24 Nov 1868
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1868
Page
1
A poem laments American aristocracy, scoffing at birth pride. It contrasts fierce democracy with a fragile bridge built without support, mocked by laughs and jeers at the lack of strong piers, implying contempt for hereditary privilege.
In western New York a lonely widow fears danger, her dog guard and quiet faith lead to the killing of her son in law who plots to seize her wealth. A ruthless murder ends when the dog restrains the intruder, believed to be divine justice. Also a Paris tale recalls a ring found by a poor boy revealing a mother’s missing child. The Rev. ds. notes a butcher interrupting a sermon with comic honesty.
A letter-writer rails at Mr Johnson and Mr Laird for publicized intimacy in London social scenes. The piece recounts a Liverpool dinner, introductions, and a picnic with attempts to heal postwar antagonism. It also notes Grant's record popular vote and compares past presidential majorities with historical figures. The Bishop of Litchfield anecdote closes the column.
Rev. KE O Taylor of Chicago Theological Seminary regularly fills the Kenosha Baptist pulpit. A Kenosha Telegraph anecdote recounts his daring ascent to paint a 100 foot spire using a rope and improvised ladder while preaching each Sabbath to a growing congregation.
Veteran printer Peter Hacket amused Horace Greeley with a misread biography fragment of William Seward. Greeley mocked the misread, sparking a playful exchange on spelling and reading aloud. The incident ends with the quip about schooling in penmanship.
In New York on Twenty seventh Street laborers recovering a building found a roll of $256 in a rat’s nest. Eight years earlier William Cummings, a tea store clerk, was charged as the last to be seen in the room, convicted, and sent to prison. His life unraveled, leading to his death on Blackwell’s Island.
A dying lawyer bequeathed all his property to a lunatic asylum, explaining he wished his wealth to return to the liberal class that patronized him, as his final motive for the generous action.
The 1862 exchange sees Sey mour taunting, while the Newbury Journal counters that the soldiers will run well this year too, noting their nimble Excellency and a sharp stick as a jab at the critics.
V Y Tones laments Mr Stanton leaving the War Department after four to five years of service with impaired health exhausted resources and a broken professional life. He notes Stanton’s distinguished country service and fears the cost to his family and future comfort, urging the nation to safeguard diligent public servants.
Gen Grant has escaped office holders and reached his Washington home unseen, a luckier course than Colfax who avoided recognition only to Harrisburg. Back at the War Department he faces swarm ing officials and may respond to the nation with renewed insistence on peace, as hinted in his Chicago letter.
The article notes revolutionary fervor reaching Cuba and places a proposed federation of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Antilles under Spain. It cites population figures with a majority being Cuban and about one-fifth enslaved, and mentions Madrid Cortes debates on abolishing slavery and colonial representation. It also recounts a Meadville man, George Warren, faking death to avoid burial, then recovering.
The report cites Louisiana parish results with Grant one vote and Seymour 1635 in a mixed white and Black registry, noting other parishes with similar figures and St. Landry showing 4000 votes for Seymour none for Grant amid 8102 Black registrants. It contrasts liberty rhetoric with past rebel violence, then tucks in a railway anecdote from Schenectady and a camel fable with a moral about resisting temptation.
A reflective note on identity and ethics in Cincinnati. The author jokes that many “Aes” named John number two hundred ten, while sixty two three other selves do business in the city. The piece suggests virtue is often mistaken for appetite, reminding readers to discern between appetite and principle.
The column notes Seymour argues that even if elected, opposition in Congress would strip him of power to implement his principles. The line questions whether such weakness has been seen before and hints at a broader critique of political feasibility.
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