24 Dec 1866
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1866
Page
1
Beas Ertan discusses subscription pricing for three and six month periods, with rates for annual and semi weekly delivery. The notice details per month and per week charges, plus group club rates and free copies for subscribers within reading clubs.
The notice outlines pricing for copies per year with tiered quantities: one copy, ten copies, twenty copies, and higher quantities. It states that clubs receive additional copies based on subscriber levels, with an extra copy for every twenty subscribers. A fifty member club can opt for an extra Daily instead of extra Weeklies.
Washington reports the race to settle Southern claims for property destroyed or used by Union forces, focusing on locomotives and rails. It notes the looming cost, political pressure from Southern interests, and Secretary Stanton and Judge Holt rulings shaping eligibility. Alabama perspectives urge loyal officers in federal posts and territorial status debates to avoid disfranchising veterans.
Fragmentary excerpt urging immediate congressional action on Southern claims. Highlights need for extreme caution and prompt resolution, with emphasis on the outlines as demonstration of the issue's gravity. Mentions HY and N.B. as contextual markers.
The article notes schooling among freedmen improving, while violence rises in rural areas. It laments a disastrous cotton season with only about 4,000 bales expected from the county, due to prolonged rains and a harsh drought. It urges Northern Alabama as a garden of America awaiting cultivation and invites readers to a milder spring in the valley.
From Memphis December 19 reports a devastating early morning fire at Spects confectionery and saloon in a four story building on Monroe Street. Foreman and a worker died near the stair,” eight whites and eight colored people perished, with one white man gravely injured. many others suffocated. Survivors included a child unharmed. The piece criticizes tenement building designs and urges fire escapes or stricter safety to prevent such losses.
A Nashville dispatch surveys legislative progress on liberal ideas and sensible views of a rebel officer. It discusses the alleged great wrong of slavery, how immigration is hindered, and temperance movement themes, noting a Prussian consulate suggestion by Gov. Brownlow. It stresses moral influence of money pressure as part of reform debates.
A Scientific American note claims about three hundred fifty million stamps and forty million stamped envelopes were used in the year. If every envelope bore the government stamp the mail bags could be lightened by over forty thousand pounds and save twenty thousand dollars in paper.
An invitation for women and men to invest or obtain eighty acres of Government land for twenty dollars. Meeting at 2 PM on Tuesday or Wednesday in the Young Men's Christian Association rooms at 202 Vine Street. Historical notes on early Ohio church buildings and a fall festival in Falls Hall planned for the 26th with tickets at Blanchard's Book Store.
The weekly health bulletin from Hester Office, Crncrenatt, records weekly disease deaths by date from December 16 to 21, noting zero or very low counts. Separately, Bethel friends announce a Christmas Day dinner for two thousand Sabbath School children, with donation drop-off sites listed across Bethel, Public Landing, Adderly’s, and local residences.
The 246th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing is celebrated at Walnut Street House with a banquet, prayers, toasts, and a Read poem. Leaders recount Mayflower voyage, Puritan heritage, and New England influence on American liberty, education, and statehood. Ohio figures praised for growth from forests to cities, including soldiers and scholars.
A fragmentary verse passage describes Cavaliers at the Walnut Street House in Cincinnati wielding Bibles as shields and swords inscribed with truth. They battle a wilderness wall to forge a gateway for light that shines to illuminate a continent and the world.
The St Lawrence, a vast Cincinnati enterprise by Henry F Handy, opens today as a premier restaurant billiard saloon. The 66 by 155 foot lot on Fourth Street holds a first class dining room seating 209, a 16 table billiard hall, and luxury private rooms. A 29 foot stove range for 500 meals sits behind the saloon, while heating and ventilation are praised. The three story rear building provides sleeping rooms for staff, and George Atkinson oversees the entire operation with a capable team.
Tonight Manager Allen presents a benefit show with Vestvali Miss Eloise Bridges W M Foster Harry Everett M V Lingham and Miss Julia Yale. Vestvali acts as Allesandro Massaroni in the Brigand and Allen appears as Mark Meddle in London Assurance. Tomorrow The Ice Witch runs at the same venue. The National offers Cherry and Fair Star or The Children of Cyprus an Oriental spectacle in lavish form with a season of evenings and matinees. Riverside Magazine for Young People debuts from Carroll Co with high praise and a 25 dollar yearly price. General E F Noyes receives a gold headed cane as retiring City Solicitor with numerous signatories on the inscription.
Real estate Transfers list transfers from 1866 involving Riddle to Henry Grotilgh for a Vine Street lot 163 feet south of Elder Street. Elder to Cecilia Anderson for Webb and Milestones corner lot. Mahala Peters administratrix to Joseph Peters for a Lodwick street lot. Peters to W C Taylor for other property. Dates include December 18 1866 March 1 1866 June 28 1866. Prices cited: 10500 3500.
London reports rising peace meetings in Ireland and growing English confidence the Fenian threat may end. Britain to demand Spain explain seizure of Tornado and seek indemnity. Paris notes General Dix to meet Napoleon with Empress Eugenie voyage postponed. Madrid rumored to face another conspiracy led by General Prim. London money and Liverpool cotton markets steady with prices and bales noted. Continental markets show Five-twenties and petroleum price marks.
Terence McDonald faced trial on British subject charges and related indictments. Judge upheld Draper doctrine denying US naturalization as exoneration. Jury initially deadlocked eleven to one for acquittal, then returned not guilty on second dispatch. McDonald remains jailed on robbery and rape attempt charges.
Reports from New York say Liberals occupy Mazatlan while messages from the Corsica bring Vera Cruz and City of Mexico dates. Claims of Maximilian issuing a proclamation and reactions split between factions as Bazaine presses for withdrawal.
Witnesses examined by Congressional Investigation committee include Judge Yarmouth and Judge Howell. Commission sworn to secrecy and to gather sentiments on government officials. Inauguration at Metairie race course attended by Lieut. Gen Sherman and Maj. Gen. Sheridan. Levee business brisk. river swelling. Arrivals from St Louis and deportations noted. Saturday fleet departed for Yazoo Arkansas Red and Lower Mississippi rivers.
The Congressional excursionists arrived by a special train meeting them at Bristol. Colonel Baxter greeted them in Knoxville with Governor Brownlow present though too feeble to stand. A large citizen delegation with bands escorted them to the Lamar House for speeches by Senators Ramsey Lane Norton Wade and Vice President Foster, followed by a banquet.
December 22 reports expose a vast whisky fraud network in and around York with 3,000 small distilleries evading a $2 per gallon tax. Mention of Mexican diplomatic efforts, habeas corpus for Dr Mudd, universal suffrage in New York, Treasury disbursements, and a surge of patents slated for January 1 highlight a tumultuous political and economic moment.
A blaze in Newport Me yesterday destroyed most of the port’s business district including the Masonic Hall. The fire caused heavy losses to local commerce and property.
Four new children bound to Mr. Richardson of Anne Arundel county under Maryland apprenticeship laws were given to Gen. Gregory of the Freedmen's Bureau to be reunited with their parents. Richardson chose this route over civil court. Judge Bond recently ordered the return of several other children in similar circumstances.
The Masonic Brotherhood of Philadelphia plans a new temple at Broad and Ransom streets costing not less than half a million dollars. In North Carolina Governor Worth was inaugurated before the legislature, and his inaugural address drew warm support. Boston tailors end strike resuming former wages.
River at Louisville reports eight feet of canal water, amid rainy weather. December 22 notes a falling river level as conditions include 65 degree temperature and a barometer reading of 29.10.
In the Common Pleas court Beverr Joper Murpock and Charles Fritch faced sentencing for larceny and burglary. Fritch, a former soldier, received emphasis on temptation after service. the court sentenced him to five years, noting soldiers’ fallibility after peace. Lope and Tout Ki received five year terms for burglary and receiving stolen goods respectively. O’Connor’s new-trial bid was denied.
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