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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1877
Page
2
Washington correspondent reports President has offered the District Attorneyship of South Carolina to D. J. Corbin. The telegraphic dispatch cites positive information from Charleston Nets sources. Corbin’s appointment, if confirmed, would place him in the district’s prosecutorial role amid ongoing legal affairs.
The young men of Augusta Georgia tendered Senator M C Butler of South Carolina a banquet perhaps in recognition of his call upon them for assistance preliminary to the Tramburg massacre.
A Columbia telegram reports Senator M C Butler spoke to a large Wednesday night gathering in response to a serenade. He recounted the difficulties securing his seat and criticized the Administration. Butler urged harmony across classes and colors, loyalty to the National Democratic Party, and respect for party organization. He denounced a new party project as midsummer madness and political death by own action.
A Vicksburg resident unearthed a buried tin box containing 320,000 in the first issue of Government grenbacks and national bank notes. The notes were rusted and mildewed, risking damage, so they were sent to the U.S. Treasury for redemption and replaced with good money.
The Philadelphia North American notes widespread fear that the South will seize government funds or settle claims in Congress courts. It cites shifts on silver remonetization and resumption, arguing financial honor has few supporters among Southern representatives since the war.
Butler notes personal grievance over Corbin seating and accuses opponents of cowardice and brutality. He vows to hold his Senate peers to account while predicting better South Carolina access to public funds and dismissing talk of a new party as midsummer madness.
An editorial argues the President showed understanding of corruptions and remedies but later events cast doubt on his resolve. It warns that failure would hinder future reform, embolden spoils advocates, and impede the growth of an active reform movement.
The piece argues the President shows no systematic reform plan after nine months, praising some appointments and Treasury investigations while condemning widespread folly and favoritism. It warns that reform cannot rely on an uncertain impulse of a well meaning executive and calls for a stable reform party.
W Endicott, president of the late Central National Bank of Chicago, is revealed as a defaulter following a pattern similar to D D Spencer. He sold his own bank stock for cash, leaving worthless notes, and the bank held 528 shares bought with his notes totaling 53000. At opening Endicott owned 60 shares, at closing he had 50, with December 7 appointing two attorneys to pursue him. Neither discovery nor arrest succeeded, as assets are estimated at 90000 valid, 150000 to 160000 spurious, and 45134 remaining doubtful. Several Eastern stockholders and notable names are listed as holders of shares including George M Pullman and Benjamin Sherman.
The NY Zones speculates on unprecedented warmth just before Christmas. It links warm weather to Mars proximity, lack of November meteors, and a bold claim that Earth might be moving toward the sun, dismissing astronomers' silence as meaningful. The piece casts doubt on science while joking about the plumber’s demise.
The Columbiads Krupp Rodman four guns and the Craft guns all exploded leaving only squirt guns and a small leather gun cited in the bulletin as remnants of the demolition by the defendants.
The copy shows a playful reference to holiday influence in the paper with a remark about too much Christmas content. It hints at festive style or seasonal tone on the page. No clear people, places, or organizations are identifiable in readable text.
New York December 24 1877 a boiler explosion at Greenfield and Son No 63 Barclay Street destroyed the building and set it ablaze. Many workers were inside mostly young women and the death toll was uncertain but likely high. The disaster exposes lax steam safety and corrupt liquor licensing politics in the city.
The Book of Estimates compares 1878 and 1879 department appropriations. Total appropriations rise by 53.72 million, with military establishment additions around 48 million and rivers harbors omitted. Deficiency bills totaling about 4.5 million were enacted due to prior Congress constraints.
A reflective piece links Luke and Matthew Nativity accounts with Christmas praise. It cites Caesar Augustus taxation, Joseph and Mary journeying to Bethlehem, and shepherds watching flocks. It evokes Luke’s narrative, Catholic and Protestant traditions, and poets like Milton and Wesley celebrating the birth of Christ.
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