12 Dec 1867
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Newspaper
Evansville Journal
Location
Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1867
Page
1
A telegraph notice indicates officers of the Freshmen's Bureau to be obtained in the service after muster out. The Virginist Association page reference suggests organizational context and related postings on the fifth page.
No action yet on the House Contraction Bill. The Alaska Appropriation Treaty to be reported to the House on Tuesday. Charges against Colicett to be sustained. Post mortem examination of the bodies of Mrs Fall and daughter. A broker and a banker arraigned on charges of grand larceny.
The State Temperance Convention met at Robert's Chapel with Rev. M. H. Mendenhall elected president and RB Cassell secretary. A six member committee drafted action plans and a resolution urged temperance participation in primary conventions. The afternoon session formed the State Temperance Alliance with Mendenhall as president and adjourned sine die. Separately, Eborn of Vincennes had his brewery seized for revenue violations and the jury verdict transferred the property to the government.
In Vermont near Northfield at Harlow Bridge on the Vermont Central line a passenger car was backed off an abutment into the river after a bridge fire. About 70 to 100 men were aboard. fifteen were killed instantly and several more died or were gravely injured.
The article notes continued retention of Freedman's Bureau officers in service. It mentions the Virginia convention and constitutional efforts for Arkansas and Mississippi, no action yet on the Howry contraction bill, and the Alaska appropriation treaty slated for House reporting Tuesday. It also references charges against Coellicott to be sustained.
A compilation of federal and state issues from December reports discusses Freedmen's Bureau officer retirement in Virginia with possible continued service, oath disputes for convention seats, and selection of dates for Mississippi and Arkansas constitutional events. It notes Senate committees on contracts, foreign affairs, and finance weighing tariffs, treaties, and Alaska, with potential reforms to diplomatic law and consular services.
Str. Louis December 11. The State Fund Commissioners have forwarded to the Bank of Commerce the funds to pay the interest on the Missouri State bonds. Reports about the death of Daniel D. Page were erroneous.
A rumor circulated that Daniel D. Page had died and funds were lacking for January interest on Missouri State bonds. The report proved unfounded. Page, once a senior partner of Page Bacon & Co., had been ill but is now recovering.
Nashville December 10 The House passed a bill repealing laws disqualifying colored persons from office and juries and created General and county commissioners to file loyal Tennessee claims for war losses to be sent to Washington for allowance. Senate likely to pass. Nashville December 11 The Senate refused to concur on a House resolution on Thaddeus Stevens’s confiscation policy but passed a resolution urging Congress members to vote for impeachment.
In Frankfort the House disposed of local business and received the eighth biennial report of the Kentucky Institution for the Deaf and Dumb noting about eighty pupils and that ten to fifteen percent are children of cousins. The Senate adopted a resolution to study insurance laws and appointed a select committee to assess slave values taken by federal actions and report compensation steps. A recess was set from December 19 to January 8.
Washington reports the Republicans set Chicago as the 20 May venue for the National Convention. Alfred B. Ely of Boston is likely to become Commissioner of Patents if Theaker resigns. The Whisky Convention adjourned without major action as distillers press for stronger enforcement. Alabama election for constitutional ratification set February 4, with Judge Smith, Radical candidate for governor, in attendance.
The article notes no decision yet in the Smith versus Iowa election case. The Indian Peace Commissioners met and formed a sub committee of Henderson Sherman and Taylor to report on Commission operations. The House Agriculture Committee pressed General Capron for plans to promote the department and suspend all work in the Government seed room at month end with eighty seven discharges.
The New Orleans Convention approved a Blackburn resolution for issuing State bonds from 30,000 to 350,000. A committee found bonds negotiable at sixty five cents on the dollar and capitalists ready to purchase upon issue. The vote was 34 to 4 with strong opposition. A Cromwell resolution to bar any debt from Civil War aid was laid over.
Europe dispatches report authorities forbid Fenians planned Sunday protest in Laiverroot fearing violent anti government expression. Other items note Shanghai rebel outbreaks near Pekin and Paris Moniteur reports renewed confidence in conference for a proposed scheme.
Dec 11 New York report details that the post mortems on Mrs Fall and her daughter Jennie show death by strychnine with uncertainty over whether the poison was self-administered or given by another. The piece also notes Justice Barnard’s forthcoming opinion on a nautical injunction matter and reports on various crime and finance items including a grand larceny arraignment and bank fraud.
In Richmond on December 11 eight hundred delegates from across Virginia met in the theater for a Conservative Convention. A. H. Stewart of Augusta was elected President and declared the gathering a Virginia rather than party affair. He condemned Reconstruction policies and opposed the rule of African Americans. Vice Presidents included R. M. T. Hunter Thomas S. Breck and ex-Governor Letcher.
The record describes the convention electing a white man as president and two Black officials, with a motion read as obedience to the seat of the body. A resolution to allow bona fide reporters seats was adopted, with caveats against misrepresentation. A cotton tax repeal was tabled. The secretary was told to telegraph for 200 copies of the proceedings.
Manchester New Jersey December 11 James H Weston Democrat has no chosen Mayor by over 300 majority in local results. indicates disputed election outcome and ongoing vote count or recount concerns.
Republican candidates won Controller and City Attorney posts by slim margins. Reports of City Controller John Mc Cuego’s death are false. Weather is cloudy and damp with a general thaw and rain and a rising river. Monongahela River at three feet and stagnant.
Report from U4 ff says Havana residents press the government for relief from a decree that keeps Geles and others in exile. Gef in gained popularity, but the Meegies Chambers appeared to decide the matter.
Rarein December 11 reports the Circuit Court continuing its session with judgments totaling about a half a million against various defendants.
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