27 May 1864
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Newspaper
Waynesboro Village Record
Location
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1864
Page
1
Poetic reflection traces a life journey from youth to aging shorelines. The speaker describes gliding along a stream of memories, noting mists over meadows and a longing for past days. The piece contrasts hope for renewal with the inevitability of time, urging onward motion.
In a shared past of close friendship turned feud Rufus and Richard Withers duel in memory and war. After a brutal confrontation during Fredericksburg the two men are bound by a dying drummer boy's blessing and a moment of mercy that shifts hatred toward forgiveness. Richard later deserts his oath, embraces reunion, and they await healing and future combat as allies.
A dramatic vent on faith pleads for God amid night’s arching heavens. The speaker questions creation’s origin, pantheons thunder, and the need for mercy as souls face judgment and intercession. The text extols divine design and laments lost souls under cosmic awe.
Idaho emigration centers in Omaha and Nebraska City as routes to Idaho’s gold fields. prices for teams and wagons rise with demand. A long discussion on sick children critiques parental excuses for temper fits, warns against overprotective “scrap-doctor” trends, and notes tragic child neglect incidents amid poverty.
W. G. Brownlow criticizes a Richmond Whig editorial about the rebel press and infernal rumors. He denounces misreports about his death, mocks Confederate leaders, and praises Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation as freeing mixed-blood children of Southern editors. He links press deceit to northern officials and praises Union governance.
A neighbor visits to reconcile a troubled marriage and suggests soothing words and a tender gesture. The wife responds with blunt sarcasm and dismisses the remedy, mentioning failed attempts with boiling water. The vignette ends with a moral about speaking well of friends.
A Washington letter mockingly ranks Congressmen by quirks and tallies. It names Ames of Massachusetts as wealthiest at two million, Baldwin also of Massachusetts as the largest, and Clay as tallest. It notes Cox of Ohio as smallest, McClurg as shortest, Dupoint of Indians as most productive with nineteen children, Stevens of Pennsylvania as oldest at 72? two and Garfield of Ohio as youngest at 32, Windom of Minnesota as handsomest, Kelley of Pennsylvania, Voorhes of Indiana as best speakers. Cox of Ohio and Washburne of Illinois as best parliamentarians, Carston of Iowa and Peption of Ohio as the readiest debaters. Clay of Kentucky as largest farmer with 6,500 acres, 276 slaves, 200 sheep, 150 blooded cattle. Grutinell of Iowa with 6,000 acres and 6,000 sheep. Wallace of Idaho lives farthest from Washington and draws 6,397 mileage. Davis of Maryland is the heaviest mileage at 32. Frank of New York the best peawan, Stevens of Pennsylvania the poorest. The House has twenty-five bald heads, thirty with mustaches and two with wigs.
The piece muses on rain after battles as a natural cleansing, cites ancient and modern authorities, and cites a Virginia versus Pennsylvania soldier exchange. It mentions philosophers, Plutarch, Archilochus, and echoes of Civil War tensions with Union and Secesh voices.
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