27 Jun 1867
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Newspaper
New Albany Daily Commercial
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1867
Page
1
The text describes conditions for land use with freedmen, claiming soil improves and Negroes become more orderly. It also mentions telegraph appeals to Victor Huho to spare Maximilian and notes French voices pleading for mercy as Mexican blood remains unavenged.
The Indiana Dental Association gathers in Indianapolis. Court of Claims in Washington rules fourteen cotton cases for claimants. Buffalo lines canceled. Union Pacific May profits tally £71,000. Congressmen in Washington for July session. Kentucky Pomological and Historical Society meets in Louisville September 17. Catholic Cathedral cornerstone in Indianapolis next week. Sheridan dispatch to Grant sparks debate in Congress. Mayor Monroe reports Sheridan support among Southern allies. Sherman and Terry urge delaying Black Hills expedition. Lord of New York linked to $1,200,000 bond robbery. French residents in Chicago discuss national union. Senator Howard condemns Attorney General over reconstruction. Mrs Greendike’s Chicago divorce case bail set for adultery. Atlanta New Era backs Grant for Presidency. New Metropolitan Revenues board formed in New York led by Van Dyke.
The piece compares college commencements nationwide with youthful idealism and practical realities. It discusses the shift after the Civil War as graduates enter a demanding world, then analyzes Southern farming change, freed labor, and theFreedmen's Bureau's role. It notes planter challenges and the proposed shift to tenant farming and eventual land ownership for freedpeople.
Washington reports many Congressmen arriving including Hogan Marshall Randall Schenck Thomas Bingham Myers with Judiciary and Ordnance committees reconvening. Sheridan letter to Grant fuels partisan debate on registration. Mayor’s annual message shows D C funded debt about 946,500 and floating debt 362,100 with local expenditures near 100,000. next year proposed $150,000 increase. Locomotives recovered from war era inspected. street railway reorganization advances with conductor pay rising July 1. warden Higgins reports a balanced prison account with surplus. Chicago pavement critique cited. civil suit venue change in Amanda J Craig case. Zion remark from Vedette.
A city council vote allocates two hundred dollars to the Grand Army of the Republic to support a Fourth of July celebration. Reports from Lafayette Journal and New Albany Ledger recount remarks about Schuyler Colfax and a printer's past, with notes on local incidents, storms, and commemoration events at Indiana colleges.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad issues a summer rate increase adding five cents per hundred pounds on first through third class freights along the main line, fourth class unchanged, with floor rate raised to 60 cents per barrel. Transfers from landing to depot set at five cents per hundred pounds or one dollar per dray. from Jeffersonville or New Albany eight cents per hundred pounds. Nashville route rates: first class 60 cents, second 50 cents, third 40 cents, fourth 30 cents, floor 60 cents. The tariff took effect Saturday.
Victor Hugo urges President Juarez to spare Maximilian in a strong plea from Paris. Rome hosts 400 priests for St. Peter’s martyrdom centennial with US bishops arriving. Washington reports death of Dr. William Jones and notes Surratt trial testimony includes unimportant statements. Grant testifies on Jacob Thompson in Vicksburg. Other notes on Booth related evidence and Mrs. Hudspeth case.
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