02 Apr 1869
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1869
Page
1
A dense summary of congressional battles and foreign policy with mentions of Cuba, the Isthmus Canal, Tenure of Office Act, and debt statements. Includes Longstreet’s Senate discussion, Greenbacks, naturalization reforms, and Adams County court house and jail funding debates with circulated votes and fiscal concerns.
A girl named Jeancate Wallace, eighteen, was arrested in Detroit on Wednesday for the murder of her illegitimate child. The report notes other items including frauds at New Orleans tobacco factories, a June state convention in Ohio, a 103 mile walk race for $500, lynching trials in Macoupin County, a Nebraska City shooting, Dr. Mudd’s forthcoming Lincoln assassination disclosures, and alleged customs frauds in New York with a $40 fraud amount from one firm.
The report covers the New Tenure of Office Act sent to the President, push for a veto, nominations sent to the Senate, Longstreet nomination debated in executive session, Stoneman relieved to the Pacific, Cuba sympathy resolutions likely to pass, Pacific Railroad quarrel moved west, Erie suit for 1 million, Memphis military post vacated, looming vetoes in Illinois, rail debt and lake front bills targeted, and European dispatches including canal treaty status and English naturalization.
A Washington dispatch reports the President will remove Gen. Stoneman from command in Virginia with Lieut. Gen. Granger to succeed him temporarily. Stoneman’s political conduct in Virginia is cited as the cause. Sherman also relieves Stoneman and directs him to hand over to the next in rank who is to reinstate Wells as Governor of Virginia.
A joint resolution of sympathy with Cuba’s struggle for independence advances in Congress. The Foreign Affairs Committee backs Gen Banks’ plan to pledge constitutional support to President Grant if he deems it proper to recognize Cuba. A parish minister plans to protest recognition at the State Department and may leave the country if the measure passes.
Senate citations include Sumner’s memorial on Cuban grievances and a call to refer to the Foreign Affairs Committee. Also Mars on a joint resolution about telegraphic Europe-US links and refunds to Massachusetts and Maine for 1812 wartime advances. House debates cover provisional government for Mississippi, tariff committee inquiry, river and harbor bills, vacancies definitions, and a contested election in Pennsylvania before adjournment.
Assessor Webster has commenced suit against the firm Clark Dodge Co to recover dues under the Internal Revenue law. The Fisk cases in the Supreme and Circuit Courts proceed without result, raising questions on the liability of bankers and brokers under tax regulations.
Memphis April 1 reports orders to discontinue the local military post and troop withdrawal. A committee was appointed to arrange the reception for ex President Johnson. Governor Senter has annulled the registration in this county.
Springfield NL April 1 Gov Palmer has finished examining about 2000 bills from the last legislature. One hundred eight remain unapproved and most will be vetoed or returned for correction. Among veto targets are measures compelling counties and towns to cover railroad debts from state taxes.
Two miles of Union Pacific track were completed yesterday, reaching over twenty miles west of Ogden and about fifty-five miles east of Monument Point. California reporters say the Central Pacific is blocked by snow and construction nearly suspended. Government inspectors deem the Central Pacific inferior to the Union Pacific in build and equipment.
Royal Commissioners recommend a law treating naturalization abroad as alienation from allegiance and propose lifting aliens' disabilities to own land. In Cape Town advices a vast area in southern Africa, 400 miles long and 15 to 150 miles wide, has been burned with heavy property damage and several native deaths.
The steamer Tuscarora inquired into the Eder outrage and the U S minister expects ample satisfaction. The Colombian Senate committee rejected the June 14 treaty with the United States for the Isthmus canal. A Valparaiso fire destroyed property valued around a quarter million. Yellow fever raged on the Peruvian south coast and Paymaster Cushing died aboard the Tuscarora.
In La Crosse last night the De Soto House burned to the ground and nearby barn and out-house structures were destroyed by fire. Diabolical activity noted as incendiaries at work with unconfirmed details. In Chicago a man was garrotted and robbed near Lasalle and Jackson streets, close to a public area.
New Year, April 1. Trains on the Hudson River railroad run regularly today. Judge Sutherland of the Supreme Court granted a stay of proceedings and granted relief in the case of John Real, recently convicted of murdering Policeman Smedick, who was to be executed tomorrow. Also, the Union Pacific Railroad sued James Fisk Jr. in the U.S. Circuit Court for trespass.
Casualties mount as a large two story wagon and carriage factory at 386 West Randolph Street in Chicago burns completely. Three buildings are destroyed or damaged, with losses around 8 000 dollars including stock and building. Other fires reported in Sauk Rapids and Gare Bay with significant damage and several injuries.
New York markets show stock fluctuations with major declines due to money stringency. Prices opened mixed then fell. bonds and commodities also reported mixed results. Dry goods and flour markets remained volatile with notable losses in some firms. Chicago and St Louis grain and live stock markets mix. notable activity in pork, lard, bacon, and wheat futures.
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