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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1864
Page
2
For president Graham Lincoln of Illinois and for president Graham Lincoln of Illinois. For vice president Andrew Johnson of Tennessee union electoral ticket. Senatorial by P Michael and Thos Cunningham. Districty
Reports describe a rebel raid disrupting rail lines between Washington and Baltimore and Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Union forces under Wallace clash near Baltimore. rebels move toward Washington while fearing a broader advance.
Geo P Morris longtime poet and Home Journal editor died in New York last week. Born in Philadelphia in 1802 he moved to New York early and worked in newspapers with friends Bryant Paulding Halleck Hoffman Willis. Unionists of Washington County name John Covode for Congress and Indiana backs Wm M Stewart and Fayette Smith Fuller. The House passed 213 acts and 60 private joint resolutions at the recent session. Atlantic and Great Western earnings for June stand at 314 521 with May traffic 214 679 and April 197 267. Buffalo Express raises daily price to 10 000 and tri weekly to 8 00 per year.
The piece reports Rev Thomas Kinnard a British subject and CAN delegate to the AME church quadrennial in Philadelphia was prevented at Camden Delaware by a law barring colored people from entry He was fined $50 and costs unable to pay and was sold to another man who had emancipated him The buyer took Kinnards due bill and secured $50 to force departure within five days He appealed through Washington and with Lord Lyons the British Minister sought redress and protection while noting ongoing prejudice in Delaware laws
The act signed by the President raises monthly pay for non commissioned officers and soldiers in the regular army starting May 1 during the ongoing rebellion. It lists specific rates for sergeant majors, sergeants, corporals, privates, and various hospital and band positions, and allows re enlistment with bonuses for those who joined before July 22, 1861.
John H. Defrees, public printer in Washington, receives a Union party nomination for Congress in Indiana's 10th district. The move positions Defrees as a federal candidate backed by the party slate in the district race.
The last London Conference meeting on Saturday June 25 ended without evident result and a break up to not reconvene. A Cabinet Council met after adjournment. Lord Palmerston would outline policy on Monday June 27 as England’s likely course.
The dispatch notes heavy Civil War activity around the Chattahoochee, with 2000 prisoners taken and rebel forces split across the river. Sherman’s push targets Marietta, Hardee’s corps remains north of the river, and pickets fringe the riverbanks at Price’s Ferry and Nickajack. The piece also urges nationwide funding for the war and warns the currency would depreciate without broad public aid.
The piece covers economic fears about gold and greenbacks, with the public urged to trust the loyalty of the people over loan terms. It lists Democratic presidential candidates, notes Capt. Hall's Arctic expedition, and reports Congress abolishing coastal slave trade laws. Military orders redraw North Carolina troops under Maj. Gen. W. F. Smith, plus political chatter about Lincoln’s fate and Speaker Colfax’s repeated nominations.
A Dutch traveler notes New York as berry fine people who go about der streets scheating each other and they call dat pizziness. The Western New York branch of the Christian Commission reports receipts at Buffalo to July 1 totaling $7,452.01.
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