Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Burnside 1866 Rhode Island
Governor Ambrose E. Burnside proclaims November 29 as a day of public Thanksgiving across Rhode Island. He praises divine provision, national unity, and liberty, and notes wartime recovery, charity, and justice. The piece includes commentary on 1866 elections and their meaning for republican government and national healing.
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Tale of Mme Jumel and the Burr marriage saga in New York
Letter recounts the Mme Jumel story from Newport roots to wealth via James and Burr, her later mental decline, a half soldier guard, shifting wills, and a brutal probate battle over a fortune near $250 000 with heirs in Bristol. It notes the case settled after days of trial and mentions Griffin's stereoscopes and pictures.
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Tar Jumel Witz Will Case Verdict In Unsound Mind
In the Ju mel will case the New York Supreme Court jury found the testatrix unsound when making the will after a five minute absence. Settlement prior to trial set to pay 88,500 to Nelson Chace with 10,000 to Rev J Howard Smith and 10,000 to Carmansville church, other sums to religious and charitable societies, heirs-at-law to receive 40,000, estate to Mr Chace.
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Vast South Vote Disparity Across Slavery Lines
A correspondent notes that in Congress a district's population and slave count shaped representation. In South Carolina's 2nd District the 7,000 votes of 78,000 slaves equaled 20,000 free-state votes. postwar freedom may alter this balance. Also covers ministers in war, wool trade woes, a St. Louis marriage disruption, Colfax on equality, and looming famine warnings across the South.
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Southern cries over injustice and Southern rights
The piece cites Rebel journalists urged by Johnson to shout for Southern rights and unconditional amends while Northern losses and wartime debt loom. It notes Southern patience under provocation and asks whether the Constitution as is should define their fate, echoing the New York Tribune's view that justice, not malice, must prevail.
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Unnatural Parents Arrested Over Infant Abuse Case
James Grandell and his wife of Westfield Massachusetts were arrested and held for examination in Somers for trying to destroy an infant. They took the child to Enfield Shakers to adopt it, then hid it in a hollow in the woods covered with leaves. The infant, found alive by huntsmen, shows head and face bruises and likely will recover. parents deny stamping the child and claim they left it by the road.
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Secret Fenian Meetings in Brooklyn Spark Arms Rumor
Reports from Brook lyn allege that head centres of State Fenian Circles met in secret sessions last week. Ireland is said to have delivered over seventy thousand stands of arms and ammunition on the northern coast in two months, with hints of moves toward independence before mid next month.
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Paris Exposition Plans and Global News Roundup
The notice compiles varied items from 19th century news: French troops leaving Rome and a 12 000 strong force in Rome, a Secularist movement in New York, a Paris beauty prize, a giant cheese promised by Toronto, and famine deaths in India. It reports transport accidents, bridge plans in Cincinnati, tunnel troubles in Chicago, population growth in Baltimore, and local deaths and legal cases. It also covers rail projects, war department orders, and political shifts across cities, with brief notes on weather, crime, and social trends.
Meteor shower reports from far and near are described
A Mount Hope correspondent notes a dazzling meteor display with reports from Benin Honolulu and Madagascar via cable. Observers record bright showers extraordinary green meteors and a few large fireballs. local reports describe modest visibility due to rail and telegraph networks. A Centennial event is announced at State Street MoE Church.
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Opening lecture opens Association Course at Court House
Rev A A Willetsy D D of Brooklyn delivered an engaging talk on The Age in which we live to a large appreciative audience. The next lecture will be held at the Town Hall next Thursday by E C Dubois Esq of New Bedford.
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