24 May 1865
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Newspaper
Angelica Reporter
Location
Angelica, New York, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1865
Page
1
Practical notes on sheep husbandry describe lamb replacement, ram management, pasture care, and grazing rotation. It covers breeding ages, flock health, shelter, and feeding, plus a remote aside on worm remedies and crop planting timing. The text also cites public notices, jail inspections, and a London Emancipation Society meeting context.
The Soc Reporter notes a rapid wartime debt payout as subscriptions exceed thirty million dollars by May 18 and ninety-eight million for the week, with Jay Cooke handling over five hundred million in three months. Secretary McCulloch earns praise for timely liquidity while the Second Series ends May 18 and a third 7-30 loan opens with six percent gold option and a two options for conversion or cash at maturity.
A mixed panorama of events includes Secretary Seward assuming duties and the Atlantic telegraph cable reaching 2253 miles. Reports note emigration to New York, prices of strawberries in Baltimore, and Jefferson Davis depicted in effigy in San Francisco. News covers army movements homeward, national coins with in God we trust, fires at Ford’s Theatre, and a wide array of sensational items from political to social life across the nation.
A long Fourth of July column laments recent waning patriotic celebration as war ends and peace returns. It honors the blood shed by fathers and the heroes who secured freedom, urging a grateful nation to welcome veterans and celebrate the enduring Declaration of Independence and basic rights.
Report describes the arrival of Jeff Davia A H Stevens C C Clay Reagan Wheeler and 15 to 20 others at Fort Monroe from Hilton Head under Col Pritchard. They are confined in hermetically sealed casements guarded by strong walls iron bars and a wide moat to prevent escape. An 1865 War Department order declares guerrillas east of the Mississippi will be punished by death if they bear arms or attack the United States, with strict enforcement by U S forces in applicable areas.
The act provides detailed appropriations from canal revenues for the fiscal year beginning October 1 1865. It earmarks funds for toll collection expenses, salaries of canal commissioners engineers and staff, clerks, and inspectors, and for ordinary repairs of the Erie and Champlain canals. Divisions totals are set for eastern middle and western canal sections with transfer provisions. The auditor will notify commissioners of needed funds and reserve monthly drafts accordingly.
An 1605 act clarifies removal of insane female convicts from Utica to Sing Sing or Clinton within three months of passage. It bars discharge of insane paupers without county judge orders and authorizes Utica State Lunatic Asylum staff to act as police to recapture escapees. Immediate effect stated.
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