End of Prisoner Exchange Sparks Civil War Debate
The War Department and the President approve stopping further prisoner exchanges. The editor laments that starving federal prisoners in Southern camps may result, blaming abolitionists and arguing against recognizing negro soldiers under the wartime exchange cartel. The piece urges disbanding negro troops and continuing white troop policy, accusing Lincoln and Sumner of endangering troops.
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Washington
Whiting
Nemy
South Ag ix
Ufaing
Massachusetts
Port Hudson
Sumner
Phillips
Lincoln
Richmond
Danville
Jeff. Davis
Abeahara Lincoln
The Freight Monopoly Threat to Western Roads
A Cedar Falls Gazette excerpt warns of a freight monopoly growing serious on western roads. It notes a drop in grain shipments after the monopoly began, reflecting a broader economic impact and urging reader attention to the issue.
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Cedar Falls
Calls for new eastern outlet to curb railroad monoply
A regional appeal argues the Dubuque outlet drains residents of half a million yearly through remorseless plants. Petitions failed. writers push for an eastern outlet or a Cedar Rapids line to connect with Chicago routes, claiming reduced rates and faster service. They urge self-reliant branch lines to end the monopoly and protect local economy.
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Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Chicago, Town & Nebrenska
Clinton
Fulton and Sons
Galeos
Chicago Union Road
Warlike Preparations of Russia and Balkan Moves
Paris Parisian dispatch reports Russia pressuring Serbia and the Principalities toward war with Austria. Gortschakoff seeks backing from Obrono witch and Couta for uprisings and independence declarations, with troops to Bulgarian areas and emigration plans to enter Hungary. Maritime build up in St Petersburg includes ironclads and new steamships, plus 100 rifled guns for naval power next spring.
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Paris
London
Thmes
Servia
Principalities
Russia
Gortschakoff
Michael Obronowitch
Austria
Belgrade
International Commission
Turkey
Couta
Hungary
Banat
St. Petersburg
Michael
Cousa
France
Isas
Galats
Constantinople
Cralnt
Ruggin
Sebastopol
Cronsatadt
Petropavlousi
Constantine
Nicholas I
Prussia
Lappin Family Trial Amid Civil War Turmoil
A Norfolk report from the Philadelphia Inquirer details William and Thomas Lappin and their mother being tried. The eldest son resisted U S soldiers sent to arrest him, slashing with an axe. he and his family fought officers before being captured. The men received six months hard labor at Mort Norfolk and the woman one month.
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Norfolk
Philadelphia Inquirer
William
Thomas Lappin
Wild
United States
Mort Norfolk
Panther Sightings Reported Near Worthington Indiana
The Worthington Worthington (Indians) Gazette notes a large panther seen and heard four to five miles southeast of Worthington. Local children are alarmed and researchers report fewer tracks in that direction than in others.
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Worthington (Indians
Worthington
Fragmentary poem hints at balls and famine in Richmond
A fragment from the Richmond Examiner contemplates masquerade balls as comfort amid famine and want. It mockingly asks who will sponsor dances and wedding bells while essentials remain scarce, imagining a skeletal guest receiving a five dollar ticket and a masquerade costume as cotillion music fills the room.
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Ana
Richmond Examiner
Secret Irish Brotherhood Fueled Civil War Spirit
The piece traces an Irish association in the United States and Ireland that allegedly pushed the Union war effort to weaken Britain. It claims the Peniman Brotherhood sought Irish liberation by arming volunteers and influencing U.S. policy, arguing their actions backfired as the Union remained intact and Irish aims were not achieved. The article condemns the movement and warns of punitive outcomes for those who fomented conflict.
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Richmond Inquirer
New York Tribune
Peniman Brotherhood
Ireland
United States
Enid “ Brotherhood
Great Britain
Brotherhood
England
Boglind
Singh
Seward
Mogland
Kingland
Galveston
Potomac
Sluman
Meagher
Brant
Malvern Hill
Maryo
Dovror Thomson
Anatomical Museum
Ann
Thomann
Thomson
South
Clark Street
Chicago
A City in the Hocky Mountains in Virginia Territory
The Let July population of Virginia Nevada Territory was about fifteen thousand with as many visitors daily. Main street runs three quarters of a mile crowded with well dressed people and brick buildings. Wells Fargo displays large silver bricks, fineness near 95 to 99 percent, worth about 1800 dollars each. Sight drafts commonly reach 100 000 dollars. No paper currency exists in mining towns near the Rockies except Salt Lake City.
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Virginia
Nevada Territory
Main Street
Wells & Fargo
Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake City
Missack on Tuk President's Message Brief War Reply
Washington dispatch reports the President’s message will be short and conservative on the reunion question. The President says discussions on this war progress point are not yet ripe for full clarity and that the forthcoming message will not be as long as prior ones.
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Tuk
Washington
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