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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1864
Page
2
Isaac H. Hiller of Warren announces his candidacy for re election as Prothonotary subject to Union Convention nomination. He notes inability to visit districts due to office duties and asks supporters to proceed without solicitation. Date August 9, 1864.
Deerfield resident Joseph Morrison announces his candidacy for County Commissioner subject to nomination by the Union Convention. Morrison aims to represent local interests and seek support from Union voters in upcoming party processes.
A. G. Lane of Pine Grove is announced as a candidate for Warren County Treasurer subject to nomination. Also named is A. I. Davis of Warren as a candidate for County Treasurer in the forthcoming election.
The Warren County returns show light voting but a fair majority for amendments with the first amendment carrying least. Democrats in multiple towns are accused of denying soldiers voting rights while praising Union service amid war. Ep worth notes, funeral sermon, rumors of Washington resignations, Mobile capture, and state returns estimate soldiers’ vote at 194,306 for and 103,665 against, with near 100,000 majority anticipated.
The First National Bank of Warren was organized on the 6th instant with capital of 100000 in shares of 100 each. Directors include Chapin Hall Thos Struthers W D Brown C B Curtis R Brown L F Watson J Page M F Abel James H Eddy. ChaPin Hall elected President and M Beech er Jr Cashier. All stock is subscribed and paid in, with plans to operate soon. directors are prominent Warren County businessmen.
A call to Union supporters across Warren County to organize for the Fall campaign and elect Lincoln and his running mate. The note warns Democrats are active and urges turnout for Congress, Assembly, Sheriff, Prothonotary, Treasurer, and County Commissioners. Organize by township and vote for Union candidates to defeat the rebellion.
The notice urges lending to the U S Government to fund soldiers and sustain the nation. It touts seven point three percent semi annual interest in government money, convertible into six percent bonds, with legal protection and high security. It frames the Treasury as a savings bank and calls the loan the best borrower in the market.
The list names the drawn Traverse Jurors for September Court beginning on the Sunday of that month. Jurors include Hi C Aber W T Alcorn David Baker KG Benedict E R Burrows Samuel Bilis Friend Curtis James Catlin 8 B Darling Z M P Dunn and many others led by foreman L I Spencer.
Citizens in Harrisburg contribute funds led by Governor Curtin to aid destitute Chambersburg residents. The Franklin Repository printing office and Old Flag campaign paper in Chambersburg were destroyed by rebels, wiping out subscription lists, accounts, and offices. McClure and Stoner intend to resume publication when materials arrive. Residences of the publishers burned. one owner fired upon while defending books.
The brief notes heavy buckeberries and Indian presence around town, described as abundant and widespread in the area.
A humorous town tale recounts visiting lawyers and local officials arguing over beer at a bar. An ordinance blocks late sales, a Warren lawyer urges exceptions, and the group ends up dry, with the law prevailing until they abandon the bid for ale.
In Washington and near Harpers Ferry Gen Grant appears on the scene amid a shaken border situation. Gen Couch is removed and Gen Sheridan assumes command of the Middle Division including Washington to the Susquehanna area with Meade blaming Burnside and Burnside blaming Meade for the Petersburg intercoulse. Gen Camial says obedience to orders would have crushed the rebel army after the mine surprise.
The writer recounts a trip to Erie and Warren, noting trains ran on time, a humorous Irish phrasing, a stay at Brown's tavern, a broken Joe Young box, and casual observations of railway conductors, hotel life, and daily papers. The piece ends with returning home and dreaming of newsprint prices and drafts.
BE B Washburn of Illinois 3d Congressional District was renominated on the second instant by acclamation. This marks his seventh nomination.
The article quotes John Cessna's remarks accusing certain local opponents of treason and anti government sentiment. It labels dissenters as cowards who dodge public events, disparage Union forces, praise the Rebels, oppose the war, and would be traitors even if labeled patriots or sound Democrats. The piece urges readers to decide if such people exist in their neighborhoods.
The Meadville Journal notes Vallandigham is advertised to speak in Venango Borough Crawford County soon. It recalls that on the last election day a copperhead election board refused to open polls. After Union men reconstituted the board, held an election, and carried the day at the circus.
Fragments describe store clerks tying tin boxes to small dogs tails and sending them down the street to a comic tune. The dogs bark out a string of sounds said to mimic a sales chant about dry goods. The scene captures a lighthearted, if chaotic, moment in the shop.
Abraham A. Barker has been nominated by Union men in the 17th District comprising Cambria Blair Huntingdon and Mifflin. After 389 ballots L W Hall withdrew and Barker was nominated. Barker is described as a true Unionist and popular figure.
The Union Convention on the 3d instant named Thomas J. Bingham for Senate and John P. Glass Alfred Slack Samuel Chadwick Geo Y McKee Hans Li Heron R A Colville for Assembly. Prothonotary Jacob N Walter and County Commissioner Archibald Pillow were selected.
The Union conferees of Washington, Greene, Beaver and Lawrence Counties met on the Sth instant and nominated Hon. Geo. W. Lawrence for Congress. That's a nomination eminently fit to be made, Jesse Lazear misrepresents that district now.
At the primary elections the Union party announced nominees including Congress D A Vinney Senate M B Lowry Assembly Geo I Bemus J C Sturtevant Commissioner Wm Warner Auditor John M Calvin.
A wartime era minister, not in Warren, declared his sermon would dwell briefly in the flesh pass over the world and hasten to the devil. The statement astonished the audience who heard the text and faced the provocative claim during the exchange.
The Chicago Tribune counters the New York Journal of Commerce by naming several cities with a leg in the rebellion, including Vallandigham in Ohio, Temes in Chicago, and papers in New York Cincinnati Richmond and Atlanta, asserting Northern legs are most serviceable.
The note states an error about last week’s report that Col Cobham’s friends were preparing an article about his death. The correction appears in the current column. No further details on the death or the article are provided.
Wanango County declares P. McCalmont the congressional choice. Ex-Senator Finney carried Crawford. It is believed Mr. Myers will win Clarion and Mercer.
In Augusta Maine a copperhead preacher attacked Union support and predicted Grant's defeat. An old farmer stepped forward and said he has two sons in Butler's army and struck the dissident twice, knocking him down. Authorities move to restore order.
A Fredonia Advertiser note credits Bro McKinstrey for a call and mentions Eric Dispatch reporting the editor as hale and hearty. The remark includes a jab about suing for slander and notes Mac edits a Northern paper.
A partisan note accusing Democrats of opposing soldier voting cites upcoming Tuesday and the expected echo in October and November as soldiers’ ballots supposedly return to thwart copperheads seeking to disfranchise them.
The Treasury announces issuance of up to 200 million dollars in interest bearing notes redeemable after three years and exchangeable for bonds. It urges patriotism, notes rising revenue from the internal tax act, and reliance on national resources to sustain civil liberty and defeat.
In a call for strict financial measures and a robust currency system, Secretary of the Treasury W. P. Fessenden argues for new note denominations from fifty to five thousand dollars to back national credit. He warns against short term profit at the country's expense and appeals to patriotic citizens to fund and sustain government finance.
The extra session opens as Gov Cur tin outlines defense needs for the state citing invasions by rebels. He urges action to defend Pennsylvania and defend the nation noting the state’s wartime support and requests credit for recruits pledged with Maryland’s Bradford and Lincoln.
George Dawson from Washington argues slavery will die as the war pursues its aim and divinely ordained justice, while Major General Joseph Hooker faces reassignment and criticizes the Howard appointment. Hooker’s Washington serenade yields a brief, sharp rebuff about ending the war by bullets and bayonets.
The report states that in the last two months there have been three thousand applications for widows pensions.
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