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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1870
Page
1
The St Louis Republican notes South Carolina rebels have accepted war results in good faith but blacks prefer northern advisers to former owners. It suggests hierarchical racial views persist, urging whites to stay home and work, and argues political equality would ease Republican complaints.
The ninth census shows the population likely under forty million, possibly as low as thirty-nine, signaling declines in several states due to war, emigration, reduced immigration, and shifts in representation. States losing seats include Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, and others, while Texas, Michigan, and Illinois gain seats. A sensational Washington claim links Chief Justice Chase to a Senate seat plot around Senator Yates.
The Quincy Herald denounces President Grant as audacious for claiming that free exercise of the elective franchise has been denied to citizens in exceptional cases in several recently rebellious states. It notes the world has moved since slavery’s end and the rebellion’s failure.
A letter from Cleveland, Ohio, published on the paper's second page, highlights tax incentives driving manufacturers to Quincy. It presents evidence that steps already taken are drawing attention to Quincy and its advantages as a manufacturing point beyond the city.
Gen. Ety 8. Parten, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, passed through Kansas City from Washington on Monday last en route for the Indian Nation to attend the council discussing the section izing of Indian lands with a view to individualizing their property therein.
Reports say the French suffered a defeat at Orleans causing great alarm at Tours where many residents and several newspapers have left. Telegraph lines were cut by the Prussians, leaving couriers as the only link for communication. Government Printing Department expenses at Washington for the past year totaled $1,609,960.
A Jacksonville incident at the Fair Grounds hosted by Morgan County Agricultural Society ends with a peaceful bear bout won by Bruin over a mastiff. Prof. Turner notes the scene as a satire on civilization and suggests forming a Peace Society led by the bar President, praising deacons for organizing the event. The piece lampoons local churches and institutions while endorsing restraint and lawfulness.
General Rosecrans, in an address to the Society of the Army of the Cumberland in Cleveland, offers a vivid description of the elements that constitute an army, outlining the qualities and composition necessary for effective military force.
A Quincy editorial argues the city must attract or create manufactories to sustain population growth beyond thirty thousand. It proposes partial tax relief for manufacturing to spur capital, enterprise, and a broader industrial base, comparing benefits to railroad town practices and urging consideration by city authorities. It links prosperity to joint capital, skill, and local policy.
Melancholy account from Belleville Ontario details the schooner Jessie driven ashore in a gale off Salmon Point. As dawn broke, eight sailors died in the wreck while boats and rescuers struggled against heavy waves. One strong swimmer vanished, swept away by current.
The Old Tontine Association loses its eighth shareholder John P DeWint of Fishkill. Formed 1790 to 1792 with 203 shares at $200 each, the fund’s rents were to pass to seven survivors when only seven shares remained. The seven survivors are Gouverneur Kemble Horatio Gates Stevens Robert Benson Daniel M Hoffman William Bayard Maria Bayard and Mary Ray.
A well known farmer’s wife from near Young America Iowa eloped with a younger neighborhood man. They left by horse to town, bought goods, then rode to Biggsville by train and have since disappeared. Relatives fear the family’s honor has been compromised and public interest grows.
A suit filed in the United States Circuit Court for this district seeks an injunction after argument, granted by Judge Treat under an agreement on which preferred stock was issued. Dividends are to be 7 percent to the preferred, with the remainder split, preferred and common alike. Preferred stock totals 5,044,466 dollars and common 4,119,700 dollars. Road earnings last year reached 3,240,254 dollars with expenses at 3,071,826.88 dollars. Neither class shows a strong position for holders, especially the common stock.
A lost traveler named Evarts wandered for days near California mountains and nearly starved. He imagined that his body parts and stomach formed a merry company while he begged them to eat. He ate raw fish and a snow bird, disliked grasshoppers, and dreamed of cooking lavish meals in his delirium.
The article warns that leprosy, once rare in the Sandwich Islands, is spreading with several hundred natives and some foreigners affected. It notes a past Hawaiian plan to isolate patients failed and says the English and American governments have been urged to intervene with their official requests.
Horace White could not back Farwell over a Cook County district fight, alleging poker play. He attacked Wentworth with High Jack as Farwell faced the deuce and a lively election day display. Horace doubts renewing the clash while Farwell is mocked and Charley retorts about bowing.
The Quincy Whig promotes its Republican journal as essential for business leaders. It ships daily to Macon Missouri at 1 p m, four hours ahead of other papers, delivering current news and market reports. The note references city calculations and world circulation estimates from the period.
The passage traces historical sums from 1st century to 1870, noting $425 million at the start of Christian era and arithmetic progressions through 1853. It claims the final total could form a cube 26 feet on each side, illustrating vast wealth growth.
The Secretary of the Navy notes expenditures fell by 1,000,000 during the year ending December 1, 1870, while warning forty ships are insufficient for global duties. He cites 140,000,000 square miles of navigable waters and a 7,000 mile coastline, urges increased Asiatic force, and highlights European and Asiatic pressures on American interests. He stresses the need for more ships to protect citizens abroad and enforce national rights.
Hon. Hiram Walbridge of New York died at the Astor House yesterday at 4 PM, aged 49. Born Feb 2, 1821 in Ithaca, he rose from a mechanic to Brigadier General, served in Congress 1853–55, led the Commercial Convention at Detroit 1865, and helped shape railroad settlement as Chief Commissioner in 1869. He founded H Walbridge & Co. and was a noted Republican and commerce advocate in New York.
A May 27 1861 Washington letter from President Lingpoln to the parents of Col Ebner E Aseworth honors the fallen youth. Lingpoln praises the young officer's military talent modesty and loyalty to his parents while offering condolences and friendship in a shared national sorrow.
The four states with over two million people are New York with 4,370,846. Pennsylvania 3,800,000. Ohio 2,652,302. and Illinois 2,550,216. Between 1860 and 1870 New York grew by 489,611. Pennsylvania by 883,885. Ohio by 312,791. Illinois by 828,265. Illinois leads in proportional rise, and Illinois is set to become the third largest state, potentially surpassing Ohio in the next decade.
A fragment tells of Robert Edwards in Chester New York inheriting vast property on Manhattan Island rented since 1771. An heiress demands five million dollars yearly rent and declares she will tally money constantly. A laborer quotes Stephen Girard’s quip that wealth grants only plain comfort.
The propeller Cuyahoga struck rocks near the Sault, sprang a leak, and pumps ran nonstop until reaching Lake Michigan when the leak ceased. Dry dock revealed a monster catfish blockage entirely stopping water intake.
Illinois items report Sangamon county taxes for 1870 totaling 483065.70 Morgan county levies 211972.24 A cholera like disease affecting animals in Schuyler County A soldiers monument 40 feet high planned for a Saline County site Widespread wheat in splendid condition Danville Commercial to be published daily Fatalities include Jersey County pioneer Richmond Henderson and Joliet resident Col William Smith Ill. Central Railroad land sales and railroad accidents referenced Brace for several court acts and criminal cases including a murder sentence and libel suit in Peoria
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