Aid and Comfort to the Enemy in Civil War Echoes
A Dubuque Herald letter defends aid to rebels by recalling earlier U S practice shipping muskets and ships for Colombia and Greece. Commodore Boutwell and Lt. Bourwen argue Europe may aid the Confederacy, citing naval history of American ships aiding foreign governments.
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Commodore Boutwell
Lincoln
Poutwell
Freemean
Commodore
Richmond
Sec’y Mallory
Navy Department
Libby
Ife
Greece
Colombia
England
France
Confederate States
United States
Europe
Justicias
Boutwell
A Vote for Stone Promises Prolonged War
The speaker at Ke okuse declares support for never ending the war until all slavery ends, praising abolition and framing the conflict as an abolition war. He asserts that voting for Stone extends the war, whether intended or not.
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Stone
Ife
Ke Okuse
Schenck Rouses Dayton With Threat Against Copperheads
The speaker known as the Government Jackal urged shooting copperheads as villains and traitors in Dayton Ohio. A critic named Milroy mocked his stance, racing down the Shenandoah Valley as the latest retort.
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Schenck
Dayton
Ohio
Copperhead
Milroy
Shenandosh Valley
Abolition Candidate Clark Alleged Bribery Offer Report
Elliott, a former Colonel of the Second Iowa Cavalry, swears Clark offered one thousand dollars to pass a defective saddle contract. The statement is on file, and Clark is identified as Kirk Wood's brother in law and the Johnson County abolition candidate.
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Eaokiel Clark
Kirkwood
Johnson County
Con
Elliot
Second Iowa Cavalry
Lay
Clark
Slavery Must Die and War to Follow Warns Speech
In Cleveland, Brough warned that slavery must die to avoid a return to war within ten years, urging tearing up the system root and branch or the government cannot endure. Thad Stevens and Stone argued abolitionism and constitutional reform, while Stowe identified as an abolitionist and condemned voters backing the cited men.
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Brough
Cleveland
Thad Stevens
Republican Congress
Keoleuk
Ageer
Peter Moule
Pean Vestratilg Rentil
Wyntsoop
D. J. Potter
Wynkoop
Voters urged to back Stone amid heated campaign rhetoric
A regional governor candidate Tesla Vernon and supporters attack rival Kirkwood ally Stone. The speech warns of pardons and fines while accusing Stone of favors for murder and bullying tactics. Voters are urged to choose Stone's opponent in the upcoming race.
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Lown
Stone
Kirkwood
Cole and Grinnell Debate Abolitionism Alliance
Cole campaigns for abolition alongside J. C. Grinnell and implies a sharp parting if Grinnell overstays goodwill. The exchange hints at political maneuvering and conflict over reform strategy.
Victory at Chicamauga Declared by General Breage
The General announces to the arms amid gratitude to Almighty God for the victory at Chicamauga by Geo. Caxton Breage’s army. Federal forces under Rosecrans retreat from their positions after two days of fierce conflict, leaving dead and wounded, pursued by cavalry toward Chattanooga. A pledge to honor the army’s valor and secure peace and independence follows.
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Hrapecannens Amy
Nortinny Vineixta
Chicakamauga
Geo. Caxton Breage
Rosecrans
Chatttanooga
Watt
Proposals to Rename Parties Stir Public Debate
The article rails against abolitionists seeking to rename the Republican Party and steal the name Democrat, arguing the old labels honor leaders like Jefferson and Madison. It claims the plan would mislead voters, equates the move with tax seizures of property, and ends with a fable about a jackass and a fox from Council Bluffs Bayle.
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Provosine
Distocracy
Ilhas
Republican Party
Republican
Democrat
Democracy
Constitution
Union
Copperhead
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackass
Sania
Council
Blas Bayle
Lincoln Partisanship Blamed for Civil War Setbacks
A dated Argus critique argues that partisan administration decisions weakened Union forces in Northern Georgia. It claims troops in New York and Ohio diverted manpower from Virginia and Bragg, allowing Lee to gain strength and Bragg to press an assault. The piece links party strife to ongoing war costs and losses.
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Ovr Ansins
New York
Ohio
Virginia
Lee
Bragg
Rosecrany
Lincoln
Georgia
New Postal Currency to Begin Issuance Soon
The new fractional currency will be ready within two weeks. Presses run day and night with forty more nearly ready. When in operation they will yield about $150,000 daily. Design features include a Washington medallion with a landscape, steamers, and railroads. Five cent notes in wood color, tens in green, twenty fives in purple, and fifties in carmine. The issues are hailed as a major improvement to postal currency.
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Washington
Harvard College Catalogue Lists Notables in Congress and Government
The triennial Harvard College catalogue records twenty one sleboanths to the American Congress under the Confederation plus two Presidents two Vice Presidents and numerous other officials. It notes twenty seven Senators one hundred ten Representatives three Supreme Court justices six cabinet secretaries two Attorneys General and fourteen Ministers to foreign countries with several to England and a number of governors.
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Vanvarn Cotteen
Harvard College
United States
Congress
Federal Supreme Court
England
Massachusetts
Notable 19th Century News Highlights from The Era
A digest of varied items: John B. Gough draws Ross’s art piece in London valued at 100 guineas. Caleb Cushing declines re-election to Massachusetts Legislature. Paradoxical military remark about wings making an army fly. Milk prices in New York rise to seven cents a quart post October. Mrs Grand grieving after husband’s death. Maunsell B. Vield becomes Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Charles Putnam, Putnam descendant, dies in Marietta Ohio. Col McReynolds of the First New York Cavalry faces arrest and serious charges. A Chicago court martial and a court of inquiry probe alleged fraud. Hunter seeks libel indictment against Conat Curowski over a diary paragraph. G. W. Whitney to supervise raising the Keokuk vessel for Morris Island. Sixty-five stallions enter a Sinuis State Fair sweepstakes. Hambleton wins, sold by J. Beatty. Gen J. W. Sme of Copperhead fame bought the stallion for 2500 dollars. Plymouth New York sees excitement over a Greeley elopement with Mrs Holmes and a Holderness farmer’s daughter.
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I2sq
Art Union
London
Ross
Caleb Cushing
Massachusetts
New York
Abe Price
Philadelphia Bulletin
Martinsburg
Washington
Chicago
Hunter
State Department
Conat Curowski
Iunter
District Supreme Court
G. W. Whitney
Keokuk
Morris Island
Hambleton
Is. Beatty
Jerseyville
J. W.smewleton
Copperhead
Plymouth
N. YE
Greeley
Pemi
Fatal stairway collapse at Maxwell House barracks
In Nashville a stairway collapse at the Maxwell House barracks for Confederate prisoners killed about 100 inmates and injured many more. Surgeons and nurses cared for the wounded while guards and ambulances moved victims to the prison hospital.
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Naahville
Church and
Cherry Streets
Maxwell House
Secesh
Stripling
Georgia
Texas
Lukin
89Th Ohio
Auction notice of assorted spirits and vintages offered for sale
An auction listing from Dubuque at the corner of Iowa and 7th Streets offers a range of goods for sale to purchasers. Items include brandies, Holland gin, wines, port, sherry, London porter, whisky, molasses products, and stock ale in various containers.
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Iowa
7Th Sts
Dubuque
Ffer
Ault
Counac
Steerne de Forge & F. Otard Dupuy & Co
Merett & Co
Roouwelle
A. Sulgnette
United Proprietorn
Holland
London
Olland
Medford Mum
Daniel Lawrance & Son
Medford
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Dubuque, Iowa
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Main Street
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Tas
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Lowr
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P.O
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National Intelligencer
Washington, D.C
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