Pennsylvania Delegation After Soldier Vote Counts
The Warren paper reports the Pennsylvania delegation balance after army returns. It lists Union congressmen in districts two through twenty, with vacancies and re-elections noted, and Democratic congressmen in several districts confirmed as re-elected. The overall shift projects a 16 Union and 8 Democratic split in the next delegation.
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Coffroth
Gen. Koontz
UNION
Charles O’ Neil
Leonard Myers
William D. Kelley
M. Russell Thayer
John M. Broomall
Thaddeus Stevens
Ulysses Mercur
George F. Miller
William H. Koontz
Abraham A. Barker
Stephen F. Wilson
Gealma W
Phillip Johnson
Charles Dennison
Adam J. Grossrenner
John L. Dawson
Shall we have a Course of Lectures debate at Judge Johnson's
A town meeting discusses funding a lecture series to benefit education and morals. Citizens consider subscribing funds for a bank or similar project but debate whether to allocate a portion to a credit for intellectual and moral advancement. The speaker criticizes sensational amusements and urges support for quality lectures from home and abroad.
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Eric
Harriisburg Telegraph Notes Unclear PA Vote Without Soldier Ballot
The Harrisburg Telegraph reports that Pennsylvania's October congressional results by district cannot be determined without including the soldier vote. Prothonotaries’ returns lack home versus soldier distinctions, causing bettors to withdraw bets based on the home vote.
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Harriisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Electors and Local Quarrels Highlight 186? Campaign Dispatch
A political clash over ballots in Pennsylvania is urged to be fair as McClellan and Pendleton supporters claim a statewide Democratic majority. A letter notes tensions with local editors and a visit described as hindered by mud and slow transit, with a brief jab at a Warren Cowan Mail editor.
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Woodward
Little Mike
Pennsylvania
McClellan
Pendleton
Meadville Journal Succession Marks New Era
After years of successful journalism Mr Hayes retires from Meadville Journal and is succeeded by J D Nicholas. Mr Clark sells Meadville Republican and R Lyle White takes over. Nicholas is new to us but Col White is known as a ready writer.
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Hayes
Meadville Journal
J. D. Nicholas
Clark
Meadville Republican
R. Lyle White
Nicholas
Col. White
Blair County dog law adopted and extended to Warren County
The dog law for Blair County, extended last winter to Warren County, is noted with signatures and approval date. It appears on page 603 of the 1857 session laws and will aid those keeping and losing sheep by enforcing the regulation.
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Blair
Warren County
J B Brown Noted Contributor to Soldiers Turkey Fund
The New York Tribune lists J B Brown as contributing $25 to the soldiers turkey fund. The note mentions the funds originate from his inexpensive store and hints at more goods when he returns from New York.
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Soldiers Turkey Fund
N.Y. Tribune
J. B. Brown
New York
To Freeze or Not to Freeze A Printer’s Wood Dilemma
A humorous Erie column follows a wood shortage and the printer’s quest for heat. Barr and Johnson propose a coal stove after the writer’s family endures cold, revealing local politics and community figures while celebrating new warmth from McPherson’s coal car load.
Home Magazine to extend reach with 1865 enlargement
Arthour's Home Magazine says 1864 volume closes with widest circulation yet and 1865 will be enlarged. It is praised by the press and urged to reach a larger yearly circulation than any comparable periodical. Terms list various club rates and a meeting of the Sociable at Hon. G. W. Scofield’s residence this Friday evening.
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Arthour
Home
Home Magazine
People’s Magazine
G. W. Scofield
Move to Nominate Wm. D. Brown for Speaker in State House
Editorial argues Warren, Cyrus Pershing left to oppose Brown. Brown, two years from Warren, is praised for direct forceful style while Pershing is described as a skilled pleader. The piece frames regional balance and calls for Brown’s election as best and just choice for Speaker of the next House.
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Wm. D. Brown
Warren
House of Representatives
Brown
Hoe
Cyrus IL
Pershing
Cambria
Thanksgiving relief to widows and soldiers families
The hat was passed in town raising about $100 to aid 25 or 30 needy widows and soldiers families with flour, chickens, or oysters. Distributors L. D. Crandall and J. W. Benson reported many cases of destitution and grateful thanks. Also the 54th Massachusetts regiment received its full pay for October after previously rejecting $10 monthly and demanding a full soldier’s stipend.
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Massachusetts
West
South Carolina
Provost Marshal Office Moves to Ridgway District Center
The Provost Marshal office in the district will relocate to Ridgway, chosen as the district center since it was established there originally. The earlier lack of telegraph or railroad access is no longer an obstacle to the move.
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Ridgway
Elk Co
Waterford
Penna
H. S. Campbell
Dist
Ridgway, Elk Co
Waterford Pa
Campbell
N Y Journal of Commerce Retires from Politics
The New York Journal of Commerce withdraws from political campaigning after the election, expressing disgust with the voters and leaving copyists to seek new material. The piece notes the paper’s displeasure with the outcome and its departure from active political involvement.
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The
N.Y. Journal of Commerce
Lincoln Vermont Banner Town and Petroleum Formation
A Pittsburgh Chronicle correspondent outlines Lincoln Vermont as the banner town and discusses a Petroleum formation. It describes petroleum as a hydrocarbon from two gases including hydrogen and a vegetable-rock constituent, and explains burning limestone, oil, and the carbonic cycle with the idea that oil will exhaust only when the ocean is exhausted.
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Wnarts Petroleum
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Sherman advances on Macon and Augusta amid panic
Richmond papers report Sherman’s columns marching on Macon with outposts reaching the city outskirts and another column heading toward Augusta and Milledgeville. They note panic, claims Cobb’s militia cannot hold Macon, and cite other dispatches from Griffin and Covington.
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Richmond
Macon
Georgia
Sherman
Cobb
Griffin
Augusta
Milledgville
Churches Unite Against Slavery and Rebellion Across Denominations
A Philadelphia Press survey catalogs church resolutions from Baptists to Quakers praising Lincoln and the Union. It notes May 1864 Baptist stance against treason and slavery, Evangelists and Lutherans denouncing slavery, and Catholic, Unitarian, and Quaker roles in supporting the government and the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Belmont
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Lancaster
York
Moravian Church
North Carolina
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New
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Philadelphia
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Buffalo
Channing
Universalists
North
Phil. Press
Irish lad responds to flogging with family twist
A quoted Irish lad answers whether the flogger is his father by saying yes he is the parent, but accuses him of treating him as if born to another father and mother. The remark ends with a curse.
Tobacco yield drop hits Missouri farms
A report notes Missouri farmers expect about one fifth of their usual tobacco yield this year, signaling a sharp drop in production and potential impact on local harvests and markets.
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Missouri
Grant in New York Confers Before Front Move
Gen Grant departed New York for the front after a quiet farewell. He met Gen Scott, who presented his autobiography, and predicted the Confederacy’s weakness. Grant suggested six months may reveal outcomes, and remarked he is not a 90 day man. Beecher urged arming slaves as a wartime necessity but warned it signals South’s weakness.
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Scott
Confederacy
Sherman
Mr. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Lincoln’s 1860 Electoral notes across states
The text outlines Lincoln’s electoral status in 1860 and 1864, noting Missouri West Virginia and Maryland voting for him, strong Union support in Louisiana and Tennessee, and that eleven states opposed him in 1860 while twenty six in 1864 cast large majorities totaling about half a million. It also mentions the 1864 vice president as a Northern Tennessee citizen.
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Lincoln
Missouri
West Virginia
Maryland
Louisiana
Tennessee
Friends of the Union
Desultory remarks spark satire and war talk from governors
A schoolmaster joke and Mrs Partington talk of Ayer’s Pills as cures for dysentery and other ills. Separately, the Richmond Whig reports Southern Governors urging arming slaves and unified resolve for the Confederacy, with praise from the Richmond Sentinel for the policy and spirit shown.
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Ike
Richmond Whig
Davis
Georgia
Congress
Confederacy
Richmond Sentinel
General Order directs militia enrollment across state
Harrisburg announces a General Order to all counties requiring immediate enrollment and classification of the militia under the May 4 1864 and August 23 1864 acts.
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Harrisburg
Lincoln First Northern Citizen Re-elected President
The fact notes that Mr. Lincoln is the first resident of the North to receive a presidential re-election. It contrasts with earlier two-term presidents Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe all from Virginia and Jackson from Tennessee.
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Lincoln
North
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Virginia
Jackson
Tennessee
Baltimore Letter Speculates Blair as Maryland Senator
A Baltimore letter predicts that Montgomery Blair is likely to become the United States Senator from Maryland. The message emphasizes Blair's possible rise and its potential impact on state politics.
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Baltimore
Montgomery Blair
United States
Maryland
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