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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1863
Page
2
The Dubuque Herald reprints criticisms of W M Stone casting him as cowardly and corrupt. It cites a public denouncement by Speaker Dean in Keokuk and reports letters from McGregor Times and Decorah supporters accusing Stone of cowardice, impropriety, and political manipulation.
The article reports Chief Justice Taney’s Baltimore decision declaring interstate trade inspection rules and customs fees void. It frames the ruling as a rebuke of executive and legislative overreach, preserves constitutional limits during war, and reverses a lower court judgment ordering seizure of Carpenter’s goods.
The piece lauds Secretary Highrelawns for foresight comparing common men to a millstone before a hole. It claims he predicted General Lee’s move to threaten the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other rail lines in Pennsylvania, sending agents to Ireland to hire labor to rebuild and repair roads. It asserts the country owes him gratitude.
A delegate at the Democratic State Convention in Harrisburg hinted to a friend that Vallandigham would win Ohio governor. A detective overheard the remark, a brief arrest followed, and the man was released.
Advices from St Petersburg announce a lazy niche in the tax trade. The house of Messrs John Dye & Co is named. Obligations amounting to at least £40,090 will fall on London and are described as very heavy.
The Manchester Point Works Company declares a 20 percent dividend for the last six months, payable on demand. The article notes women see profits paid by manufacturers at 40 percent per year, not hard to bear even in war times.
A column republishes questions from the New York Copperhead asking if a loyal majority can be traitors, whether freeing speech applies only to the ruling party, and if condemning acts of the party counts as treason. It probes loyalty amid wartime actions, oaths, and rhetoric about Lincoln, despotism, and tyranny under George III comparison.
Cincinnati dated June 23 reports an encampment of a thousand citizens eight miles from Broomington with pickets out. Residents resist enrollment and fear conscription by authorities. Simultaneously 200 convalescents from Washington hospitals joined active duty amid hostility toward African Americans, seen in white soldiers' mistreatment and insults on the avenue.
A Memphis correspondent reports May 30 at Milliken's Bend Louisiana white and black soldiers clash over punishment. A white man of company A 10th Illinois cavalry is tied to a tree and whipped twenty four lashes by three black soldiers under Colonel Shepherd oversight. The incident provokes threats against Shepherd and a call to present grievances to General Grant. An Ohio soldier jokes about a coffin for John Bunce as a separate anecdote.
Amon in New Hampshire placed a grave marker reading Tears cannot restore her—therefore I weep, reflecting a somber widowhood and vows at the grave. In London militia rumor spread that a captain warned the rear rank to avoid tight formation lest they plunder the front rank.
In a humorous exchange a lawyerly quarrel defines husband in law as a term not common in domestic life. The text mentions Tom Hyer as a sutler with the Army of the Potomac and Aaron Jones as Beauregard’s private tutor. It notes naval uniform changes since the rebellion and jokes about a counterfeit vignette with a woman seated beside a shield.
An advertisement describes a solitary bable causing bodily ruin and various symptoms including blotches dizziness and impotence. It claims near universal cures and offers a prepaid guide by Dr. Bigelow from 179 South Clark Street to explain causes progress and termination of such diseases.
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