Northern sentiment at Faneuil Hall on postwar Reconstruction
A Boston meeting at Faneuil Hall urged cautious reorganization of rebel governments. It warned about pardons for Confederates, argued emancipation shifts political power, and endorsed military rule until constitutions ensure rights without regard to race. It highlighted Judge Parsons and lawmakers' views and cited aid efforts for freedmen.
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Faneuil Hall
Boston
Sanatora
Editora
Pontad States
Don
Theophilus Parsons
Cambridge Law School
Congress
Ituslf
Thorn
Judge Parsons
R. H. Dana
Gov
Andraw
A HL Ballach
Reba
Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Ordered To Stand Down
Early this week orders to muster the Fifth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery out of service at once were issued. Governor Smith telegraphed for a steamer to be sent to New Bern to bring them home by the fourth instant.
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Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
Smith
Newbern
President holds about 1000 pardon applications
The President now has in his hands roughly 1000 applications for pardon. The figure highlights the scale of clemency requests awaiting review and potential action.
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Ohio
Seceeded but Content to Focus on Business Now
The speakers claim secessionists are satisfied the experiment failed and will abandon politics for commerce. They say they will attend to business, and if business fails they can pay 50 cents on a dollar, but political failure leaves them worth nothing.
Bourne joins Robbine Appleton firm in New York
EF Mr George T Bourne formerly of this town was admitted as a partner in Robbine Appleton, makers of the Waltham Watch. A New York paper calls him a worthy associate who will raise the house’s name among young merchants. Also notes second volume of Companion Poets for the People by Ticknor Fields and new poetry by Alfred Tennyson. Describes steamer Golden Rule wreck off Roneador reef near Old Providence, with 620 aboard and one survivor.
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George T Bourne
Robbine & Appleton
Waltham Watch
New York
Bourne
Messrs. Ticknor & Fields
Boston
Alfred Tennyson
D. Maclise
T. Creswick
S. Eytinge
O A. Barry
Nicaragua
Roneador Reef
Old Providence Island
San Francisco
Fishermen From Portsmouth Headed to Maine Coast
A group of Ports mouth fishermen voyage by rail toward the Maine coast beyond Portland to pursue the fishery there.
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Portsmouth
Sines, &c
Maine
Portland
Times praise of Lee shows mismatch with war outcomes
The Times of London extols Gen. Lee as the supreme commander while noting Union victories at Fort Donelson Vicksburg and Nashville. The piece questions the paper's portrayal and argues other generals defeated Lee and ended campaigns, challenging the hero narrative.
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Times
London Times
Lee
America
Grant
Fort Donelson
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Vickeburg
Buckner
Tennesses
Sherman
Hood
Thomas
Tennessee
Sheridan
Purt
Lepest
John Ball's Pets Plunder West Coast of Ireland Pirates
An English paper claims John Ball's pets, described as Confederate pirates, raid British vessels off Ireland’s west coast. A coastwise attack on a coasting ship occurred weeks ago by crews of this pirate class, which has preyed on American merchants for four years. The British skipper surrendered cargo and ship to avoid resistance, escaping only with the hull under favorable wind.
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Cincinnati Gazette
South
John Ball
Ireland
Condition of Virginia Ignorance Prompt Calls for Schools
A Denville correspondent describes Virginia’s dire state with widespread illiteracy among poor whites, noting only about five percent can read or write. The piece argues schools for poor whites could yield great good, as destitution reigns and most lack money to spend while a few cling to wealth.
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Denville
New York Wamp
Virginia
North
Rhode Island Legislature Adapts to Allow Freedmen Vote
The Rhode Island legislature recently acted to permit freedmen to vote in the reorganization of Southern States. The move is presented as a patriotic measure, reflecting Rhode Island’s unique stance and independence in this political matter.
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Rhoda Teland
Rhode Teland
The Emperor Maximilian Likely to Abdicate and Return
Vienna observers expect Maximilian to abdicate and go back to Austria. Franz Joseph would restore him to his Mexican throne rights, while Napoleon III presses the idea that Maximilian is the people’s choice. The term people lacks real popular signification, seen only amid foreign battalions and bayonets.
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Vienna
Maximilian
Austria
Francia Joseph
Maxamilian
Republican Spirit in Mexico Sparks Imperial Debate
The piece argues the French Emperor installed an Austrian prince to rule Mexico as a sovereign, backed by French and Belgian troops. It claims public Mexican sentiment opposed the monarchy, while Juarez remains resilient, asserting that republicanism resists European imperialism and crowns.
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Mexico
Juarez
Havlo
Singular Circumstance at Charlestown Prison
A woman about fifty visits the State Prison seeking her brother’s effects, who died there in 1838. She identifies his clothing and items he had on entry, claiming priority to retrieve them. Prison records confirm his death in 1838, but show his belongings were never in the current warden’s custody.
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Soldiers’ Friend Society
Mra. J
Griffing
Washington
Richmond
Relief Association For
Howard
Charlestown
East ProvidencePopulation Surpasses Early Projections
The East Providence population reaches 2 172, a higher figure than anticipated as no prior census existed since incorporation. The Virginia acreage figures cite 30 000 to 40 000 abandoned acres, with over half claimed by Jen Howard for the Freedmen's Bureau.
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East Providence
State
Virginia
Jen Howard
Freedmen 6 Bureau
Long list of 1865 world and US notes and events
A wide array of brief items covers Mormon polygamy rumors, Lincoln and Johnson era proclamations, naval and political figures, farm yields in New York, frontier finds in Venango, a Paris or European yacht race talk, postwar violence and crime notes, Southern sentiment, and local economy tidbits including ocean house rates and business dividends.
Celebration of the Eighty-Ninth Anniversary of American Independence
The Committee of Arrangements announces plans for the approaching Anniversary celebration in 1865. A National Salute will be fired at 6 o clock in the evening with additional shots at noon and 6 PM. A grand feu de joie will be fired at Fort Rounds.
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Fred
Fort Rounds
Monday Night Storm Causes Wide Town Damage
A Monday night storm in our town brought heavy rain thunder and strong winds. Shade trees lost limbs and the National Robber Company building suffered major wall and brick damage as walls near ground level collapsed. The brick structure had been built by masons from Providence and spans about eighty feet on the south side and the north wall.
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National Robber Company
Providence
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C. A. Grienz
Jonun B. Tartar
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Joan B Prager
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E G. Kinsbery
Hanover Street
Se ‘Excelsior Family
J. C. Humes
Warren‘ Street
Parsix
Borror
K. W. Dein
BA Association
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Ica
J. N. Burgess
State Street
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Bsiebol Cornet Band
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Wilmington
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