Writing on the wall clears Grant policy battles ahead
The article argues Gen. Grant will clash with radicals as his cabinet and posts are shaped to defy Radical influence. It cites offers to Adams, McClellan, Farragut, and others, with Greeley possibly becoming England minister, and notes Grant’s aim for retrenchment and independence from party bosses.
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Joubert
Gen. Orrant
Round
General Grant
Grant
Metropolia
Zadicala
New York
Treasury
A. T. Stewart
State Department
Charles Francis Adams
Motley
War Department
Gen. McClellan
Fish
Navy Department
Admiral Farragut
Admiral Porter
Bo Washburne
France
IT. M. Grinnel
A. Dana
Cerberus
Greeley
England
John W. Forney
Post-office
Forney
Ietters
Senators Debate Constitutional Amendment on Negro Suffrage
A Northern paper denounces the constitutional amendment aimed at ensuring equal voting rights, listing yeas and nays from the Senate and House. It labels the measure a swindle and names supporters and opponents, urging readers to read the roll call.
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South Carolina
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Congress
Yeas
Messrs
Abbott
Chandler
Cattell
Cameron
Cole
Conkling
Conness
Cragin
Drake
Ferry
Harlan
Harris
Howe
Kellogg
McDonald
Morgan
Oliver P. Morton
Morrell
Vermont
Maine
Nye
Osborn
Patterson
New Hampshire
Pool
Ramsey
Rice
Robertson
Ross
Sawyer
Sherman
Spencer
Stewart
Thayer
van Winkle
Wade
Welch
Warner
Willey
Williams
Wilson
Yates
Nays
Messrs. Anthony
Bayanin
CorBette
Davis
Dixon
Doorntrie
Epumps
Fowler
Gries
Thomas A. Hendricks
McCrerry
Tennessee
Sprague
Saulsbury
Vickers
Wurre
New Harmony Drives Regional Road Drive In Posey County
Neighboring Posey County residents push a private subscription plan to fund a major road from Mt. Vernon through New Harmony to Grayville connecting with the G and M line at Grayville, with $20,000 raised in a week and $50,000 sought, while praise for local efforts notes weather hampering canvassing. The piece cites editorials from the Louisville Democrat and New York World column on amnesty debates and carpetbag politics, reflecting postwar political tensions and regional interest in development.
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Harmony
Mt. Vernon
Ohio River
New Harmony
Wabash River
Grayville
Mattoon
Posey County
Indiana
Old Posey
Ray
Omnibus Educational bill debated in Senate session
InriaNa Apolis Feb 16 Senate continued Committee of the Whole discussion on the Omnibus Educational bill and set it as special order for tomorrow at 2:30 pm. The House passed several bills and resolutions, including funding for the State Normal School at Terre Haute, and adjournment plans were noted for Gen Wagner's tribute.
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InriaNa Apolis
Senate
State Board of Education
Jasper County
George D. Wagner
Auditor of State
Terre Taute
Remains of Booth to be interred today in Baltimore
From New York February 17 a Baltimore dispatch reports the assassin Booth will be buried today with Mrs Booth Edwin and Junius Brutus Booth present. The skeleton lies in a metallic coffin and bones are all that remain. A crowd viewed the remains yesterday and the boot and army shoe mark the leg broken when he leaped from the theatre box after Lincoln's assassination. The family opposes demonstrations and plans burial beside his father.
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Baltimore
Booth
Lincoln
Baltimorianas
Payne
Senate Reports Question Christmas Amnesty Authority
Washington reports Senator Ed Munds of the Judiciary Committee said the President’s Christmas amnesty proclamation lacks constitutional or legal authority. The House Election Committee reported against J W Menard for a Louisiana seat. Paducah editor promotes a sewing machine lottery and seeks a young woman to operate it. Alexander H Stephens rumored to have received 25000 dollars for first War volumes.
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Washington
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Election Committee
Hour of Representatives
J. W. Menard
Louisiana
Par
Paducah Kentuckian
Alexander H. Stephens
Railroad Subscriptions and a Grant Commission Note
A corrected subscriber list for the Mt. Vernon and Grayville Railroad shows total funds of 25661 33 with numerous donors including Stephen Fitzgerald Hugo Corbin Owen Brothers James A Cooper and others. The text also reproduces the Grant electoral commission and a Braunsville Courier critique of Wade's remarks during Georgia's vote counting.
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Stephen Fitzgerald
Niqa
Hugo &Corbin
John Cooper, Jr
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James A. Cooper
V.C. Duelos
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F.W. Lichtenberger & Co
Fretageot, Son & Thrall
Lycurgus Chaffin
Henry Fitton
Richard Ford
W.W. Woodson
John Cooper
James Lyon
Jesse M. N
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M. R. Miller
Henry Schaffer
A.G. Damron
Isaac Pric
George Wusbands
Charles Dransfield
Richard Warris
Fisher & Mayden
Rudd Wiets
John B. Elliott
John Walz
J.C. Miller
John K. Robson
Win. M. Holton
Christopher Wilson
William Wilson
Daniel Neal
See Beddpshi
John Pullyblank
L. Pelham
Josiah Calvin
Dan, W. Dixon
Larkin Bailey
John Vanway
Ixaac Williams
Il. A. Burke
Thomas Mumiford
Henry Hunsden
William Read
William Hume
Baldwin & Harti
Beae
Posey Co
Fenry F. Robinson
Alexander Wilson
William Bailey
Tae John Hendy
Sababs
James W. Rawlings
Whagset Smith & West
John & Wilsey
M. Schnee
Peter Heckman
Wo. Baldwin
R. Corbin
Asberry
John H. Waller
John L. Wiicelar
William Stallings
William Wiley
John Wilson
Mary Ann Highman
G. Proneh
D&w. Truscott
George T. Williams
Truscott
Thomas Morris
Thomas Spilman
John T. Seper
Jane Highman
Teorze Coppin Wieesee Cress Win
M. Ford
Ceees Hh. Snelling & Son
Milton Fillingim
Lichtenberger, Hparaes & Cuma Johnson Vets
Cowell & Johnson
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Jonathan P. Jackson
Sweat Frank Smith
Thomas Pi Jot
Peter Chaytoat
Edward Tromer
W. Engler
Richard Anderson
Charles Pretch
A. B. Jones
Wilkerson
Thomas Goad
Butt
Arthur Dransfield
J. Rovers
James Husbands
George Woods
F. Pullyblank
Hornbrook
Cece Eens
Owen Ic Eenee
Andrew Stallings
Maurice St. Pete
John Ribeyre
Luke Wiley
George Minnie
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D. W. Nettelton
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Absalom Driggers
F. Lichtenberger
George Ford
James HL. Chaffin
L. L. Lichtenberger
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George Wheatcroft
Henry Wilmoth
Wim
HW. Owen
B.D
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Amelia Minnford
Anna M. Schelde
A. R. Fauntleroy
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Moses Johnson
John W. Cormick
Creer
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Tygaz
John W. Watson
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