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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1868
Page
1
A satirical attack on the Herald editor John Littlefield mocks his reform talk and ends with promises to stop praising him. The piece uses crude imagery and labels the critic a "lousy, lying, loathsome scavenger of hell" and pledges to end advertising him for free.
The fortieth Congress Senate session convened with 164 members present. Virginia Mississippi and Texas were unrepresented. Credentials for Edmunds of Vermont and Georgia’s Sherman and Drake debated. Several measures were introduced including abolition of slavery, resuming specie payments by July 4, and cheap ocean postage. A constitutional amendment proposal targetted suffrage by color was discussed, and vacancies due to Stevens and Finney deaths were filled.
Lawmakers debate seating Thos J Hamilton and other measures while a shipboard fire tragedy unfolds. The United States boat disaster near Warsaw, Indiana leads to mass rescues, harrowing heroism, and scenes of improvised shelter as survivors recount the flames and cold waters.
A 19th century report details a collision on the Ohio River near Warsaw, 100 miles above Louisville, between the steamboats Was and America amid a fierce wind and snowstorm. The American carried petroleum causing a rapid blaze, with about forty lives believed lost among passengers including bridal parties and ladies in the States cabin.
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