Funeral of Horace Greeley in City Hall odes and crowds
Special Dispatch reports Horace Greeley lay in state in New York City Hall as tens of thousands passed through the governor's room to view the editor. The crowd included many humble folk and some neighbors from Chappaqua, with women kissing the casket and taking flower scraps as mementos. The bier and coffin were draped and decorated, and Gen. John A. Dix and Thurlow Weed spoke of Greeley's life of opposition to injustice. The scene was somber as the body awaited funeral services next day. the entry hall and city displayed mourning decor.
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Republican
New York
Mr. Greeley
Chappaqua
Mr. Weed
Horace Greeley
Gen
John A. Dix
Thurlow Weed
Greeley
Geome
Senate committee reshuffles and Democratic chairs named
The Senate announced standing committee chairs with Wilson resigning the Military chair and Logan appointed. Democrats gain two committees, with Thurman as chair of Private Land Claims and Casserly of Engrossed Bills. Liberal Republicans respond. Sumner declines, Rice aligns with Democrats, Tipton shifts to Public Lands, Trumbull and Fenton noted.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Logan
Edmunds
Sherman
Morton
Cameron
District of Columbia
Patterson
Morrill
Vermont
Ferry
Chandler
Howe
Harlan
Pratt
Carpenter
Pomeroy
Stewart
Boreman
Hamlin
Conkling
Nye
Windom
Mississippi
Kellogg
Cragin
Thurman
Casserly
Sumner
Minority Representation in Illinois Trial Sparks Debate
The Philadelphia Press reports that Illinois first use of minority representation for the state lower house produced generally favorable results. Republicans and Liberals split seats closely, with 85 Republicans and 68 Liberals in the House, and 33 Republicans with 18 Liberals in the Senate under the new plan. Some critics deem it a humbug, but overall the system is praised for fair division and broad vindication of the concept. The Tribune notes mixed reactions across parties, with some disgust at minority seating and others seeing broader benefits.
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Ilinois
Philadelphia
Iinois
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Sangamon
Minority representation urged for Pennsylvan ia reform
The text argues that minority representation helps defeat objectionable candidates and elect better men. It cites Buckalew, a Constitutional Convention member, who published a book detailing his views on minority representation and an analysis of Illinois amendments, plus a digest of debates in Parliament and Congress.
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Pennsylvania
Buckalew
Congress
Negroes Sail to Liberia From Savannah
A large group of African Americans departs Savannah on the San Salvador heading to Liberia under the American Colonization Society. About 150 colonists travel to New York for onward transport, with 90 to settle at Cape Palmas and the rest at Aithington. The Liberian government grants 25 acres per family while the society covers passage and stores until harvest. Transportation costs from Savannah are $50 per adult and 25 per child, including provisions.
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Liberia
Savannah
Georgia
San Salvador
New York
American Colonization Society
William Coppinger
Society
Cape Palmas
Arthington
Colonization Society
New Senate Committee Structure and Key Members
The reorganized standing and select committees list chairmen and keynote members across departments such as Privileges and Elections Foreign Relations Finance and Appropriations. Notable names include Morton Cameron Sherman Morrill Bayard Chandler Conkling Frelinghuysen Wilson Harlan Logan and Trumbull with numerous others across agricultural military and legal panels.
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Senate
Standing
Select Committees
Morton, Chirman, Carpenter
Logan
Alcorn
Hill, Anthony and Trumbull
Cameron
Harlan, Morton, Patterson, Hamlin, Howe and Schurz
Sherman
Morrill
Vermont
Scott, Ames, Wright, Ferry
Michigan
Bayard
Cole
Sawyer, Sprague, Morrill
Maine
Windom, West and Stevenson
Commerce
Chandler
Corbet Kellogg
Spenser, Buckingham
Conkling and Vickers
Robertson
Sprague, Gilbert, Johnson and Fenton
Frelinghuysen
Robertson, Lewis, Davis
West Virginia
Machina
Wilson
Logan, Cameron, Morton
Ames
West and
Blair
Cragin
Anthony, Nye, Osborne
Alcorn, Morris
Connecticut
Caldwell, Bayard and
Norwood
Harlan
Corbett
Buckingham
Caldwell, Stevenson
Rice
Pratt
Brownlow
Ferry
Hill
Saulsbury
Hamilton
Texas
Revolutionary Claims
Pool
Howe
Leow
Boreman
Wright
Davis
Machin
District of Columbia
Patterson
Lewis
Spenser
Hitchcock
Mich
Vickers
Conn
Carpenter, Windom
Maryland
Ransom
Morril
Gilbert
Cameron Stockton
Nye
Clayton
Cooper and
Fenton
Pacific Trailroad
Stewart
Ramse
Harlan, Scott, Kellogg
Hitchcock, Ferry
Coppin, Rice and Casserly
Hamlin
Chandler, Flanagan, Caldwell
Kelly, and
Goldthwaite
United States
Conkling
Carpenter
Stewart, Edmunds
Windom
Lewis and Kelly
Sawyer
Norrill
Flanagan
Patterson, and
Johnson
Stewart, Bayard and Trumbull
Morton and Saulsbury
Anthony
Howe and
Casserly
Clayton and
Scott
Spencer
Barber Discovers Whetstone While Quoting Haircut Gone Awry
A Titusville barber, while trimming a rural client, struck a whetstone hidden in the man’s ear. The farmer recalled losing the whetstone during haying last July after searching a ten acre field.
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Titusville
Dubuque Court Delivers Case Of Family Tusing Concerns
In Dubuque a court case centers on a father, a young woman, and an innocent child amid troubling allegations. The proceedings focus on family relations and potential misconduct affecting the trio, with local authorities reviewing evidence and legal actions expected.
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Dubuque
Louisiana Affairs Spark Tense Washington Discussion
Washington December 7. Deep interest here in Louisiana affairs as fears of bloodshed surface over New Orleans. Senators are assured U S troops will support the court in the Warmoth case while administration officials condemn the Louisiana muddle and Alabama troubles. One cabinet member voices opposition to both sides.
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Washixcton
New Orleans
Louisiana
United States
United States Court
Warmoth
Alabama
Horace Greeley Remembered After Death Attacks Ease
After Horace Greeley’s death critics who once attacked him praise his generosity and greatness. Newspapers now call him a real dead man and acknowledge his national impact, noting his final words about the Tribune and his loss to the country.
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Horace Greeley
America
Puntry
Tribune
Rail fall injures man near Edridge
Wm Collins fell from the Davenport and St. Paul train near Edridge and sustained fatal injuries.
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Wm. Collins
Davenport and St. Paul
Edridge
Geecher's Negro Trap Denunciations at Puritans Church Speech
A Day Book extract condemns Beecher for alleged baiting of a trap with a white woman to ensnare Black voters, citing a May 19 1867 sermon at the Church of the Puritans. The piece criticizes morals and religion, calling Beecher’s pulpit a hybrid theater of loose isms and political opportunism.
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Beecher
Equal Rights Association
Church of the Puritans
Lone Miner Confronts Banking Error in Marysville
In an early California Marysville bank office a desolate miner sits long hours until a young miner reveals a clerical error that overpaid him by 50 dollars. The misanthropic man watches as the honest repayment restores trust, and he softly asks the younger man if he feels lonely in this country.
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California
Wells, Fargo & Co
Marysville
Teir ‘‘Dass
Mantle of Prentice Still Seeks an Owner in Louisville
Citizens in Louisville lament the mantle of Prentice remains unclaimed as a promising youth who seized it years ago struggles to justify it and attempts to persuade the public it suits him exactly like paper on the wall.
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Louisville
Prentice
Dex
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