13 Jan 1864
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1864
Page
1
A Dubuque editorial laments a Supreme Court decision on railroad bonds threatening city and county finances. It condemns prison conditions and corporal punishment, calling for reform and exposing abuses in state institutions and oversight.
A critical piece attacks Boston's philanthropy and politics, calling its charities and municipal rules generous yet flawed. It condemns its leaders as hypocritical while praising the House of Correction's discipline with baths and whipping posts as symbols of virtue. The satirical tone questions civic superiority and warns against brutality.
The Supreme Court of the United States holds that bonds issued by the City of Dubuque Iowa in payment for railroad stocks are valid in the hands of bona fide purchasers, with three linked cases decided and the Madison Indiana matter sent for further action per the opinion. New York reports discuss emancipation inquiry, bond plans, and veteran bounty funding. Confederate offers of cotton to Grant surface as part of wartime exchanges. The Charleston bombardment and rebel ironclads dominate dispatches, while naval actions include the Nipic destroying a turpentine schooner near Charleston.
Tr is said Gens Truil favors the purchase and recommends it to be carried into effect. Kirby Smith recently sent an authorized messenger to Washington to obtain authority to seize all cotton in the Red River and Washita districts under rebel control. The money would pay officers exempt from Lincoln's amnesty and they would retire from the rebel army to go to Mexico. The Republican editorializes on the reliability of this information, noting it could disband the rebel forces in Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and restore those states to the Union.
Debates cover court jurisdiction for East Tennessee, claims relief, and new duties on spirits. Committee reports include internal revenue increases and bounty extensions for volunteers. General Blair appears. Kansas prisoner treatment questioned. enrollment bill discussed. references to conscription and militia policy cited.
The discussion centers on tithes on incomes and the use of colored soldiers in the war effort. Grimes seeks exact enlistment numbers and alien enlistment approval for border states, while Wilson defers. Estimates suggest about 50,000 colored soldiers, with Butler re-enlisting 306. The House notes strong public support for employing colored troops as the conflict progresses. Adjournment follows.
At an adjourned meeting of opposition members of Congress the resolution calls for restoring all states to the Union under the Constitution with full rights. It advocates using this policy to end the costly war. Discussion on next Democratic National Convention place: next meeting. General Blunt obtains leave to visit Washington on Indian affairs in the southwest. Smallpox reports in Washington seen as mild with few deaths. A Senate bill extends bounties to March first for volunteers, awaiting presidential signature. Judge Barbour rules city riot claims unconstitutional.
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