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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1873
Page
7
A correspondence from 1872 discusses Senator Trumbull's claim that 25 percent of revenues, about 3,980.22, are lost to the government under the civil service system. The exchanges defend and refine estimates, citing Johnson and Grant eras, with references to commissions and reports on revenue collection and inefficiencies.
A government note argues that total Internal Revenue defalcations amount to about 8.2 million, not 20 million, with 0.8 million under Lincoln, 2.1 million under Johnson, and the remainder under Grant. It cites official estimates through 1872 for revenue, customs losses, and bank insolvencies, and disputed claims that Grant’s friends say a quarter of revenue is stolen annually.
In a Oneida Dispatch letter, Gerrit Smith praises abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison Wendell Phillips and others. He quotes a Vermont letter from 1872 by Benjamin Shaw describing sixty-three years in ministry, abolitionist roots, and a pledge to vote for Grant if possible.
M H Hale, Savannah Republican chairman, telegraphed Judge Edmunds alleging Greeley party control of polls in Savannah. He cited Democrat managers preventing Republican voting, over 2,000 Republicans disenfranchised, assaults on Col E Bryant Deputy Collector, ousted voters from country roads, and police armed at polling sites.
An enquiry on westward travel highlights the Burlington Route as a premier passenger line from Burlington through Southern Iowa to Nebraska and Kansas with connections to California. The pamphlet How to go West offers a detailed westward map and旅 information, available free from the General Passenger Agent in Burlington Iowa.
The article recalls the first meeting of Edwin M. Stanton and Abraham Lincoln in a Washington office during the McCormick Reaper Case. It notes Stanton’s steady rise, Lincoln’s practical insight, and foreshadows their future collaboration and mutual support. It quotes Col. T. B. Thorpe reflecting in Harper's Magazine October issue.
Ashton James Aur and John J Bush Anna Mrs Davis Samuel F Fitch Charles H Fisher George Fason Thore Goodman A Goodman Charley Holl C Rey N B. Persons inquiring for advertised letters should state advertised letter with the date of advertising. Office hours daily from 6:30 A M to 7:30 P M except Sunday. Sundays 8 to 9 A M and 12 to 12:30. Holidays 8 to 9 A M half hour noon and 4 to 5 P M.
In this city Sept 18 1873 Daniel Nesbit 75 years. Sept 22 1872 Henry Swartz 1 year 7 months. Sept 26 1872 Maudemaline Taft 2 days daughter of Nelle Taft. Sept 27 1872 John Judge Mecklen burg aged 44 years.
Prices for wheat rye oats barley butter cheese lard eggs potatoes turnips onions beans apples cabbage and more. Hides wool tobacco and lime listed with per unit costs. ranges show No 1 wheat at per bushel and various commodities in 1872 Freeport Market rates.
Wheat opened dull then strong finishing higher with No 2 cash at 1.12 to 1.13 and futures near 1.12. Corn unsettled with No 2 cash around 33 to 34 cents, mixed October prices, oats quiet, rye weak, Bartley No 2 around 64 cents cash. Provisions firmer with mess pork at 14.50 cash. Cattle and hogs saw varied but firmer demand. hogs 4.30 to 4.80, beef steers around 6.25 to 6.50, cows 8.75 to 1.10.
Best and Morgan asserts sales this month will be five times higher than five years ago to honor their start month. They announce ongoing expansion with new Fall Goods and extensive department representation. They guarantee lower prices than any city for comparable fabrics.
The shop highlights stripe and plain silk warp pongees and Japanese poplins in new color shades at 75 and 95 cents. Black alpacas priced 45 and 65 cents, 25 percent below last year. Poplinetti at 26 cents, far below regular 47 to 74 cents. French Merino and French Cashmere stocks emphasized with new cloth shades and complete silks satins and Irish poplins.
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