27 Sep 1864
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Newspaper
Seattle Weekly Gazette
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1864
Page
1
The establishment at Poget in the territory announces its second year with circulation rivaling any territorial paper. It advertises a growing Spring Department capable of producing certificates warrants blanks and other forms for every description.
The document outlines bonds issued under the Act of March 8 1864, their tax status, redemption terms in coin, interest payments and registration options, and the process for subscription through national banks and assistant treasurers. It notes premiums, redemption in gold, and the wide availability to small and large investors.
A long verse recalling the duel between the CSS Semmes and USS Kearsarge at Cherbourg, with commentary on British and French reactions, naval tactics, and sentimental reflections. Includes additional notes on ocean waves and a miscellany of period anecdotes and notices from the era.
The bishop recently escaped the Charleston blockade and reached Halifax Nova Scotia in June aboard a steamer from Berme da en route to Europe. Federal bombardments demolished his cathedral church property and his private residence valued at about 200000 dollars. The cathedral was new and splendid and entirely ruined.
A fragment discusses the inex pressing sweetness of young girls and a Lewiston Journal quote noting affection grows with age. It compares some ladies using paint like fiddlers use rosin to aid in drawing a suitor.
A discussion ridiculed over-optimistic gold prices and the idea of specie as wealth. It explains money as lubricator, notes 250 million in specie vs fifteen thousand million property value, and warns of bank risk and government bonds as safer bets. A humorous anecdote about Old Lawton and a house fire ends the piece.
An Irish gardener reports catching a boy stealing fruit and swearing to seize him if he returns. He warned the youth would be kept under lock and jacket warmth in future confrontations.
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