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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1861
Page
1
A lyrical meditation on maples as vernal harps whose leaves and branches create music and solace. The speaker finds calm in forest tones, compares leaves to cloudlets, and recalls poems of old as autumn sunsets wash the sky. The poet thanks maples for their blessings while offering a single song in return.
An outline of artillery types and fortifications including cannon field pieces mortars howitzers and mortars and terms like Columbiad Dahlgreen grenades petard gabions barbette casemate bomb proof and bomb ketch with notes on sizes weights and uses.
The dying senator Douglas rallied briefly as his wife asked for a message to his sons Stephen and Robert. He declared they must obey the laws and support the Constitution. He looked from his window at the city he loved, then said he was comfortable before passing. Chicago Journal
A veteran narrates the opening battle at Palo Alto from Howe’s Achievements of America. He recalls waiting for the signal to begin and General Taylor’s exhortation, the engineer Blake’s daring recon, vivid impressions of fear and duty, and the brutal melee with artillery and volleys.
Dumont wagers his dog can fetch a hidden six-story piece. A traveler finds a coin the dog leads back to, prompting a duel of mistaken theft and generosity. The dog is praised as faithful, and the owner defends the animal’s means. The item and tale come from Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse.
A London to New York Evening Post letter reports Col. John C. Fremont in London on a mission to New York with about ten thousand rifles. At Mr. Stevens’s office he reacts to a remark about Jeff Davis’s aides, declaring with fierce patriotism his desire to lead Union troops from Richmond through the South to New Orleans.
A damaged veteran letter from Oregon expresses loyalty to the Confederacy. The writer pledges to join as a private, hopes for a brigade role, and urges Davis to support Southern independence. He references Yancey, Europe, and Britain, and signs as Goseflain, Montgomery, Alabama.
Lord Justice Braxfield, known for his blunt style and keen business sense, courts his second wife in a bold fashion. He asks the lady for an immediate answer and accepts her affirmative the next day. The butler faces Mrs Braxfield’s sharp tongue as the judge quips that he should be grateful to be married to her.
A lazy man begged for bread for his family but an industrious mechanic refused, saying he must work to earn his living. The exchange highlights the value of labor over begging in a moral vignette.
A survey of waste materials repurposed for industry from potash production to paper, glue, gelatin, leather, charcoal, sugar purification, dyes, cedar oil, and brass goods. It compares Northern Puritan resilience to Southern Cavaliers, noting enduring vigor and historic victors in conflicts from Marston Moor to Kansas.
The President in the Treasury Department with Mr. Cameron calls a deformed crutch bound man to ask about his health. Lincoln gives a gold piece, sparking tears of jubilation, and the act is described as liberal and disinterested charity.
Brief notes report Secretary Seward learning that a European consul in Charleston drilled rebel troops, leading to the recall exequatur and a vacant consulship within minutes. Also a Quaker dialogue jokes about dueling and shooting.
The fragmentary text blends proverbs with remarks on labor perseverance and weaponry, contrasts between caution and action, and a line about secession era finances. It questions decorum in Hamlet and notes a spouse’s share on death, reflecting Irish theatrical framing and social themes.
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