Prospects of a Convention and Road Financing
The Charleston Courier reports on the convocation debates and the Blue Ridge Railway project. It notes low poll figures, discusses delegates and party platforms, and urges support for railroad financing and capital from domestic and foreign investors to finish the Knoxville to Charleston line. The piece urges citizens to back the enterprise and its economic promise.
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Blue Ridge Ratiroad
Charleston-Courier
Comacj Groat
Charlestob
Io Ua
Knoxville
North Carolina
Rho
Sphegerat Hines
Louisville
Cacaline
Marsines
Abingdon
Pat Bortillis
Beaufort
Wilmington N.C
Charleston
Lesnesboord
Norfolk
Jas
Hua Ypalas
Giactana
Ant
Reclaiming South Carolina soil through small farming and high cultivation
A Charleston era editorial argues for rebuilding prosperity on large numbers of thrifty farmers using low country land. It praises smallholdings, details a seven acre plan yielding corn oats potatoes and livestock, and urges energetic labor to lift the state out of poverty by turning spare land into productive farms with manure from farm remains.
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Avery
Audaxsiot
Charleston
Rann
Earth
South Carolina
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Radical South considers Union restoration and wartime losses
Fragment from a December New York dispatch discusses the Conservative Convention of South Carolina arguing that wartime forfeitures justify Southern claims totaling several billions. It labels the Radical party responsible for Reconstruction failures and predicts lasting political consequences.
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Carolina
South Carolina
United States
South
Hove
Cincinnati
Radical Party
Union
Ian
Arrival of German Immigrants in Charleston
The Charleston News notes the ship Gauss from Bremen bringing 163 immigrants. They were welcomed warmly by locals at South Atlantic Wharf with joyful reunions and expressions of gratitude for their safe arrival. One death occurred during the voyage, Mrs. Doria Stemer, from Jackjaw, funeral held aboard the ship. Immigrants intend to reunite families, seek occupation as artisans and mechanics, and contribute to South Carolina life.
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Charleston
Bremen
Sumter
Atlawlie
Gauss
Porthos
Ava
Colon
Lizard Point
Qarolinn
Doria Stemer
Caroline
South
Cordlinn
Carélian
Impeachment Debate Splits House Judiciary Committee
The piece outlines how the House Judiciary Committee, after months, showed opposition to impeaching President Andrew Johnson. It notes a last minute switch by Carmewitt and a split majority report, with Republicans and Democrats contrasting on whether impeachment is justified. The article cites reactions from Washington and Charleston and discusses political consequences for the Republican Party.
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JonNson
Carmewitt
Andrew Johmson
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Washington
Charleston Courier
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Souie Jeans, May Praise Coy Finnroteps
Senate
Bit
Terrarem
Tolingen
Congress
Committee On the Judiciary
Periah
Andrew Johnson
Johnaun
No Capital No Labor No Hope in South Carolina
A local prospectus urges a joint stock plan to mobilize land and labor for South Carolina. It argues for cooperative capital among large landowners to hire workers, invest in machinery, and create homesteads, claiming long term benefits for freedpeople and former slaves through organized, well paid labor.
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