Memphis News Highlights and 1863 Amusements
Memphis reports celebrate Mrs. W. Thompson’s theater benefit as a success while announcing forthcoming amusements. The piece notes a November 9 meeting in Mumbai and promises a premier race and a crowded concourse, amid railroad improvements and a proposed $16,000 bill for road work linking Memphis with regional routes.
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Mumbai
Pone Waht Haan
Subeid Roe
Reese
Memphis
W. ©. Thompson
Tahl
Moms
Tennessee Conservatives threaten protracted revolt in 1868 Tennessee
Tennessee conservatives plan a statewide push against Republicans led by disaffected elements allied with Ku Klux activity. They aim to disarm Negroes, purge Unionists, and drive Republicans from public life, signaling potential armed conflict as the General Assembly debates general enfranchisement for rebel veterans. Governor Brownlow’s feeble health saturates political prospects, with talks of resigning to join the U S Senate and Horace Maynard or other leaders as possible successors amid fiscal reforms.
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Cincinnati Times
Nasiiyuas
Texa
Grant
Tennessee
Gly Lane
West
General Assembly
Burying Grant and Ben Butler in a Kentucky political rant
In a desolate 1868 letter rerun from the Toledo Blade, Nasby ventriloquizes postwar demagogic outrage in Kentucky. He rails at Grant and the nation, conjures vengeance against Republicans, and mocks Reconstruction while picturing a divided South and fear of freed Black labor. The spoof voice indicts politicians, with biting humor about Butler, Dana, Blair, and Colfax amid a storm of partisan sarcasm.
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Kentucky
Enuff
Ieee
Uae
Ben Butler
Richard H. Dana
Spos
Grafhus Hevins
Seymore
Pollock
Cerners Iim
Boverin
Linkin
Grant
Colfax
Kenni
Thesrat
Ernoteum
V. Nasny
P. M
Wich
Fort Donelson siege noted in unclear dispatch
Fragmentary OCR mentions a Fort Donelson engagement with Confederate forces and Union movements amid chaotic signals, but details are unreadable. The snippet shows a historic military reference with minimal factual clarity.
Dutch republic location along Orange River noted
Fragmentary OCR places a Dutch republic between the Orange and Vasla rivers near the Cape. Details are unclear due to broken text but suggests geography of the Free State area and regional naming. Further conspectus unavailable from the readable fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange River Free State
Greeley mornings and dress feasts in Scribner’s tale
Mark Twain reports a satirical sketch on Horace Greeley from Prom Wilkes Spirit of the Times. It parodies his extreme early rising, austere breakfast, and ritual in assembling tasks, with vivid, humorous notes on his shaving, dress, and vanity. The piece shifts to memories of river floods and local incident, including a storm, Bloody Island, and a legislative anecdote about homestead laws and gowns.
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Prom Wilkes
Spirit of the Times
Mr. Greeley
Greeney
H. G
the Tribune
Young
Cooke
Hazard
S Savage
Ca Ise
Hse
Tapeagh
Mr. Chapin
Gatien
de Guacentien
Missouri
Siong
Sawyer’s
Jenene
Kentuwhcky
Rc 5 Ag
Vaavardeg
Bloody Island
Book notices and dramatic reflections in landmark works
The column surveys recent releases from Ford and Co and Carroll Co. It highlights a cheap edition of the Waverly novels, a Latin composition guide, and a 400 page horse history by Hiram Woodruff. It recounts Booth’s assassination era reflections and ends with a poem titled The Field praising Lincoln.
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Geenlerich Ford & Co
New York
C.F
Albert A & O
R. W. Carroll & Co
Cincinnati
J. Tedd
Hiram Woodruff
America
Reminiscences of early St Louis by R Simpson Esq
R Simpson of St Louis shares anecdotes from the city’s early days in the Republican, recalling counterfeit notes, the Chouteau family, Judge Primm, and New Year’s customs. He recounts King balls, courtship rituals, and charivari serenades with horns, bells, and sleds, including a dramatic wedding day episode.
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St. Louis
R. Simpson
Chan
Col. Chouteau
Primm
Yeneg Moe
New Publications from Sol Smith, Mayne Reid, and More
A glut of 19th century notices praises Sol Smith’s sketches and other works. It highlights Sol Smith’s thirty years in theater, Mayne Reid’s Indian and border tales, a new English historical novel The White Gauntlet, and Sydney Cox’s Friendly Counsel for Girls. It also covers J Marshall Hanna’s Acts of Ro and a dramatic Mabel’s Mistake with scene descriptions and city-life references.
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AL Mana
Pat
Ol. Smith
Tort
Harper
Irothers
York
BR. W
Cincinnati
Sol. Smith
Aneepu
Robt
Clarke & Co
Mayne Reid
Ely
Sydney Cox
New York
A. W. Sarleton
Clockaard
Anne
Slopens
Iadelpha
W. Carnil
Mabel
Ire
Mery
Murdoch Lecture on Lincoln Delights City Crowd
James E. Murdoch drew a crowded Pike's Music Hall audience with Impressions and Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. He traced Lincoln's life, faith in Providence, and wartime leadership, highlighting gentleness, truthfulness, and unwavering justice, while noting his humor and role as a unifying force. The event featured readings and references to Lincoln’s letters and Whittier verses, and inspired civic discussion among attendees.
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Abraham Lincoln
Eut
Warren County
Abe Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Springfield
Tom Jones
Jones
Murdoch
Shakspeare
Dickens
Weresistaff
Sam Welter
Ai Claudius
Lincoln Ophamphati
Lincoln
Col
A. G
Comers
Pees
Ehiah Ceca
EU Ell
Soares Aerakasty
Trouble in West Tennessee as a thousand repose mershing
A dispatch reports General Granger responding to unrest in Mason's security of whites. Women and boys fled, with reports of possible violence. General Granger sent fifty men of the Twenty-fifth States under three officers by a steamer train to preserve order.
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Mershing
Tip- Mearns
General Granger
R. P. Price
Mason
Gree
Dedication Ceremony Amid Oddities at Oda Fellows Hall
Fragmentary notes describe a November 10 event at Oda Fellows Hall with a dedication ceremony and related rites. The text mentions new governance changes and a warehouse under a new revenue law, reflecting unsettled conditions around the time.
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Oda
Orteaxs
Sista
Appointments Made by Government Officials in Tennessee District
Wasuinotox reports on a series of appointments including J.J. Noah nominated for Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the District of Tennessee. Gaugers Amos B. Cole Lafayette Capp Henry A. Budington and others named across Ohio Michigan and Illinois. The Dyer Court of Inquiry convened in Willard's old mart hall with generals Porter McDowell and Hammond in attendance. Judge Holt presented the Senate select committee report on General Dyer's administration with supporting documents.
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Wasuinotox
J.J. Noah
Tennessee
Amos B. Cole
Ohio
Lafayette Capp
Henry A. Budington
Michias van Hausen
Harden
John W. Seward H. Mille
P. Lewis
Krane
Dyer
Willard’s
Fitz John Porter
McDowell
Hammond
Panera Keepe Terry
Holt
D. D. Field
Select Committee of
The
Senate
Gen. Dyer
Indictments for Fraud Testimony in Pending Examination
New York reports four new indictments by the United States Grand Jury in naturalization fraud cases. In Jersey City the Colonel Treadwell examination continues. A witness testified to paying 500 to 800 votes against Halsey in the Fifth District. The defense offered no evidence and the court remanded the prisoner for trial. A New Jersey ballot-box stuffing claim seeks voiding of Boonton Township results amid alleged improprieties. The New York Board of Supervisors item includes a protest over alleged substitution of fifty votes bearing Zimmer’s name and other fraud assertions.
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New York
Farragut
Franklin
United States Grand Jury
Colonel Treadwell
Jersey City
Halsey
New Jersey
Que Warrento
Boonton Township
Republican County
Rafferty
Board of Supervisors of
Frederick Zimmer
Sixth Assembly
Zimmer
Paver Ciceas
Alleghany County Christian Convention Convenes
The Alleghany County Christian Convention assembled November 10 in Pittsburg at the Hi of the Young Men's Christian. A temporary governing body was effected by the election of a president, Professor 8.
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Young 'S Christian Association
Suette
Feith
H. Thane Miller
Dent
W. J. Breed
Association
Pittssvac
Alleghany County Christian Convention
Young Men’s Christi
Pittsburg
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Resal Corre Quomite
Cincinnati Fiore
Governor Brownlow
Bsisie
Knoxville
United States Senate
National Council
Cabieae Eee
Brownlow
U. S
Horace Maynard
Speaker Senter
Mr. Stokes
Akeet
Louieville and Nashville Railroad
Vicxtes
Toledo Blade
Nasby
Fort Donelson
Mark Twaix
Tribune
Judiciary Committee
Militia
Judge Barton
United First H
Booth
Goa
Walters
Martech
Asa
Laura Keene
Boney
Tgnt
Ont
A m Lincoln
NEW Publications
J. Marshall Hanna
Sc. Cameron & Co
Hartford
Conn
J. Bareato
J.B. Burr & Co
City Matters
Washington
Tawa
Leigh Ogre Ee
Joneee
Religious
A. E. Chamberlain
B. W. Chidlaw
L. J. Robertson
City
Yooro Merw
Critellan Association
Pike's Music Hall
J. D
E. F. Noyes
Branley Matthews
Widows’ Home
Messrs
Asher & de- Camp
Cerompny
James M. Campbell
Third and Vine Streets
Cleaveland’s
Elm St
Shays 4 CO
Main St
Bet
Art Galt House
Sign of of Golden Rules
Colby Ceed Aa
FURS
John C. Buerkle
Alaska
Washingtor
Hand, Whitehouse & Co
Lawson
West Fifth Street
Lane & Bodley
Walnut Street
Visco Whelliams
Academy
Christian Convention
Joan Bonde
Masonic Eee
West Fourth Street
Oneen Ap
Vises Aioe Saci
A. C. Richards
East Fourth St
Ie Res Wee Am
Bixth Street
Freeman
AVING
C. Pase Ae Aeae Ee
Yentman Steels
Hubbell, Swasey & Co
Sycamore &J., Cincinenati, OC
Theo. Bumiller & CO
Commission & Wholesale Desiera
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Weber
Dobmeter
Smith
American Organ
Acaata
Coppersmiths
Geo. McGregor
Bell-hanger
Race Street
Creimter Ona Een Weliane, Zz. Co
Louisville Cement
Boston Ferreetype Co
Fourth ST
Servexs
James Frans & Co. Manufacturers En Mattresses
Vie Siena
Sping. Com
Capitol
Vine
Mozart Hall
Parvin & Johnson
McGuire & Patterson
Andalstp Mo
W. Fourth St. Chatanae
Building Lumber, &O
Thos. Morgan & Co
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