Annals of Cleveland

Cincinnati, O.

Abstracts: 23

635

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 September 1864 (ed; 20 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

635 - L. Sept. 1; ed: 2/1 - True to predictions, McClellan was nominated
for president at the Chicago convention; George H. Pendleton, Cincin-
nati, for vice-president. -
McClellan takes credit for victories that do not rightfully belong
to him, such as the battle of Rich Mountain and others, but the only .
victory gained by him in his whole career, where he personally command-
ed, was the battle of Antietam.
"This is a brief outline of the career of 'the greatest military hum-
bug' the world ever saw, whom the Peace party has nominated as their
candidate for President: Pendleton is a third-rate lawyer and never
occupied a prominent positicn before, either in Congress or in his
party." (20)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Antietam, Md.; Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, O.; McClellan, George B.; Pendleton, George H. (Cincinnati); Rich Mountain (battle of); U. S. Congress

642

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 September 1864 (ed; 8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

642 - L. Sept. 6; ed: 2/1 - It is astonishing to see how the New York
NEWS, Cincinnati ENQUIRER, and the CRISIS, organs of Jeff Davis, have
accepted McClellan.
Indeed, the whole wretched litter of sniveling peace sneaks every-
where, have already made their bow to their new but hated leader, and
their policy will be to say as little about the war as possible, leav-
ing the more belligerent Democracy to laud the military course of Mc-
Clellan, while they devote themselves to Pendleton and the platform.
To all men possessing a spark of American pride, the spectacle is dis-
gusting. (8)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; CRISIS, THE (newspaper); Davis, Jeff; McClellan, George B.; New York city; New York NEWS, The; Pendleton, George H. (Cincinnati)

1209

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 October 1864 (1 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.5 ~ View at ChronAm

1209 - L Oct. 21:4/5 - Emma H. Witt, daughter of Stillman Witt, was
married Oct. 18, to Capt. W. H. Harris, U. S. Army, by Rev. C. B.
Bridzeman of Albany, N. Y., assisted by Rev. Way land Hoyt of
Cincinnati. (1)

Marriage and Marriages

Index terms:

Albany, N. Y.; Bridgeman, Rev. C. B.; Cincinnati, O.; Harris, Capt. W. H. (U. S. Army); Hoyt Rev. Wayland (Cincinnati); U. S. army; Witt, Miss Emma H.; Witt, Stillman

1303

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 March 1864 (4 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1303 - L Mar. 15:4/4 - The Pikes Opera House co. of Cincinnati will open
here at Brainard's hall for an engagement of two weeks on Apr. 11. The
famous Zavistowski troupe, including Madame Zavistowski, will be with them.
- - - - - - - - - - - (4)

Music / Operas

Index terms:

Brainard's hall (Cont'd); Cincinnati, O.; Pikes Opera House co. (Cincinnati); Zavistowski, Madame (opera star); Zavistowski troupe (opera stars)

1416

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 July 1864 (ed; 20 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1416 - L. July 11; ed: 2/1 - The Cleveland Typographical union demands
an advance in wages from 35 to 45 cents per 1,000 ems. The proprietors
of the LEADER and PLAIN DEALER agreed to pay 40 cents per thousand.
This strike will not interfere with the publication of the papers which
is assisted by volunteers. Prices for our paper would increase if demands
of the strikers are granted.
Wages are not as high in Cleveland as in New York, Chicago, and
Cincinnati, but living is also higher in those cities. Their circulation,
also, is much larger.
Under the rules of the union, no publisher can employ a non-union
foreman not even his own son, if he is not a union member. Any man re-
fusing to join is called "rat."
"From the tyranny of this unreasonable organization, we declare our-
selves free." (20)

Newspapers / Labor

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland LEADER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Cleveland Typographical union; New York

1560

Cleveland Morning Leader, 10 September 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1560 - L. Sept. 10; ed: 2/1 - The object of the convention to be held in
Cincinnati Sept. 28 is to reassert the true doctrine of Democracy and
to decide what it is best to do in the coming presidential election.
"The reaction against the followers of the aristocratic law, Belmont,
has already set in like a tidal wave, and the sources, whence the
Democratic chieftains calculated to draw victory have failed." (5)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Belmont, August; Cincinnati, O.

1583

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 June 1864 (ed; 128 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2,3,4 ~ View at ChronAm

1583 - L June 1; ed:2/2-4; 4/3-5 - "Yesterday... was a great day for
politicians. It was the day in which (vide the New York WORLD and -
HERALD, the Chicago TiMES and the Cincinnati ENQUIRER), the greatest
political movement of modern times was to be set on foot, a new party
be formed, and the next President nominated - a day more fatal to
Abraham Lincoln than the Ides of March to Caesar. -- -
"The day certainly passed off with most remarkable quiet. Besides
the arrivals chronicled yesterday, but few made their appearance, and
the convention, for one so widely heralded and anxiously prepared for,
was singularly small in numbers and weak in talent."
The convention inet at eleven o'clock at Chapin's hall. "The two
thousand delegates from Missouri have not been heard from. It is sup-
posed that they stopped at Cincinnati for consultation with the proprietor -
of the ENQUIRER as to the best mode of defeating Lincoln. The two
thousand from New York were similarly missing, and the convention was
in numbers a very slim affair....
"There was also a 'most pleasant lack' of leaders in the convention.
Horace Greeley... was absent, and his absence was regretted by delegates
even more than that of the masses. B. Gratz Brown was also unaccountably
missing, and the convention felt the loss of his active and commanding
intellect. -
"From the first it was evident that there was a secret, but
irrepressible conflict between the friends of General Grant, including
most of the New York delegation and many from the Eastern States, who
were mainly of Democratic antecedents, and those of General Fremont,
composed mainly of the old abolitionists and the radical Germans,
and led by Coionel Moss, of Missouri."
E. Gilbert, president of the New York "Fremont" club, called the
convention to order and immediately nominated ex-Governor Johnston of
Pennsylvania as temporary chairman. Johnston was elected by acclama-
tion. B. H. Brooks of California and S. Wolf of Washington were
chosen secretaries. A committee on permanent organization, of ten
members, was appointed.
The number of delegates attending the convention was so small that
the committee appointed to enroll their names never made its report.
"We believe, however, that there were about one hundred and fifty dele-
gates present, of whom nearly half were from Missouri and wild for
Fremont, and ihe others mainly from New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois."
In addressing the convention, General Cochrane said, in part: "You
assemble here intending to support the army in the field, and at the
same time to organize a great civil army to fight for principles, and
to save for all generations the precious legacy obtained for us by the
sacrifices of the soldiers of the Union. The rebellion, it must be
suppressed; the Union, it must be preserved."
The nomination of Grant "was very faintly cheerei, and it was evident
that the name of the hero of Spottsylvania would pale before that of
the swordless general of New York.
"Nothing would do however, for the St. Louis Germans, who voted not
to recognize God's hand in war, but to nominate Fremont.
"General Fremont was nominated by acclamation.
"The 3,000 delegates, with whom the city was said to swarm yesterday
by the imaginative PLAIN DEALER, cheered heartily over the good work."
General Cochrane was nominated by acclamation for vice president. The
naming of the party was deferred until night when a committee, appointed
in the afternoon, reported the name of the new party to be the Radical
Democracy. Bird B. Chapman represented Ohio on the executive committee,
consisting of 15 members. (128)

Political Parties / Fremontites

Index terms:

Brooks, B. H. (California); California; Chapin's hall; Chapman, Bird B.; Chicago, Ill.; Chicago TIMES; Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Cochrane, General George; Fremont club; Gilbert, E.; Grant, Gen. U. S.; Greeley, Horace; Illinois; Johnston; Lincoln, Abraham; Mass, Colonel (Mo.); Missouri; New York city; New York HERALD; New York WORLD; Ohio; Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Mo.; Spottsylvania, Va.; Union; Washington, D. C.; Wolf, S. (Washington, D. C.)

1618

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 September 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1618 - L. Sept. 13; ed:2/2 - The Union demonstration held in Cincinnati
Sept. 10 is said to be the largest ever assembled in the city. General
Garfield made the main speech.
"Let us imitate the Cincinnati meeting in the enthusiasm with which
we shall greet General Schenck Sept. 15." - (3)

Political Parties / Union

Index terms:

Cincinnati, O.; Garfield, Maj. Gen. J. A.; Schenck, General; Union party

1703

Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 December 1864 (ed; 11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1703 - L. Dec. 30; ed:2/2 - Among the improvements made by Postmaster
General Dennison, is an arrangement for through mail trains from New
York to Washington. The time of these trains is to be fixed, the num-
ber of cars on such trains limited, and these trains are to have the
right to the road in preference to all others.
The mails between Cincinnati and Chicago are to be carried by the
Chicago and Cincinnati railroad. "This arrangement will be of great
advantage to the public in both these cities."
These changes indicate the determination of the Postmaster General
to give the very best postal service possible to the public. He has
earned the thanks of the President and the people for the energy with
which he has pushed them forward, and for the pre-eminent ability which
he has displayed in the discharge of the duties of his high position. (11)

Postal Service

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Chicago and Cincinnati railroad; Cincinnati, O.; Dennison, William (U. S. postmaster general); New York; Washington, D. C.

1825

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 July 1864 (19 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1825 - L July 11:2/3 - The secretary of the Ohio Teachers' association
sends us the following report:
The Hon. Samuel Galloway, of Columbus, delivered the annual address.
He advocated moral and religious instruction in the school. E. W.
Dickenson gave the report on truancy. An exhibition by young men of the
high school was given, and the Hon. Rufus King of Cincinnati gave a re-
port on normal schools. A resolution was adopted urging the establish-
ment of normal schools.
The following officers were elected: President, T. W. Harvey, Mas-
sillon: vice presider.t, E. II. Allen, Chillicothe; secretary, H. J.
Caldwell, Warren; treasurer, Daniel Hough, Cincinnati; auditor, G. W.
Davenport, Barnesville; executive committee, William Mitchell, R. S.
Humiston, E. E. White. Four other committeelmen.
The following resolutions relating to the war were adopted:
"Resolved, that we look upon the present war as an issue thrust upon
our country by savage barbarism: As a contest of slavery against free-
dom, of ignorance against enlighterment, of infidelity against religion.
"Resolved, that in this war against the rights of man, our sympathies
are with our government, and that we execrate a Traitor wherever found.
"Resolved, that as an earnest display of the sincerity of our present
declarations we point with pride to those who have gone from our profes-
sion to become generals, captains...."
The next meeting will be held in Cincinnati July, 1865. (19)

Schools and Seminaries / Teachers

Index terms:

Allen, E. H. (Chillicothe, O.); Barnesville, O.; Caldwell, H. J. (Warren, O.); Chillicothe, O.; Cincinnati, O.; Columbus, O.; Dickenson, E. W. (teacher); Galloway, Samuel (Columbus, O.); Harvey, T. W. (Massi 11on, O.); Humiston, Professor; King, Rufus (Cincinnati, O.); Mitchell, William; Ohio Teachers association; Warren, O.; White, Emeron E. (state school commissioner)

2507

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 July 1864 (14 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

2507 - L. July 20:2/3 - In a letter to the editor, N. A. Barrett from a
camp near City Point, Va., tells of the activities in camp and describes
the attack on General Wilson and General Kautz's men by Rebel forces near
Petersburg. "It is a mystery how they escaped, as their horses were
fatigued from heat, dust, and want of water. We were sent out to check the
rebel pursuit, and after three days on the battlefield, reached our present
camp, and are making preparations to move on to Maryland." (14)

Wars / Civil War / Military Engagements and Campaigns

Index terms:

Barret, Lieut. Col. N. A.; Cincinnati, O.; City Point, Va.; Kautz, General; Maryland; Petersburg, Va.; Wilson, General

2587

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 October 1864 (ed; 13 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2587 - L. Oct. 20; ed: 2/2 - Certain parties interested in the success of
the Rebellion have sent petitions from England asking the United States
government to make peace with the South. Over 300,000 names are
attached to it, covering over 700 yards of canvas.
"The tons and language of the petitions are familiar to the WORLD,
the NEWS, the Chicago TIMES, the Cincinnati ENQUIRER, and the PLAIN
DEALER. . . . . . . -- " " . . . .” -
"It was entirely unnecessary for 300,000 Englishmen and Irishmen, , , --
women and children, to send this petition to Governor Seymour. We have
plenty of such talk at home." - - - - . . . . . (13)

Wars / Civil War / Peace

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Chicago TIMES; Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; England; New York NEWS, The; Seymour, Governor; South; WORLD (newspaper)

2602

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 June 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

2602 - L June 8; ed: 2/4 - The Cincinnati ENQUIRER scoffs at the stories
and pictures which have been circulated of cruel treatment received by
Union prisoners at the hands of the Rebels.
"In this sad and awful spectacle of miseries unparalleled in the
story of mankind, the ENQUIRER - devoted as ever to the slave aristo-
cracy - finds only fit matter for ridicule and ribaldry." (5)

Wars / Civil War / Prisons and Prisoners

Index terms:

Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Union