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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1862
Page
2
Secretary Cameron resigns from the Cabinet and is expected to be sent as Minister to Russia. Hon Edward Stanton, formerly Attorney General under Buchanan, is appointed to Cameron’s place. The nominations go to the Senate.
The Ohio Legislature is in order with officers elected messages read and inaugurations over committees appointed and business maturing. Proceedings reported in the Journal are lengthy and of little general interest and need not be published.
The Ohio Legislature approved an act authorizing temporary suspension of banks with a general suspension reportedly taking place yesterday. Officials expect Ohio and eastern banks to resume operations under the same accord as prior to suspension.
The bill cleared the Senate after key amendments and returns to the House. One amendment narrows the law to sixty days. Another taxes banks that use the act and gives them thirty days to comply.
The writer declares Federal forces near Charleston with pickets visible to the city and cannons audible. He predicts doom for the city, saying it will not stand a siege but its remaining treasonous elements will be blot ted out, portraying strong Confederate sentiments.
The record notes a grand forward movement starting Friday at Cairo with about twelve gunboats and twenty vessels forming a formidable flotilla.
Reports from Kentucky and Virginia fronts recount Colonel J. A. Gantrero’s brigade driving rebel cavalry, taking 15 prisoners with 2 killed and 1 wounded. A second dispatch notes 1100 Union troops near Prestonburg repelling 2500 Confederate forces with cannon, 27 dead, 25 wounded, 27 Union prisoners. Additional notes mention Kentucky fortifications, Hindman raid damage, and a Kansan regiment arresting rebels at Lexington.
The gunboats 8t Louis and Tyler reconnoitered down the river within a mile and a half of Columbus and fired on a rebel camp. Rebels answered with three to four guns but caused no damage. No river obstructions or shore batteries found. General McClernand’s column moved toward Blandville while Gen Paine advanced from Bird’s Point. The 2d Douglas Brigade arrives tonight. 7th Iowa 8th Wisconsin and 46th Illinois due tomorrow. Sigel remains brigadier at Rolla, Missouri.
Dispatch from Hancock Virginia dated January describes Gen Jackson with 16 000 regulars 3 000 militia and 18 guns forcing a retreat after an initial show of force near Winchester He earlier moved on Bath with about 5 000 Union troops though repulsed by volunteers A flank and frontal attack prompted a fallback estimate of Jacksons force from multiple sources
From Washington January 13 specials report Hutchins of Ohio has prepared a bill for introduction in the House to establish a Territorial Government over the seceded States and prohibit slavery therein. The House elections committee will report against Dr Segar of Virginia to a seat. The Pensacola war steamer has reached Annapolis. Rumor says Secretary Cameron has resigned and Edward Stanton will replace him, possibly as Minister to Russia.
Proceedings note Kentucky resolutions demanding repeal of court term delays at Covington Paducah and Louisville and urging a Knoxville to East Tennessee rail link. House passes post roads bill extending soldier mail prepayment to sailors and marines. Military transport costs and treasury bond issues raise questions amid telegraphic press censorship and wartime duties.
A motion to consider raising 100 million via direct taxation and adding telegraph and excise duties was debated. A resolution requested the President to report prisoner exchange steps, and another instructed inquiry into completing the Rolla to Springfield railroad for military use.
Debates cover a bill to return dead letters to writers instead of destruction. Also discussed are expulsions of Waldo H. Johnson, Treasury fraud penalties, and the Trent affair with Sen Sumner opposing Captain Wilkes and defending neutral rights citing British precedents and U S law.
The Senate moves to expel Waldo F. Johnson for leaving the United States for the Confederate States and votes to dismiss Trusteen Book. A resolution is adopted to send copies of expulsions to Missouri Governor. Debates on sutler abolition and paymaster staffing follow as the civil appropriation bill resumes.
January 13 discussion on expedient of taxation of all property to raise 200 million dollars plus Treasury bonds, and issuing bonds for 000,000 with a New York banking agency. Treasury notes bill for 100 million at seven percent interest considered. direct tax of ten million proposed for interest. Contested Kansas seal case moved forward. Stanton to be heard, votes recorded.
The speaker urges steadfast support of Lincoln’s war policy, praises Ohioans for volunteering and paying taxes, and calls for economy, tax reform, and a strong militia. He urges banks to accept US notes, proposes a railroad assessment board, and asks for careful public spending to sustain the Union and cherished Constitution.
A garbled January 12 dispatch to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles describes ship actions near Cook Put and Lexington with batteries firing and British forces seen. The message notes Kentucky troops, adjutants, and preparations as a battle week unfolds, though many words are unreadable.
A late 19th century letter accuses James Buchanan of leading the nation toward war and economic strain. It blames Buchanan allies for corruption, and condemns critics who, to weaken Lincoln’s administration, must acknowledge the era’s brutal consequences. Occasional.
A Civil War era column argues, with Democratic tone, that the war will end with Union victory, emancipation of enslaved people, confiscation of rebel plantations for loyal citizens, and reorganization of labor systems. It critiques excess army investments and suggests discharging surplus regiments or transferring them to infantry.
The charges of embezzlement against six conductors of the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad were dismissed due to lack of evidence, ending the case against the officers.
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