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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1864
Page
2
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A lengthy partisan critique argues Lincoln failed to sign the Reconstruction Act due to adjournment timing and labels the plan as a military overreach. It contends Congress overreached, demands majority oath adherence and abolition of slavery, and questions secession’s legal status within a redefined union.
Francis Key, author of the Star Span, was arrested on Saturday on a charge described as disloyalty and jailed in a military prison awaiting trial. The charge is framed in vague terms, with political and constitutional references, amidst wartime pressures and shifting revenue law provisions. The Albany Argus denounces Lincoln's war policy, noting casualties, financial strain, and debt, while predicting deep national hardship and looming societal costs.
During the engagement dated July 2, exchanges of shots occurred along the lines with casualties on both sides. Reports note artillery activity, a tactical focus on trench works, and Colonel Bar McGoot and Colonel Lillworth overseeing operations. Sherman and Logan are referenced in strategic dispatches regarding movement toward Mariettes and railroad depots, with fleeting remarks on command readiness and timing.
Charleston writer notes the Florida, a 2000 ton steamer, and the Georgia owned vessel Florida in service operations. It recounts Brest repairs, French hospitality, Lieutenant Everett’s landing at Lyland, Bermuda salutes, and prizes taken by the Tarpon class ships, with details on crew and arms.
A garbled history traces Captain John Winslow’s naval career from his entry in January 1827 through service on the Falmouth and West Indian squadron, later roles as midshipman and lieutenant, assignments aboard the Missouri and Saratoga, a St. Lawrence cruise, and command of the Kearsarge with action against the Alabama, totaling over thirty years in the service and noting long periods of unemployment. It also references the Lord Derby inquiry into a British merchant seaman detained in Boston and possible government inquiries.
The article recounts Barnum's demonstration of reviving a mummified Lepidosiren fish found in the Amazon basin. A crowd gathered at the American Museum as a curator incised the earth to reveal and expose the specimen, which momentarily reanimated in a tank. The tale notes prior private openings in London and hints at future imports, alongside an inserted 1846 New York Tribune reprint on religion and war.
The account recounts a raid led by Gen Crook and Gen Hunter aimed at Lynchburg. Delays, misaligned routes, and unexpected heavy Union reinforcements allowed Confederate defenses to strengthen. The result was a rapid retreat after a failed attempt to capture Lynchburg, with noted artillery losses and disputed leadership decisions.
Fragmented dispatches describe a Confederate assault on Llarden's corps at Kinesaw, with heavy fighting near Cheatham Cleburne and Walker divisions. Reports claim 5,000 Yankee troops repulsed with rumors of prisoner captures and Confederate leadership claims amid war rumors.
The Herald profiles Captain Raphael Semmes, once a United States Navy officer born in Maryland. It traces his career from midshipman in 1827, service on the Lexington and Erie, through various commands, and details his switch to the Confederate Navy, command of the Sumter and later the Alabama, and his impact on Northern commerce with pirate-like actions estimated at about 100 vessels and $20 million in value.
An A P Swineford editor from Fond du Lac Democratic Press was assaulted in a Milwaukee hotel on Monday the fourth for remarking that St Patrick’s Day in the morning is better than the Fourth of July. Swineford defended himself, smashing a glass and later a second tumbler in the face of his assailant, who fled to call a surgeon and hospital.
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