11 Mar 1863
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1863
Page
1
The Dubuque Herald reports a four month period seeing circulation drop below thirty per event as management implements new policies. The piece notes readers can reach Our Weekly for orientation, while claiming the Herald remains the preferred advertising medium for business.
The document outlines steps for nominating a governorship candidate, including support for the court decision and election timing in October. It discusses the allocation of funds and party resources, the role of the secretary of state, and county representation rules in the convention.
Fragmentary notice reports the possible removal of General Satie Curtia and substitution of Gan Sumner. The text condemns tyranny and praises peaceful change, asserting the public will rejoice if the replacements prove true.
Readers are told of alleged brutal acts by surgeons at Vicksburg as a nurse recounts overheard conversations and grim patient observations. A frightened patient moans during treatment while the doctor ignores him, prompting fears of barbarity. a man on the floor near death is said to have suffered gangrene unseen by the surgeon.
The piece cites a Tribune argument on disunion and reconstruction. It opposes slavery as the Confederacy’s cornerstone and warns a reconstruction with slavery would worsen the nation. It notes Conway’s view supporting recognition and dual Confederacies and questions South conquest feasibility.
A notice from state sanitary agent Thos W Long records Iowa soldiers who died in St Louis Missouri hospitals from Feb 24 to March 5 1868. Entries include C Monk D 23d Iowa congestion of lungs John W Wilber D 38th Iowa spinal meningitis Thow Craft I 34th Iowa paramenin DE Able D dist lows consumption Joy Stumpf I 26th Iowa tephous fever W R Smith D 34th Iowa Khai Ciarrhes Joshua Skinner 36th Iowa consumption James Ratcliffe K 34th Iowa typhoid fever.
Telegraphic summary from March reports notes town elections yielding 0 Union 31 Democrats. Franklin Tennessee dispatches claim nine Union arrivals, Van Dorn rebels under truce. Confederate losses 580 killed, 400 wounded, Union 1,806 killed or wounded, rest imprisoned. Murphyboro report mentions Van Dorn defeat and capture of much of his command. Cox to replace Wright in Ohio department. Bermuda paper cites Columbia arriving Wilmington with cotton and tobacco, chased by blockaders.
A Washington report confirms Confederate advances near Savannah and notes removal of Gen Curtis from the Department of the West. Other items include a privateer letters of marque, wreck reports off Abaco, and a flux of New Orleans and Vera Cruz dispatches with political and military updates.
In an extra Senate session on March 10, resolutions regarding a committee on manufactures were laid on the table after debate. Dixon urged a resolution directing the Secretary of War to report Gen Rosecrans battle records at Murfreesboro. Sumner cautioned against executive overreach. Executive session followed and adjournment occurred.
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