Warren County Agricultural Society 11th Annual Fair Premium List
The 11th annual Warren County Fair at Youngsville on September 25 1861 lists officers for 1861 and extensive premium classes for horses cattle sheep poultry bread butter cheese fruits vegetables carriages farming utensils leather and more. Judges named for each class set prize amounts and capture a broad view of 1861 agricultural competition and fees.
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Warren County Agricultural Society
Youngsville
Jwiges
Curtis
W. H. Shortt
Mark Willson
A.C. Blodgett
C. A. Willoughby
I. H. Hiller
Truman Hall
Nat Payne
S. Darling
Carriages
Great Issue Civil War Debate Calls for Progress
The Albany Eve. Journal editor argues the war pits Civilization against Barbarism with Government backing progress versus Jeff Davis era retrogression. It claims freedom and mass self rule against minority rule and asserts the people as the ultimate power in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff. Davis & Co
Albany
Journal
Lincoln and the Civil War Crisis Pronounced
A political statement asserts the slavery question as a pretext for secession and declares a large Southern conspiracy dating back over a decade. It warns there are only two sides, patriots or traitors, and urges continued arms until rights are secured.
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Lincoln
Southern Confederacy
Patriot’s pledge to fight for the Union and destiny
The speaker vows to defend the flag and government at any cost. He offers all his property or life to the nation, seeking burial under the stars and stripes in Tennessee if he dies, and asks to be buried in a common grave if the Union fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Band of brothers pledge under the American Union flag
George M. Dallas speaks of unwavering loyalty to the flag and union after personal sacrifice and loss, professing steadfast support to defend the full United States. He recalls a brother who died in service and vows to stand by the flag in good times and bad.
If Fratricidal War Is Forced Upon Us
The speaker declares unwavering loyalty to the Union and rejects compromise. He argues the Union must be preserved at any cost, even if it demands fighting brothers of the South, and asserts no retreat or intimidation will bend their stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Union Troops as Friends to Restore the Flag
The speaker argues federal troops would come to the South as protectors to relieve Union sentiment, unfurl the stars and stripes, and restore the flag to forts and arsenals. He says the mission is peaceful unless opposed by wicked men and asserts the nation and its people are united. He rejects claims of subjugation and emphasizes shared country and government.
Division of the Union Threat Discussed
Daniel 8 Dickinson condemns efforts to divide the Union and subvert the Government. He calls for opposition by the patriotic people and argues the Government must be sustained in all just efforts to preserve authority and integrity.
Nation vows to uphold Constitution and laws with patriotic resolve
The statement declares a firm commitment to defend the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws by lawful means. It rejects expediency and partisan calculation, urging energy and a royal, patriotic, willing heart to preserve government not politics, and principle over party.
Unity and resolve in wartime address
A speaker urges firm, principled wartime conduct to restore the Union. He emphasizes maximum effort, no surrender to barbarities, and swift victory to reunite the nation and strengthen the government. He cites voting millions and mobilizing hundreds of thousands as proof of commitment.
Civil War Era Union Reunification Outlook Expressed
A speaker declares the nation is amid a civil war and urges restoration of public institutions. The North seeks to uphold its duty to the United States and predicts a stronger Union by the next Fourth of July as the South may reject secession leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jeff
Davis
Toombs
Wigfall
Jefferson on Confedration Power and Compulsion in 1786
The excerpt presents Thomas Jefferson’s view before the current Constitution was adopted. He argues that confederations impose compulsory power when states breach their compact, and that the union’s restive states may be forced into obedience, potentially via naval action if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Congress
Jackson Opposes State Secession in 1833 Nullification Message
General Andrew Jackson argues that any state's unilateral effort to exit the Union would undermine the nation. He warns that allowing secession would render the United States not a nation and threaten the liberties of millions in the Union.
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Jackson
United States
Prose of Civil War Rumor About Sherman Beheading
A Memphis Appeal correspondent relays a sensational tale claiming Parson Rippetoe a Virginia captain killed General Sherman in single combat at the first siege of Sherman's battery. The report says Rippetoe severed Sherman's head after a ten minute fight, a claim the Prov. Jour. questions as unlikely and possibly exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis Appeal
Parson Rippetoe
Virginia
Sherman
Georgia Moves Toward Secession in War Time Proclamation
SPF Georgia contemplates secession from the Southern Confederacy as Governor Brown recalls all state troops from Virginia. He warns that after the present conflict the battle over state sovereignty may resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPF
Georgia
Brown
Virginia
How to Keep Boys at Home from the Evening Dramatics
A mother laments sons aged sixteen and eighteen leaving home at night. The piece argues early reading and home intellectual stimulation keep youths indoors. It urges parents to cultivate curiosity, provide books, and read aloud to foster a loving home circle and reduce allure of distant amusements.
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Ume
Fremont Proclamation Draws Strong Local Support in St Louis
Citizens in St Louis endorse General Fremont's martial law measures and slave emancipation as declared in his proclamation. The Republican calls the document the war's most important yet and urges loyal citizens to back the grand movement for the nation’s reestablishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Republican
Fremont
West
Great Northwest
Clarifying the Income Tax Computation Error
The act taxes the excess of income over 800 after deducting other taxes. For a $2900 income with $100 other taxes, tax is on $2000. Many papers misstate this, claiming tax on all income over 800. In truth the tax uses the net amount above 800 after deductions.
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Warren Mail
Cowan
George Balls Central
News Depot
Warren Pa
Warren
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co. Pa
John Russell
H. A. Jamieson
R. Brown
Johnson
J. L. Burroughs
Sugar Grove
M. Carpenter
Ambrotype
Bartlett & Hunter's
Front Street
A. Kirberger
Brown's
Corner State St
Public Square
Erie
Philadelphia
R. D. Bennett
Water Street
Warren, Warren Co
P. & W. Martin Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants
Courtlandt Street
Greenwich
Washington Streets
New York
Pittsfield House
Mearthe S. & E. R. R
L. C. Pendleton
Pittsfield
Warren Co
Tidioute
Wm. D. Patterson
Irvine
Caughey
B. G. Keyes
Hickory and
Third Streets
M. Shaffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
Warrens
Warren County
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
Hazeltine & Co
Variety Hall
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren. Warren Co
Haseltine
P. Johnson
Big Bend
D. Green
J. A. Morrison
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
A. Finger
Crystal Palace
Warren, Pa
C. W. Rathbun, & Co
E.c
Point Breeze
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glenni W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
P. R. Bennett
Smith & Messner
Barbeer House
Beecher & Colman
A Ri. Coleman
Dunkirk
M. Beecher, JR
Tidioute Hotel
J. M. Hamlin
Johnsen’s Exchange
Rasselas Brown
A. Brock
Curtis and Guthrie
Warren, McKean, Potter and Elk
B. Curtis
B. Guthrie
L. A. Rogers
Poaler
Carver House
Wetmore and Clark
Second Street
Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Wetmore
Junius R. Clark
Reed House
Eric, Pa
A.M. Guild
Brown Brothers
J. W. Brown
John Brown
Agricultural Society
H. P. Kinnear
F. R. Miller
Alden Marsh
W. G. Garcelon
B. Ricker
A. G. Lane
H. H. Dennis
Timothy Way
Alfred Cady
Andrew Low
Jas. Woodside
Peter McKinney
Jas. McIntosh
Wm. T. Alcorn
R. E. Cook
Durham
George Martin
Philip Seigrist
J. A. Jackson
Orland Sanford
A. Houghout
R. Thompson, Jr
Amos Pond
J. T. Currie
W. C. Blodgett
Bwine
Wm. Graham
Jacob Gross
Job Clark
E. P. Foreman
N. H. Payne
W. J. Alexander
Philander Brown
E. H. Day
Seymour Hoar
J. L. Trask
W. B. Acocks
Wm. M. Cummings
N. Frazine
J. A. Davis
J. B. Brown
Miscellaneous Manufactures
Dan Chipman
A. D. Blodgett
E. G. Mead
J. T. Shuts
Jane Payne
W. A. Mead
Eliza Willson
Peterfield
Hon. G. Brown
A. McGill
D. H. Mitchell
S. L. Grandin
Philip Lukins
F. G. Benedict
Edgar Eldred
Russel Clark
Clark Kibby
A. F. Davis
R. A. Barber
John Mahan
D. A. Smith
Hiram Horn
James Younie
J. B. Hamilton
Hugh Wilson
Nat Sill
Daniel Gross
Jane Patterson
A. C. Blodgett
The
Society
SDMA
C. W. Kelso
Whitney
Fair Ground
F.R. Miller
Amieda
Farmington
James Foreman
John A. DIX
Stephen A. Douglas
Andrew Johnson
George M. Dallas
General Butler
Holt
Daniel
Dickinson
John J. Crittenden
Union
James Shields
Thomas Jefferson
Corrcion
Old Hickory
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