Campaign notes and character sketches in Ohio and beyond
The piece discusses absent politicians in Ohio campaigns. It notes Voorhees and Morton planning speeches for Democrats and consolidation efforts, and mocks Van Pelt as a temperance imitator turned Bacchus ally. It cites a Virginia City brick maker turning to wealth and a Nevada-diamonds image. It adds a quip that Morton would rather be President than right, with little chance of either.
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Ohio
Voorhees
Morton
Wa.van Pelt
Ohio Crusaders
Temperance
Spaulding
Bacchus
Ney
Virginia City
Nevada
The
Pitanos
Star
No Popery critique and rising deficits spark delayed session
The article contrasts presses over church schooling battles, defends Catholic influence, and condemns bigotry with No Popery cries. It notes political defenses, demographic church strength, and a looming extra Congress session due to a deficit from lower receipts and higher spending.
Incompetent administration teeters on bankruptcy reveal
The piece denounces government mismanagement and reveals a bankrupt treasury after six months of expenses exceeding the annual appropriation. It blames excess official waste, unrestrained wage policy, and costly southern political campaigns, insisting policy failure harms public finances and trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Republican Party
Dawes
House of Representatves
South
Board of Equalization faces heated session over tax values
The Board of Equalization saw a high tension day as assessors and property owners clashed over real estate appraisals. Wealthier owners pressed for lower valuations while poorer taxpayers bore the burden, with the panel urged to consider actual sale value and the five year tax period. The piece mocks unselfish posturing and notes that taxation should fall as valuations rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Worthing
Cumberland's Treasure Exhibited Safe from 1861 Battle
The iron safe from the Cumberland wreck, sunk by the Merrimac in Hampton Roads in 1861, is displayed in the city. The square cast iron chest, found buried in mud, shows rust and a three inch side opening from a torpedo blast. It is rumored gold coins totaling nearly $3,000 followed the chest from wreck to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Cor
Washington Republican
United States
Cumberland
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Treasure tale and odd notices flood the press
A long column recounts a gold treasure hunt with a sunken safe amid deep water and a petrified sentinel. It mentions Governor Walker and a $75,000 gold gain, plus a string of jumbled items: bans on fraud, songs, weddings, and assorted curiosities from Louisa Alcott’s earnings to court anecdotes and a Boston oddity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert C. Walker
Brown
Comrads
Norfolk
Fremonts Aboard Panama Reunion Message From Mrs Fremont
Mrs Jessie E Fremont writes to Panama ship survivors at San Francisco reunion recalling her father’s life and the kindness of Americans. Notables aboard included General Joe Hooker Admiral Porter and ex Senator William M Gwin with Mrs Fremont the sole woman present. The New Orleans Republica notes a thief snatching gold while a watcher smokes a cigarette and bemuses the distracted youth.
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Brooklyn Union
Jessie E. Benton Fremont
Panama
San Francisco
Joe Hooker
Admiral Porter
William M. Gwin
Fremont
New
New Orleans Republica
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