31 Jan 1864
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1864
Page
1
A foggy report discusses the Keating matter and court actions on the Alexandra ship case. It notes an English dispatch about a new trial ruling and the British government’s seizure orders, with potential implications for Confederate interests.
A man fell and died after a brick struck his head in Burlington. Reports note burglaries and arrests on Main Street and near Johnson Street. The circuit court revealed two men pleaded guilty to murder and received penitentiary terms.
A fragmentary 19th century notice from Mount Pleasant Iowa details a disciplinary action against Rev. Braxton Robinson for immorality and anti slavery preaching. The document cites charges of disloyalty and heretical doctrine and announces a quarterly conference proceeding at Asbury Chapel with a vote expelling the minister.
Mobile reports 12 000 to 15 000 Federal troops encamped at Algiers allegedly planning attack on Mobile. Louisville Democrat cites 150 Federal soldiers starving and exposed in brutal marches. Wilson's failed resolution to expel Senator Davis faced opposition from sensible Republicans. Smith Homans dismissed from Treasury for misappropriating another's salary. Richmond Sentinel notes an incendiary aiding to loot groceries after setting President Pastys house on fire. President pardons Arkansas delegate Griffin. Marshals Kane and thirteen consulates leave Quebec for overland Palifan route. Thackera family life described amid public service career focused on daughters. Morgan versus Dow contrasts prison escape and jailbreak.
The text recounts Henry Wilson alias Jeremiah Colbathe moving to expel Gerrit Davis of Kentucky for backing a convention of delegates to reconstruct the Union on a basis set by the first convention. It condemns the push as disloyalty for negro freedom.
A family letter details a freak act of mischief where a boy chopped off a dog’s tail. The dismembered limb was placed on a porch railing and the dog ate it before sitting with the stump, as the writer reports the distressing scene.
A veteran recalls an 18th or 19th century tale of Paris settlement days. While hunting he encounters a catamount near Pinhook Woodstock, learns of a long trek to Rumford for provisions, and narrates a harrowing escape to his log cabin, where his family awaited as the beast roared and he barely survived. The ordeal leaves him with grey hair and lasting fear of the wild.
Gen. Stuart's cavalry repulsed the foe near the Fair Grounds ten miles east of Steveville. McCook's division pursued for two miles as heavy casualties and over 100 prisoners were taken. The enemy lost about 55 killed or wounded in the engagement signed by Brig. Gen. John A. Rawlines.
The bulletin notes a 600 strong assault on Nathans garrison repulsed after 24 hours with 20 Confederate losses and higher enemy losses, plus a Col Miller engagement near Florence with 15 killed and 75 wounded. It also reports on the National Republican Committee meeting in Washington Feb 22, state convention talk in N Carolina, and various editorial stances on war and politics. News from Wilmington, Raleigh, and Johnson County references mobilization, Butler, and potential Confederate Army actions along rail lines. Dispatches from Matamoros, Mobile Bay, and Brownsville cover Mexican fighting, naval actions, and a shooting at a depot involving substitutes. a free State convention is planned for Feb 1 with gubernatorial candidates under consideration.
The Rev Mr Davis preached to a large Unionist gathering with Bishop Ames present but not invited to the pulpit. Ames plans to take charge of the Methodist church in New Orleans with an army chaplain assigned to each church and to preach today. Reports mention re-enlistment of veteran troops and a Port Cavalla gunboat action. A drunken soldier in Mattoon, Illinois, shot a citizen who resisted taking an oath of allegiance, raising fear of further violence.
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