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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1861
Page
5
A Civil War era poem rallying Freeholders to arms on the nation’s border. The speaker invokes veterans and youth marching, the eagle, the flag, and the Atlantic and Great Lakes regions. The verse asserts defiance against invasion and vows to yield no inch of land while patriots stand. Written in July 1861, it blends martial imagery with regional symbols and calls for unity.
The piece recounts Napoleon's resignation letter to Carnot during the Italian campaign and his remark that it is better to have one bad general than two good ones. It also describes a visit to a Sheik's harem with vivid, unsettling details and commentary on Eastern customs and beauty practices observed by the writer.
A slaveholder, Dr. Nelson, debates freeing Isaac the slave. He frees him with papers after Isaac proves his will to work. Isaac's joy turns to confidence as he gains freedom and forty dollars, ponies, and a future. The story argues emancipation strengthens self-reliance.
A narrator recalls six years of seek ing private tutors for his three sons in a bleak village setting. A Glaswegi an Scotsman named Glengort h and later Donaldson Adams teach latin Greek and photography, amid family tensions, elopement proposals, and a costly turn of events.
The Port Beal and Beaufort region shows cotton wasted as soldiers lay tent floors with discarded fiber and fires destroy bales. Gen See Tee’s lack of effort to secure cotton forced this waste, but the government now acts to protect the crop and enrich the area.
Official results reveal the Pennsylvania Senate at 22 to 11 for Republicans while the House leans Democratic with 6 or 5 Democrat seats and 46 Republican seats. Four Democrats and thirteen elected on Union ballot are noted.
In 1796 Joseph Hopkin's patriotic effort to write a song for the President's March led to the theater benefit for a Philadelphia singer. Hopkins aimed to rise above French or British policy and capture American honor. The result, Hail Columbia, drew crowds, encores, and street chorus, becoming a national tune with Congress members among the crowds.
Jupes Taumecit plans a bill reorganizing the paprene Court by population. The New England States New York and Pennsylvania totaling ten million would keep three judges Clifford Nelson and Grier. Southern States excluding Kentucky Missouri get Taney Wayne and Uttron. Western States Missouri ten and a half million get three judges. Kentucky Ohio form one circuit Illinois Indiana Michigan Southern Wisconsin another. Minnesota Iowa Missouri and Kaneas form a third. Pacific States remain under an independent Circuit.
In the Kansas state election, 14 461 votes were cast and Topeka won the contest by about 2000 votes. OCR text is garbled with misspellings and partial phrases.
In Purcell's company a young man falsely deemed lame during a Wednesday swearing in. Dr. Adler found a right leg hernia but he was declared fit and returned to duty. He disappeared Thursday, later found in Muscatine county after a forty mile walk, and then returned to camp for review.
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