20 Jun 1868
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1868
Page
1
A lyrical meditation praising Sweet Sixteen as the brightest memory in a long life. The speaker recalls youthful blush and dew, cherishing enduring love beyond time, with imagined reunion beyond stars where those hours are restored. The piece blends affectionate tribute with wistful longing for lost youth.
Poetic meditation on minutes as tiny, winged units of life. Each minute bears joy and care, quickly passes, and cannot return. The speaker urges making wise use of minutes while they linger, for those who use time well gain hours and years. those who waste it lose forever.
A fragment from the Montgomery Register reprints soldiers' groans for Grant and cheers for McClellan at a Capitol meeting, then protests General Orders restricting soldiers from political opinion. The piece critiques military leadership and presses for free expression versus obedience, citing Civil War figures and a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark.
A congressman from this state quoted Geo Manger claiming the Confederate Government proposed paying three times the cotton gold and tobacco price for soldiers held at Andersonville and other prisons. Medicines were to be sent under Federal surgeons and used for Asian prisoners. No response from the Federal Government. Mangen offered to prove it with an official inquiry. Garfiel d objected.
A Saturday reception welcomed General George W. Morgan back from Congress with a large Democratic crowd and band. Governors and citizens lined Gambier Street to cheer as Morgan praised the district and pledged to rejoin the campaign with renewed vigor despite his contested seat.
Philadelphia Age reports thorough Democratic gains in Oregon where 20 counties elected Democratic legislators against Radicals, thirteen to three in 1866. The piece links tax resistance and opposition to General Grant with broader disfavor, predicting nationwide impact on the presidential race. It cites impeachment talk and Butler’s committee as factors fueling Radical decline.
Boston June 9 A Cincinnati Chronicle correspondent notes sagacious Republicans in Massachusetts fear for the party's immediate fate. He cites long Republican dominance, uneven local support, and Irish blocs aiding Democrats as contributing factors. Two issues temperance and the Hoosac Tunnel risk displacing Republicans unless addressed wisely.
Senator Deake of Missouri presents to the Senate a petition signed by fifty railroad presidents asking more government aid to a Pacific railroad. The rail presidents are stockholders in the land grab, holding costly votes for aid. Congress members hold stock for political favors, inviting investigation. The Nation and Urbana Union comment on national plunder by favored insiders.
The passage denounces carpetbag rule and mentions a Wisconsin governor, Pennsylvania sources, U.S. Senators from the East and West, and a South legislature said to include negroes and carpetbag men. It contrasts grand Reconstruction with a somber political climate and ends with a dry quip about parasols.
The piece surveys Wheatland, home of former President James Buchanan, detailing his bachelor life, family connections, and the social scene around his estate. It notes Buchanan’s wealth, frugal living, and fondness for guests, including daughters and nieces, while painting a portrait of his late-era retirement and character.
Reported casualty and strength figures through June 10 1864 show Grant with 222000 men and Lee with 70000 total forces. By June 10 1864 Grant had 117000 hors du combat versus 29000 for Lee as armies met before Petersburg.
Stanton Pomeroy proposes paying $40,000 to procure the non conviction of the President as others writhe and swear horribly. Old Thad blasphemes. Butler lies. Several others lie and blaspheme in chorus.
Ellen White, a 17 or 18 year old from Lorain Street, survived a typhoid relapse and early funeral preparations. Presumed dead, she woke when a door slammed, describing sleep like a child and a calm fear during the near burial. She recalled hearing visitors and her mother’s voice.
The passage lists unique records: Martin Van Buren held President and Vice President roles plus minister to England governor and congressman. Thomas H. Benton served 30 consecutive years in Senate. Henry Dodge and Augustus C. Dodge were father and son serving simultaneously in the Senate. James Shields represented Illinois and Minnesota. John Quincy Adams held multiple roles from Washington to Polk, including minister to England, congress, secretary of state, and president, dying while in Congress.
Freud notes Luther as a force of nature, terrible when stirred yet serene in repose. He urged Christians over Lutherans, valued music as God’s gift, and linked life to botany, marriage principles, and vivid garden imagery in a portrait of the reformer.
The passage discusses Icelanders who begin each day with sacred scripture reading and family prayer. It notes the waking person salutes God before anyone else, greets nature’s creator at the door, and instructs the family to recognize and fulfill Christian obligations through worship.
An elderly man suffered apoplexy in Paris streets. A Marquis card was found on a passerby who fainted, but a messenger declared the corpse was not the Marquis’ father. The man later exclaimed that it was the corn-cutter with the Marquis card in his pocket.
A bishop denounces fashionable dress and sensational reading, urging Christian women to uphold refinement and duty. He laments divorces and social crimes, calling for reforms in education and public morality, and appeals to women to bear witness against degradation.
A clerical friend recalls meeting a gravely ill woman at a celebrated spring who later reappears years after, vibrant and healthy. When asked for the secret, she answers simply that she stopped worrying and began to laugh.
A collage of quips and cartoons notes: riddles about words clever tricks on speech and love of wit. political nibbles on Horace Greeley and Democratic cautions. odd proverbs and moral observations. playful lines on women rights a barking hare and Napoleon in a cathedral. and miscellaneous social jests from a late 19th century page.
The Capitol dome rises 108 feet above the Washington Monument and 68 feet above Banker Hill, 23 feet higher than Trinity Church spire. It is an iron hollow sphere weighing 8,200,000 pounds. Overhead stands a 14,955 pound figure reading America. The dome exerts 13,477 pounds per square foot. St Peters and Parisian domes exceed by varying amounts. The structure cost about $1,000,000, with wings at $6,500,000 and a planned central rebuild plus park expansion at $3,200,000.
A pupil of the Abbe Secord offers whimsical definitions such as gratitude being the heart’s flow, hope a blossom of happiness, desire a tree in leaf while hope is a flowering tree, and eternity a day with no yesterday or tomorrow. The piece also contrasts human doubt with divine omnipotence and rationality.
The piece extols four thousand pretty engaging littles. It praises a sweet smile cordial bow earnest address requiring glance and graceful attention as captivating. It stresses cultivated softness of manner in both men and women to compensate for lack of beauty and enhance charm.
A curious street exchange features a speaker asking to swap a gold item for silence, declaring silver is loud and gold is quiet. The request centers on whether the other party will accept the gold as payment for quiet.
A critique notes that commentary often scratches the surface like men with diamonds writing on glass, obscuring light and clarity in written works. The piece urges sharper, clearer prose to reveal truth rather than hinder understanding.
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