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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1865
Page
3
Advertisement for Ograin ror Srevsexville Weesey Heratp One Year. Largest and Cheapest paper in Eastern Ohio. Enclose $2.00 with subscriber name post office county and state, address to W R Allison Steubenville Ohio. Send next issue promptly. York, 1865.
Notice to subscribers of the Weekly HanaLp marked with an X in red. We have given all the credit we can afford and if amounts due are not paid promptly their papers will be discontinued and bills sent for collection. dated Feb 25 1865.
The city faces broad grievance over rising living costs, with gold prices still driving most goods. Butter beef flour and bacon are notably higher than in July 1864 while wages and wages adjust. Merchants urged a board of trade to curb profiteering and align Steubenville living costs with comparable cities. Local notices promote Joshua B. Lee Co. Philadelphia and urge housing development to ease rents for workers.
A Washington Republican figure, Hon John A. Bingham, states he has offered for the position of Solicitor to the Department of Claims. The Legislature has approved new daily fees for officials, with HR 00 per day. Old books are discussed and improvements noted in a lively, if garbled, report from the era.
Friday report of a fatal accident at the Washington street wharf details James Quisn driving a two horse team for the Western Transportation Company when the wagon slid into the river. Both horses and the driver drowned as the body of the deceased had not yet been recovered. The notice then advertises Smithfield Nursery in Smithfield Ohio offering Wood varieties of fruit trees including Apples Peaches and Plums with strong endorsement from the paper.
The Ladies Soldiers Aid Society in Steubenville acknowledges Colonel A G McQuook's $25000 bounty and cash donations to support soldiers and families. The Sanitary Commission sent a box from Nashville to Steubenville, while local meetings move to the City Library Room due to repair at the 1st Church.
The Washington College annual contest between the Union and Washington Literary Societies is scheduled for Wednesday evening March 29 with a program of orations debates and a dog tax discussion. Other items note Ohio dog and sheep losses, a new organ at First Presbyterian Church, a Massillon nursery ad, a New York shoddy and oil school reference, Ohio quotas progress, a fatal accident in Morrow County, and a remarriage notice in Steubenville.
The Union party holds primary elections in the city and township with Asian candidates placed on the tickets. The editorial urges party unity to preserve strength, noting the experienced slate and predicting likely victory, cautioning against divisions that could affect county and state races.
A partial list outlines ticket names for Union Township races with several district directors and election officials. The notice also reports housing scarcity, factory stoppages, and rising living costs affecting employment and the coming season.
The Herald tallies a Union assault driving Rebels from rifle pits and works near New Bern. Col Dwight of the 122d New York killed. 3,000 to 4,000 prisoners taken. Rebels repulsed after four assaults. Union lines hold with 22d corps aiding. Sherman reportedly near Goldsboro. monitors conduct reconnaissance.
Washington March 27 Robert J Walker denies in the Chronicle the Montreal Gazette report that he visited Canada to propose annexation. He states the trip was private and he does not know either government's views on annexation. Recruiting is dull nationwide and drafting will be resorted to again. It began in Baltimore this morning.
The New York gold market opened with money values firm at 7 while Sterling eased. Gold traded around 154 until rising to 155 before closing at an undetermined level.
Official dispatch from March 25 reports Union forces under Grant occupying Goldsboro North Carolina with slight opposition. Gen Terry's column near Parson's depot and Sherman’s army advancing. bridges burned but routes intact. seven rail cars captured at Goldsboro and two locomotives plus two cars seized by Gen Terry.
War Department bulletin reports Gen Sherman reaching Goldsboro on March 23 and heavy combat near Richmond and Petersburg. Army of the Potomac operations since Fayetteville described with corps losses, captures, and enemy casualties. Grants and Stanton signatures along with mobile actions at Cairo and Belew and guerrilla activity in Western Kentucky.
A Washington dispatch to the Tribune presents views on rebel strength and southern affairs. A Sheridan raid letter from Gov. Smith of Virginia warns slavery’s fate hinges on rapid slave labor requisitions. Commercial’s note cites a peace article favorable to delaying further bloodshed and hints at leadership shifts.
Reports from Washington note extensive shipments to Sherman and Schofield with large quantities of shoes clothing and wagons for transport. Generals Singleton and Grant are active, with rumors of Goldsboro evacuation and Richmond unrest. Communications describe patrols deserters and cavalry actions near White House and Fayet teville amid ongoing campaigns.
Jay Cooke reports the subscription to the 7 30 loan today at 2227 dollars. Counterfeit coupons dated March 1 1856 for 1250 dollars in similitude of those on the 10 40 bonds have been detected at the store and office in Baltimore. they will likely be offered elsewhere.
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