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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1864
Page
1
A composite item presents verses by H. W. Longfellow alongside legal text about taxation and bounty payments. The poem invokes evening hearth and hidden places, while the act sections set tax limits, exemptions, and authority figures in 1864, including approvals by Curtin.
The Democratic Con ferees of the 19th District met at Ridgway Elk County on Tuesday 6 Inst unanimously nominating William Bigler for Congress. The piece labels Bigler as Peace faction and criticizes him for favoring armistice and surrender terms, contrasting him with sitting representative G W Scofield and urging re election of Scofield to uphold unity and patriotism.
The Phila North American argues that calling off the war would abandon Baltimore, Norfolk, New Orleans, and many coastal forts, surrender vast swaths of territory, end blockades, allow Confederate cotton and tobacco exports, and enable an ironclad southern navy from Europe, leaving the capital ringed by rebel lands and endangering Union families who aided the cause.
The record notes that forty thousand enslaved people were employed to construct Atlanta's fortifications, reflecting the scale of forced labor behind the city’s defenses.
A prominent rebel paper analyzes the Chicago platform and its aim for peace on the Union basis. It argues the platform risks Southern independence and questions McClellan’s appeal to patriots amid war weariness. The Richmond Examiner adds that Lincoln's defeat would boost McClellan’s political capital.
The piece accuses political opponents of aiding the rebellion, opposing troop reinforcements, inciting draft resistance, and inflating Confederate peril while defaming Union leaders and supporting slavery over the Union. It also cites failures of the War Department and praises rebel aims, ending with a charge of surrendering to the South at Chicago.
Aunt E- urges Eddy to retire at sundown as chickens go to roost. Eddy responds that the old hen always goes with them, underscoring a playful exchange about routines and aging.
A 1861 dispatch reveals General McClellan ordered the seizure of Maryland lawmakers to avert secession and Civil War. The confidential note outlines plans for arresting several leaders, transporting them to Annapolis, and coordinating with Dix and Seward, underscoring secrecy and high stakes in the early rebellion era.
The piece argues against appeasing every critic and warns that chasing others' favor leads to instability. It condemns indecision and urges readers to form a clear stance and hold to it, regardless of pressure or shifting winds.
The rebel pirate commander Tallahassee, John Taylor Wood, is identified as a grandson of President Taylor. This genealogical note ties a Confederate era pirate leader to a presidential lineage.
A Richmond Braminer column weighs potential Confederate and Union moves. If Atlanta or Petersburg falls or Sheridan drives Early to Lynchburg, peace advocates gain at the next election, threatening war’s end. If Grant and Sherman stall, and Sheridan hunts or retreats, peace would prevail despite party upheavals in Chicago and national factions.
A Wisconsin lieutenant in the army cautions eight young Illinois Indiana Michigan women against answering ads under the heading Wanted correspondence for mutual cultivation. He cites a case where a young woman’s reputation was damaged and letters to interested suitors went unanswered. Soldiers mock McClellan and the family of five nephews in the rebel army spark public bravado at Cayuga Bridge.
A Tuesday afternoon collision on the North River involving the Jersey City ferry from Philadelphia and the Yazoo damaged the gentlemen's cabin of the ferry for about twenty feet. Passengers were thrown into confusion as both vessels contacted each other while awaiting the return boat.
A compilation of short gags and notes mentions Vallandigham and Dean Richmond, comic retorts about records and embarrassment, a Connecticut family line, revenue figures for internal taxes, a ship metaphor for a chick, match revenues, Oregon selecting Salem as capital, a quip on flattery, and a note that the Chicago lake tunnel will finish in 1868.
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