County Treasurer Candidates Named in Republican Primary
County officials announce Willis B Benedict of South West Jerome Fisher of Pine Grove and W Hodges of Warren as Republican contenders for County Treasurer. William Brown of Eldred is listed as candidate for County Commissioner under the Republican banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Stranahan
Warren
Assembly
Republican Party
Willis B. Benedict
South West
Jerome
Fisher
Pine Grove
W. W. Hodges
William Brown
Eldred
War bounty plan urged to aid Pennsylvania volunteers
An official order states nine and twelve month volunteers from Pennsylvania must be received by August 7. Only $25 is paid upon muster, with $75 for three year or wartime service. The piece advocates county or individual subscriptions to fund bounties, arguing shared burden boosts enlistments and county credit, noting local volunteers already depart for several regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
War Department
Chautauqua County
Warren
New York
Erie 111Th
S2d
58Th
Eric
Chautauqua
Col. Curtis
Warren County
Lane given broad powers to organize army in Kansas
Washington dispatches report Senator James H Lane has been authorized as Commissioner for recruiting in Kansas to form camps and requisition supplies. General Blunt supports Lane’s approach and the President and War Secretary back the appointment, promising no further interference. Lane means business and warns that war will involve injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lane
Washington
James H. Lane
Department of Kansas
Blunt
Lane
Big recruiting drive and Education Convention noted
Our Chautauqua neighbors push a large recruitment effort with meetings in sections and full quotas for Jamestown and neighboring towns like Poland Carroll Busti Harmony and others. An Educational Convention is planned in Harrisburg starting August 5 with representation from Colleges Academies and Common Schools. A prisoner exchange between Gen Dix and Gen Hill is reported as potentially aiding the Union cause amid war talk. Rebels claim a Confederate victory and secessionists in Baltimore resign from the council as Unionists prepare to fill seats. Capt Biddle of McCall's staff is said to have died in Richmond two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Smith
Jamestown
Poland
Carroll
Busti
Harmony
Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Friends of Education
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Dix
Hill
Missing Riflemen Report From D Company Rifles
A Civil War style update lists Elijah Akin and others in hospital or missing with Regiments, noting many were likely prisoners in a rifle pit while D Company 1st platoon held position. Major Stone escaped with injuries and four horses lost. rest of D Company either with the Regiment or recovering in hospital. ©W H W McNeil Col Comanding Rifles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akap
Harrison
Landing
E. Cowan
D Company
Richmond
Jne T. A. Jewett
Jamestown
N. Y
McNaughton
Hall
A. C. Williams
General Hospital
Annapolis
James B. Walker
Kitrep
D. H. Clancy
D. Company
Stone
W. H W. McNeil
Comanding Rifles
Battle on Gerret Davis Farm and Pittsburgh War Meeting
The raid by Morgan into Kentucky failed to yield expected results as he fled with about 3,000 horses after repulsed by Gen. Green Clay Smith on Sen ator Davis’s farm near Versailles. In Lawrenceburg and Anderson county his disappointment grew while secessionists urged him to stay. A large war meeting in Pittsburgh featured Gov Curtin and others condemning delays and urging full wartime measures with volunteer bounty funded by private patriotism amid state financial limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerret Davis
Morgan
Kentucky
Green Clay Smith
Senator Davis
Versailles
Anderson County
Lawrenceburg
Pittsburgh
Senandoah
Pennsylvania
PomapeLrura
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Wm. D. Kellogg
Pollock
Daniel Dougherty
Col. Varney
Edwin Forrest
Union
Jol. Forney
Pennsylvania War Recruitment Change Orders 1862
A July 1862 dispatch from War Department to Governor Curtin explains shifting Pennsylvania from nine and twelve month enlistments to three year terms or wartime service. Harrisburg orders mustering officers to cease new nine month enrollments by August 7, with existing squads mustered for nine months and allowed to switch to three years before organized. The President’s proclamation demands loyalty and bans rebel activity, while reports from Army of the Potomac detail battlefield movements, prisoner releases, and troop concentrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
War Department
Wm. B. Lane
U. S. Army
United States
Washington
Adjutant-General’s Office
W. 3. Lane
Curtin
L. Tuomas
Thos. M. Vincent
Adjt
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Apranam Lincoln
Hl. Sewarp
Army OF the Potomac
Dr. Williams
Salisbury
N. C
Richmond
James Island
Georgia
Charlottsville
Tennessee
Col
Goodwin
Care Race and Atlantic steamer reports from Liverpool
The Etna left Liverpool on the 16th and Queenstown on the 17th, passing the point at 8 pm en route to New York. The Jura and China, both from New York, arrived out on the 13th, with news eagerly awaited. Reports on the Richmond fighting are divided, with some journals calling it a North defeat and others noting McClellan’s near Richmond and a potentially successful operation. The Times attacks neutral conciliation and Butler, while the Morning Post foresees a North crisis and possible shift in policy. The Daily News contends the South will win recognition, and neutrals must not remain passive.
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Etna
Liverpool
Queenstown
New York
Jura
China
Richmond
The
Morning Post
Daily News
England
Fight at Moore's Mill Near Fulton In Civil War Era
Mexico Missouri July 30 reports a clash at Moore's Mill twelve miles east of Fulton. Union force led by Col Guitar numbered about seven hundred against eight hundred to nine hundred rebels. Casualties were twenty killed and thirty wounded for the Union, and fifty two rebels killed with around one hundred wounded. The battle lasted about three hours before Rebel forces retreated amid confusion. A movement in MacClellan's army is anticipated hourly.
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Liztie Washington
Williams
Hatch
Swift Run Gap
McGaughystown
Luray
Jackson
Gordonsville
Gen Banks
Mexico
Moore’s Mill
Fulton
Guitar
Qurloss
MacClellan
Mississipi
Farragut
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
Papa Island
Davis
Champion
Death of Statesman Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook
Obituary tribute to Martin Van Buren detailing birth in Kinderhook in 1782, long political career including attorney general, senator, governor, secretary of state, and president. Notes his health and intellect, and claims a life of unbroken triumphs with affable leadership and diplomatic skill. Also reports a separate Mississippi cruelty tale and news that McBride, Oregon, is the first Republican elected to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Silent Land
Martin van Buren
Kinderhook
Mr. van Buren
Francis Sylvester
Columbia County
Constitutional Convention
United States Senate
Gov. Clinton
Jackson
Court of St. James
Calhoun
Harrison
M’bride
Oregon
Union Co. Star
Abolitionist Charge Echoes in Union Debate
In Missouri and across the North the label abolitionist is used to smear Union supporters and loyalty. Judge Breckinridge of Missouri notes the widespread denouncement of loyal men as abolitionists, calling it the harshest test of loyalty amid secessionist rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secessia
Breckinridgers
Vallandighamers
North
Breckinridge
Missouri
Loyalty amid treason foes praised in wartime party discourse
The remark defends a loyalist stance while criticizing anti-Union critics. It notes persistence to avoid hostility from treasonous factions and their sympathizers and questions whether such loyalty yields notable results. The passage targets Abolitionist labeling and urges support for the government and Union.
Armory output to boost U S gun production
The Springfield armory in Massachusetts will produce 14 000 stands of arms monthly and, with adjacent private shops, reach 35 000 guns monthly. Armories at Providence Hartford Trenton Bridesburgh Ilion and others will supply 200 guns daily each. Total yearly output could reach 600 000. Experts deem American arms superior to European.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Providence
Hartford
Trenton
Bridesburgh
Ilion
Europe
Atlantic
N. Y. Tribune
General prisoner exchange under 1914 accord announced
The telegraph reports a planned general exchange of officers soldiers and seamen between the two countries based on the 1914 agreement. It covers those captured up to April 15 with no exceptions and states released personnel may rejoin their government as if never prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Telegraph
Great Britain
Delegates Named From Philadelphia for Harrisburg Union State Convention
John OC Knox former Supreme Court justice leads Philadelphia delegates to the Union State Convention at Harrisburg on the seventeenth inst. Judge Thompson McMichael Attorney Gilpin and others accompany him. Philadelphia will voice strong opposition to Breckinridge faction led by Slinker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John OC. Knox
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Thompson
M’micheal, Forney, Gilpin, &c
Breckinridge
Slinker
Young Men Enlist Across States in Heroic Roll
A son of Secretary Seward has enlisted as a private in New York City. A son of Governor David Todd of Ohio has followed suit. Across the States the finest young men including college and academy graduates and sons of farmers and mechanics are joining the ranks as heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
New York City
David Todd
Ohio
States
Benjamin Franklin era boy greets Philadelphia Fourth
The report notes Rob ert Carr, now eighty five, once an apprentice in Benjamin Franklin’s office, appearing at a Veterans celebration in Philadelphia on the Fourth. It also mentions Elias Howe’s wartime donation and a historical flag incident tied to Gen. Dix and Gen. Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben. Franklin
Philadelphia
Robert Carr
Carr
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Bach
Dr. Franklin
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Antos
B. G. Morrison
Conewango
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Cherry Grove
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Peerfield
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Klured
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Hull
Sherman
Mitchell
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C. M. Benton
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J. H. Masten
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Lawrence Lasser
Rank Langworthy
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Variety Hall
Hazeltine & Co
Throme Davis
Jerome Davis
Ausker F. Davis
Crandall
la Belle OU
Wheeling
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