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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1868
Page
3
Advertisements from Macon to Whitfield and Marmaduke districts advertise sheriff sales and city notices. Promotions for J B Rots and Son goods and subscription agents appear alongside cotton quotations and medical testimonials. A lengthy book promotion extols Forrest era history with agent William H. Hicks offering subscriptions in Macon Georgia.
Reports from city food charities show rising destitution among workers. The Five Points House of Industry alone provides 10 600 meals each week to the deserving poor as winter hardship grows. New York has been chosen as the convention site for the Democratic gathering on July 4 to nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
The President asks the Senate to consider his power to remove civil officers, arguing Congress never granted removal authority for the War Secretary. He cites the 1780 Department of War act and later tenure laws, contending only interim removals are permissible without Senate consent, and urges Supreme Court guidance. The note also includes weather and local market commentary.
The Alabama State Executive Committee met in Montgomery on the 20th to adopt resolutions calling a convention of white people to coordinate a split from the Nation and Union in the approaching presidential election. It authorized a five man delegation to Washington and urged active political organization across the state to advance white supremacy and constitutional government.
The Columbus Sun notes the Mule convention value insight from a member allegedly paying one hundred dollars for a bottle of whiskey while others faced fines up to twenty dollars for drinks.
A fire in Tallahassee destroyed the store of Kerksey and Johnson and damaged property worth about 80,000 dollars. A young Federal soldier, Charles W. Paytt of New Brunswick New York, was buried beneath rubble while aiding others in saving goods and died burned to death. Despite efforts by officers and soldiers his body could not be saved. He was buried amid a large gathering including the Governor. The report notes the shock and sympathy from the community.
A fragment notes people saying that conventions in the South pay ten dollars a day to field bands, implying economic conditions or compensation concerns at events. The passage is incomplete and lacks verifiable details or attribution.
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