27 Mar 1863
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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1863
Page
1
Publication outlines weekly subscription terms with rates for single copies and multiple copies. It notes advance payment required for forwarding and lists annual and group rates, though OCR shows broken figures and garbled spacing.
Rates of advertising printed for single and recurring inserts. One square consists of up to fourteen lines. First insertion priced at one amount, with subsequent insertions discounted. Three months, six months, and twelve months rates listed. specific figures shown as $100 and $50 ranges.
Hon. D W Voorhies of Indiana spoke at the Union Democratic Association in New York on Tuesday evening. He asserted the people and the Constitution are sovereign, condemned Lincoln and his Cabinet, urged unity on constitutional grounds, and attacked the Black Republican party and emancipation policies while praising the old Democratic spirit of liberty. He warned that force would meet government overreach and urged New York Democrats to support the Northwest in the forthcoming contest.
A Brandon Republican report praises Mr David Birdsong of Hinds County for a new device that dispenses thread and warps bars, winding thread onto the beam from spools with a crank. Each beam revolution yields a yard of cloth, speeding weaving and reducing labor.
A Mobile defense tale claims Gen Pemberton and officers attempt to starve Mobile by blocking rail traffic from the Mobile and Ohio line. A man allegedly smuggled meat, packing bacon in a coffin marked with a soldier’s name from the 32d Alabama, to bypass confiscation.
A Savannah Republican letter from Spring Hill Tenn dated March 5 details Van Dorn’s victory near Franklin with a three hour fight. Union forces under Coburn surrendered five regiments and 2500 men after heavy casualties, while Confederate losses totaled about 30 killed 292 wounded.
The piece weighs strategic defense across Charleston, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Fredericksburg with confidence in Lee Jackson and Longstreet. It notes Tullahoma risks and praises Rosencrans’s and Johnston’s fighting during Western campaigns. It also cites Virginia tobacco laws as aid to provisioning for the army and urges breadstuffs cultivation in NC.
The piece extols Confederate soldiers health and vigor while criticizing Union troops for poor sanitary conditions. It notes the Yankees sleep in tents and are demoralized, contrasting this with our soldiers who rest in the open air with blankets, praising the removal of tents as a strategic advantage.
A Confederate sergeant, Murhpy, encounters a Yankee lieutenant colonel and four men by Steve's River during a Wednesday engagement. He orders surrender, the Yankee commander refuses, fires, and is shot dead by the sergeant. The soldier is recommended for promotion.
The Fayetteville Observer discusses the Monroe Doctrine from President Monroe's 1823 annual message, noting foreign powers might not force interference in Americas affairs and that later events like Mexico's invasion challenged the doctrine. It criticizes Yankee policy and claims 75 negroes froze to death in Memphis, blaming Yankee protection.
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