Washburne and io on Reconstruc on
The piece presents the minority report of Washburne and Boutwell on admitting Tennessee electees to Congress and placing Tennessee in practical relations. It argues the report reflects nineteen-twentieths of Washburne's district and notes the GOP regrets it lacks district majority support while endorsing the call to fulfill postwar duties and fruit of the war.
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Messrs. Washburne
Boutwell
Tennessee
Congress
Washburne
Reconstruction Committee
Republican Party
Fenian activity and militia mobilization across Canada and US
The report details Canadian and American Fenian movements including martial law in the province, large volunteer mobilization, and arms stockpiling along the frontier. It notes Fenian efforts in New York, Burlington demonstrations, bank runs, and Ontario Lake steamers rumor. It mentions U.S. and Canadian authorities pledging frontier vigilance, militia deployments, and widespread excitement with Quebec and Montreal actions.
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New York
Sweeny
Chicago
Seward
Burlington
Vermont
St. Patrick’s
Staten Island
Ireland
Montreal
Detroit
Prince Alfred
Rochester
Lake Ontario
Africa
Cairfax
Times
Bancroft
Stephens
Dublin
Upper Canada
Philadelphia
Toronto
St. Patrick’s Society
Latresst
United States
Buffalo
Cincinnati
New Brunswick
England
British West India Squadron
Halifax
West Indies
O'Mahony
California
Thomas D’arcy McGee
Sarnia
St. Patrick’s Day
Congressional actions noted on withdrawal, representation, and labor
In the Senate on the twelfth the bill extending withdrawal time from public stores and bonded warehouses passed. Substitutes for a constitutional amendment on representation were presented by Sumner Wilson and Grimes. The House on the lid introduced a bill setting eight hours labor for government worksmen. A resolution on tax treatment of non-interest United States notes was referred to Ways and Means. A resolution sought inquiry into excluding rebels from voting and office. A Milwaukee and Prairie bill was also introduced.
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Colorado
Union
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Committee On the Judiciary
House
Court of Claims
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Paris
Reconstruction Committee
Messrs. Smith
Kentucky
Stevens
Pennsylvania
Treasury
McCulloch
Stewart
Nevada
Price
Iowa
Garfield
Messrs
Sumner
Wilson
Grimes
Committee of Ways and Means
Milwaukee and
Prairie
European News Roundup From Portland Dispatch
The Hibernian arrives with news to June reports. European affairs show unrest with Fenians arrested Ireland, duchies dispute, and possible Austro Prussian tension. Turkey presses for Paris treaty conference as Wallachia's ruler seeks reinstatement. Spain faces rebellion. Ciudad Rodrigo garrison mutiny reported. Parliament debates navy ironclads. mixed views on coast defense.
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Hibernian
Portland
Ireland
Turkey
Paris
Couza
Jter
England
Wales
Helena
Prince Christian
Norway
Windsor
London Times
Johnson
Schleswig
Iolstein Duchies
Denmark
Austria
Prussia
Prince Couta
Wallachia
Couz
Vienna
Bucharest
Jassy
Moldavia
Spain
Ciudad Rodrigo
Portugal
Morton Peto
Horton
Senator Dixon ill in Washington and pardon rumors
Reports from Washington and Albany indicate Senator Dixon of Connecticut is seriously ill in the capital. A governor’s pardon for young Ketchum is anticipated on unstated grounds. Other items note New Orleans mayoral results, military promotions, and political shifts across states with legislative actions and public notices.
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Dixon
Connecticut
Washington
Albany
Fenton
American Cardinal Rumor Circles US Church Leadership
The 1850s Apostolic restoration of the English hierarchy is recalled as the Pope nears naming a Cardinal from the United States. Baltimore’s Archbishop Spalding and Cincinnati’s Archbishop Purcell are alternately named as likely recipients, with the consistory in Rome soon to reveal the decision according to Chicago Tribune.
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Wiseman
Baltimore
Rome
United States
Spalding
Purcell
Cincinnati
America
Chicago Tribune
Joke on tie fentan s Fenians
A sharp prankster altered Fenian posters by inserting the word horns after the phrase God save the green, changing the meaning of the mass meeting notices. The Detroit Tribune notes the alteration and the failure to foil the organization.
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Jokeon
Detroit Tribune
War Department proposes arsenal on Tuck Island site
The War Department proposes to establish an arsenal on Tuck Island as soon as Illinois transfers jurisdiction of the land and shores.
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War Department
Illinois
Tuck Island
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