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Newspaper
Melbourne Leader
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 21, 1861
Page
6
The H.M.S. Norther arrived in Hobson's Bay with the English mail dated July 3 and a supplementary mail to August 3. The issue recounts a flood of diverse reports from Parliament to crimes, comet sightings, court decisions, and public events, noting Irish and Scottish statistics, political appointments, and a fatal brawl with arrestees.
Fragmentary telegraphic text recounts Lincoln's July Fourth message, cabinet debate on Fort Sumter, and the Union stance. Describes calls for 100000 troops, a $400000000 loan, blockade actions, and political fallout in border states as Union supporters rally while the Confederacy gains momentum. Contains reports of Civil War maneuvers at Carthage, Beverly, and Beverly vicinity, with Union and Confederate troop movements, captures, and casualties. Also notes a drifting infernal machine found near the Resolute and distress in New York over absent soldiers' families.
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