14 Dec 1865
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Daily Herald
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1865
Page
1
The column reports Fenian activity in New York and widespread fires from St Louis to Pontiac. It notes Elizabethtown smallpox, a railroad delay to January, civil and political maneuvers in Washington, and deaths including Dr. Elisha Huntington. Reports touch on Logan and Trumbull politics, Chicago Times case, and European tensions with Ireland.
Proceedings from Congress and debates on the oath and Confederate States policy. Nashville reports a murder by robbers on the Lebanon Pike, the toll-gate keeper Richard Byrne slain, and a band robbing fifteen nearby residents. Cotton market news and commodity prices accompany the dispatch.
The Java arrived this afternoon after leaving Liverpool on the first and Queenstown on the third. Cuba and Caledonia also arrived from Liverpool. Weekly cotton sales reached 96,000 bales amid a dull market that closed firm with a small advance. Spain keeps hostilities against Chile and pushes war preparations. Stephens and the Fenian trials progress. Corbett acquitted in the Shenandoah case. a large Liverpool dry goods house burned for about £200,000. Dr. Barth is dead. political notes from Madrid and Paris reference mediation and reform.
Panic sweeps mining shares led by Savage Yellow Jacket and Potosi amid a Northern storm. In San Francisco Eight ships lost to the coast gale. Judge Donnelly rules legal tender notes cannot pay county fines. Fire at Janesville destroys a Main and North Second block with 20000 loss.
Testimony at the examination in New York yesterday showed that 120000 dollars was divided between a firm of bounty brokers and Marcus Cicero Stanley, a subordinate of Baker, the War Department detective.
A morning fire in Ottawa Illinois destroyed nine buildings with losses not yet ascertained. No injuries reported. Officials investigate cause and extent of damage.
New York reports Fenian Brotherhood agitation with a published impeachment bill against O Mahoney and Killian, Senate actions, and President Roberts urging swift effort. A committee from the Senate visited Union Square to demand books, but was ordered out. Presidents Grant Howar Kilpatrick had interviews, while Congress passes a cattle import bill and commutes a murder sentence. Lincoln memorial plans surface as Dr Huntington dies.
New York reports the Baltic from Aspinwall carrying California mail and seventy three thousand dollars in treasure. News cites continued blockade, Spanish provisioning, Wateree at Valparaiso, Bolivar fighting prospects for revolutionaries, and a rebel capture at Cabyah with commander killed. Peru declares peace and a new government forms.
General Scott reports from Key West after arriving from New Orleans. News from Havana dated December 4 and Mexican dates December 28 describe clashes between imperialists and patriots in Matamoros and multiple foreign forces. French troops hold Mazatlan and Victoria as reports of captured North Americans rise.
Virginia and Louisiana lawmakers push to match Tennessee privileges, prompting anticipated congressional action. Republican and Democratic figures weigh in on policy parallels and potential legal adjustments ahead of a formal decision.
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