15 Apr 1865
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1865
Page
1
War dispatches describe General Weitzel entering Richmond with Union troops, noting a large civilian aid effort and widespread disruption of Rebel infrastructure. The report also surveys post battle sentiment, Grant’s leadership, and a reflection on the scale of Civil War armies and logistics.
A brief fable compares a pint cup to restrained judgment and sharing. It warns that small vessels limit the capacity for larger ideas and restraint, urging gentleness toward those with narrow views and noting the dangers of overfilling and misreporting.
The president responds to a persistent office seeker with a paraphrase of historical choices. He warns that granting the request would require removing successive letters until all are gone, echoing the fate of Harrison and Taylor. He respectfully declines the proposal.
The piece argues music is a social and moral good, urging families to acquire a good musical instrument to cultivate talent. It claims music helps attract home life, soothe emotions, and build virtue while offering potential earnings for daughters through teaching. Even with no ear, time and practice can yield learning.
The United States Mail states postmasters must accept treasury notes for stamps if at least one twentieth remains, and fractional currency if at least one tenth remains. Unfit notes should be segregated and sent to the Treasurer in Washington in sums of three dollars or more for exchange.
The Commercial reports Washington believing the war near its end with Grant Sherman and others closing on rebel forces. It notes evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg, Lee’s retreat, and the aim of peace through war. Later, Draper led colored troops into Richmond, mayor Mayo fled, and Weitzel and Shepley take key posts.
Sermon extracts recount Lincoln in distress at Washington and after viewing Gettysburg graves declaring his love for Jesus. Other items include a teasing Bible anecdote about repetition, Mr Toot’s late return, a Chautauqua oil joke, and a frontier deserter incident from the war era.
A mixed column parodies social talk with quips about romance and manners. It notes Mrs Brewer of Wayne County Kentucky has twenty two children, jokes about a baby’s mouth likened to the Milky Way, and mentions the Great Eastern preparing to sail with a cable aboard by June first.
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