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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1863
Page
2
The article denounces ignorant rule as a tool of slaveholders to keep poor whites in ignorance and Blacks in degradation. It attacks Northern aristocrats who profit from power, calling them pseudo-democrats and likening them to Southern elites. It predicts the end of rebellion will purge these “nondescripts” from American character.
The article chronicles Union advances destroying rebel positions in Charleston and Tennessee. It notes Forts Wagner Gregg and Sumpter silenced, Gen. Gilmore's forces in control, and Knoxville communications advancing September 4. It mentions Parson Brownlow restarting Knoxville Whig, Chattanoogan gains, Bragg’s weary army, and Gen. Blunt driving rebels from Arkansas toward Indian Territory.
An opinionated critique denounces Napoleon III as a tyrant and warns of French aggression toward Mexico and Texas. It asserts American resolve, vows to defend independence, and urges rapid recruitment as Charleston and Richmond face the risk of rebel power collapsing.
A substantial Union expedition departed New Orleans aiming for the Texas coast to monitor the French and contraband trade across the Rio Grande with Mexico as Secretary Chase negotiates a fifty million dollar credit with New York and Philadelphia banks for two to three months. The army plans to publish a list of deserters in the military districts. Judge Bond of Baltimore urges enlisting slaves from loyal states in the government service. On August 21 the pirate Florida burned the New York ship Anglo Saxon near Hagland canal. TietromluFimer protests against allowing more piratical vessels in England.
A Springfield Illinois council of about fourty thousand Union men heard seven speakers and twenty five loyal speeches. A letter to the meeting, praised as a photograph of the President, described as blunt honest and practical. A Windsor House meeting featured ten Detroit Copperheads led by Judge Flynn and John Herason who aimed to introduce Pugh of Ohio to Vallandigham.
The piece notes a wide jubilation in Lansing and nearby towns as a Benton-Floure2 academy is proposed to train future politicians, preachers, and doctors under Prof. Oons from Albion Seminary. Sheriff Joan Jouston appears with a boy brought to the State Reform School, counting pupils at the institution.
From Charleston dispatches New York Sept 20 describe Morris Island under heavy siege as Beauregard plans an offensive to retake the island. Union guns mounting slowly amid James Island fire while Gilmore praises the capture of Morris Island and Charleston harbor appears to be within artillery range. News confirms a rebel magazine explosion near Fort Johnson.
From Louisville reports deny a major northern advance while noting Rebel forces moving through Pound Gap into Kentucky. Capt. Samuel Black, Assistant Quartermaster, is arrested for defrauding the Government as tobacco prices rise due to early frosts. Telegraph lines to Chattanooga show no disruption.
Kansas City dispatch reports on September 16 that a detachment of the 5th Kansas under Captain Colewan surprised Quantrell's camp near Sinabar on September 6. Two killed, subsistence stores destroyed, 40 horses and equipment captured, and some arms seized. Rebels fled to a thicket hindering pursuit, concentrating for another raid. The loss of horses and stores hurts more than the human casualties, depleting stock and provisions across the countryside.
A dispatch from the Red River reports all quiet as a expedition commanded by General Grant sails from New Orleans on the sixth inst. The destination remains undisclosed to the public.
Dispatch dated in winter reports hostile Indians dispersed by a force led by Brig Gen A Bibley, claiming over 100 enemies killed and all camps and property destroyed. Prisoners reported in hand. Letter addressed to Maj-Gen To Jou Pors.
The readable parts refer to an unclear product or brand with garbled words. Mentions DESUS 8 DARLES & Co and The Wigidway. No coherent event, person, or location emerges.
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