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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1877
Page
2
The document lists fraudulent President Rutherford B. Mayes and fraudulent Vice-President Wm A Wheeler as appointees. It records action by the National Returning Board and states by order of Judas Bradley that evidence do not receive.
A reader from Kansas, March 25, 1877, recounts Oakland township’s growth from 60 people and 20 voters in 1872 to 164 residents and 59 voters, with two schools, a post office, shops, and rising taxable property from 8,400 to an anticipated 25,000 by 1877. The writer argues that disciplined, modest capital can secure farms and homes for enterprising workers, though wealth requires effort, not mere luck.
Mr Hayes rejoices in possession of a duplicate copy of the tellers list of electoral votes signed by Ferry President of the Senate. Hayes plans to preserve it for posterity as proof of his claim to the presidency. Ace-Clerk Adams faces criticism for shaping the new House roll for Democrats, a practice his predecessor McPherson also used.
If Mr Hayes matched Julius Cesar in greatness he still could not craft a policy to satisfy the country for the people elected another man to be their President.
EA Chamberlain Patterson and Corbin declare intent to emigrate for South Carolina’s good, signaling a coordinated move likely tied to regional opportunities. Plan details and destination discussions remain forthcoming as they pursue formal steps.
In a lively New York letter from April 6 1877 the correspondent mocks bleak streets and sloppy politics while recounting Tweed era scandals. He notes dirty avenues crowded with filth nine tenths of the city and laments city officials handling street cleaning amid sewerage and pestilence fears. The piece also covers the Tweed investigations, Captain Jan Rivals life, the public interest in his diary, the Children’s Carnival at the Academy of Music, Anna Dickenson’s Havana Italian Opera troupe, and early Telephone Concerts in piano recitals.
A New York World editorial blames Mr Hayes and his managers for inciting a southern outbreak that would cost lives and trillions in damage while harming trade, industry, and agriculture. It warns the resulting hunger and crime would fall on Black people, with Nayes held responsible. An outsider quibbles over a Whitman poem reference, contrasting Maud Muller with a “mud mauler.”
Governor Corquitt of Georgia responds to Texas prize banner gift. Texas Senate-lettered message praises Georgia for largest 1876 Democratic majority and pledges banner transfer to Atlanta. Georgia accepts, admires craftsmanship, warns of future political exchanges, and confirms reception. Separate notes discuss Packard and Hayes era political controversy, partisan intrigue, and calls for fiscal scrutiny of Civil War era military expenditures.
Mary Winneam, born in Germany, died April 8 1877 at her son John Wilhelm’s residence aged 42. Anna Read, wife of William Read, died April 12 1877 in her first year.
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