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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0068 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
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Tn the Baltimore County American of July 17th, 1861, there is a strong appeal for contributions to the Union Ladies' Auxiliary Relief Association of Baltimore County. Farmers are requested to send potatoes, eggs, fruits or any products of the farm. Merchants to send muslin, flannels, calico, stockings, shirts, drawers or any other kind of dry goods, notions or groceries; and citizens generally to send anything they can spare. Money will be very acceptable. Everything is for the sick and wounded Union soldiers.
From the report of the Washburn Investigating Committee of the House of Representatives some fraud and corruption was' investigated, reminding us of the Walsh Oil investigations of this 1924 Congress. The report says that Secretary of War Cameron placed at the disposal of a certain Mr. Cummings of New York City two million dollars to be used as he (Cummings) saw fit. So he purchased 7 barrels of Scotch ale, a large amount of porter, sixteen hundred and fifty dozens of straw hats and nineteen thousand pair of linen pants all for the use of the army, not one article of which was ever used except perhaps the ale and porter.
The Secretary of the Navy employed a man named Morgan to purchase vessels for the use of the Navy; in 15 days he charged and received as commissions $51,-000 and in four and one-half months receieved the enormous sum of $91,000. The report also showed glaring frauds in the purchase of artillery and cavalry horses. The report says that
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during the investigation Secretary Cameron resigned.
Trusten Polk and Waldo P. Johnson, U. S. Senators from Missouri, were expelled from the Senate by the unanimous vote of that body on January 10 for disloyalty.
The same issue of the American gives an account of the appointment of Hon. Simon Cameron as Minister to Russia. It seems the Washburn committee did not affect his status with the party in power.
There is published in the same issue an act of the Legislature of Maryland passed on August 8th, 1729, while Leonard Calvert was Governor of the State, which is interesting to us in this day of grace, 1924:
"Be it therefore enacted, By the Right Honourable, the Lord Proprietary, by and with the advice and consent of his Lordship the Governor, and the Upper and Lower House of Assembly, and the authority of the same, That when any negro, or other slave, shall be convicted, by confession or verdict of a jury, of any petit treason, or murder, or willfully burning a dwelling house, it shall and may be lawful for the ustice before whom such conviction may be, to give judgment against such negro or other slave, to have the right hand cut off, to be hanged in the usual manner, the head severed from the body, the body divided into four quarters, and the head and quarters to be set up in the most public places of the county where such acts were committed."
The issue of February 14, 1862, has an editorial headed "The Situation." The editor appeared to be very much encouraged. He says: "From accounts of Union success published in our paper today and from other cheery indications which reach us from every quarter, but which we have no room to give, it is very evident that the self-styled 'Southern Confederacy' has well nigh reached the close of its career."
There is a reprint from the " Frederick1 Union " on the hostile press of Maryland as follows:
"Whilst the Maryland Legislature is engaged in the praiseworthy effort, by wholesome legislation, to put an end t othe traitorous practices of the rebels in
our midst, it seems to us that the General Government should give its aid to the measure by putting a stop to the treasonable publications of the rebel press.
"The course of the rebel press in Maryland is a crying evil, which should be suppressed by the Government. It is an abuse never before tolerated in any country. Suppose we , were at war with England, would Englishmen or traitor Americans be permitted to establish a printing press to abuse this Government and applaud and exult over the hostile acts of her enemy? Hardly! Then why should rebels among us be permitted to aid traitors to destroy us? These things are not only not tolerated in the rebel States, but they are prohibited under heavy penalties; why should they be permitted here? We repeat, this toleration of the rebel press is an evil that should be amended. It is not worth while to be mealy-mouthed with these people. They are rebels, and rebels they will remain. An edict from Heaven wouldn't change them."
Under the head "No Exulting" ,the editor says: "As far as we have heard, no jollification, champagne drinking, feasting or frolicking has taken place recently in this vicinity in honor of any of the late victories of the army, as was the case after the battle of Bull Run. Why don't you give yourselves a little pleasure, gentlemen; it may have the effect of strengthening you in your extreme trials and troubles.
A dispatch is published announcing the capture of Fort Henry in Tennessee by Commodore Foote and his fleet. A full account of Burnside's expedition is also given and his capture of Roanoke Island and the Confederate fleet. The Union report of casualties was 300 Confederates was 1000 Union men killed and 300 Confederates killed and 1000 wounded.
The leading editorial on March 7th, 1862, was on the inauguration of Jeff Davis, which took place on February 23rd, and as the old engro would say it was full of "landwidge." The editor showed very clearly that he did not love Jeff or what he stood for. The county tax rate for the year is announced as 44 cents and the State tax 25 cents, a total of 69 cents on the $100.
An account is given of a fiendish outrage on a young lady by
six Union soldiers of the Scott Life Guards of New York. The young lady was accompanied by a young man. He was severely beaten and a rape was committed on the young lady by six of the soldiers. The young lady's life was despaired of at first, but her physicians gave later hope of her recovery. Eight men were arrested and placed in jail.
The "American" had an occasional joke on its front page. This one is not bad: A lady and gentleman went to a spiritualist inOhio. The lady as a preliminary question asked the medium how many children she had. Four, was the instant reply. It was right and the husband was startled at the accuracy. How many have I? he asked. Two, said the medium. Husband and wife looked at each other for a few moments and then retired non-believers.
March 28th—An editorial "Patriot Mothers" tells of a number of Baltimore county mothers who have given their sons to the Union cause the article mentioned by name Mrs. Robert Wilson, of Cockeysville, who has five sons in the army, Major John W. Wilson, Capt. Malcolm Wilson and Privates James Wilson, of the same regiment, and Capt. Robert Wilson, of the First Maryland Cavalry. Mrs. John Yellott, of Dulany's Valley, has two sons at at frone, Capt John I. Yellott and Lieut. Charles Yellott, both in Col. Maulsby's Potomac Home Brigade. Mrs. Thomas Armacost, of Brooklandville, whose son, Jas. Armacost, is a private in the First Maryland Regiment. Mrs. James Pennington's son is in the Second Maryland Regiment. Mrs. Jas. Whittle's son is Lieutenant in the same regiment. Mrs. Whittle and Mrs. Pennington both reside in Towsontown.
In this issue there is a very plain spoken editorial on traitors.
There is an account of the battle of Winchester^ in which it is
claimed that the Union forces under General Shields won over the Confederate forces, commanded by Generals Jackson, Smith and Longstreet, but from the account of the battle and casualties it looks very much like a draw.
An account is given of the riot in Cincinatti when Wendall Phillips, the abolition agitator, was mobbed at the opera House.:
"He commenced by avowing himself an Abolitionist and a Dis-unionist, when persons in the galleries commenced hissing and yelling—threw eggs and stones at him, hitting him several times. The hissing was kept up for some time, but he finally made himself heard and proceeded until something again objectionable was said, when eggs were thrown, hitting his person. Phillips persevered in making himself heard, when for the third time eggs and stones were thrown, the crowd moving down the stairs and crying 'Put him out.' Tar and feather him,' and giving 'Groans for the nigger Wendall Phillips.'
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The following advertisement sounds strange to this generation: "Colored man to hire. The undersigned has a colored man that he would hire to a good home by the year. Apply to Dr. Bos-ley, Towsontown.
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the battle of Corinth between Generals Grant and Beauregard, in which General Sidney Johnson was killed by a cannon ball and General Beauregard had an arm shot off. The casualties on both sides were very great.
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