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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1865
Page
1
A narrator recalls childhood scenes in an attic while rain falls. The memory centers on a trundle bed, a mother’s lullaby and prayers, and the enduring presence of that bed in a reawakened moment of reminiscence. The piece blends living memory with the faded, intimate ritual of bedtime worship.
A fragmented guide advising travelers to the countryside to shed business concerns and present themselves modestly. It counsels avoiding pretentious claims about famous figures, dressing simply, speaking politely, and refraining from political or religious arguing while preserving morals and good taste.
The Rev Dr Guthrie condemns using whiskey as a blessed preservation despite the saying that all creation is good. He argues whiskey preserves the dead but harms the living, citing a captain and sailors who drank to excess, rendering the ship and crew morally or physically ruined.
The April state election yields figures for Christiancy and others, with scattered results and a judicial circuit note. The page blends polling data with a lengthy moral tale about an emperor and a peasant, ending with art critiques and a Cincinnati toast honoring Patrick O’Rafferty, Oliver C. Comstock, and others.
The piece surveys a range of clergy figures led by Dr Rhetoric and critiques their methods, flaws, and downfalls. It highlights indiscipline, imitation, theatricality, overreaching plans, and the fate of personalities like Wigfall, Shotover, Prim, and Wronghead, ending with a quip about Dr Franklin and a cautionary tale about small impediments derailing careers.
The esteemed American poet Mrs. Sigourney died at her Hartford home on Sunday morning June 11 in her 76th year. Born Lydia Howard Sigourney, she rose to fame with religious verse and prose and published nearly 50 volumes. Her life included early work in Norwich and Hartford, a ban on writing by her husband, extensive prose and poetry, European travel, and lasting literary influence.
The army creates five Military Divisions with named commanders and headquarters: Atlantic under Maj. Gen. Meade in Philadelphia. Mississippi under Maj. Gen. Sherman in St. Louis. Tennessee under Maj. Gen. G. B. Thomas in Nashville. South West under Maj. Gen. Sheridan in New Orleans. Pacific under Maj. Gen. Halleck in San Francisco. Each division subdivides into departments with assigned regions and unspecified command arrangements.
The National Intelligencer reports that Seward once proposed negotiations rather than immediate payment for British depredations on American commerce. Parliament may see a mixed commission to adjust claims of both nations, despite law officers ruling against them. Britain may revisit the issue to ease cross country tensions and future contingencies.
May 18 dispatch from Pont Woraay notes quiet in two weeks but active Department activity. Officers including Lieut Col Clark and Captains Lawler Powell Moulton Howell and Major Soule hold posts on field and coast defences. Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines, Mobile Point and the naval forces at the channel are described. Regiment still under orders, expected relief and to join 13th Army Corps bound for Texas. weather warm, many sick, but not seriously.
Two hundred fifty six men, time expires October 1 next, march 1000 miles through enemy country since November, honored by Sherman's engineers. Major Crittenden on leave, may visit Michigan via New York. Regiment muster roll unclear. War Department expected to discharge if objectives met. J. N.C.
A Washington Chronicle correspondent reports chatter Ford's Theater, where the president was assassinated, could reopen as a place of amusement. The piece notes a municipal monument fund in Washington to honor Lipedlo and a memorial on the theater site.
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