President Nominates Oregon Lawyer for Attorney General
The President on the 8th sent to the Senate the name of George H. Williams of Oregon to be Attorney General replacing Akerman whose resignation takes effect January 10. General orders announce the death of Brigadier General Robert Anderson on Fort Sumter memory with arrival of his remains aboard Guerriere. The Comptroller of the Currency notes no New York banks are implicated in artificial money-stringency efforts. The Agricultural Bureau reports corn area in 1871 higher than any prior year. Daniel W. Mann named Supervisor of Internal Revenue in Illinois replacing R J Sweet as First Deputy Commissioner.
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Washington News
Senate
George H. Williams
Oregon
Akerman
War Department
Army
Robert Anderson
Fort Sumter
New York
Agricultural Bureau
Daniel W. Mann
Internal Revenue of
Illinois
R. J. Sweet
Advices From Mexico and Global Updates
Reports indicate Federal forces quelled a revolt in Sonora and captured officers and men at Puerto City while Mazatlan fortifications remained. Pacific coast news favored Juarez, with revolts spreading to Casaca Nueva Leon Sonora Durango and Zacatecas. International notes include the Prince of Wales recovery, Japanese embassy to the West, Alabama arbitration in Geneva, and French Assembly seating of the Duke d Aumale and Prince de Joinville.
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Mexico
Sonora
Puerto City
Mazatlan
Pacific
Prince of Wales
Yeddo
Yokohama
San Francisco
America
Europe
Yedde
London
Casaca
Nueva
Leon
Durango
Zacatecas
San Luis
Vera Cruz
Pueblo
Juarez
Paris
French Academy
Duke D’aumale
Prince de Joinville
National Assembly
Alleghany City Mayor Reelected in Pennsylvania
The Republican A. P. Colar wins re election as mayor of Alleghany City Pa by about four thousand votes. Other notes report Grand Duke Alexis donating funds to New York Boston and Chicago relief causes and the Camden New Jersey execution of John Ware for patricide. Tweed indicted in New York for felony and held without bail amid crowded court scenes.
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A. P. Colar
Alleghany City
Grand Duke
Alexis
New York
Boston
Chicago
John Ware
Camden
N. J
John
Wm. M. Tweed
Grand Jury
Metropolitan
Tweed
Court of Sessions
O’conor
Bedford
Barnard
Graham
Ard
Tweed bail saga and 1860s New York turmoil
The report details bail deliberations for Tweed with Judge Barnard authorizing bail amid charges and public anger. It notes Connolly’s bail reduction to 500000 and indictments totaling fifteen. The parade of Internationals, a Sweeney absconder note, Ludlow Street jail illness, Seward’s illness, and broader city tension underscore a period of political and legal upheaval.
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Tweed
O'’Conor
Barnard
Alfred B. Sands
Judge Learned
Supreme Court
Albany
Connolly
New York City
Telegraph
Rossel
Ludlow Street
New York
Peter B. Sweeney
Ingersoll and Garvey Trail
Auburn
Wim. H. Seward
Wyoming Suffrage Repeal Bill Fails in Council
In Wyoming the bill repealing women suffrage passed by the House but failed in the Council for lack of two thirds. In Indiana at Lagrange Chauncey Barnes was found guilty of murdering Miss Dwight and sentenced to life at the Penitentiary.
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West
Wyoming
Lagrange
Ind
Chauncey Barnes
Counterfeit Fifty Passes in Little Rock and Other News
A counterfeit fifty dollar bill, smaller than standard and on inferior paper, was passed in Little Rock by a man from Indian Territory and detected at a bank. The Alabama Legislature contemplates a longer session and bonds of 8 percent. In Columbus Ku Klux trial a verdict of guilty on a conspiracy count was returned. Augusta dispatch says Georgia governor election was quiet with Smith favored.
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Little Rock
Ark
Alabama
Columbus
D. C
Jim ‘Williams
Augusta
Rufus B. Bullock
Georgia
Smith
Senate and House Proceedings Summer 1871 Debates and Bills
Senate recalls petitions from the Venezuelan Steamship Company and others on wartime services and woman suffrage while discussing seamen for the navy and settlers on public lands. The House passes a pay bill for eighthour workers, creates a Retrenchment Committee, and debates representation and censusbased seats. A Chicago Post Office site purchase bill advances, with a fourmillion cap, and treaty payments are authorized.
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Venezuelan Steamship Company
Venezuela
New York
Congress
Iowa
Teut
House
Ith
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Delaware
Indiana
Maryland
Missoni
Michigan
North Carolina
Texas
South Carolina
Wisconsin
OMIA
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nevada
Louisians
Ecaria
Circulars circulate urging repeal of salt duties nationwide
The report notes a nationwide circular by Eastern salt importers soliciting names for petitions to repeal salt duties and urging Congress to delay action until presidents submit documents. It also covers congressional and executive actions on banking, corruption inquiries, and various bills debated or passed in both houses.
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Congress
New York
United States
Buckingham
Pratt
Howe
Harlan
Stewart
Pool
Bayard
Messrs
Trumbull
Sumner
Schurz
Thurman
Mesara
Anthony
Conkling
Morton
Senate
Ministerial Euchre Ends With Charity Triangle
Two clergymen in New Jersey play a game of euchre to raise money for a crying girl. The Baptist and the Methodist bet and escalate with coins and notes until the girl receives a hundred dollars, then the men depart singing. The author asks what the retuin did before conversion.
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New Jersey
Brother C
Brother P
the Baptist
Ointments for Chapped Hands From Homemade Mixtures
The text lists two remedies for chapped hands. One blends sweet oil three ounces spermaceti four ounces and camphor one ounce warmed and applied to hands twice daily. The second uses fresh churned butter and honey as an alternative ointment.
Newlywed Couple Hire Special Car for Train Journey
A recently married gentleman engaged a specially fitted car for himself and his bride. The interior included a bedroom drawing room and kitchen. The car was to be attached to every train en route for San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Obstruction to Rebuilding Delays Chicago Project
The Chicago Journal notes an obstruction needing several weeks to be removed before rebuilding can proceed, with Chicago still ahead on clinkers. The report emphasizes ongoing delays affecting progress.
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Chicago
Chicago Journal
Diverse Religious and Educational Notes From Early Records
Census data show California school attendance at 91 176 in 1870 while Seventh Day Baptists claim about 7000 members. A Taunton man is fined six dollars for spitting on church carpet as ministers preach in Pittsfield. Port Washington builds a Methodist church funded by John Wesley Harper. The Lutheran almanac lists 2175 ministers, a gain of 100. New York denominations establish dates from 1626 to 1783. Promotions urge Johnsons Anodyne Liniment and Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders for health and winter stock care.
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Detroit
Charlie
Seventh Day Baptists
Taunton
Mass
California
Connecticut
Pittsfield
John Wesley Harper
Harper Brothers
Port Washington
America
New York
Episcopal
Friends
Northern Pacific bonds promising secured investment
An advertisement extols the First Mortgage Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad as highly secure, backed by lands worth multiple times bond value and the railway across the continent. It cites 50 million acres granted to the road, a sinking fund plan, and land-sale proceeds to redeem bonds, with high gold interest and superior yield to government and Central Pacific bonds. It also includes a medical plug for California Vinegar Bitters and Brown's Bronchial Troches.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Great Northern
Northwest
Central Pacific
Fortify the frame against malaria with Stomach Bitters
This season tests the frame and constitution and urges fortification with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The text extols its ability to strengthen the stomach bowels liver and nerves, regulate impurities and lift spirits, claiming twenty years of demonstrated efficacy against malaria and related ailments. It warns against inferior bitters and promotes Allen's Lung Balsam as a cure for consumption when used promptly.
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Eiher
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