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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1864
Page
2
In a May 6 1864 edition the paper argues the Democracy shows hope amid war and criticizes the ruling party for coercive tactics and failed promises. It notes Texas supplies, Lincoln’s crisis leadership, and internal Republican discord over Blaine and Blair. Confederate prisoners praise Gen Danks as the best commissary in Red River.
Washington dispatches describe heavy rebel concentration around Richmond as Gen Lee prepares to counter Meade and Burnside advances. Reports claim Beauregard and Longstreet join Lee while Union plans to push from Plymouth and Pensacola falter, leaving Grant’s army near Culpeper awaiting strategy changes.
The article reports on Generals and the President clashing over policy, McClellan's recall, and a May deadline. It notes criticism from a New York source about Treasury members and Jay Cooke & Co. amid wartime procurement and loans. A separate dispatch covers a Union operation destroying rebel salt works near Wilmington with Capt. Brock directing success and prisoner capture.
A double humped Bactrian camel at Sanger's circus in Portland Street gave birth to a male calf. It is the second camel birth in Britain, following a birth at Regent's Park Zoological Gardens. The calf stood about three feet six inches tall and weighed roughly three pounds at birth, with brown coat and black humps. The camel mother initially ignored the calf but nursed it after kindness and attention. The calf had distinctive skin patches where the legs will grow. Separately, a report from New York claims Secretary Stanton visited under an assumed name, with unclear motive, and fled briefly to avoid Gen. McClellan’s advancing forces before returning.
A well dressed couple entered Alderman Donaldson’s Penn Street office seeking a marriage. The woman, about eighteen and from Ohio, resisted, while the man urged a ceremony. The magistrate provided protection. the engagement ended with the woman refusals and departure, citing ill character and fear.
An historic New York News report outlines Passover practices highlighting unleavened bread Mazoth preparation, no leaven in homes, and thorough cleansing. It notes family seder customs with horseradish egg apples almonds cinnamon and a lamb bone, plus rabbinic readings of Exodus and communal observance in synagogues.
Public notice outlines the act of 1851 and 1883 authorities for borrowing from the United States treasury. It details tax exemptions, denominations, redemption terms, interest payments, and subscription options for United States notes or national bank notes. It lists registered and coupon bond denominations and subscription procedures.
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