22 Jan 1870
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1870
Page
1
The Judiciary Committees demand a seven member Supreme Court elected for fourteen years with limb term draws and appointments for vacancies. They argue salaries must attract top talent, warn that low pay weakens the bench, and urge constitutional liberalization to ensure a strong, consistent judiciary.
A quirky assortment of puns, riddles, and clipped conversations from a historic page. Includes word games like Sea pests and A nat ural, stray dialogues about circuses and grandfathers, and brief jokes about prayers, bottles and marbles.
A jumble of circa 1870s notes mentions a mythical wake sequence and a Washington publication, then shifts to diverse items: Prince Arthur to visit President Grant, Rome bishops paid by the Pope, Tom Thumb suing Adams Express for lost photographs, Indiana governor Parker on divorce reform, cattle sale near Belldere to Chicago, church silver vessels from 1730, a bracelet wedding novelty, a drowning incident near Hannibal Missouri, a Wyoming House point of order, Walter Brown’s boating victory, Samuel Bowne’s massive estate liquidation, and trust mismanagement involving Elizabeth Rodman and Gen Duryea with Cousin Buryea.
A Chicago legislator proposes constitutional limits on state and local debt. The plan would cap state indebtedness at one million dollars in peace time and restrict annual appropriations to estimated receipts. Local bodies would be limited to five percent of taxable property value. The current state debt totals around 38 million with additional local obligations, prompting broad discussion.
A lengthy discussion argues for precise restrictive measures on public subscriptions to local enterprises to curb reckless rivalries that siphon funds from solvent communities. It emphasizes honoring existing commitments, weighing new proposals, and seeking gradual banking contraction without harming legitimate ventures.
The Georgia Legislature opened amid excitement with echoes of Robert Toomby in Congress. Two Representatives and one Senator had seats crepe trimmed after assassinations. Pistol brandishing and riotous chaos erupted over the oath vote until the chairman, threatening military aid, restored order.
Mr Morrttta argues Congress should meet January first instead of December. He says December wastes time and holiday breaks paralyze legislation, noting many states already start after New Year. Congress should follow suit to improve actual business and avoid holiday disruption.
The discussion suggests the Democracy favored quashing the minor opposition and doubts a Convention can overrule last winter’s legislative action on the Fifteenth Amendment. The piece questions how supporters of the resolution can claim Convention jurisdiction over this issue while previously arguing it over others.
The Ecumenical Council opened with trumpets, yet reports claim it will not adopt papal infallibility. Even within Rome, modern ideas push back as rumors say the Pope may issue the dogma independently of the council.
New York Governor Hoffman faces mockery from English papers over his budget ideas. Critics claim his message borrows heavily from Senator Morton of Indiana and warn that Republican heresies become Democrat doctrine when echoed in power.
The Freeman's Journal endorses Mungen, describing the Ohio Repudiator's speech as a grand forecast of coming events. The piece labels it a folly and notes the endorsement is flat, while remarking that Democrats are said not to favor repudiation.
A critique argues the Democratic majority contemplates abolishing the common school system in New York. The author asserts this would reveal the party’s prejudices and urge public awakening to such tendencies.
The governor’s clemency in commuting Welch’s murder sentence drew unfair press critique. Had Palmer granted a full pardon or lighter penalty, critics might have had grounds, yet strong community sentiment against the death penalty and influential counsel swayed his action. The executive’s pardoning discretion is delicate, and it is better to err on mercy than in harsher outcome.
The text argues against abolishing the grand jury system and suggests deferring to the federal constitutional requirement that no person be charged with a capital or infamous crime without presentment or indictment by a grand jury. It reflects a stance on preserving the grand jury as a safeguard in criminal prosecutions.
The Cuban revolutionists concede near suppression of their movement yet contend a guerrilla campaign on the island can endure and eventually achieve their aims. History suggests there is plausible probability in their assertion for those familiar with Cuba and other former Spanish dependencies.
The paper, once among Cuba reform advocates, accuses the Administration of timidity and venality and declares that Cuban insurgents have proven feeble and inefficient, bungling and failing despite substantial aid.
Senator Ross of Kansas asks for prosecution of several newspapers for slander tied to comments on his vote and motions during the impeachment trial. He cites damage to his character though an exact estimate of the injury is not yet provided.
A traveler in Texas meets a wagoner who carves out four oxen with playful religious names. He explains Presbyteri an is steady and reliable, Baptist drinks water, Episcopalian holds his head high and resists tight yokes, and Methodist puffs and bells but seldom pulls without constant urging.
Olive Logan describes methods used to trap monkeys by luring them with fermented beer in Darfour and Sahaar forests. Monkeys become intoxicated, then are led away by natives in a staggered line and finally caged in villages after a controlled withdrawal of liquor.
An Auburn businessman in Chicago, fatigued after work, heard a voice in his room say his mother had died that day. The next morning a telegram confirmed the unseen informant’s claim, revealing no prior warning of her illness or death.
A harsh year left sixteen vessels sunk and twenty three damaged, with seven fishermen missing. Over forty years the fleet’s disasters total $883000 in losses and nine hundred eighteen lives have been lost in prior years.
Springfield correspondent recalls a Democratic National Convention scene with Judge Browning in vintage attire mimicking old Jeffersonian style. The piece depicts elites like Jim and Josh Allen and Judge Skinner confronting modern democracy while predicting a caucus to accept universal suffrage and the Fifteenth Amendment amid party tension.
An American correspondent sketches Empress Eugenie aboard the Imperial yatcht at the Suez crowning. He praises her regal presence and graceful figure while critiquing facial features and the dress that reveals too much, noting the striking bust and rhythmic lines of her form.
A Humboldt Wells correspondent notes circular springs in the valleys provide abundant pure water. Some springs are over a hundred feet deep with no bottom found. Stations on the railroad line stop to take on water, preferring tanks for storage.
A colored man named Schuyler Hooper, aiding in bailing the wrecked steamer Lucille, boarded a surf boat that broke free and drifted to sea. After about three hundred miles at the mercy of winds and waves, the boat ran ashore on Cape Lookout beach where he was found exhausted and later taken to Beaufort alive.
A fragment discusses trichina in pork with microscopic detail and reports several winter deaths. It then shifts to a January Galaxy portrayal of A. T. Stewart's daily routine at his retail house, noting punctual morning visits, personal supervision, rapid price reductions to避免 dead stock, and his calm handling of customers while assessing sales and stock.
The editorial urges rain and policy stability to boost productive agriculture and industry, predicting no crisis and possible specie payments by 1871. It notes gold prices falling and paper currency gaining power, advising optimism as the economy stabilizes under prudent government. Dr Choate reports women show higher insanity rates, attributed to moral influences and healthcare limits.
The Savannah Republican notes it is natural for Southern asylums to fill after a desperate war. The piece argues years of conflict and upheaval altered habits and living, making widespread crazing unsurprising while some retain their original traits or could benefit from a retreat.
The Missouri year reports sixty five failures. Andrew Schlaeger escaped Ste Genevieve jail. Marion Biggs now serves in California Legislature. About 40 000 hogs slain in Alexandria Clark county. In 1869 Missouri built over 360 miles of railroad. James Simpson reports two valued horses stolen near Halem Clay county. Gallatin murderers offer 3000 reward, suspected as Jesse and Frank James. Swedes in Kansas City plan a church for their language. Ste Genevieve paper shows German majority content. Coal vein found near Platte river 18 inches, near Rochester and Savannah in Andrew county, claimed superior to peers.
Debates and reports cover a wide array of topics from Indiana politics and university leadership shifts to national reformist efforts and transatlantic cultural notes. Notable items include Utah statehood efforts, a Connecticut Democratic convention in New Haven, the Marseillaise restoration for French military bands, and Olive Logan’s lecture tour in Indianapolis. Several legal and civic matters are noted, such as the dissolution of the Woman's Rights Association of Indiana, a monument plan for ex Secretary Stanton in Steubenville, and judicial findings on Alabama judgments from 1868 to 1865. Also mentioned are maritime and travel items including a steam yacht charter for patients in Florida, the John Bertram voyage with deaths and births, and Captain Raymond’s Yukon river description. Additional snippets touch on crime, smuggling schemes, and police activity in Boston and Maine.
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