Trial of Jeff Davis Details in May Washington Letter
A Washington correspondent reports the May 16 letter noting the Davis indictment is public and outlines possible paths to trial. Chief Justice Chase may preside in Virginia if martial law is ended, and President’s proclamation is sought. The House Judiciary Committee backs a military commission for violations of war articles and conspiracy complicity with voluminous evidence.
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Chicago Journal
Suff. Davis
Chase
Virginia
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Newspapers as public convenience and local pride
A historical snippet argues newspapers boost property values and locality reputation, urging readers to support a good paper not out of charity but civic pride. It notes the press’s power to move people, cites the St. Petersburg address to the Czar after a failed assassination, comments on a Russian student-turned-assailant, and ends with a General Land Office ruling allowing heirs to complete homestead titles after a deceased settler.
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Washington
St. Petersburg
Russia
News Briefs From Across The Nation And Abroad
Gen Santa Anna arriving at Elizabethport N J and Ashur Ware a 1884 year old Maine judge resigning. Wealth from timber in Minnesota logs 88 million feet. U S Treasury receipts 6 039053 disbursements 82054201. Arts notes include a Cincinnati artist’s statues of an Indian girl Lincoln and Grant. Austria Austria seeds from Royal Agricultural Society. Fenian treasury 3000. Ireland movement funding request via Stephen’s headquarter. Funeral 4000 at John J Davies Odd Fellows. Santa Anna in dual Mexico politics. French troops in Havana replacement recruits. William Daily 106 in New York. One cent matches last year 1 5 million. NY vagrant children 40000. German question Austria Italy prep for war. Cochrane to Chicago marine rendezvous Western States. N Y National Press radical daily stock company. Fort Randall report friendly Missouri Indians. Steamer progress to mines Iron City Peter Balon Gold Finch. Seward leaves for Auburn. Sherman in St Paul. Fire at Harvard Illinois destroys wood and elevator. Treasury proposes consolidated five percent loan.
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New York City
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Prussia
L. H. Cochrane
Washington
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N.Y. National Press
Northwest growth and Civil War era politics dominate Chicago Journal
The piece covers immigration to the Northwest, potential constitutional amendments on citizenship and universal suffrage, and President grant era bills and vetoes. It notes shifting population toward the Midwest, the rise of Chicago as a trade center, and the imagined political future of the Northwest. It also mentions Mrs. Jeff Davis visiting her husband and medical care details.
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Davine
Jeff Davis
Visi Lee
Bortres Monroe
Gaga
Mr. Davia
Jim
Iowa Briefs From Across The State In The News
State items report a West Mitchell woolen factory opening soon and the Eighth Iowa’s $85,000 muster-out pay. The Davenport Gazette notes Gen Rodman pleads for a Davenport to Rock Island bridge. Nichols family tragedy near Muscatine ends in drowning. wife survives. Union League reorganized with 98 active in Dubuque. Kellogg Jasper City depots grow as M and M line reaches 800 inhabitants. Chadwick woman drowns herself at Waterloo after burial visit and grief. Mitchell county family poisoned by wild parsnip mistaken for artichoke. Gen John M Corse arrives at Burlington after service, recently mustered out. Gen Gitz Henry Warren resigns from state senate to take Guatemala minister post.
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Iowa
Davenport ‘Gazette
Rodman
Davenport
Rock Island
Kellogg
Kimball
P.O
Jasper City
Chadwick
Cedar River
Waterloo
Mitchell County
John. M. Corse
Gitz Henry Warren
Guatemala
United States moves to capture or seize rebel ships
The report details numerous Confederate vessels seized or surrendered after the war. Ships such as the Georgia, Florida, Sea King, Sumter, Chickamauga, Tallahassee, and Rappahannock are listed as taken or handed over in ports and abroad, with most vessels lost or disposed of by authorities. The passage suggests more ships may follow as the U.S. consolidates postwar control.
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Pogean
Georgia
Florida
Bahia
Newport News
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Sumter
Wilmington
England
Kavae
Unitegening
Nassau
Washington corresp claims Washington favors Davis trial for treason
A Dubuque newspaper correspondent claims President Washington intends to have Jefferson Davis tried for treason in the U S District Court, with hopes of acquittal. The report adds Johnson views Davis as a rebel agent and notes pardoned principals render confinement for acts they led unnecessary.
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Dubuque
UW. &. District Court
Johnson
Self. Davis
Jel Davis
Davenport Gezette
Government nourishes more whites than freeman in Arkansas
The Freeman's Bureau head in Arkansas notes nearly five thousand white inhabitants were fed by the government during Merch, while only about five hundred freemen received aid. The piece cites Republican debates and stresses the party's adherence to principle over expediency, urging steadfastness to correct policies.
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Spriaavun
Freeman's Bureau
Arkansis
Merch
Johnson Club
Washigton
Redmen’s Bureau
State Register
Ranier Republican Weekly Prospectus and Features
An 19th century prospectus for the Ranier Republican Weekly published in Springfield. It outlines editors and contributors, aims of coverage including New England news, letters, editorials, book reviews, European letters, literature, agriculture, and financial summaries.
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