Georgia Legislature Debates Aid to Marietta Railroad Bill
Prominent figures discuss a state aid bill for the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad. Union party voices include Joanah T. Kinsay as candidate in Ninth district, with W. P. Price proposed as a strong northeastern Georgia representative. scattered notes report deadly earthquakes near Talbotton and dispatches from Washington about Florida election outcomes and U.S. intervention possibilities.
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Toonday
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Miles Defeats Indian Forces In Fierce Five Hour Battle
Jan 19 report from Longue River Washington Territory claims Gov. Miles repelled a large force of Cheyennes Oglalas and Crazy Horse. Indiana numbered 600 to 800 lodges, Duchins 1000 warriors. Indians fought on foot in a desperate, prolonged engagement. Miles’s command held firm under heavy fire. five hours of heavy combat. Miles killed Joss and six were wounded.
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Adinpatch
Longue River
Washington Territory
Miles
Todians
Las
Indiana
Commant
Locland
Joss
Noted Georgia statesman Benjamin Hill biograph in Hall of Johnson's Cyclopedia
The extract profiles Benjamin Harvey Hill born Sept. 14 1823 in Jasper County Georgia to Irish and English descent. It traces his law career in LaGrange, multiple political roles as Union man, election defeats with Know Nothing and American party ties, service in the Confederate government, later opposition to Reconstruction policy, and influential speeches and campaigns through 1875, including his stance on the New Departure and Greely movement.
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Hion
HW. Hill
Johnson
Cyclopedia
Hill
Alexander H. Stephens
Benjamin Harvey Hill
Jasper County
Georgia
State University
LaGrange
Troup County
Congress
Hiram Warner
Willmore
State Senate
Bell-iverett
Tie
Provisional
Confederate Congress
Montgomery
Alo
State
Confederate Senate
Port Lafayette
New York
Macon
Democratic Party
Atlanta
Union
Baltimore
Greely
Uxent
United States Senate
Joshua Hill
John B. Gordon
Mr. Greely
Alexander H. Stephone
Gordon
Prosperity and the political gorge breaking open
The passage compares national progress to an ice gorge blocking rivers until it breaks. When the political gorge in the country finally cracks, obstructing parties and factions will be swept away, revealing the Constitution and Union of the founders as the nation’s enduring guide.
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Welfire
United States
Canada
Howe
Hime
U¢ Wind
Olde
Dondelay
Tove &C. Augiota
Maine
Chile
West
Avra
J. C. Ayer
The Tax W Pays on a Rumseller 6 Business
A discussion of the moral and social costs of selling intoxicants, detailing the personal loss of honor, conscience, and social standing. It contrasts a small license tax with the broader spiritual and societal penalties, and notes contemporary remarks by Metabolic Advocate Grant on national prosperity after political troubles.
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Yio
Grood
Cal Jons
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Treadherx Co
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W. Jennings & CO
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Tay
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Price
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Cuando
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J. A. Badge
Rome, Georgia
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J.S. Stubbs & CO
Cedartown, Ga
Dave Jnt
Etwck
Atsbagor
Bolk County
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Marble Works
Broad Street
Nome
Ghorgta
FPN
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Rome
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Allbague CO
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Fallon St
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Geo. P. Lynch
de. Ghisolm
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Conantown
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Mia
AIR Line House
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Hite
DH. H.R. Thompson
Tr. Reese's
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