18 Mar 1869
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1869
Page
1
An advertisement lists pricing for advertising in the COTST RG Room with rates for six months at 500 per month, annual prepayment options, and discounts for multiple copies. It references 425 Hampshire Street near Nera Side Square and notes extra copies with twenty-name lists.
The Spanish Constituent Cortes held a lively Monday debate on permitting civil marriages amid anti conscription protests. Other items cover U S and international political moves, including New York approving a constitutional amendment, and various federal military reassignments.
General Sherman issues orders reorganizing military divisions and departments. Sheridan moves to Missouri Division, Halleck to the South Division, Thomas to Pacific, Schofield to Missouri Department, and Illinois Fort Smith transferred. Howard to Louisiana Department. Mower commands Washington until arrival. Washington Department merged into East. First Military District joins Atlantic. Cumberland Department to be discontinued and absorbed into the South. Records to Adjutant General.
A compact digest from Washington and Atlanta notes Senate debate on the Tenure-of-Office Law, Georgia House ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment amid bitter factional clashes, and a related Georgia Senate move to indefinitely postpone yields a tie resolved by the presiding officer. Additional items report ship fever in New York, Ku Klux incidents in Georgia, a near St Louis counterfeit bust, a deadly Mexican thunderstorm in a church raid, and Texas political shifts toward Hamilton amid Helena plots and lethal violence in Arkansas.
New York reports two more deaths aboard the fever ship James Foster Jr at the Seamen's Retreat. Miss Van Lew, famed Union spy, is slated for Richmond postmistress, and Commander Givens to command the Gandost Cyane in San Francisco. St Patrick's Day celebrations rise in Irish New York with large processions and renewed order. The Bosworth from Java arrived after jungle hardships, with six crew lost at sea and hospital deaths at the Cape. The Fifteenth Amendment passed the Assembly 72 to 47 in Albany.
The 41st Congress in session discusses extending the Freedmen's Bureau provisions to 1871, repealing the Tenure of Office Act, and presidential removal powers during recess. Senate and House debates cover Georgia seating, Virginia Texas provisional governments, and related nominations.
Washington dispatch reports Cabinet agrees on several nominations but the President will not push further picks until the Tenure of Office Act issue is resolved by the Senate. Hotels and trains bustle with office seekers as credentials for Senor Garcia received and Eben Bassett seeks Hayt post with notable endorsements.
Berlin reports a bill passing Parliament securing freedom of speech in all German Diets as Spain faces succession talks and debates over civil liberties. In Madrid a motion to legalize civil marriages sparks ruinous disputes over conscription while mobs clash elsewhere over compulsory service. Oxford defeats Cambridge in the annual boat race by four lengths. Large protests in Ireland urge the Queen against disestablishment with petitions from Dublin and Belfast.
Telegrams from Mexico report a Zacatecas church struck by lightning on the 6th, destroying the building and burying about one hundred people. Other items note rebel Negrero missing since his last battle, duels, assassinations, and political shifts including governors and a minister appointment.
Three miles from Bennett's station a Ku Klux band prowled until daybreak on Sunday night, beating eleven freedmen, fracturing one arm, and fatally shooting another. They severely whipped a sixteen year old mulatto girl and, while she lay insensible, four assailants raped her.
St Louis reports a counterfeiters den four miles from the city was discovered yesterday. Authorities seized treasury warrants, fifty cent fractional currency, tools, presses, and related items. Separately Chicago dispatches note St Patrick's Day widely celebrated with many civic societies and Fenian groups parading.
West Indies dispatches report several young men arrested in Porto Rico for expressing favorable sentiments toward the Cuban Revolution. The notices note garrisons are being changed amid widespread dissatisfaction and excitement.
Gen William Barstow formerly on Gen Dix staff died in New York on March 16 after an illness. He served with distinction during the Civil War and was connected with the Dix era in New York. His death marks a notable loss to the state’s military memory and veteran circles.
The report notes demand for money with liberal offerings and 6 percent loans. government bonds opened heavy then firmed after news of executive signing. Bank, rail, and express stocks show varied activity. weekly livestock reviews cite steady to firm cattle and sheep markets with weather affecting demand. Chicago and St Louis grain and provsion markets show firm wheat, corn firmer, and pork and lard prices up.
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