Outrages in Coles County War Debate in Indiana
Long report from July 6 1864 condemns arrests without trial and habeas corpus denial by Washington authorities. It quotes Treated and Davis and cites a 1833 act, urging fair trials, liberty, and opposition to Lincoln war policies. Contains hostile critique of Parson Brownlow and calls for state sovereignty and peace.
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Cules County
Ill
Watts Rie
Springfield
Congress
United States
Coles County
Treat and Davis
Supreme ‘Court
Lincoln Bastiles
Land of Liberty
Washington
Colonies
New England
Federal
Indiana
North
Tama
Takien
Democratic Party
Richmond
South-West
Union of States
United States of America
Lincoln
Virginia
Egypt
Lincoln Party
South
Confederate States
Family of Nations
Chicago
States’ Rights
McClellan
Hhe
Northwest
Gulf
New York Imports and Exports in 1863 and Gold Flows
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports forty nine weeks of the glacal year showing exports exceeding imports in 1862 and 1863. 1863 balance favorable but smaller as exports fall to 155,078,890 while imports rise to 205,401,015. California gold ships abroad with specie exports rising to 51,391,661 in 1863, while New York receipts from California drop to 8,832,785. Canada politics see radical constitutional change and confederation moves gaining general approval.
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New York
California
Isthmus
Europe
United States
Death of famed pugilist Tom Hyer in New York
The well known fighter Tom Hyer died in New York on Sunday June 26 1864 from heart failure. Hyer had been a prominent figure in boxing and a notable sportsman of his era.
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Tom Hyer
New York
Word of the Lord is in my mouth the devil in my breeches
Daniel Webster recalls Father Searles who wore buckskin breeches in cold weather. A wasp nest in the attic pair stung him during service forcing him to leap and exclaim that the devil is in his breeches while the word of the Lord is in his mouth.
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Auusina
Daniel Webster
Father Searles
Telegraph Trick Exposed by Quick Hoosier Sharps
A Hoosier customer exposed a telegraph scam on the Ohio and Mississippi line by noting the clock never left the room while asking for pork prices in Cincinnati. He refused the 35 cent informant fee, calling the operator a fool and claiming the ticking device was still in the room.
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Conton
Telgraph
Ohio and Mississippi
Cincinnati
Telegraph
Tam
The Gold Bill Outrage Condemned as Infamy
A historic editorial denounces the gold bill as a monument to abolitionists. It lists six provisions that criminalize normal gold and exchange activities with penalties up to ten thousand dollars and up to a year in prison. The piece frames the law as a direct assault on the government and on Lincoln.
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Congress
California
Board of Bankers
Merchants’ Exchange
Abraham Lincoln
Senator Saulsbury Calls for Resistance to Abolitionist Moves
In a June 27 Senate debate Senator Saulsbury of Delaware praised Vallandingham’s return from exile and warned that the Democratic party will defend jury trial and liberty of speech. He urged readiness to resist abolitionist threats, even by force if necessary, to uphold rights and free press.
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Copperhead
Abolition
H. HW. Dodd
Indianapolis
Hendricks County
Ind
Indiana
Supreme Court of Indiana
United States
Congress
Union
Seward
Chase
Mr. Seward
Cameron
Kemont
Supreme Court
Brazil
England
Spain
France
Saulsbury
Delaware
Senate
Vallandingham
Democratic Party
Storm Leaves Wheat Prostrate. Reaping Hooks in Demand
A Sunday storm caused considerable damage to local farms with wheat prostrated and dangled. Reaping hooks, nearly obsolete, see strong demand at hardware stores as wages around three dollars per day for using the tool are noted from Laf. Aryjus.
Morton Birth Note Highlights Early Life in Wayne County
A fragment notes Oliver Perry Morton born in Wayne County on August 1 1623. It mentions his boyhood work in hatting and suggests the biographer French links this early craft to his later fondness for similar pursuits.
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Oliver Perry Morton
Wayne County
Irench
Morton
Petersburg and Petersburg area war and political news summary
Reports detail Union and Confederate movements near Petersburg with prisoners taken and losses on both sides. Grant’s Petersburg assault and Hunter’s Danville railroad actions are noted, along with Sherman and Johnston engagements and Union political maneuvers on tariffs, conscription, and Mexican affairs.
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Palmer
North Carolina
Wilmington and Weldon
Forrest
Columbus Miss
Corinth
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Kentucky
C. A. Wickliffe
Alabama
Cherbourg
France
Paaré Hatte Ag
Bank of England
Russia
Prussia
Mr. Chase
Jene
Army of the Potomac
Welden
Washington
Ewell
Georgia
Johnson
Virginia
Confederacy
Fishback
Arkansas
Cincinnati
Schenck
Blair
Yeas
Conference Committee
Land Grant Extension Seeds Fort Wayne Route
A letter from Fr. W. Kellogg to the Company president reports land grant extension to Fort Wayne. Combined with the old grant the lands total about 1,200,000 acres and 60 sections per ten miles of road. The bill places Fort Wayne Sturgis and Grand Rapids on the grant line, supporting expected construction soon.
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Barros Axp
Fr. W. Kellogg
Company
Fort Wayne
Sturgis
Grand Rapid
Kalamaxo Gazette
Four Republicans in Allison Prairie Switch to Democracy
The Vincennes Sun reports four influential Republicans living near this city have renounced their party and pledged to vote with the Democracy from now on. The paper predicts thousands more similar changes before November.
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Vincennes Sun
Allison Prairie
Ills
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