Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-04-18
A RECORD OF THE WAR.
A Valuable Collection of News
paper Clippings Now in
Columbia College.

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appropriatlrg $4,000 for the
purchase, by the librarian Of con
gress, Of Townscnd's library bI
national, state and individual
records. comprising a collection OF
historical records concerning the
origin, progress and consequences
of the late war.
This collection, now in the Col.
umbla college library, is a re.
markable collection of newspaper
clippings filling 100 large volumes
of about 600 pages each. Each
page is of four columns, SO that
there is q total of 100000 columns
equal to twice that number oil
ordinary book columns. In order
to make this immense mass Of
material available, a compendium
of about thirty volumes of l,30C
pages each, the size of the larges,
bank ledger, is IN preparation. Te
the compendium there ls also an
index in one large volume. BY
reference to the index, and through
that TO the compendium. any
article contained in the records
can readily be found.
The clippings relate wholly te
the origin, progress and conse'
quencss of the late civil war
From 1860 TO the present time Mr.
Thomas S. Townsend has indus
triously read every important New
York paper and transferred every
article bearing on secession, tht
war and It's settlement to The scral
books which form his records
The articles cover the latter part
of President Buchanan's admins
tration, as we'll as the whole of thu
administrations of Presidents
Lincoln, johnson and Craft. In
deed, nothing published in New
York down to the present time
which bears on the war, appears
TO have escaped this collector
The price Of gold for every day
from the suspension Of specie pay
ment to the end Of the records, Ii
given.
In addition to the daily news
paper records, Mr.. Townsend HIS
gathered illustrations and com.
ments Of the weekly press and
articles from the monthly mag
azines: Every "wiaIr article" pub.
lished in this city worth notice
has its place in The collection.
Southern accounts Of the war as
given in the Richmond press and
reprinted in New York, and The
comments OF London newspapers
on the war deemed worthy of re.
production here, have all been
gathered in.
The grand divisions of the work
are as follows: "I'ater Days Of
Buchanan's Administration
Fort SUMTER" "Trcnt Affair.""
"The Federal Government" "Con.
gress," THE Confederate Govern.
ment,"' Confederate, Congress"
"'rhe Federal Army" "rho Con-
fedsrate Army" "The Federal
Navy" THE Confederate Navy"
Foreign Relations, Union Gen
erals" Confederate Generals"
"The Blockade" "Privateerlng,"
claw and Decisions" ''Eccleslas.
teal Documents political
Prisoners" "Herocs, Historical
References ''Resimental Re
cords" Battles, sleges and
SkirmislIes," Speeches" "Let-
tiers, DEMONSTRATION" "Records
of States, Cities and Towns
''The Territories and Indians"
THE Invasion of Mexico" aid
"Canals."
There are numcrous subdivisions
Of all these subjects, and concern
ing many Of them there are many
articles or statements. Thus there
are 400 statements about the latter
days Of Buchanan's administra
lion, ITS about Fort Sumter, end
zoo about the Trent affair. The
Virginia campaign, between Gems.
Grant and Lee, alone occupies T.,
500 pages III. the compendium and
4 large part Of several volumes Of
The records. By utilizing every
New York paper Of Importance,
"A we'll aa the extracts from south