Multiple 1860s US dispatches reveal political shifts and disasters
A Cincinnati boiler blast damaged Kelly & Grimes chair factory. The President removed Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War and named Lorenzo Thomas as acting replacement. McClellan to England envoy and George H. Thomas to brevet ranks were proposed. Johnstown mills burned. losses totaled 40000 dollars. Bethel Bank in Connecticut closed with cashier arrested. Russell Mills in Plymouth paused due to fire damage. National Democratic Committee held informal Washington meeting with many luminaries. Augustus Bradley named Internal Revenue Assessor for Indiana’s second district, awaiting Senate confirmation. Ada sued to admit negroes in Tennessee. Nashville nightly disturbances noted. Papineau Zouaves from Montreal arrived in NYC. two children injured escaping a tenement fire on Thompson Street. Peterhoff case settled for 200000 pounds to English claimants. Williamsburg bank depositors paid 55 cents on the dollar per Comptroller order. New York city buildings closed for Washington’s birthday. American Hall in Norfolk suffered fire damage. Radroid Convention designated Bridgeport, Ohio as river terminus with Wheel ing and Toledo Mailroad roads. President may appoint Halleck over Sherman in Atlantic District. pressure from prominent Democrats. Browne’s China minister nomination endorsed by California press. Yates to move Colorado admission bill after reconstruction bill clears Senate. Diamond Light Oil Works in Williamsburg burned. loss 10000. worker injured. A J Cooper robbed of 307 ounces of gold on railcars Kansas City to St Louis. Louisa County Treasurer’s safe blown, 19000 stolen.
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Internal Revenue
Indiana
Senate
Ada
Wes Nayar
Tennessee
Bargtalley
Nashville
Con
Papil Zouaves
Montreal
New York
Thompson Street
Peterhoff
Farmers
Citigen’ National Bank
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Washington
Norfolk
New Philadelphia
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Sherman
J. Ross Browne
China
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New York Herald
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Diamond Light
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United States
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Stanton
Lorenzo Thomas
Thomas
House
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Washington City
Sim
House of
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House of Representatives
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E. M. Stapton
George Bo McClellan
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George
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Republican Convention Report Sparks Financial Debate
The Cincinnati papers diverge on the Republican State Convention platform. The Commercial says the report is as full as renters want, praising a plan to pay bondholders in legal tender where not specified. The Ga zette opposes such greenback and legal tender shifts, calling them cowardly and contrary to party strength. A Madison bank confusion over interest rates follows, and Amos Markle reports three Cambridge City children poisoned by preserved goods in glazed jars.
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Cincinnati Gagette
Republican Party
Cincinnati Republian
Amos Markle
Cambridge City
Debates and committee actions in the House on patents and post office issues
Tomorrow's general debate continues as Mc Baldwin reports the international copy right bill. Several bills are referred to committees including Smith and Vernon patent extension, Fort Abercrombie mail service, and Hannibal Peoria port review. A postmaster general letter asks for investigation into mall contracts. The House considers naval appropriation with amendments while messages on China claims and Ohio falls canal projects are referred to committees.
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Joint Committee On Libraries
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Daily Globe
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Missouri
Peoria
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Covode
District of Columbia
House
Edwin M. Stanton
Andrew Johnson
United States
Reconstruction Committee
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Library
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Jenck
Committee On Patents
Smith and Vernon
Paxerd
Post Office Department
Post
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Schuyler Colfaz
House of Representatives
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Kelley
Cavanaugh
Dakotah
Helens
Ingersoll
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Ilinois
Committee On Commerce
Rogersoll
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State of the Union
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Treasury
China
Committee On Foreign Affairs
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Boutwell
Wahburne
Mooven
Judiciary
Lawrence
Ohio
Mungen
Stanton
Settlement of the famous prize case of steamer Peterhoff
Excitement in gold markets and legal moves as the famous prize case before the Supreme Court concludes with English claimants receiving 800000. Bank depositors in Maine receive fifty five cents on the dollar. Reports from New York detail Papal Zouaves arrivals, steamer gold shipments, and a Washington dispatch on Stanton and Stephens. Civil and military officials discuss Grant and the Treasury Bureau changes amid political tension.
New Commander Takes Duty as Charleston Convention Debates
Charleston conventions reports Major General Barnes assuming duties today. The session focused on debate while several leading colored delegates travel to Washington to gauge prospects for colored Congressmen and potential admittance for the Negro.
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Chareleston
Barnes
Washington
Congress
General Schofield Dismisses Rustings Court Officials
In Richmond on February 2 General Schofield removed the Recorder and eleven magistrates of the Rustings Court for failing to prove tobacco inspectors qualified by taking the oath. The convention discussed suffrage with a conservative stance contrasting white resistance to black rule. Lee's name drew applause. a speaker offered heavy taxation to colonize blacks on government land. Two black delegates urged suffrage rights and capability. The convention adjourned to observe tomorrow as a holiday.
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Richmond
Schofield
Rustings Court
Lee
Fire destroys Kirkay & Johnson building in Tallahassee
In Tallahassee on Friday February 21 the convention approved Constitution articles and moved to night sessions. A fire this morning destroyed the Kirkay and Johnson building. Soldier Pratt died from burns while several others were injured. authorities question incendiary causes.
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Tallahassee
Kirkay & Johnson
Pratt
Suffrage debate continues at Raveieu convention
On Friday February 21 the convention discussed suffrage with no vote or other business. Several appropriations increasing state liabilities were presented but not acted upon, except for a single endorsement of one million in bonds for the Wilmington Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Company.
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Raveieu
Wimington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Company
Local Convention Signals Tax Ordinance Shift
In Jackson on Friday February 21 a convention member said General Gillem would not enforce the present tax ordinance but would back one he suggests. A new ordinance likely will be adopted. The discussion touched Section 19 of the bill of rights and eligibility for office as the Democratic party moves toward the National Convention with W. S. Featherstone and E. M. Yerger among those noted.
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E. M. Yerger
E. C. Waltham
W. T. Wel
Train Lecture in Dublin Draws Sparse Audience
George Francis Train delivered his first lecture in Dublin last evening with a thin turnout and no riot or disturbance, despite authorities making peace-preservation measures. A journal correspondent calls the lecture a speculative failure. Separately, arrests were made in Cork on complicity with Fenian movements as Murphy recently arrived from the United States. Market notes from London and Antwerp report varied prices across bonds, commodities, and petroleum standards.
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Dublin
Cork
Clerkenwell
Tratu
India
Hussia
Danube
George Francis Train
Ltsts
Rod David Murphy
Waterman
Murphy
United States
Lonpos
Erie
Illinois Central
Liverpool
Grievns
California
Milwaukee
Antwerp
Petroleum
Standard White
Robberies Reported in St Louis and Iowa Theft Cases
From St Louis on Friday February 21 word reaches of extensive robberies. A J Cooper of Blair Cooper and Co New Mexico lost 307 ounces of gold valued around seven thousand on the Kansas City to St Louis line last Wednesday night. A thousand dollars reward offered for thief or thieves and another for recovery. Blair formerly Cincinnati Cooper Burlington Iowa. Louisa County Treasurer safe burglary yielded seventeen thousand dollars on the night of the 7th with H Stone and J M Horton as suspects. rewards totaling two thousand offered.
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St. Louis
A. J. Cooper
Blair, Cooper & Co
New Mexico
Kansas City
Cooper
Blair
Cincinnati
Buriington
Iowa
Louisa County
H. ©. Stone
J. M. Horton
Counterfeiters Arrested as Fire Destroys Garfield Factory
United States detectives raided a May street house in Chicago on Friday February 2 arresting four men and seizing forty thousand dollars in counterfeit fractional currency dies and plates. The A G Garfield factory at Franklin and Hanton street was burned down destroying stamped tin and Japaned ware. Loss is about twenty thousand dollars with unknown insurance. The Board of Trade will not meet tomorrow and banks will be closed.
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Chicago
United States
May Street
A. G. Garfield
Franklin and
Hantson Street
River Judge Adams Refuses Negroes on Jury in Nashville
From Nashville dispatches the article reports Judge Adams refused to allow several Negroes summoned to serve on a Chattanooga jury. Burglaries recur nightly in Nashville with Colonel McNary’s residence entered and valuables stolen. Attempts to enter other homes were made as the river Harpeth Shoals falls four and a half feet. weather is fair and warm.
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Adams
Harpeth Shoals
Chattanooga
Nashville
Colonel McNary
Explosion damages Cincinnati chair factory in morning blast
Cincinnati reports Kelley & Grimes chair factory partially destroyed by boiler explosion. One or two children injured by flying missiles. The Dayton Ledger notes Ohio politics with George Pendleton likely to carry the state by twenty thousand majority, as the sole certain Democrat.
San Francisco Legislature Defies Sunday Law Repeal Vote
From San Francisco city desk on Friday February 21 the Legislature refused to repeal the Sunday law. A bill affecting the Yosemite grant portion became law despite opposition. The consent provisions remain valid as reported. A discharge of guardianship for liver appears cleared today with 3000 barrels of flour and 19 000 sacks ofwholesale goods noted.
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Yosemite Grant
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