DAILY TIMES
[LEAVENWORTH, KS]
June 21, 1862 –
August 14, 1863
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The Kansas First.
A letter from this regiment, dated Columbus, June 14th, says
that the men have had plenty to do since their arrival, in that part of the
country, in repairing the railroad, grading streets, &c.
The regiment was given two days while the boat was unloading, to look
around over the field of Shiloh, around which the air is described as very foul
for miles, on account of the half-buried bodies of men and horses.
The field has a great many visitors from the North, all eager to secure
some memento of that dreadful fight.
While the 1st was at Pittsburg about 250 rebel prisoners were
brought in, most of them having deserted from Beauregard's army after its
departure from Corinth. They say
they have been drafted into the service and that were it not for the strong
guard of their best regiments thousands would leave the rebel army.
The regiment was to start on the 15th for Union City, forty
miles south of Columbus.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Taming the Shrew!; songs
and dances by the popular Hudsons; Family Jars.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Next winter the North and Northwest must be prepared to feed the starving
thousands of the South. Perhaps
before the snows of December set in, such a wail of distress will go up from the
Cotton States, as has never been heard in modern times.
J. B. Dorr, Quartermaster of the Iowa 12th, and late editor of
one of the Dubuque papers, writes that the 2300 prisoners taken at Shiloh were
set at liberty because the South was unable to feed them—because the people of
Montgomery held meetings and declared to Jeff. Davis, that the prisoners must be
disposed of—they could not feed them, for they could not procure enough for
their own population. Such was the
language of the people of Montgomery, and with that message a committee was
dispatched to Richmond about the 12th or 15th of May.
Back to Gov. Shorter came the answer,--parole all privates.
The laboring and middle classes are now on the verge of starvation.
How can it be otherwise with flour $16 per barrel, corn $2 per bushel,
bacon $35@$40 per hundred, sugar 35 cents per pound, and everything else in
proportion. Many families have not
seen sugar or salt for months or meat for many weeks.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
When the 25th Massachusetts regiment was recruited, Harriet M.
Wheean, a handsome and intelligent young lady of Worcester, became its daughter.
She went with it to North Carolina, and before and after the battle of
Newbern, was very efficient in the discharge of her self-imposed duties.
Among those who came under her tender care was a captain Emory. He saw, he loved, he proposed, he was accepted.
A few evenings ago, the pair were married by their captain in presence of
Gens. Burnside, Foster, and Robb [?], and several regiments.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Wanted.—We wish to purchase a lot of uncut Confederate bonds for
newspaper envelopes. Also one
hundred pounds Confederate notes for cigar lighters.
Old clothes will be given in exchange.
Apply at our counting room.—[Nashville Union, 12th.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
An old established hat and cap manufactory is that of E. Rosenwig, 334
Baltimore st., Baltimore, Md. The
house has become famous for its assortment of military and fancy caps, and those
bearing its mark may be found in abundance in the Grand Army of the Potomac.
Rosenwig recently made and presented to Gen. McClellan a cap which is
described to us as really a chef d'ouvre in the "tiling" art.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 21, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Union Theatre presents to-night the splendid Shakspearian comedy of the
"Taming of the Shrew," in which Mr. Templeton and Miss Helena appear
as Katherine and Petruchio. It has
never, we believe, been played here before, and will attract an overflowing
house. Templeton did better, much
better, than we anticipated as "William," night before last, and as
"Armand," last evening, proved himself a close student in his
profession, as well as a really fine actor.
The part of "Camille," we think more suited to Miss Helena than
any in which she has previously appeared here, and by her the "fate of a
coquette" was very faithfully pictured. The play is one of those which may be termed terribly
sensational and wholly French, and depends entirely for success upon the actress
to whom is entrusted the difficult part of "Camille." It was originally produced by Md'lle Rachel, from whose copy,
we believe, a translation was made for Miss Heron, who has been claimed as alone
its representative upon the American stage, although Miss Davenport, widow of
the late Gen. Lander, included it in her repertoire of great characters.
It has been played by almost everybody, but yet the decision as to who is
the "Camille" rests between Heron and Davenport.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Lucille! A Story of the
Heart; fancy dance; Swiss Cottage!
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
A Printer's Story.—It was a pretty extensive 'breach of the peace, that
battle at Shiloh,' (writes a Chicago printer, from his prison at Macon,
Georgia.) "The roar of
musketry, from six in the morning till night, sounded like an immense waterfall.
No cessation, nor rest—continual and desperate fighting.
Dead men lay literally in heaps. In
some places where the wounded lay, the brush caught fire, and we could hear them
scream as the flames reached them. I
shudder when I think of it. Another
remarkable feature of the battle was the number of dead negroes lying about in
secesh uniform. Draw your own
inference. I have seen negroes with
guns in their hands, acting as sentries. Infer.
No cotton is allowed to be raised this year—the attention of planters
being given chiefly to corn. No
more whisky can be distilled in the Confederacy.
Whisky is scarce. Everything
is scarce but the guard. I would
like to make myself scarce; but the guard is in the way, and they have a strong
proclivity for shooting if a Yankee crosses their beat.
They shot at somebody who tried to escape last night, looked at it in the
morning, and found it was the fence.
We have facilities for bathing here, and the men avail themselves of the
chance. To-day I did my washing
(one shirt), hung it upon the grass and stood guard over it till dry. Somebody may think it hard to only have one shirt, but I
console myself by thinking that many of us have none."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 22, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Lager Bier.—The consumption of this beverage has come to be so enormous
that we cannot wonder it is regarded as a source of considerable revenue and
incorporated in the tax bill. The
West has long been running to lager, and within a year or two the East has
followed suit, until now it may be regarded as almost as much of an American
national drink as German. Anywhere
may be found "der bier halls," and a large number of men may be seen
sitting around a large number of tables, drinking large quantities of
"bully lager bier," and the large number of comers and goers will
interest the uninitiated stranger while he makes one at the court of Gambrinus,
wondering that nobody gets drunk. Lager
has, it must be admitted, taken the place of more injurious distillations, and
we are forced to the conclusion that a large amount of bad whisky is kept out of
people's stomachs by the large amount of good beer which is put into them.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 22, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
The River.—The new Gaty arrived yesterday, loaded down to the very
guards, which accounts for the delay. She
had on board perhaps two hundred of the Saints, en route for the happy
valley and the hills by the great Salt Lake.
They go up the river to Florence, Nebraska, and from thence to their
destination in the city of the great temple, where Bros. Brigham and an
indefinite number of Mesdames Young follow the absurd teachings of the Prophet
Joseph. Nearly, if not quite all of
them, were foreigners, and appeared to be from Wales. The emigration to Mormondom this spring is immense, and if
ever a people were prepared to "regulate their own domestic institutions in
their own way," the Saints are. There
were no beauties among the female portion, and the preponderance of children of
all ages was large. They are
provided with farming implements and stock, and seemed to be in comfortable
circumstances.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 22, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Amusements.—Under this head we may with propriety devote a paragraph or
two to the recreative components of a great and rising city, comprising the
drama, the concert hall, dances, &c. We
are favored with a variety just at this time, and whatever the standard of
public taste it may be easily gratified.
Union Theatre presents to-morrow night a touching drama from Bulwer's
"Pilgrims of the Rhine," showing the depth and strength of woman's
love, and the illusion of man's ambition. "Lucille"
will be done well by Miss Helena, who took the house by surprise on Friday
evening by her correct and spirited rendition of "Camille."
We are glad to see that Addis' efforts to establish the drama here are
meeting with such excellent success.
American Concert Hall with its attractive brass music and talented corps
of performers is open every night to paying houses.
By the way there is some talk that Ben. Wheeler will resume the
management.
The Baker Family, consisting of the "Red Man," Miss Kate and
Master Willie, assisted by several others, were the third candidates last night
for public favor and dollars at Turners' Hall, but other attractions were great
obstacles to a house full. It's
either a feast or a famine with us. We
have the thing overdone or not at all.
Turners' and Harmony Halls will be open this evening we presume as usual.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Serious Family and
operatic farces of 2 Gregories.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Some of the secesh feminines of St. Joseph having threatened to scratch
the eyes out of the editor of the Herald for saying that Butler's Order No. 28
would not be amiss in that city, he remarks:
"we never could quite come up to the scratch, though equal to almost
anything else. Our devil is some on
a scratch since his last dose of treacle and brimstone, and all feline darlings
will be promptly turned over to him to fight it out at their leisure.
De gustibus non est scrachitundum."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 24, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Fourth of July is coming, and, like many other coming events, it casts a
shadow before. Fire crackers, Roman
candles, rockets and sich, are in every show window in town.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 24, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Amusements.—At the Union last night the fine play of
"Lucille" was brought out with the full strength of the company, and
the leading part finely rendered.
It is a most affecting drama, and the role of the loving, devoted heroine
was well sustained by Miss Helena, who grows in public favor every evening.
It is a play, like "Camille," written perhaps more to prove
constancy in women than to exhibit the powers of the subordinate characters.
Templeton's St. Cyr was very fair, but there is not enough of melo-dramatic
effect in the part to suit his style, which is eminently "heavy."
As Pavasour, the Colonel, he was better.
Burt's Izak was a happy conception well rendered, as are all his comedy
parts, while Miss Hudson was piquant and refreshing as Marie.
The "Serious Family" and "Two Gregories" are
announced for to-night.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 25, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Maid of Munster; Youth
that Never Saw a Woman; Crossing the Line
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. All That Glitters is Not
Gold; songs and dances; Kiss in the Dark
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 26, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
"Isn't it Hot?" exclaims some perspiring specimen of the genus
man, as he applies, perhaps, the sixth white cambric to remove the accumulating
moisture. He is right.
It is hot, and his interrogative assertion is answered affirmatively by
the Sirocco blast which comes in at the window.
Hot in the editor's sanctum, where each scissored exchange complains of
heat; hot all over the city, with its sweltering denizens, who are doing their
best to keep cool; hot among the dry goods, where dapper clerks, in wilted
collars, are measuring prints for the country or daintily doing up a yard or two
of "tulle" or "illusion" for Miss Araminta Armitage; hot in
the grocer's shops, where the sugar almost granulates and the candy melts in a
lump at the bottom of the jars; hot along the levee, and in the beer saloons,
where Gambrinus sits enthroned, a king over frothy lager.—Hot!
bless your soul, so it is, everywhere, and soda fountains and lemonades
are in the ascendant. It is hot,
too, with the grand army of the Union; and we who know something of the military
marches in the dog days, think how much the thanks of the nation are due to the
"boys" wearing away their lives by the Chickahominy, or in the close
camps of the modern Corinth.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 27, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Camille, or the Fate of a
Coquette
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 27, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Union Theatre continues to attract its crowds of pleasure-seekers, and
the new company, one and all, have attained an enviable popularity with our
play-going people. The fine comedy of "All That Glitters" was
presented to a good house last evening. Templeton's
Stephen Plum is one of his best parts, perhaps the best in which we have
yet seen him; while Miss Helena, as the Factory Girl, gave evidence of a careful
study and fine conception of the part. Burt's
Toby Twinkle is "immense," and as full of fun as an oyster is of meat.
"Take a card" and go to the Union to-night.
The great play of "Camille" is to be repeated, and it will well
bear it.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 27, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
A strong reinforcement of artillery is expected at the Fort daily, to
consist of one battery of 12-pound howitzers; one battery of four 6-pounders,
brass, and two three-inch rifled guns. This
will give a very formidable force of artillery for any service that may be
required of the army in this Department.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 28, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Camille, or the Fate of a
Coquette
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Therese, the Orphan of
Geneva; State Secrets; songs and dances
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 29, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The St. Joseph Journal notices the arrival in that city of another party
of Mormons, numbering about seven hundred.
They came by the Hannibal road, and about two hundred of them are
English, the remainder being from New York and Pennsylvania. They are said to be of much better appearance than any who
have preceded them this season.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 29, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Chivalric Dames.
A letter from New Orleans, going the rounds of the Mississippi papers
give us all we want to know in relation to the conduct of the fair rebels of the
Crescent City. Coming from such
authentic sources of course we are bound to believe in the truthfulness of the
writer's statements. He says:
["] No doubt you have heard of Butler's proclamation concerning our
ladies, and I guess he regrets it very much.
Our ladies now wear a neat little secession flag sewed on their bosoms,
and they plainly show a revolver in the right side of their belt, and a small
dirk in the left, and in many cases they are seen turning up their noses, with a
peculiar pout, and a significant shake of the head—"You nasty Yankee
you," and pass on. I am
happy to say that the ladies of this city have taken a bold and decided stand.
No United States officer of soldier is permitted to ride in the city
passenger railroad cars, if two or three New Orleans ladies are in it. Mr. Lawson, the proprietor, has published a card with regard
to this matter, and on the following day two United States officers got in a car
on the Canal street line. Two
secession ladies were in the car at the time; they pitched into the driver with
fists doubled, for permitting them to enter, and after driving him from the
cars, turned to the officers and said, "Sirs, these cars were not made for
Yankees to ride in, so get up and get out." The officers left, and without saying one word.["]
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], June 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Rebel Rhymes.
Mr. Orpheus C. Kerr, the army correspondent of the Sunday Mercury, has
been equally fortunate with his colleagues in the field.
He has found rebel letters and things.
Among these a sweet rebel ballad, in the abandoned works at Yorktown, of
which the following is a specimen:
The suitor he goes to the planter so grand,
And "give me your daughter" says he;
"For each unto other we've plighted our loves—
I love her, and so she loves me."
Says he,
"And married we're wishing to be."
The planter was deeply affected, in deed,
Such touching affection to see;
"The giving I couldn't afford; but I'll sell
Her for six hundred dollars to thee,"
Says he,
"Her mother was worth that to me."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 1, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Maniac Lover, or the
Willow Grove; songs and dances; The Lottery Ticket
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Merry Monarch, or the
Follies of a Night; songs and dances; Ghost Story or Spirit at Home
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Ingomar; songs and dances;
Irish Tutor
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Great
Bill for Glorious 4th! Our
Flag! Thrilling Incidents!
National Songs! Beautiful Tableaux! Two
Splendid Comedies!
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
We understand that a number of young ladies, of secession proclivities,
have been ordered to appear at the Provost marshal's office and take the oath.
A number of the children, who shouted for Jeff Davis at the Pic Nic and
sported secession badges, have also been summoned to appear.—St. Joseph
Gazette.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Let everybody hang out the Stars and Stripes to-day. Those who havn't [sic] got flags can buy them at the stores.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Carolista does her great rope walking feat to-day, on a single strand,
stretched from the top of the Times office to the building opposite. She will draw a crowd.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 4, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
At Union Theatre, to-night, will be presented three appropriate and
beautiful pieces, with the whole strength of the
company.—"Perfection," "Our Flag," and "Mr. and Mrs.
Peter White." "Our Flag" is a sketch of the death of Ellsworth,
with the punishment of the assassin, Jackson.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Bride of Lammermoor; song
and dance; State Secrets
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Stranger; songs and
dances; Love in All Corners
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
One hundred and nine in the shade was the degree marked by the mercury at
one time yesterday. If they can get
up any more intense calories hereabouts, we don't want to experience it.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
A batch of secesh prisoners, from New Mexico, numbering one hundred and
thirty arrived at the Fort yesterday. This
is the same lot mentioned as having been quartered at Fort Riley. Twenty-eight of them are in the guardhouse, while the others
are allowed the freedom of quarters on their parole. Here is a chance to see some live Texan secesh.
They are described as hard looking "cusses."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Provocative of enjoyment, and a large fund of it, was the Terpsechorean
excursion by the West Wind on the Fourth. About
forty couples participated, and the "mazy" was done in all figures and
sets until the boat landed here at an early hour Saturday morning.
The committee of arrangements were untiring in their efforts to render
the trip pleasant and agreeable to all concerned.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 9, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Irish Lion; songs and
dances; Youth That Never Saw a Woman; Spectre Bridegroom
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Marguerite of Burgundy, or
The Chamber of Death; songs and dances; Paddy Miles
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Flags.—The national flag is made of bunting twenty feet wide and
thirty-six feet long. The storm
flag is twenty feet by ten, the recruiting flag nine feet nine inches by four
feet four inches, and the regimental flag is six feet six inches by six feet.
All are composed of thirteen stripes alternately red and white,
commencing and ending with red. The
blue field should be one third the length of the flag and extend to the bottom
of the fourth red stripe from the top and should contain thirty-four stars.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The [Santa Fe] Republican rejoices in the possession of a new flag, made
for it by a young lady of Santa Fe, upon which another star, half risen from the
border is placed, indicative of a State to be in the far south-west.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 11, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Young Widow; songs and
dances; The Maniac Lover
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Summary: Union
Theater. Marguerite of Burgundy, or
The Chamber of Death; songs and dances; The Loan of a Lover
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 13, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Captain's Not a Miss;
songs and dances; violin solo; Dead Shot; Our Gal
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 13, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Bone Ornaments.
Silent the lady sat alone;
In her ears were rings of dead men's bone;
The brooch on her breast shone white and fine,
'Twas the polished joint of a Yankee's spine;
And the well-carved handle of her fan
Was the finger bone of a Lincoln man.
She turned aside a flower to cull,
From a vase which was made of a human skull;
For to make her forget the loss of her slaves
Her lovers had rifled dead men's graves.
Do you think I'm describing a witch or ghoul?
There are no such things—and I'm not a fool;
Nor did she reside in Ashantee;
No—the lady fair was an F. F. V.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 15, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Orphan of Geneva; Irish
Tuitor [sic]; songs and dances
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Summary: Union
Theater. Asmodeus, or The Little
Devil's Share; Wormwood, or Love, Law and Mischief; Omnibus; songs and dances
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 17, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Summary: Union
Theater. Taming the Shrew; Love in
All Corners
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 17, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
The Circus.—What has become of the circus, the genuine, old fashioned
circus? Dan Rice is perambulating
the country with this trained mules, but that big pavillion [sic]is an
ennovation [sic] upon things as "they used to was."
When long years ago we surrounded the long bearded men who posted the
bills, and wondered how he could be so wasteful; and daily as we wended our way
to school would we stop to read them over.
Everybody's memory goes back to those scenes—everybody remembers the
circus, and the holiday when they went out to meet it, wondering whether they
should see the little girl who rode the mottled pony, all spangled with gold; or
the clown in his fantastical suit and quaint, comical hat; or the ring master
with his resounding whip; or the strong men and the dancing and trick ponies;
and hear the music from the golden chariot with the dragons' head.
Soon the night came—why did we all wait for the evening
performance?—the anxious crowd poured into the pavillion [sic], and, investing
our last quarter, we went in too. The little girl was there; the drunken sailor, and how we
laughed at the clown, and fell in love with the divinity in curls who leaped
through impossible hoops without displacing the tinsel crown upon her head, and
then when the show was over, how we lingered around to see the
"actors" come out, wishing all the time that we were circus riders and
could turn a summersault without serious danger to our neck. Next morning we would go back to the spot, and wonder as we
stood within the deserted ring if the little girl did not think of us, and wish
she was back in our town; and wending our way to school dream of her all day
long, and watch the slanting rays of the sun that told of passing time, heedless
of our lessons. Time has been no
laggard since; but "a boy's will is the wind's will, and the thoughts of
youth are long, long thoughts."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Hunchback; All the World's
a Stage
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
A lovely young she rebel, named Jenny Green, has just been captured near
Clarksburg, Va. She was armed like
a trooper, and swore like one or worse. She
said she had killed lots of d----d Yankees, and meant to kill more, and suiting
the action to the word, popped a bullet through the cap of a Union captain who
was questioning her. She is only
eighteen, the fascinating creature.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Ireland as It Is; Virginia
Mummy
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 20, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. The Wife; Toodles
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Lucretia Borgia; Dead Shot
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
More than twenty centuries ago, a Roman of some note and
notoriety—Cato, the censor remarked, "Who steals from a citizen ends his
days in chains and fetters; but he who steals from the community ends them in
gold and purple!" It would
seem that the morality of Congress, of the United States, in this day at least,
is not much of an improvement on that of the Romans.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
From Mississippi.
[Correspondence of
the Times.]
Headquarters of the Mississippi,}
near Corinth, July 12, 1862. }
Ed. Times:--This regiment, the 7th Kansas Cavalry, arrived
here on the 9th inst., and are in camp about four miles south-east of
Corinth. Everything is calculated
to make this a good place to concentrate a large force.
Springs of clear and cold water are numerous, which is the most important
item. . .
My opinion of the people of Tennessee is somewhat changed. In Weekly county they treated us with great kindness.
Hundreds of ladies visited us while we were at Camp Etheridge, and many
were the smiles we received. On one
occasion Marcus J. Parrott addressed the people there, about four hundred were
in attendance.
The ladies north, who are endeared to us by all the sacred ties of
consanguinity and love, need not be jealous, for we have not seen, as yet, what
might be called a "beautiful girl."
They partake too freely of tobacco and snuff to make them look pretty.
Some of them are inclined to be secesh. . . .
Jackson is a large and beautiful town.
Here the citizens and soldiers shouted "Jayhawkers," as we were
passing through, each eager to catch a glimpse of the Kansas 7th.
This name seems to follow us wherever we go, and probably will until
Gabriel blows his trumpet. Two guards were stationed at each house, and many of the
citizens took the oath on hearing that we were coming.
This information I received from the soldiers there. . . .
Truly yours, soldierly,
Em Quad.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. The Unknown; Family Jars
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. The Lady of Lyons; Spectre
Bridegroom.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 24, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
O'Neil's penopticon of the war will be exhibited at the American this
evening. Numerous scenes additional
have been made to it since last Fall.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 25, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. The Wept of the
Wish-Ton-Wish!; Good for Nothing
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Glances at New York;
Sketches in India
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
From the Second
Regiment.
[Correspondence of
the Times.]
Camp Near Ft. Scott,}
July 16, 1862. }
Ed. Times: You have been
neglected, but not forgotten; in proof of the latter I send you this. . . .
We reached this Camp yesterday evening, with six companies—E, F, G, H,
I and K. We are encamped on a
beautiful eminence, about three miles from Fort Scott. . . .
I have not yet been at the Fort. From
those who have been there I learn that the prisoners confined there are made to
earn their board by working around the Q. M. department. Three companies of the Wisconsin Third are there, and the
Major in command (I have forgotten his name) seems to be in high favor with the
citizens. One company has been sent
to Carthage, Missouri.
Nothing special has been received from the Indian Expedition, except that
our troops had broken into John Ross' house, destroying almost everything in it.
He is said to have one of the best furnished houses west of Philadelphia,
with a cellar well filled with the choicest wines.
These ruffian vandals broke into the cellar, and drank all they could,
destroying the balance. They then
threw the bottles through the mirrors, tore open the feather beds and sofas, and
broke up the furniture. Some say it
was done by the Indians; but the negroes report that it was done by white men,
led on by their officers. No
suspicion rests upon any of the Kansas troops. Ross, it will be remembered, was
Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and a strong Union man.
I trust the guilty will meet with the punishment they deserve.
While our regiment, or rather, fragment of a regiment, lay at Iola, I
witnessed the first execution of a member of the Second since its first
organization. On the Fourth the
Colonel, by order, gave the men a free pass, to enjoy and celebrate the 4th
as they saw fit—urging upon them the importance of committing no outrage upon
the citizens that would reflect discredit upon them or the regiment.
In this I saw nothing wrong. But
a few took advantage of the privilege granted, and committed excess, such as
stealing, getting drunk, &c. One man, named John Bell, of I Co., (Capt.
Ayers) on the night of the 4th, went to a house occupied by a woman
whose husband was in the 9th Regiment.
No men being about the premises, and the woman being a cripple, he
violated her person. He was
promptly arrested, tried by a Drumhead Court Martial, found guilty, and
sentenced to be hanged by the neck until he was dead.
Accordingly, on Friday, the 11th, in presence of the whole
regiment, he was executed. He was a
hardened wretch, and only got his just deserts.
Since writing the above, an order has been issued, ordering commandants
of companies ready to march at 1 o'clock p.m., to-morrow.
We go as an escort to the train above mentioned.
All are glad to be off; but going poorly armed is not so pleasant.
A few good revolvers, plenty of poor revolvers, sabres and infantry guns,
are our weapons of defence.
More anon.
M.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 26, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
A messenger to the Fort yesterday reports a skirmish between Weer's
command and the rebel Indians, near Fort Gibson, resulting in the route of the
latter. A son of John Ross was
taken prisoner.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 27, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Summary: Union
Theater. A Lady Volunteer. Othello; comic song, overture; All the World's a Stage
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 27, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Straw Goods.—50 super Belgium II braid white Straw Bonnets.
35 super Swiss II braid white Bonnets.
100 "
English
"
"
25 "
ext. fine Engl. "
"
80 Pedal white Straw Bonnets.
50 Black spotted
"
35 Gray Neapolitan Bonnets.
20 White
"
"
20 black extra fine English Straw Bonnets.
10 doz. Ladies white Union Hats.
5 " "
" Turban
Hats.
20 "
Children's col. Arthur Hats.
5 " "
white "
"
3 " "
"
extra fine Union Hats, also a lot of Lace Points, Silk Mantillas, Dusters
and Zouave Jackets, will sell from to day till the 15th of August at
half prices.
S. M. Rothschild,
71 Delaware St.
N.B. Merchants and Milliners
20 per cent less.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 29, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Up Hays and his guerrillas have lately been plundering within six miles
of Kansas City.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 29, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
We publish, this morning, Provost Marshal General's Order No. 4,
reiterating Gen. Blunt's order relative to rebel refugees or vagrants from
Missouri. Perhaps they have left
Missouri for Missouri's good; but even in that event we don't want them here,
and what is more, we won't have them. They
can take their choice, though, between a return to their own State and arrest
and imprisonment, with a fair chance of something worse. It is bad enough to receive the slaves of rebels here,
without offering protection and asylum to the masters.
So, Messieurs, you see it is only out of the frying pan into the fire if
you do succeed in getting to Kansas under a wholesome dread of the operations of
Gov. Gamble's military order. The
Provost Marshal's office has been besieged by these traitorous scoundrels for
passes; but "passes" was out, and it is not at all probable that they
can see him. None have been
granted, and none will be, unless it is conclusively shown that business matters
are solely the cause of a visit to Kansas.
Those who come under the rule had better be paying their hotel bills and
getting them shirts out of wash, for twenty-four hours ain't much time to tarry.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 29, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Summary: Union Theater. The Wept of the Wish-ton-wish and the Comedy of Intrigre
[sic]
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 29, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Irish Meeting.—The loyal Irish are called upon to meet on Thursday
night at the Court House, in order to form themselves into companies, and to
elect their own officers from their own people, in order to protect the State
and to assist the President of the United States in putting down the rebellion.
They will be addressed by Wm. Carroll and others.
Many Citizens.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 29, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
We learn that a member of the Wisconsin 9th committed suicide
yesterday in a tent, on the Esplanade, the encampment of the Provost Guard.
It seems he had been home on a furlough, and arriving there found that
one of his children had been drowned during his absence, which so affected his
wife that she became partially insane. These
facts weighing on the soldier's mind after his return to Kansas, produced a
temporary aberration of mind, during which he shot himself through the heart
with a revolver. An inquest was
held and a verdict rendered in accordance with the above facts.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 30, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Provost Marshal
General's
Orders—No. 4.
Provost Marshal General's Office,}
State of Kansas,
Leavenworth City, July 28, 1862.}
Whereas many disloyal or vagrant persons have recently fled to this State
from Missouri to avoid the operations of military law therein: Now therefore, all such disloyal or vagrants refugees are
ordered forthwith to return to the places from whence they respectively came,
and any such persons found within the limits of this State will be arrested.
The various Provost Marshal's and military officers acting by authority
from these Headquarters will thoroughly execute this order, exercising due
caution to not interfere with citizens of Missouri visiting this State on their
own lawful and proper business, and not to evade the military laws thereof.
This notice is, that the Circular of Brig. Gen. Blunt, commanding the
Department of Kansas, relating to the subject matter thereof, be duly carried
into effect.
[Signed]
Wm. A. Barstow,
Col. 3d Wis. Cavalry,
and Provost Marshal General.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 30, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Summary: Union
Theater. Benefit for the Poor of
Ireland! Ireland as it was; The
Secret
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 30, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Summary: Appeal
for volunteers for the First Regiment Kansas Zouaves D'Afrique.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 30, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Leaving.—Over forty families of the rebel persuasion were packed up,
and at Iatan yesterday, en route for a country where all able bodied men
are not required to fight in the Union army.
We hope they will fall into the hands of Gen. Blunt, in Kansas. That will be getting fairly out of the frying-pan.—St. Jo.
Herald.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 30, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
The Georgia costume of a pair of spurs and a straw hat would no doubt be
very comfortable during the dog days; but then that wouldn't be fashionable nor
popular. . . .
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 31, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Beauty and the Beast; Two
Gregories
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 31, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
In Mormondom.
It is reported by the Omaha Nebraskian that the first Mormon trains for
Salt Lake have been detained at Fort Laramie by the military authorities, and
that none will be allowed to go through until the threatened difficulties
between the Government and the Saints are adjusted in some way. The reasons assigned for this sudden check to Mormon
emigration are the destruction of the mails, stage stations, robbing and
murdering of emigrants on the route between the Fort and Salt Lake City, which
has all along been attributed to the Indians; but Government has been put in
possession of intelligence which warrants the supposition that the authorities
of Brigham Young have been instrumental in the commission of these acts of
degradation. Among the reasons for
this belief on the part of the Government is said to be that while emigrant
trains for Oregon and California have been continually harassed on the route
West of Laramie, the Mormon trains have passed along undisturbed.
It is further stated that Brigham Young has ordered every able-bodied man
in the Territory—the entire militia—to muster immediately for drill and
service,--requiring the women to take care of the crops.
It is no doubt the intention of Brigham to dispatch a large force to meet
the coming emigration to Utah, and contest the right, by military power of
escorting his subjects to Utah.—Should these rumors prove correct we may
expect to hear of a conflict in the West, between the Government troops and the
military powers under Brigham Young.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], July 31, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The Old Flag in Thirty-Four States.—On the Fourth the Stars and Stripes
waved in every State of the Union. Heretofore,
since she rebelled, the "sacred soil" of Texas has not been visited by
an emblem of freedom, but on the Fourth a party of men from the steamer Rhode
Island landed at Galveston and raised the old flag. They were subsequently driven off, but they had accomplished
their purpose and were satisfied.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 1, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Stage Struck; Kiss in the
Dark; Beauty and the Beast
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 1, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
A young "Greaser," accidentally in town, yesterday, became so
much overcome by copious inbibations of "aguerdente" as to be unable
to propel. He was taken in charge
by two other Greasers and stowed away somewhere to come to what little sense he
had.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 1, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Emancipation in the British West Indies.—The colored citizens of
Leavenworth will to-day celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of this event at
Fackler's Grove, by a public dinner for the benefit of the colored school. Speeches will be made by the Rev. Samuel W. Chase, Baltimore,
on the general topics incidental to the occasion; R. J. Hinton, Esq., on
"methods of emancipation" and John H. Morris, Esq., on "slavery
of, and among the white races and the war."
Speaking to commence at one o'clock p.m.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 1, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Guerilla Outrages.—Up Hays and his gang of marauding villains is
playing the very d---- deuce in Jackson county in spite of the Provost Marshal
and the State Militia, which is about as effective as Falstaff's recruits whom
he wouldn't march through the country with.
Day before yesterday, (Wednesday) with eight or ten men, he entered
Westport, cut down the flag pole, destroyed the flag, shot one man, and
committed other outrages without let or hindrance.
A detachment of State Militia, which entered the town at the same time,
beautifully "countermarched" back to Kansas City without any attempt
to arrest the depredations. We may
look for Hays in this quarter before long.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Galley Slave, or the Devil
in Disguise; Beauty and the Beast
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Revelations.
The Evening Post translates a letter from the Independence Belge, written
by M. Honzeau, a savant of Belgium, who was living in Texas at the time the
rebellion broke out.
"We have received two of his letters," says L'Independance,
"and if they did not emanate from one of our countrymen whose good name and
character are known to all, we would hesitate to publish statements which seem
too horrible for credence. But we
cannot doubt their truth, and print them to show the kind of men and the cause
that the partisans of American Secessionists would defend."
We quote a few paragraphs:
Matamoras, Mexico, April 27, 1862.
You probably have conjectured that the blockade has kept me in Texas as
in a besieged city, depriving me of all communication with Europe.
The government of planters here have increased this isolation by
suspending the mailing of newspapers, and by suppressing most of the mail
routes, whence results a state of isolation very favorable to ignorance and
tyranny.
What I have seen about me, and what I have heard from the mouths of
sufferers and witnesses, forms a frightful tale.
I have forwarded a few pages to the Revue Trinnestrielle since my
arrival in Mexico. I could have
increased the catalogue of atrocities which the slaveholders are accumulating to
their eternal shame. I only wish to
speak of facts which I can prove, but will add a few others which I believe to
be perfectly veritable.
*
*
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*
What could I do in such scenes of confusion?
My humble possessions were seized by these men.
I had seen several of my neighbors killed in their fields, and a few of
them scalped. Others had fallen
beneath the axes of the furious Rangers, because they were Unionists.
I had seen Bole Augustin cut up with knives before the Justice of Peace
of San Antonio. I had seen another
pursued by a man firing a revolver at him, till he fell bleeding and dying in
the market place. What should I do?
What could I do? The path of
duty seemed to be effaced. I was at
once forced to leave my house, and leave to the terrible vigilance committee
four bare walls and the ashes of my burned papers.
I only retained a memorial of the Unionists of San Antonio for the
Cabinet at Washington, a document, which if found on my person, would have been
enough to have hanged me ten times over, as a spy or correspondent or a
Unionist. I rolled it up and hid it
in the barrel of my rifle, and the American Consul at Matamoras, an energetic
citizen of New England, to whom I transferred it on my arrival here, has
forwarded it to Mr. Lincoln, who, by this time must have received it.
*
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*
Ah, my dear S------, with what satisfaction have I escaped from that
region of tyranny! The history of
this impious war for the extension and perpetuity of Slavery will never be fully
written. No one can tell it at
all.—What blind rage and hate! New
Orleans is taken. Well, you who
live far away cannot comprehend the delirium this has raised.
Before surrendering it, the planters burned their cotton, their sugar,
their steam cotton presses, and their refineries.
They preferred this to confiscation and the thought that their goods
would enrich the enemy.
But—shame and crime unparalleled—they also burned their slaves. Think of the degree of insane fury to which they were
carried. They preferred to burn
their slaves rather than to see them emancipated.
Those who committed this atrocity—unparalleled in history particularly,
because it does not hurt their enemies—those who did this deed called their
inoffensive blacks together, and sent them into the workshops and locked the
doors; the fire was lighted and quickly did its work, while the masters waited
outside to shoot with their rifles the child, the old man, the woman or any one
who might leap from the window or roof, to escape the dreadful flames.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
As for the peculiarities of Wall street, the Albany Standard hits them
off in the following style:
The susceptibility of Wall st. is the most amusing thing in the world.
Weathercocks cannot veer from west to north without causing stocks to
fluctuate 2 per cent.
We give some telegrams sent us on Saturday by a friend:
New York, July 19, 10 A. M.—Stocks feverish, a rebel having been seen
making toward Winchester with a loaded pistol.
11 A. M.—Stocks lower a rebel skiff having crossed the James River,
throwing brick bats at one of our gunboats.
12 M.—Great reaction in stocks, a telegram having been just received
that Jeff. Davis is down with the cholera morbus.
1 P. M.—It is reported that Davis took paregoric and is now better;
stocks depressed; government sizes declined 2 per cent.
2 P. M.—Stocks buoyant; the news of the taking of two blacksmith's
shops and a buggy, by eighteen members of Banks' cavalry, having infused fresh
confidence in the market.
2:30 P.M.—A rain has just commenced.—Stocks lower, as operators fear
the rain may carry away the James river; 7.30s declined one and a half per cent.
since the shower commenced."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 3, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Summary: Union
Theater. Given in Aid of the New
Christian Church: The Drunkard, or
The Fallen Saved; Beauty and the Beast.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Rumors of every character are afloat in regard to guerrilla operations in
Platte and Clay counties. One
report places the number concentrated at seventeen hundred; another is that they
have taken Platte City, making a large haul of Federal prisoners.—At all
events, a battery and a few companies of cavalry and infantry were sent over on
Sunday night, but to what purpose, and with what result, we are unable to say. Parties from Platte yesterday morning report no disturbance,
though they say it is tolerably certain that the rebels are organizing between
Platte City and Liberty. They need
killing; and "that's what's the matter." Guerrillas can only be put down by extermination.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Summary: Union
Theater. Loan of a Lover; Ireland
as It Is
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 5, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Gen. Blunt says, when you hear a rebel speaking disparagingly of the
Government, or rejoicing in the success of the Confederate arms, knock him down
and you will be protected in doing it. Shawnee street had better go into its
hole and draw the hole in after it. Sympathizers
must keep quiet, hereafter, or they will be summarily gagged.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 5, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Several young ladies of St. Joseph, rather than walk under the Union flag
floating over the door, have declined to visit that institution altogether.
The New Era records the names of a few of those eager for notoriety, as
follows: Mrs. C. F. Miller, Miss P.
Tollson, Miss Allie C. Jones, Miss Sallie Burnett, and Miss Gray.
There are others who court the same kind of fame, and the Era promises to
add them to the list.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
War for the Union!
and for
Freedom for All.
1000 Colored Men
Wanted
for the
1st K.
R. of the Liberating Army.
All able bodied colored men, between the age of eighteen and forty-five,
can now have an opportunity of voluntarily enrolling their names in this
regiment.
Ten dollars per month will be paid, good quarters, rations and clothing
provided. Apply at No. 17½ Shawnee
street.
Leavenworth, August 5th, 1862.
Etham Earle,
1st K. R. C. M.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
War for the Union
and for Freedom!
1,000 Colored Men
Wanted,
for the
Service of the
United States!!
Each Recruit will receive $10 per month and subsistence; will be armed,
drilled and enrolled as SOLDIERS, to aid in suppressing the SLAVEHOLDER'S
REBELLION.
Every colored man enlisting, who may have been claimed as a slave, will
receive, in addition to the pay and rations, a Certificate of Freedom for
himself, and Freedom for his Mother, Wife and Children.
Rally then for your own FREEDOM and the Country.
Apply to the Recruiting Office, 62 Delaware Street, Leavenworth.
J. M. Williams,
Capt. 5th K's Vs,
Commissioner of Recruiting Northern District Kansas.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Uncle Tom's Cabin; to
conclude with a favorite farce
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 7, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Uncle Tom's Cabin;
Intrigue
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 7, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
A detachment, not of the Mackeral brigade, but of the contraband, was
marched through town yesterday, preceded by a wagon load of new tents, with
which we suppose a camp is to be established somewhere about the city. The order under which they are received into the service will
be found elsewhere in to-day's paper.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Uncle Tom's Cabin; Betsy
Baker
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 8, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A letter from Warrenton, Mo., of the 2d says:
"Refugees are coming in daily.
There is no staying at home for the Union men of the county. Secesh are becoming bold.
They say 'Price is coming.' Robberies are committed every night.
In short, we are in a fix."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
It is said that the Devil thinks he succeeds a good deal better in hiding
his cloven foot since he took to wearing crinoline than he did when he wore
breeches.—[Louisville Journal.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 9, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Uncle Tom's Cabin;
followed by an immense farce
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
"Oh, golly! ain't I wicked?"
"Topsey" (Mrs. Walters) sings it this evening for the last
time, when we believe, Uncle Tom will be withdrawn, or, what is better, played
full. The entire play would do for
a week yet, and draw like a mule or a Mormon preacher.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
A large number of recruits for the black legion were brought over, or
rather followed the command of Col. Burris, as it returned to quarters.
A portion of them, looking as though each had just been presented with a
new watch, were enrolled and sent to camp below the city.
Real plantation hands they were, and "mighty glad to get out o' de
wilderness."
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 10, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
The Inquirer says the Geo. and Eliza Harris of "Uncle Tom" are
fancy creatures, "beings that have no existence, * * *
which they (the actors) or we never saw or knew of."
The individual who "does up" the locals for that paper must be
either a very superficial observer, or he has never traveled to an extent that
would entitle him to the cognomen of "veteran."
In almost any fugitive settlement in Canada, or in any of the towns on
the frontier, the exact counterparts of these people are every day to be met
with, their equals in intelligence and bleached to as light an olive as even
Eliza Harris is represented. In
these the writer has been as faithful to life as in either Topsey or Uncle Tom.
There is as little of exaggeration in them as in any other characters of
the book. If any are overdrawn,
they are Lagree and Cassy, and even with these the exaggeration is oftener the
faults of the artists personating the characters in the drama than it is of the
author of the book.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 10, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
Summary: Union
Theater. The Drunkard or the Fallen
Saved; Uncle Tom's Cabin
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Summary: Union
Theater. Return From Moscow; Beauty
and the Beast
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 13, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Summary: Union
Theater. Serious Family; Nipped in
the Bud
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 13, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Kingsbury's Dokatian says:
"Katphish of fabulous dimensions are being taken from the placid
waters of the Big Muddy about these times.
A great many of them weight from two and three hundred pounds!"
Shouldn't wonder; we have seen mosquitoes as large as that.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 13, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
This is the last week of the summer dramatic season.
After Saturday evening the theatre will be closed for a vacation of a few
weeks, during which it will receive many needed additions of scenery and
properties to enable the management to bring out their pieces complete.
The very caustic play of the "Serious Family" is announced for
tonight, with Jordan as "Aminadab Sleek," to conclude with the great
farce of "Nipped in the Bud."
Jordan takes a benefit on Friday evening, when the admired comedy of
"Still Waters Run Deep," will be presented.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 13, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
The St. Joseph New Era, having published the names of several ladies as
refusing to visit the Post Office, two of them unite in the following letter to
the editor:
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 4.
"Will the editor of the New Era who generously gave through the
columns of his paper an unmitigated falsehood regarding Mrs. C. F. Miller and
Miss Alice C. Jones, now give as a simple fact, that the two ladies would vastly
prefer having their names descend to the great hereafter as traitors, to having
them handed down as abolition tools or Yankee thieves.
Mrs. C. F. Miller.
Alice C. Jones.
It is needless to say that the editor apologized.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 14, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Several men have been arrested on their way to Colorado, whither they
were going to escape the probable draft. Better
stay at home, gentlemen, and take the chances.
DAILY TIMES [LEAVENWORTH, KS], August 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Correspondence of the Times.
Fort Scott, Aug. 11, 1862.
This post being the center of interest in a military point of view, it
becomes necessary for the Times to keep its readers posted in regard to all that
transpires in "these parts." I
arrived here last Saturday evening, and found the town full of military people
of almost every grade and stamp. The
crowd has been considerably increased within the past few days by the arrival of
the larger portion of the Indian Expedition.