Democratic Meetings Report Passage
Fragmented OCR text describes Democratic meetings and appointments with unclear names and places. The piece hints at leaders and provisions to be provided, and mentions cooperation among committees and delegates.
27 Sep 1863
Page 1
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1863
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text describes Democratic meetings and appointments with unclear names and places. The piece hints at leaders and provisions to be provided, and mentions cooperation among committees and delegates.
Abolition papers charge the State Treasurer with selling cold in vaults for greenbacks and diverting premiums to fund Democratic entry this fall. An eight member commission reported the gold was counted, but the abolition paper will not retract. The Chicago Journal will likely repeat the falsehood with its next partisan denunciation.
A garbled poem fragment recalls a penny ballad about Feanes and Reine PA. It mentions not weeping at home and the world beating penen while kings mayation theiright, asserting quarrels belong to those who fight.
A partisan remark suggests supporters of Stone align with a controversial figure and criticize rivals tied to Anggto and Leo to Bun combe, framed as a voting appeal. The text implies broader political loyalties and personal alignments without specific events or outcomes.
A gossiping travel tale from a New Orleans trip aboard a Missouri Department expedition describes a May to November romance between a gallant Major and a Mexican widow, their mistaken hotel room mix up, and a dramatic departure after the widow’s improvised encounter with the Major’s wife.
The Syracuse Journal reports Crove S Johnson ran up securities and forced paper totaling about 82 800 over months while gambling heavily. He rented an elegant center town room and solicited loans from tribesmen and friends, wasting about 4000 of a 3000 inheritance from his young wife, leaving two infants. Rumors of arrest circulated. the piece notes public anger over local gambling schemes and asserts his current whereabouts are known.
Rev. Elwood Ward Beecher, in London at a temperance breakfast, cites several errors blamed on drunken officers. He claims Chancellorsville's retreat occurred due to intoxication, recounting his source that a general, previously abstaining, resumed whiskey for medical turmoil and legacy alcohol urges.
The excerpt notes Parliament surrendering civil liberties and giving royal proclamations the force of statutes. It argues the government framed laws as declaratory to justify broad royal authority, reflecting fears about constitutional limits.
Caine Sept 26 Saturday afternoon the sterner Chauteau was burned at Columbus. No lives lost. No further particulars yet.
News briefs describe troop movements near Rome and Mission Ridge, corrections on Rosecrans orders, deserters executed, and prisoner reports. It notes steamer Ada lia arriving Galway, rumors of Confederate ships at Cherbourg, and Brest harbor policy. Reports from Nashville mention Joe Johnston's death and blockade runners Alabama Montgomery Fox. Gen. Barnes to command at Norfolk replacing Negley.
The blaze began aft and was likely started by deserters seeking escape. The ship burned to the waterline in about 30 minutes. The clerk saved money, books, and papers. Owners include Bard, Abel, Samuel Pepper, Mark Leavenworth, Isaac Rosenfield Jr., and A Ryland. The six year old vessel valued at 380000 and insured for 10000 in St. Louis offices. A negro deck hand died from severe burns after the incident. The government seized the ship a day earlier for belowdecks entry and will likely settle for the loss.
Fifty Mosby men attacked east of Fairfax tearing up a bridge on the Orange and Alexandria line and cutting telegraph. The bridge repaired and trains run again. Grant King moved to Vicksburg after partial recovery. Reports say Union expeditions repulsed while Merron drives guerrillas west of Atchafalaya.
Washington and New York report cheerful prompts for Army of the Potomac, loading transports and possible embarkation. Burnside’s delays near Jonesboro and Cleveland spark concern over obedience to orders. New Orleans notes Sabine Pass troops forming a Texas expedition and strong movement toward Brashear City and Berwick Bay. Official views on Bragg and Brage reinforce questions of reinforcement and strategy.
Washington reports Gen Rosecrans may resume offensive operations as large reinforcements move to his position. Rebels under Johnston maneuver near Chattanooga and Smithfield, with Longstreet Bragg Buckner and Georgia militia opposing Rosecrans. a major battle is anticipated. In Maine, the steamer Champion burned with 600 bales of hay and $30,000 of Quartermaster stores aboard.
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