his monotonous tasks as the year unfolds.
The Journal notes two striking Fenian era facts: Copperhead politicians smiling on Irish voters avoided contributing funds for the Fenian invasion of Canada, while Black Union veterans offered to fight for Irish independence. In Philadelphia and New York Black soldiers volunteered to march for the Fenian army, contrasting with the Copperheads.
A woman sues a boy’s guardian after a Maltese cat she adopted was killed by the boy’s violent act. She seeks one hundred dollars in damages, with the cat buried in solemn rites as the suit heads to the next term of the Elkhart Circuit Court.
A humorous note discusses a man seeking divorce on grounds of his wife being extravagant due to using butter for shortening. It compares this to a man upset about his daughter buying a waterfall for her head despite a cataract in her eye, highlighting exaggerated thrift concerns.
A reader notes two centuries of social change, observing that two hundred years ago stockings were rare, fifty years ago boys roamed at night only with restrictions, and girls seldom served as waiting maids to their mothers. The contrast highlights perceived modern improvements.
The note identifies five newspapers published by Black editors south of the Mason-Dixon line: Colored Tennesseean in Nashville, Pi Denise in New Orleans, Nationalist in Mobile, Loyal Georgian in Augusta, and Communicator in Baltimore.
A humorous exchange has an old bachelor declaring he would rather have money than children, replying that he would prefer yellow boys in his pocket to a family at his knee. The line contrasts desires for wealth with parental responsibility.
A notice asks Master Jacky to return to his distressed parents promising no schooling and to sweeten his own tea. In Michigan a man sold his wife for seven dollars and maple sugar funds, taking ten dollars for the money.
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