Political scandal and internal strife rock the New York republican camp
A long, caustic letter from Andrew attacking Thurlow Weed exposes fierce faction battles within the New York Republican ranks. The document details betrayals, slander, and rival leadership quarrels as Sherman moves near Savannah and public virtue comes under scrutiny.
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Anteteata
Executive
Aptitud
Senomous Armes
Andrew
New Yok
Thurlow Weed
Fug
Afr
New York
Gold Speculators and a Telegraphic Cipher Fiasco
A London style exposé describes unscrupulous gold speculators using cipher telegraphs to trade on rumors. A Washington partner misleads New York via a coded message about a sick friend, prompting a dramatic household confrontation and a chase to alter the cipher.
McClellan Seen Returning to Prominent Senate Run
The New York correspondent notes that since his defeat McClellan has withdrawn from public ire and remains active as a consulting engineer for railroads. He works daily at a large office with maps and books and is said to monitor troop movements, campaign plans, and war news. A quiet Presbyterian, he endears friends with genial charm and may seek a U S Senate seat from New Jersey.
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Republic
Cty
New York
Corted States
Brandad
Washington
Sud
Chicago Journal
McCrellan
Presbyterian Church
Senate of the United States
New Jersey
Insurrection in St Domingo Persists Says Traveller
A St Domingo contact of Spanish birth reports the insurrection on the island continues. The Spanish government refuses terms acceptable to insurgents who hold the mountains while troops patrol towns. Garrison losses are small, trade is halted, and discharged soldiers settle locally. Many doubt Spain will quell the rebellion.
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Borton
St. Domingo
Printer Sighted By Urchin In Haphazard Tale
A street rumor recounts a child observing a man described as a printer. The boy insists the worker is a printer based on torn coat, bare feet, and a missing crown on his hat, despite parental doubt.
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Papa
Sonny
Pergzon
Savannah fortifications described in Confederate article
The Cincinnati Commercial reports a prisoner’s Savannah fortifications account. Fort Jackson features a river channel blocked by heavy timber and stone, with iron paddle batteries, torpedoes, and earthworks. An extensive riverine fort near Oil Creek is described, plus Beauresard’s works and river obstructions. The Savannah force is small, city activity stopped, and cotton stockpiles have been moved since late September.
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H. M. Davidson
Chickamauga
Savannah
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Fuet
Mort Jackson
Ort Jackson
Black Wardew
Beauresard
Rumors on Breckinridge Forces Move Across Kentucky
The Louisville Journal reports rumors of General Breckinridge and rebel forces moving toward Kentucky through Cumberland Gap, crossing the Cumberland near Carthage, then sightings at Burksville and Columbia Adair Co Ky, with plans to reach Camp Nelson and Lexington. The paper cautions rumors reflect imaginative speculation and notes clearance depends on Federal force effectiveness.
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Cumberland
Carthage
Burksville
Columbia
Adaic Co. Ky
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Lexington
Blue Grass
Breckinridge
Escape of Bluahop Milvatine Amid Searing Atlantic Storm
A bishop traveling from Europe to New York aboard the Alma endured sixteen days of furious gales and towering waves. The vessel buckled as water flooded cabins and decks, and several crew members were injured. The bishop narrowly escaped being washed overboard twice, saved by two stewards, with one cabin boy lost. He returned safely, restored in health, prompting calls for church prayers and thanks on the next Sunday.
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Bedell
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Ilo
Avouu? of Greenbacks in Circulation Report
The article states total government paper money in circulation about 682 million dollars, with 400 million in greenbacks, 50 million for temporary deposits, 22 million postal currency, and 210,222,870 in legal tender notes, plus 95,160,210 National Bank currency and 126,196,606 State bank currency, totaling about 870 million.
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