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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1863
Page
1
The Hanato Herald reports rapid growth with over thirty percent rise in circulation in four months and a weekly influx of new subscribers. It notes strong readership within a small letters class and claims superior reach for advertising and local news in the community.
Ste Geers J and Nell lead a street event in Hewat city where daily and weekly editions are available, highlighting the lively local news scene and ongoing distribution.
The Democracy of Iowa calls delegates to a state convention at the Capitol in Des Moines on May 20 to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor and Supreme Court Judge and to conduct other business. County representation is apportioned by votes for Richard H. Sweater Secretary of State and for Als, with Drew County urged to affect full participation. A separate Democratic county convention will meet in Dubuque on May nent for nominating delegates and transacting other business.
An excerpt from Mr Mahony's forthcoming book Dinsor of State Triva attacks Edwin M Stanton Secretary of War. The dedication condemns Stanton for tyranny and despotic rule and asserts the constitution has been subverted by his acts. The piece links public liberty to Stanton's alleged misdeeds.
A garbled passage from a Chicago Tribune piece discusses tension and hostility toward “mouthpieces” and calls for coercive relocation to the South. It reflects partisan bitterness and imagined consequences if dissenters were silenced.
The piece contrasts a Daily account claiming an accidental pistol discharge with a witness describing Dusty leveling and firing at an undefended election judge. The writer urges readers to note the debate without prejudging today’s confrontation, labeling the act as near murder by accident rather than deliberate.
The writer notes Cincinnati and Indianapolis elected municipal tickets amid doubt on Democratic success and laments the telegraph’s silence. If abolition pound keeper triumphs, dispatches would claim sublime prognostications. questions linger over government support and greenbacks.
The Daily Herald reports on strained relations with Great Britain as US events unfold. Radical elections in several cities are noted, with Chauncy Filey elected mayor and radicals gaining multiple council seats. War dispatches describe limited guerrilla activity near Warrenton and Blue Ridge, plus prisoner exchanges and Confederate movements.
New York April 7 reports the steamer Corrubon reaching Georgia from Wilmington with cotton and tobacco and a schooner from the same route carrying similar cargo. The Corrubon was chased nine hours. A presidential proclamation revokes earlier exceptions affecting commerce with several states in insurrection and bans unlicensed trade. enforcement remains until a formal closure. Leavenworth notes a shift to radical Republican governance.
A dispatch from Murfreesboro dated April 5 reports Gen. Stanley has returned from an expedition and brought in a number of cavalry, with several men killed or wounded. The message comes from Rosecrans' army headquarters.
The April 7 dispatches detail movements near Snow Hill and Morgan Wharton forces, Union gains at Dry Fork and Scow Hill, and Confederate losses. Notes cover gunboat actions, river patrols, and troop health, with reports on a Memphis area skirmish and local political verdicts.
Dashing raid into a rebel camp netted 15 prisoners. five were killed and arms and horses seized. In city elections Jacob McClellan, Republican, won mayoralty by 202 votes as Keeps won six of seven wards.
Reports from New Orleans say Confederate forces began evacuating Pt Hudson while Union forces completed the Pontchartrain expedition with a swift advance. Skirmishes with Confederate cavalry yielded captures, including a large tobacco flour and stores haul. Three cotton laden schooners were seized near Pontchartrain.
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