Emancipation Debate. Emancipation Bill Provisions Outlined
A Warren Mail article discusses emancipation as a response to rebellion, arguing self interest would push rebels toward loyalty if slavery ends. It summarizes proposed provisions of the Emancipation Bill defining who would be freed and the conditions for rebels to lay down arms and return to the United States.
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Buchanan
Lincoln
America
United States
Congress
Confederate States of America
Confederacy
Confederate States
Will Rebels Fight for Richmond This Time
The piece argues the Confederate will prep for Richmond only if they believe they can defeat McClellan. It cites captured plans and lists showing Union strength, notes Confederate raids like Jackson in the Shenandoah, and predicts they may strike hard then retreat if outmatched.
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Richmond
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Chickahominy
Yorktown
Corinth
Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Banks
Stanton
Fremont
Indebtedness of the South to the North and bank failures
The article estimates Southern debt to the North at about 300 million dollars with major shares owed in New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston. It notes 913 insolvent mercantile houses in New York and widespread bankruptcies among dry goods firms, arguing for a general bankrupt law. It cites historical failures and mentions Samuel Green jailed in 1857 for his skin color and his reading.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Congress
North
Samuel Green
Maryland
Mayland
Liberty
United States
Canada
Free
State giz event billed for Norristown in September
The next Pennsylvania State giz is scheduled to be held at Norristown in September, with organizers outlining details and dates forthcoming.
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Norristown
Sept
Prophecy and combat fuel northern debate on war plans
Washington letter praises Charles Ellet Jr for arguing naval strategy and predicting ironclads like the Aerrimac. It notes his rams’ destruction of rebel gun boats and government rewards, then shifts to Illinois where a pro slavery constitution is rejected by voters by about 10,000, signaling shifting opinion.
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Parker
Washington
Memphis
Charles Ellet, Jr
New Orleans
Mobile
Hampton Roads
Mississippi
Iluinois
Ilinois
Deleegates
Egypt
Pennsylvania
Moore
M. McMichael, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Deaths of Hon Robert M Palmer and Meadville Vaccine Illness
The obituary notes former Senate Speaker and Argentine minister Robert M Palmer died returning home in April after years of poor health. It also reports multiple Meadville deaths and serious illness linked to suspected impure vaccine material, including Robert C Townley who worsened after vaccination and died from erysipelas.
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Robert M. Palmer
Senate
Meadville Journal
Robert C. Townley
Meadville
Tank with 65 tons petroleum towed toward Erie via canal
The Meadville Democrat reports a bulk petroleum tank carrying 65 tons was towed up the canal toward Erie after filling on Oil Creek and traveling via the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. Generals McClellan and Butler ran on the Fashion course in New York last Tuesday for 200 dollars. Public notice suggests this fame leads to naming or placarding a canal boat.
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Meadville Democrat
Erie
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Ohio
Beaver
Gen McClellan
Gen. Butler
N. Y
Arkansas to furnish Union Regiment for the war
The 2 Arkansas is about to furnish a Union regiment as the 1st Cavalry fills quickly. H. J. Raymond reports the Rebel force before Richmond cannot exceed 75 000 effective men. Health for the soldier notes that ten perish from damp and exposure for every bullet death. Holloways Pills are advised for liver and stomach disorders.
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Arkansas
1St Cavalry
H. J. Raymond
Richmond
Norfolk and Portsmouth Harbor Reformation and Civil War View
From Gosport Navy Yard near Norfolk on June 10 1862 the author extols Portsmouth Elizabeth River and adjacent harbor as deep safe and pivotal. He traces naval yard growth during Adams and Old Hickory eras, its 76 acres cost over ten million dollars and its influence on Norfolk Portsmouth Gosport Newtown. He discusses canal projects to Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sounds and the Confederate seizure of contractor property, plus wartime shifts in slave labor and regional loyalty. The narrative moves toward Union advances near Petersburg and rail lines behind Richmond, foretelling the fall of rebellion.
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Gosfort Navy Yard
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Elizabeth River
James River
Navy Yard
England
France
Europe
J. Q. Adams
Old Hickory
Gosport
Newtown
Old Dominion
Albermarle Sound
Sound
Northern Enterprise
Albermarle
Pamlico Sounds
Cortright & Co
Rotheldom
New York
Old Point Comfort
Israel
Red Sea
Nansemond River
Egypt
Progress of Freedom and the Wilmot Proviso in Territories
The public domain is laid open to liberty as Congress passes a bill excluding slavery from all U.S. territories. The act mirrors the Wilmot Proviso, banning slavery or involuntary servitude in current or future territories, except as punishment for crimes duly convicted.
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United States
Congress
Union
U. States
Distinguished engineer dies in Cairo from war wounds
The engineer died in Cairo on Saturday from wounds received near Memphis. Colonel Milet exposed himself to danger while guiding his rams and was wounded twice. Colonel Ellett, a Pennsylvania native civil engineer, helped shape projects in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania and built the first action Bridge at Niagara Walls. Colonel Billet, noted for an active mind and public improvement ideas, was ridiculed yet later gained notice and respect.
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Cairo
Memphis
Milet
Ellett
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Niagara Walls
Billet
Atlantic & Great Western
Salamanca
Akron
Ohio
New York
Patton
John Patton
White House
Brookville
Charles Miller
Lincoln
Alleghany Range
Commodore Farragut
Mississippi
U. S
Grand Gulf
Grimes
Senate
Senator McDougall
Barnum
Cincinnati
C. Frederick Taylor
Jackson
Harrisonburg
Bayard Taylor
Bucktail Rifles
Kennett Square
Chester County
Phenixville Independent
New Orleans
Butler
Light Amid Gloom at Raleigh Convention
The Raleigh convention features Hon. John A. Gilmer defending taxation of slaves to pay state war debt and advocating gradual emancipation to restore the Union. Reports also note reinforcements to McClellan’s army, Pennsylvania direct tax payments nearing settlement, and a Glastonbury trout factory aiming for rising output.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
John A. Gilmer
Three Secession Churches Seized in Washington for Hospitals
A mid 19th century note states three Episcopal churches in Washington have been seized to serve hospital needs. Other items report Gen Butler detaining Beauregard’s wife in New Orleans, Colyer sailing to Beaufort, and various war and industry updates including port wartime losses and lead contracts.
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Washington
Gen. Butler
Beauregard
New Orleans
Vincent Colyer
Poor
Newbern
N. C
Beaufort
Capitol
Gen. Banks
Camp Curtin
U. S. Springfield Armory
U.S
Brooklin
Cincinnati
Kaixs
Krackers
Kanydies
Hollesail
Fremont
Port Republic
Ile
Wade of
Olio
Richmond
Pennsylvania
Gen. McCall
White House
McClellan
Secretary of War
Fragmentary Civil War Dispatches from June Reports
Curenco and Memphis items note Democratic majorities in SS counties and 1860 figures with three negro propositions adopted and bank clause in doubt. Other messages mention Gen Beau regard heading to Richmond, Bragg’s defense against Halleck, Jacob Bell grounded on James River, and McClellan and Pope updates with war department notes and political commentary from Washington and London.
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Curenco
Memphis
Montgomery
Beauregard
Richmond
Army of the
War Department
Corinth
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
House
Senate
Messrs. Allen
Illinois
Browne
Rhode Island
Johnson
Norton
Og Gamble
Gov. Gamble
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Carr
Glastonbury
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Missouri
St. Louis Democrat
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Fayette County
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the Arabia
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Russell
Lord Palmerston
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London
Paris Pays
Daily New
Pope
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Cumberland
Harper’s Ferry
Winchester
Wool
Winchester and Potomac Railroad
Repores
E. M. Stanrox
Jearney
Hooker
Heintzelman
Keyes
Gen. Hooker
Porter
G. B. McClellan
Revour
M. Stanton
Gen. Pope
Gen. McDowell
Gen. Scott
Nonrouk
Viele
Old City
Todd Perley
Washington City
J. K. Moorhead
Joseph Casey
David Wilmot
Edgar Cowan
Wm. D. Kelley
J. M. Sullivan
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