Senator Sherman Defends Taxing Bank Notes in Senate
In the Sth inst Senate debate Senator Sherman tak es a decoded stand for taxing bank notes and favoring specie. The piece argues the currency issue risks depreciation of county money and urges Congress to tax bank notes while supporting specie, detailing tensions between paper currency and hard money and noting banking and treasury reports.
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Democratic State Convention Planned For May
The Democratic Executive Committee of Town announces a statewide convention set for May. Officials say the timing aims for timely decisions without rushing, preserving proper sequence and deliberation.
Federal Steamer Destroyed and Rebel Movements Reported
Southern papers carry tangled notices on naval actions and Civil War moves. Reports cite a Boston based officer alleging the pirate Alabama may veto the eastern hemisphere and rebels stirred after railroad destruction near Gobisboro. Fort Monroe notes Lee’s army shifts, with forces heading to Richmond and North Carolina. Beaufort and New Bern harbor gunboats and transports. The Herald prints Republican Senate resolutions urging vigorous war and Cabinet unity, with 26 senators named as endorsers.
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Capture of rebel boat and despatches reported
The Bulletin notes no letter from the blockading squadron off Charleston dated the 7th announcing the capture of a rebel boat with a Major and important despatches for Europe. A catastrophe occurred near Charperas yesterday when 37 people fell through thin ice on a pond. 27 drowned.
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le Yeaterday
Meavon wy the Soldiers are not Pulids
Secretary Chaseth explains the soldiers have not been paid due to lack of authorization to raise loans under current laws. Five twenty bonds were not sold under Congressional restrictions. Arrears of army pay exceed what can be raised by existing acts, excluding the 320s.
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Memphis and Vicksburg War Tide Reports
The Arkansas river is bank full and suitable for boating. Generals Grant Hamilton Quinby arrived at Memphis with staff. Seelly Springs nearly consumed. The railroad there destroyed with rails moved to Memphis. Rebel battery at Cypress Bend destroyed. Gen. Gorman left Helena for the fleet. Gen. Morgan L. Smith arrived in Memphis. his wife travelled there. City of Memphis brought five hundred wounded from Vicksburg. Wounds not dangerous. Confederates reforced at Vicksburg and have erected batteries 6 to 8 miles along the river to deter shelling. heavy defensive works under active construction with every hill fortified.
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Cholera Rages Among British Troops After Hopding Capture
Reports from San Francisco dated January 13 indicate cholera is raging seriously among British troops who recently captured Hopding, making recapture by the Tahpings likely.
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Solomon Morvill Elected U S Senator by Narrow House Vote
A Augusta despatch reports Solomon Morvill elected United States Senator by 99 to 1 in the House and 25 votes in the Senate. The Liverpool steamer Jura arrived, speakers at a Manchester meeting included Jackson known as Jeff Davis’s run away Cochran predicts continued active trade with America as war continues. British press discuss Fredericksburg, Northern gallantry and Confederate prospects, and hopes for mediation and trade improvement by March.
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Butler receives rousing reception at Faneuil Hall in Boston
Danos Butler is welcomed with cheers as crowds fill Faneuil Hall. Mayor Lincoln notes the threat of a $50,000 bounty on his head while Butler voices a hard line on Union victory. He argues for free labor in the South and presents a Confederate flag from New Orleans as a memento of secession’s evils.
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Richmond Whig reports Eastern theater actions and policy calls
The Richmond Whig and Enquirer dated January 13 details skirmishes near Suffolk with Pricer repelling cavalry and intercepting 8500 Yankees at Carrsville. It also discusses Murfreesboro being portrayed as a Southern victory, Bragg’s retreat, and prisoner issues. Gov. Letcher proclaims militia mobilization near the North Carolina line with rendezvous at Petersburg. Prices listed for molasses and stock exchange figures accompany the report.
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Congresses discuss contraband war material and diplomat notes
Grimes offers a resolution urging the President to share with the Senate communications between the State Department and N B M Government representatives about capture of contraband war items on British vessels. McDougal requests President to provide Latin American and Mexican correspondence on contraband exports and the Mexican privilege. Kennedy notes the death of James Alfred Pearce and eulogies follow. House actions note wartime finance and adjournment.
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Nashville steamer Charleston destroyed and rebel cavalry near Nashville
Lowmaving January 13. Nashville reports the steamer Charleston destroyed by rebels with 16 asses downriver and 16 men captured. Wheeler's cavalry encamped near Hardin Pike, 72 miles from Nashville. New Jersey Legislature organized. governor's message issued. Holman of Bergen offered resolutions. Democratic caucus nominated Col. James Wall for U.S. Senate short term.
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Arrivals at Memphis and White River dispatches
Day passengers report Porter’s squadron reached the mouth of White river near Memphis, with some vessels already ascending the stream. A strong land force led by Gen. McClernand accompanies the flotilla while rebels fortify positions at St Charles and Duvall’s Bluff.
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