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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1871
Page
2
The Appeal lists editors and proprietors J P Sawtell and Elam Christian associated with the newspaper. It notes Sawtell and Christian as owners and editors guiding the publication. The record reflects a local press leadership detail from the period.
The Washington Patriot reports Hon. Joshua Hill delivered a two and a half hour speech in the Senate opposing Blodgett's admission to the U S Senate. He deemed Blodgett unfit, would not recognize him as a peer, and criticized his alleged crimes. The piece notes reaction to contested seats and party dynamics, with Blair denouncing the Mississippi senator amid calls for restraint. A social note recalls Eusebius Slaten, a Jackson County native turned landowner with thirty children, and a festival tradition maintained by his family.
Dispatches report ongoing fighting near Neuilly with little advantage to either side. Civilians flee as churches are closed and pillaged, fires burn in parts of the town, and Paris residents seek shelter while the Suez Canal is noted as a global trade asset.
The article urges attendance at the May 5 agricultural meeting in Cuthbert and Randolph County urging a planned annual fair for Southwest Georgia. It advocates rail access, regional cooperation, stock and crop displays, and handiwork exhibitions to boost the area and attract wider participation. It notes costs shared by five counties and cites past successful fairs and Wendell Phillips quotes in a broader editorial mix.
A patchwork of briefs notes from 1845 reports: Quitman court opens third Monday in May. Columbus counts on a May Day School celebration. a National Guard member in Paris confesses killing five officers. Louisville and St Louis compete with New York for the next Democratic convention.
Sergeant Bates describes his Vicksburg to Washington trek with the U S flag. He claims Union League officers spied on him and he narrowly escaped death at Warrenton and Augusta. Bates details bribes, threats, and a Greensboro offer of ten thousand dollars to halt the march, plus League influence in North Carolina as Governor Holden allegedly leads.
Raleigh last year reported Senator Pool urged Gov. Holden to adopt Clayton Arkansas plan to organize armed bands to arrest or murder political opponents. A NC legislature committee heard testimony from Mr Badger a Radical leader confirming Pool proposed using a desperate pirate charged man to lead a gang. Badger also links Gen Grant to Pool in suggesting assassination methods. Richmond Whig cites Badger testimony as preview of empire. Jacksonville Republican notes 101 miles of Selma Rome Dalton RR finished at 15000 per mile.
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