03 Oct 1863
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1863
Page
1
A lyrical meditation on a young woman kneeling in prayer. The speaker questions how daily mercy or forgiveness would be granted for those with such pure beauty and innocence if they must seek grace from the divine despite their flaws. The poem is attributed to JOG, Witrerrer.
The narrator recalls Lucerne’s sunset over Lake Lucerne, Mount Pilatus and Mount Rigi from Weggis, and the ascent to a summit where the landscape blends beauty and sublimity. He describes the lake as emerald, the mountains as jagged, and the solitary polar regions beyond the peaks, with flowers gathered for a hat adornment as the sun sinks.
Excerpts describe a misty ascent near Lake Lucerne and a sunset boat ride to Weggis. The New Orleans Era reports Gen. Grant’s levee at Gen. Banks’s residence as an immense, orderly reception with prominent officers. It also notes Nashville and Tennessee emancipation theses from Governor Andrew Johnson urging immediate or gradual abolition.
A Washington letter reports rapid slave enlistment in Maryland with owners receiving $300 certificates from recruiters. The certificates activate after a state emancipation act and aim to grant practical emancipation, paralleling efforts in Western Maryland led by Col Birney in Baltimore. The move hinges on legislative action to end slavery.
Old Governor Saltonstall recalls a Rogerite couple who refused marriage forms, choosing conscience over law. The narrative shifts to a Civil War soldier believed dead, later found alive near Gettysburg, his father arriving as the son recovers in Harrisburg and Paris, with improving health and prospects of return.
A private from the 145th Pennsylvania Vols describes a Gettysburg injury in which a ball shattered both eyes and the body believed dead, noting the unusual absence of facial wounds. The tale unfolds with draft exemptions, social deceit, and local wartime chatter.
A Civil War letter from Co. II, 10th Regt. P. R. C. dated September 17, 1863, expresses confidence in the Union cause yet warns copperhead opposition at the polls could hasten an end to the war. It praises Governor Curtin as a patriot and notes regimental support, with 573 votes for Curtin and none against in a roll call resolution.
The fragment reports soldiers in Pennsylvania backing Governor Curtin for reelection, disdain for Copperheads, and a train-side anecdote about misidentified Confederates. It also includes short satirical items, a deathbed line about lifting higher, a joke about a sailing cottage, Holloway's remedy ads, and light verse quips.
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