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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1870
Page
1
Poetic reminiscence of skating through pleasure and peril on winter ice. A speaker recalls circling deep waters, enduring eddies, and racing onward with a winter night skate, seeking joy and freedom with a beloved girl.
A bustling mix of wits and wordplay. Jests circle temperance notes and puns with a laughing nod to New York and Shanghai. Figures like Livingstone appear as punchline anchors while everyday scenes spark witty exchanges between doctors lawyers and newsboys.
The Springfield convention discusses minority representation and Medill backed reforms. Critics warn the plan’s complexity could undermine accountability, favor minority power, and blur party responsibility, urging the majority to rule and be answerable for policy.
A congressional proposal by Representative Lawrence of Ohio would amend the Federal Constitution to elect Presidential Electors by Congressional Districts with two Senatorial Electors chosen on a single state ticket. It argues this would bring the election closer to the people, but faced doubts about passage and implications for state sovereignty.
An editorial notes the Cuban revolt is nearly suppressed and warns much of its vitality has been sensational. It argues U S aid was limited by law and honor and that radical actions have often been undertaken by Americans. The piece insists on humane limits and rejects barbaric acts in any settlement with Spain.
The annual State Treasurer report shows total treasury funds of 1,762,974.70 as of December 1, 1869. Bonded debt declined from 12,327,166.36 in 1861 to 5,124,995.64 by December 1869, with 3,149,638.41 maturing in 1870 and a planned extra two mill tax to fully retire remaining debt. Revenue from the two mill tax and Illinois Central funds is projected to nearly cover 1871 maturities, with specific receipts listed from Quincy, Warsaw, Hancock, and Brown counties.
The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune ranks Gen. Butler as the supreme Congressional debater. He is described as the incarnate leadership with a wintry grip and ruthless, incisive wit that cuts like sleet and blasts like a nor’easter, electrifying the chamber whenever he enters.
In a Wednesday session Mr Bayne offered a resolution proposing universal male suffrage, but Mr Tincher emerged as the leading advocate for women’s suffrage in Illinois. A clerkly exchange saw Mr Haines propose removing the word male, Bayne accepting and sending the measure to the Committee on Suffrage.
Galena city officials resigned and the full council was arrested after US court ordered them to levy and collect assessments. They were discharged on explanation but later ordered to appear again and be fined for contempt for inaction toward compliance with the mandamus.
W J Allen also known as Josh Allen chairs the Bill of Rights Committee. He voted to lay on the table resolutions by Chicago's Mr Anthony denying the right of secession. The text notes this as an indication of what may come next.
Obituary tribute to Brevet Major General Joseph A Mower of the 89th Infantry and 20th Corps The Vermont native's rise from private in the Mexican War to general officer is commemorated with praise for his leadership courage and unselfish character The note also previews Missouri Legislature actions on Fifteenth Amendment ratification constitutional revision franchise laws and political disabilities in the current session.
A Lafie Courier excerpt argues loyalty to Britain fades as border trade and sentiment shift toward the United States, with annexation talk rising. The piece notes commercial distance, interest divergence, and a shift to Substantive gains. Several notices follow: a Springfield suffrage committee plans to push ideas at the Constitutional Convention. The column also critiques Mrs. Stowe and reports on A J Davis Texas governor, Governor Ashley Montana, Lew Campbell Ohio, and Kirkpatrick Warren county.
General Salomon of Chicago becomes the first German appointed to govern a U S territory. Three namesakes share prominence. one served as Lieut Governor of Wisconsin, another led a Wisconsin regiment and is now county surveyor of St Louis County Missouri.
The Congressional Committee to investigate the gold speculation of last fall is lining up witnesses. Among those summoned is Mr. Corbin formerly of St Louis and his son-in-law R B Catherwood once a Quincy resident.
Col. James L. Lamb of Springfield leads a group against the Camden and Amboy railroad and wins in the New York Supreme Court. The suit sought about two million dollars with Lamb’s share around one hundred thousand dollars, a sizeable sum to begin the new year.
Authoritative denial given that no formal consultation has occurred on the Legal Tender cases and none will be held until both new judges are seated and the question is argued anew. The statement emphasizes that the issue remains unsettled pending court composition and proceedings.
The last Woman's Rights Convention was held in Concord New Hampshire and appears to be the first meeting ever hosted there.
A list of prominent individuals who died that year includes Edward Bates John Bell John M Batts James T Brady F S Cozzens (author) William Pitt Fessenden Benjamin Fitzpatrick Jas Guthrie James Harper Henry Keep Amos Kendall Dr Edson B Olds George Peabody Francis W Pickens Franklin Pierce Robert B Randolph Jno A Rawlins Henry J Raymond A D Richardson Joseph Ritner Lovell H Rousseau Jas Rush Sol Smith Edwin M Stanton Admiral Charles Stewart Fred A Tallmadge Isaac Touey Robi J Walker Charles A Wickliffe Henry A Wise General John E Wool.
The Cincinnati Chronicle criticizes journals that opposed the Secretary of the Treasury for discounting immature government obligations. It argues these papers fail to see why Bonatwell buys bonds at market value below par, using a gold standard, and notes their prior attacks on bond purchases before maturity. The piece suggests motives differ from those urging the pressure to be eased.
The Illinois Swine Breeders Association meets in Springfield for its first annual session. Seven women are candidates for Wyoming Congress delegates, while outside contenders have not yet appeared. The piece notes other political and historical quips from the era.
The Nation that pays 173 desrs. not even crushing the rebellion has impressed other nations by reducing the principal of our national debt. The Spectator notes that a long bond at a low rate would be polar in Europe and concludes Americans may rely on a debt repayment as a sign of financial strength. The piece warns against rushing tax cuts that could reduce prestige and advantage.
A Detroit Post piece debates a future device to photograph sound as waves and analyzes the plausibility of a sonograph. It imagines reporters recording every note in real time and explores social and gender implications, noting past labor values and wages.
A Yokohama dated letter recounts an onshore execution in Japan. Three condemned thieves were led to a three feet square earth hole, knees bent, heads over the hole, a sword severed their heads instantly, water washed the heads, and the trunks were beaten and exhibited for three days. Death is deemed instantaneous and painless in this account.
The article surveys remarkable echoes near Roseneath by Glasgow and in Bohemia. It notes Woodstock echo repeating seventeen times by day and twenty at night, a deep dell between Heidelberg mountains, and a Holy Mountain pistol report heard differently by bystanders. Bohemia’s circle of peaks yields seven syllables repeated three times with pristine clarity in a single spot.
Mrs. Hannah Whitbeck Schutt of Mount Washington Berkshire County died at the age of 107. Born in New York to Dutch parents she moved to Mount Washington in 1824 and lived there ever after. She was temperate industrious frugal and well loved by children.
The Springfield Journal notes the Board of Public Charities report to the Governor. Highlights include visits to 71 counties with many lacking jails or alms houses, 400 prisoners in 54 counties, 671 paupers in 60 counties, and 378 insane in alms houses. Causes include intemperance and ignorance, with 278 of 697 paupers able to read. The report urges uniform records and study of crime, pauperism, and disease. seeks to curb dependence growth in the Mississippi Valley and West.
A one and a half mile race at Shanghai for four cups presented by local merchants saw four oared crews from America England Scotland and Germany. The American boat led from the first bend to the finish, beating the English by two and a half boat lengths with Scotland and Germany third and fourth respectively.
The N. Y. Times recounts how Mr Stanton, described as God fearing and prayerful, once privately prayed during the war while in the War Office. Reverend Gray recalls an incident with Rev Fulton of Boston who asked to share a visit, and Stanton urged a private moment of prayer before permission to tell it after his death. Stanton wept during prayer.
A railway conductor offered a toast to the babies with blessings for their life and livelihood. He wished them a pleasant profitable route with straight tracks, safe fathers as conductors, faithful mothers as tenders, and never misplaced switches.
Dr Geo B Loring shocks Massachusetts by backing woman suffrage amid a tide of regional politics. The Ohio legislature elects a veteran, Robert C Schenck, as Father of the House while Democrats nominate a black state senate candidate in Champaign County. In Mississippi Gen Alcorn declines provisional governor duties before inauguration. Debate in Texas centers on sending a defeated candidate to the Senate, aligned with a minority representation plan.
Readers note a mix of opinions from New York merchants to Georgia and Ohio papers. Supporters favorJenck’s civil service measure while Ohio papers praise Mungen’s repudiation stance, arguing debt payment in legal tenders is unlikely and governments may need to remove burdens to survive.
An assortment of reports from Illinois towns notes measles cases in Galena, deadly Trichina in Boon and DeKalb, a lively divorce scene in Jacksonville, a slander suit against Journal with damages, and coal opened near Princeville. Other items include gas in Champaign Urbana, a fire at a Washington Tazewell brewery, and a Rock Island collector recovering most of $180 buried under a barrel.
The column notes better tobacco yields this year, a Christmas gift to Fulton asylum inmates, McGee College enrollment at 237, a $1000 damages suit from Lawrence Reed over a dog bite, a drowning near Ridgley after ice break, a 791 pound hog sale for $7940, two Illinois men drowning in Holt county, bed shortages in Moberly, a printer’s quip about local papers, the Southern Hotel in New York costing over two million and housing 2000 guests, and Seward planning a visit to Central America.
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