Liberia's Stand Against Slave Trade Sparks Global Support
The Liberian Republic earns praise for resisting slave trading on its borders after a Spanish warship attacked a Liberian schooner near Monrovia. British and American interests rally to aid, while Delaware plans a staged emancipation bill contingent on federal pay for slave owners. The piece lauds Liberia and foresees a rising international role for the young republic.
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Republic of Libéria
Borbor
Monrovia
Gallinag
Republic
Sierra Leone
Little Republic
Confederacy
Britain
Liberia
Spain
Tar Pyrate Sumter Seeks Capture After Cadiz Visit
Reports detail the pirate Sumter burning the Neapolitan and capturing the brig Investigator during a voyage from Cadiz to Gibraltar. Six crewmen deserted at Cadiz and sought asylum with the American Consul as Spanish officials refused surrender.
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Cadiz
Gibraltar
Neapolitan
Burditt
Messina
Boston
Investigator
Searsport
Government Treats Privateers as Prisoners of War
The government grants privateer captives equal treatment to POWs, hoping for early release of Colonels Lee Corcoran Cogswell and other imprisoned soldiers. Also notes Willington of Charleston Courier, a Massachusetts native and printer, who served with the Unionist paper in the nullification era and was praised for courteous conduct.
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Lee
Corcoran
Cogswell
Willington
Charleston
S. C
Massachusetts
Boston
Providence Journal
Union
New York
Herald
Beauregard
61St New York Regiment
Maine
Great Britaan
Jeff. Davis
Lincoln
Slallock
Wilcox
Government Orders Quinine and Opium Export Prohibited to Cuba
Government bans all exports of quinine and opium to Cuba for the future. Large shipments appear to be diverted from New York to Havana, with the actual destination likely the Southern States.
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Cuba
New York
Havana
Providence sailor Robert Rhodes named acting master in Navy
Robert Rhodes of Providence who brought the prize schooner W. H. Northup to New York has been promoted and appointed Acting Master in the U.S. Navy. He is ordered to the U.S. steamer Clifton with the rank of First Lieutenant.
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Robert Rhodes
Providence
W. H. Northup
New York
U.S. Navy
U.S
Clifton
Mount Tope Iron Works Running Full Time
The Mount Tope Iron Works at Somerset including the Chain Cable manufactory and Nail Mill are operating at full capacity.
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Mount Tope
Somerset
Rebellion Pressures Federal Power in Georgia War Message
An 1860s Georgia pamphlet warns rebels feel Federal energy and resources threaten success. It urges unity, perseverance, and faithful leadership while acknowledging no decisive victory yet and predicting a coming crash to be faced with fortitude.
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Héwell Cobb
Georgia
Postal delays in Rhode Island and nearby towns prompt complaints
The letter laments slow mail from Bristol to Swanzey Seekonk and nearby Rhode Island towns, noting six day travel times. It recalls the Trinity voyage from Boston to Fortress Monroe with Confederate prisoners, whose letters express mixed gratitude and a shift in loyalties among the prisoners and their families.
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Uncle Sam
Doesticks
Rhody
Trinity
Boston
Fortress Monroe
Boston Herald
Call for volunteers to bolster Foote's Mississippi flotilla
General Halleck's call for men from the ranks to man the gunboats of Capt. Foote's flotilla met swift action. Within thirty six hours over two hundred names were submitted to the transfer officer, with sailors from Chicago among the volunteers.
Acting Paymaster Henry W Dimas resigns Assembly seat
Henry W Dimas has been ordered to report for duty aboard the gunboat Kingston at Charleston Navy Yard. He resigns his position as Representative in the General Assembly from this town amid naval orders.
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Henry W Dimas
Kensington
Charleston Navy Yard
Union Mutual to Pay Eben Dodge Losses After Pirate Sumter Fire
The Union Mutual Insurance Co of New Bedford will pay the Eben Dodge of New Bedford for losses from the bark burned by the pirate Sumter. The policy also covers losses from actions by Southern Confederate vessels or privateers.
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Union Mutual Insurance Co
New Bedford
Eben Dodge
Sumter
Navy to Remove Naval School from Newport Not Confirmed
The Providence Journal reports no Navy Department order to move the Naval School from Newport and no plan for such action has been issued or contemplated.
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Providence Journal
Navy Department
Naval School
Newport
Delaware Legislature Repeals Lottery Grant
The bill revoking the Lottery grant passed both chambers and the state is now free from lotteries and policy shops.
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Delaware
Senate
House of Representatives
British Ironclads Face Irremediable Water Leak Defect
The London Times reports a serious flaw in iron cased ships like the Warrior and Black Prince. Water penetrating between teak and armor plates enters plate joints, making caulking useless and likely requiring replating within four to five years after commissioning.
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London Times
Campbell-like Kentucky actions documented in Civil War field notes
Report says Gen Schoapff’s division in Kentucky laid forty miles of corduroy road since Mill Springs to reach Monticello where Crittenden gathers the dispersed army. Mud depths on roads hindered movement, but the energetic effort ensures access as troops advance.
Pheniz Sabbath School Concerts Move Hearts in Town Church
Readers praise the first Sabbath evening child concerts at South Christian Church. The account highlights earnest recitations and poetry by children, a touching piece chosen by a soldier father, and the pastor Rev Eldridge noting the good fruits for faith, home, and country.
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South Christian Church
God
Thair
Eldridge
Potomac
Letter From Hatteras Inlet 1862 Aboard Union Vessel
Soldier correspondent describes voyage from Fortress Monroe to Hatteras Inlet under sealed orders. Boisterous Cape Henry to capsize conditions, a barrel of peas spilled, injuries occur, currents and bar passage rough, three steamers assist to free grounded ship. Officers, notably Lieut. Col. Lyman, keep discipline and morale. water supply, salt pork and hard crackers become staple rations. author recovers from seasickness and cold and looks toward advancing into North Carolina and Virginia.
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Hatteras Inlet
Hatteras Inter
N. C
Fortress Monroe
Cape Henry
Cape Hatteras
Jin
North Carolina
Virginia
Col. Lyman
Savannah in 1860 A city with vast railroad network
Savannah in 1860 counted 22 292 inhabitants and stood at the center of a large railway system linking Siocon to Savannah 192 miles Waynasborough to Augusta 53 Milledgeville to Exton 39 and other lines totaling 1055 miles It sits on a sandy plain forty feet above low water and hosts fourteen Protestant and two Catholic churches one synagogue five banks a public library and a monument to General Green and Pulaski in the public square
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Savannah
Sherman
Siocon
Waynasborough
Augusta
Milledgeville
Exton
Muscogee
Columbus
Macon
Georgia
Washington
Rome
Western
Atlantic
Athaetic and Lagrange
East Tennessee and Georgie
Charleston
General Green
Pulaski
Death of Fall River Captain Aboard Awashonka at Sea
A New Bedford letter reports Capt John Marble of Fall River died at sea on October 22 aboard the bark Awashonka after a twelve day illness from dysentery. Marble died about eighty days from the east coast of Australia in latitude 55 03 S and longitude 105 07 E. His wife and child were aboard. His body rests in a metallic coffin as the vessel returns home with 150 barrels of sperm oil and 100 barrels of whale oil.
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New Bedford
Cleveland
John Marble
Fall River
Australia
Fall River News
Steam fire engines in New York burn out in fires
Steam fire engines in New York worked 48 hours on the recent city fires. Some engines burned out their flues and were abandoned amid the blaze.
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New York
Rhode Island General Assembly Proceedings Summary
The Rhode Island General Assembly reports sessions from Feb. 3 to Feb. 6. Actions include readings and passage in concurrence on amendments to paupers law, coast defenses reports from the War Department, and charter amendments for Warren Artillery and Warren Manufacturing Company. House and Senate adjournments and committee referrals are noted along with resignations and notices of acts on hawkers and pedlars and probate jurisdiction.
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General Assembly
Senate
Pearce
Warren
Artillery
Secretary of War
Rhode Teland
Church of
Bristol
W. T Coggeshall
Committee On the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Newport
Seenate
Cooke
Committee On
the Judiciary
Wm. T. Coggeshall
House
Francia
George A. Stanton
Charlestown
Péarce
Iran
Committee On Corporations
William Foster
Pawtuxet
Secretary of State
Petitigh
Warren Manufacturing Company
van Slyck
Solines
Henry W. Diwan
Wm. T Coggeshull
Warren Artillery
Blake
Butler
Genera
R. W. Greene
Ma Blake
Town swindle blamed in Iowa non-resident lands
A scam report alleges organized groups in Iowa counties, led by elected insiders, levy high taxes on lands held largely by non-residents, divert funds for private use, with county officials approving phantom services and contracts. In a northern county near Fort Dodge only nine votes were cast last year, all by office holders.
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Iowa
Fort Dodge
Paris Press Strike Sparks Pay Demands
Paris newspapers faced a multi day halt as printers demanded a 30 percent wage increase. After twenty five years without a raise, the cost of living rise drove the action and a large portion of the demands has now been met.
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Paris
Rebellion News From Fort Henry and Movements
News from Burnsides forces reports bombardment of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and landing of Union troops below the fort. Other dispatches mention the Suwannee arrives from Hatteras, troop landings, rumors of Morgan’s capture, and British-leaning reports of Union sentiment in East Tennessee with local militia preparations.
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Eph
Wishinor
ArcClellan
Halleck
Fort Henry
Tennessee River
Monrok
Suwannee
Burnside
Hatteras
Mustif
Roanoke Island
Elizabeth City
Memphis
Washington dispatch reports on wartime politics and troop shortages
From Albany and Boston letters supporting the legal tender bill. A congressional committee to establish a national cemetery in the district for soldiers who died in the war. Reports from Fort Pulaski and Gen. Sherman. Soldiers’ hospital grievances and supply delays. Be auregard spy captured. Maine proposes coastal fortification. Lincoln and Davis exchanges threaten reprisals over rebels. Virginia eastern shore election shows Union gains.
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New York
Tribune
Washington
Albany
Boston
Fort Pulaski
Sherman
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Alexandria Hospital
London Papers Describe Civil War Impacts and European Reactions
London editors debate France and England stance on American Civil War while noting blockades and cotton shortages. The Times, Morning Post, and Daily News weigh mediation versus force, and discussions include potential Franco British moves and European economic risk amid Charleston and Hartley mine disasters.
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Great Britain
Paris
London Morning Post
London Times
France
England
Fed
Seling
Manchester Guardian
America
Charleston
Frances
London’ Times
Europe
ueeYs
London Morning’ Post
Liverpool Post
London Daily News
South
Hartley
Newcastle
London
Europa
War skirmishers mass near city as orders loom
The New York Post reports twelve regiments and several corps totaling over seven thousand troops in or near the city awaiting orders to move to the war seat. Other notes include a Burlington boy killed by a coach collision and reorganizations of the Indiana regiments for further conflict.
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New York Post
John Waters
Burlington
16Th
Indiana
Robert Hull
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
State of Tennesees
London
State of
Ohio
Department of Public Printing
Washington
Newburyport
Lawrence
Boston
St. Johns
Allen Smifth
Nantucket
Montreal
Alexandria
Georgetown
Davis
Nathaniel Greene
Middletown
B. L
Stephen Post
Rockland
George D. Beebs
Chicago
Army of the United States
Fatal Sleigh Accident Claims J Frank Slater
Saturday night a runaway horse knocked Mr. J Frank Slater from a sleigh near a door on Cungdon Street. He struck a post, suffering severe injuries, and died early this morning after being taken to Hon. Horatio N. Slater on Benefit Street.
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Clough
Cungdon Street
J. Frank Slater
Senate Debates Legal Tender And National Bank Plan
A Telegram reports a tight house division on legal tender with a Senate majority opposed. Senator Simmones supports a project for a national bank as part of the financial debate.
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Frox
Washington
New York Evening Post
Buys. Cacti
Senate
Co. Ttia
Simimone
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Marshall
Pound Gap
Morgan
Lebanon
Green River
Louisvist
Mill Spring
Tennessee
Ninth Ohio
McCook
Zolicoffer
East
Slussun
Lowdon
Col Wool
Ander
Sanitary Commission
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Times
Scott
Mexico
Richmond
Noraz Scotian
Italy
Oscar
Sweden
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