Extra Session Urged Over Post Office Debts and Scandals
The Evening Dispatch reports an investigation into the Post Office Department showing alleged arrears of six grillion dollars. It calls for an extra Congressional session, cites mismanagement, and notes condemning reforms. Also covered are a hanging in D C and various local tragedies and gossip from multiple cities.
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Post Office Department
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Hunter and Northern politics in a split nominee
The piece analyzes Hunter's ultra pro slavery stance and the Virginia Letcher endorsement tactic to win Southern votes while persuading Northern objectors Hunter is a Southern Rights champion. It notes political dodges, the Ruffner pamphlet, and cross regional appeals.
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North
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Ruffner
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Richmond
Blind boy's piano magic charms Augusta crowd
In Augusta during a Christmas week a blind Boston-trained pianist named McCarthy thrilled a Planters House gathering and later stunned Strakosh troupe members with improvised virtuosic echoes of Home Sweet Home The blind musician, an orphan tuning pianos, won praise from Strakosh and captivated the crowd before leaving to spend Christmas with a South Carolina planter.
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Miss B
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Death of Hon Mike Walsh shocks New York then Arizona links
News from New York reports ex congressman and Arizona Mexican Colonization Society member Hon Mike Walsh found dead in Eighth Avenue. Authorities believe accidental fall caused fatal neck fracture. Other items note Smith O Bri en heading to Augusta and Arthur Napoleon concert crowd in Charleston as well as a Washington cabinet discussion on an extra session of Congress. Market updates show cotton, flour, wheat, rice, and spirits of turpentine values.
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