Grant gold scandal ties to Mrs Grant and Hayes joke
In New York, rumors accuse Mrs. Grant of receiving real estate worth $20,000 to influence her husband’s stance on gold sales, with Corbin and Butterfield named as organizers and beneficiaries. A Cleveland Plain Dealer joke mocks Gov. Hayes over a train-side mishap with his trunks and fish. The piece also notes reactions to Andy Johnson’s Tennessee Senate bid and fears of demagogic manipulation and old accusations resurfacing.
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New York
Grant
Han
Boutwell
Corbin
Ing
Butterfield
Gov. Hayes
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hayes
Putin Bay
Sandusky
Clyde
C. and T
Fremont
Hageneman
Tayes
George Washington
Cleckel
Andy Johnson
United States
Tennessee
Senate
John‘eon
Jan
Amily
Brownlow
Andy Johson
Yerger Case Jurisdiction Decided by Supreme Court
Chief Justice Chase delivers the opinion on Supreme Court jurisdiction in the Yerger case. A large court crowd includes Judge Curtis and ex-attorney generals Evarts and Cushing. Court holds jurisdiction over habeas corpus for a trial by military commission but avoids ruling on reconstruction law constitutionality. Justice Miller dissents from the majority view.
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U.S . Court
Chase
Supreme Court
Curtis
Evarts
Caleb Cushing
Ben. Butler
Hwing
Mississippi
Congress
Miller
Baltimore and Ohio freight boom boosts stock transport
The Athens Messenger notes the Marietta and Cincinnati branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is handling immense freight this fall. Stock dealers struggle to secure cars for transporting cattle and hogs, with readers largely unaware of the scale of shipments from this and other points in the country.
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Athens Messenger
Marietta & Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Radical politics in Hocking County fallout
A hostile local broadside attacks the Black and Tan party in Hocking County for hiring a former Southern army collaborator. It accuses him of treachery against Radical rivals, recalls Civil War alignments, and ridicules supporters of emancipation while condemning what it calls “Nigger Gods” worship.
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Hocking
Sambo
Hocking County
Logan
Forecast of a severe winter based on early animal signs
A winter warning cites unusually early bird migrations and other natural indicators. Reports from England note frost and ice, while prior snow storms in the North and West United States bolster expectations of a harsh season.
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England
United States
Official Vote of Ohio by Counties for Governor 1869
Fragmented election returns published by the Secretary of State attack Radical bonds as laborer and pensioner taxes. They claim bonds are non taxed, propagate aristocratic wealth, and demand payment in gold. The piece rails at Congress spending, fee padding, and political lies while urging workers to oppose bondholder interests.
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Ohio
Secretary of State
Radical Party
Bntler
Jormon
Crumford
Cuyahoga
Coxboeton
Delaware
Eric
Franklin
Guernsey
Huron
Harrison
Monty
America
Hocking
Mle
Aurerty
Lucas
Minalea
Marion
Madison Montgomery
Greg
Monroe Sven
Morycor
Morgan Meigs Noble Ottows
Pawlling
Pickaway
Peale
Putnam
Richland
Font Rows
Sandusky
Sonuca
Selote
Shelby
Beart
Estees
Sunienit
Trumbull
Tuscarawas Eras Union
Vinton
Wyandot
Ccers
Washington
Wayne
Williams
Warren
Wood
Hayes
Debate on currency and repudiation dominates political talks
The piece rails at the Radical party, accusing them of backing a gold standard while imposing depreciated paper on the public. It questions repeal of the legal tender act, cites tax inequities, and lambasts temperance politics. It notes the St. Louis bridge project underway with a three-arch design and planned dual-use lower railway passage.
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Radical Party
Trong
St. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Mississppi River
Exceedingly Peevish Deputy Assessor Feels Out of Humor
The deputy assessor who partly attends to the Vinton Record seems in bad temper since the late county election. He scolds, raves, and attacks any matter he encounters, urging more corruption by his Radical allies to win in this county. He wonders why the county voted as it did when Grant nearly carried it last November. The item compiles a string of varied notes from across the country, including rail news, agricultural yields, and local curiosities, with unrelated bits about London ice, New York directories, and regional politics.
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Vinton
Grant
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