Private Conversations with the President stir political debate
In Corydon Indiana the Democrat presses the view that radical pressure, via Major Sicarna and an alleged private talk with the President, reflects on official policy and risks in-state suffrage plans. The piece cites Johnson cabinet rumors, McClellan as possible Secretary of War, and shifts toward Union Democrats to stabilize national unity amid factional politics.
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Sicarna
South
Tennessee
United States
Major Stearns
Pennsylvania
Congress
North
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington
Auestion
Johnson
Europe
George B. MeClellan
McClellan
Thomas B. Florence
Navy
Montgomery Blair
Post Office Department
Mr. Johnson
Union Democrats
Stanton
Butler
War Department
Blanton
Andy Johnson
Senate
Origin of Thanksgiving and New York Fashionable Gamblers
The article traces Thanksgiving origins to English Gunpowder Plot times and notes New York Fifth Avenue parties where men are excluded and women gamble until daylight. It questions male involvement and asks if the correspondent is female.
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New England
Pilgrim Fathers
New York
Fifth Avenue
Georgia State Convention nominates Hershel Johnson for president
The Georgia State Convention met at the State House with over two hundred seventy delegates. Micahas Jenkins declined nomination and Hershel V. Johnson was chosen by ballot. Governor Johnson reported cotton crops captured, assets exhausted, and a $50,000 borrowing proposal. He noted a state debt of $20,818,525 and urged restructuring and new representation. Strong Roberd in Jeffersonville reports burglary and thefts across town.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Georgina
Herald
Georgia
State House
Johnson
Ayeron
Haines
Mic.has. Jo Jenkins
Richmond County
Hershel V. Johnson
Jefferson County
Jenhnson
Jenkins
Gov. Johnson
Congress
General Assembly
Confederacy
Admission of Southern Members to Congress Debated
A move to admit Southern members who refuse the 1862 test oath but vow loyalty is gaining support among leading Republicans. Possible repeal of the oath and seating credentials of legally elected Southern members next December are discussed, with Senators named in favor and questions about presidential approval remaining.
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South
Congress
Conness
California
Fessenden
Maine
Crepwell
Marland
Henderson
Brown
Missouri
Morgan
Harris
Alexander Fr. Stephens
Gorsgia
A. H. Steward
Execution of Guerrilla Henry C Magruder at Louisville Prison
Henry C Magruder, a noted guerrilla, was executed in the yard of Louisville military prison. He was convicted of eight murders amid claims of eighteen total, with a crowd watching as six companies formed a hollow square. Magruder, born 1844 near Lebanon Kentucky, had a long Civil War path with Buckner, Johnston, Morgan, and others before his capture. He prayed with Father Brady, declined to speak, and his body was given to his mother, aunt, and cousin.
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Louisville
Weclin
Louisva Democrat
Military
125Th Colored Infantry
Father Brady
W.C. Whitaker
Neal
United States
Magruder
H. C. Maruder
Heaven
Earth
Henry C. Magruder
Lebanon
Bitter Water Blues
State Guard
Buckner
Muldraugh’s Hill
Fort Donnelson
EH. James
Albert E. Johnston
Shiloh
Morgan
Indiana
Ohio
Buffington Island
Kentucky
Maggrander
Bis
Virginian Union Men Rally Against Secession Power
Virginia patriots who opposed secession and favored union men voice strong resistance to Brownlow type measures. They warn radical Republican wings led by Summer Stevens and Willson will fiercely oppose such measures at session opening, a battle that will signal revival strength in Congress.
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Republican Party
Summer
Stevens
Willson
Congress
Foote Refuses Oath After Court Admission to Bar
Former Confederate Congress member S Foote sought admission to the New York bar before Judge D S Dickinson in Nelson County. The motion granted, Foote took the U S and New York oaths but declined the allegiance clause, citing his ties to the late rebel government and left the courtroom.
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Nelson
H¢ United
United States
York
D.S. Dickinson
Foote
Confederate Congress
Morbid curiosity at execution sparks crowd scramble
The crowd rushed the scaffold after the body was cut down seeking a piece of the rope and even the cigar the condemned man threw as he ascended. Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas plans retirement to a Louisiana cotton plantation. Also notices of marriages in Harrison and Crawford counties with local clergymen officiating.
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Lorenzo Thomas
United States Army
Louisiana
Quack Remedies Promoted in 19th Century Notices
A period paper excerpt touts Peruvian Syrup and iodine water as universal cures for ailments from dyspepsia to consumption. It advertises free pamphlets, prices of one and five dollars, and lists Dr H Anders & Co and Mason & Hamlin cabinet organs with catalogs and medals.
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Dk. H. Anders
Sceoreia
Sarr Reece
Caspers
Rurumarisu
H. Anders
Broadway
New York
Mason & Hamlin
Bostox
Mason Brothers
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