03 Apr 1863
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1863
Page
1
The Dubuque Herald reports rapid ad revenue growth with over thirty percent increase in four months and forty to fifty new buyers weekly, asserting the paper’s leading circulation and strong reach to advertisers.
The Democratic State Central Committee announces a state convention to be held at the capitol in Dee Mones on Wednesday 2th Way Next. Delegates elected for governor lieutenant governor and supreme judge will meet to nominate candidates and organize representation for the county at the convention.
A fragmentary record notes a Democratic county convention held in Dobrgie County at the Court House. Attendees discuss nominating twenty two electors for a state convention and set steps for a full report on the convention’s proceedings and pricing concerns. Officials listed include Thomas Yardle and William Wall with county central committee members named.
A critical op ed accuses the Union League of covert power and threats to national prosperity. It alleges arms to members, clandestine meetings, and attempts to control elections and suppress dissent. The piece names editors and promises forthcoming commentary by Mahony upon his return from New York.
The Henano dispatch notes the strike has ended in its usual form, while criticizing strikes driven by malice and extortion. It praises the newspaper’s own resilience and predicts the instigators will learn a sharp lesson as they retreat from a failed effort.
A Polish incident recounts a boy witnessing Russians fire on insurgents while a mother watches. A Russian officer kills the boy after taunting the mother with a pistol. The piece also condemns a brutal assault in America described as disloyalty and monstrous violence against a girl in sight of her brother.
A young Philadelphia musician facing poverty attempted suicide with his last dollar. A harbor officer helped him home, where he wrote a new melody inspired by a newspaper poem. A publisher bought the copyright, yielding $1,700, and his ballad joins other wartime hits, proving the motto never say die.
The Lyons Mirror announces a new weekly democratic paper in Lyons named the Iowa Banner under Jno. J. Bingle. It aims to serve Clinton County with a sterling democratic voice and joins the local press landscape.
Cairo April 1 reports the steamer Nebras ka brings Taancaster officers among the dead and wounded. Wheel damage, drownings, and scaldings are described. Infantry moved to Warrenton, and canal work suspended by rebel fire. Porter's and Sherman's expeditions reported back from Young's Point.
Several hundred seamen left for the Mississippi flotilla. Conflicting dispatches from Memphis and Vicksburg. Gen Gilmore’s force attacked near Somerset, Kentucky, with 1500 Union troops. Confederate losses 50 killed and 400+ prisoners. Union 14 killed and 25 wounded. Reports cite Sherman at Haine’s Bluff and Sunflower expedition failure. Post Office checks on troop letters and praise Burnside for gallantry.
Night Port dispatches from Cairo and Cincinnati describe rumors of Haine's Bluff evacuation denied as false. Other items report a Federal force engaging guerrillas near Moscow Tennessee and Confederate raids into Mt Pleasant Virginia with fires and captured government corn. Prisoners move to City Point as exchange efforts continue and attention focuses on Kanawha communications and a missing telegraph line.
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