02 Dec 1868
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1868
Page
1
The piece notes Republican calls in New York City to raise the President's salary from twenty five thousand to one hundred thousand. General Grant opposed the move, urging backers to drop it to keep government spending economical during his term.
The text lists state level results with Seymour and Grant tallies for New York Pennsylvania Ohio and minors, showing majorities for each candidate. It then notes the total votes of the same states in 1864 and the increase since then.
The Howland will dispute centers on Sylvia Ann Howland of New Bedford leaving half her $2.5 million estate to niece Hetty H. Robinson. Attorneys on both sides argue and the United States Circuit Court in Boston ruled Greene could not testify for her own behalf. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is anticipated, with decades of delay and substantial legal costs.
The report recalls Confederate resistance in the South after surrender terms and details a November Centre Arkansas engagement where nine killed and several prisoners were taken. It also quotes Gen. Grant on Lincoln and discusses whisky fraud prosecutions in New York with pending trials and anticipated light on Whisky Ring operations.
Dispatch describes General Sheridan's expedition from Fort Haggon on the Arkansas border with about seven cavalry battalions and siege trains. The aim is to attack the Indians in winter quarters, burn lodges, seize their king, and drive survivors to reservations below the Arkansas. Sheridan expects to move toward the Sand Plains and intercept raiding parties to prevent railroad disruptions.
In a fall report from Was Washington D C dated November 29 1868 General Ulysses S Grant submits the annual army report. He endorses General Sherman’s call to move Indian affairs to the War Department and says reductions should avoid harming frontier forces while allowing retirements and discharges.
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