27 Nov 1869
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1869
Page
1
Fragmented verse laments a bleak November scene with repeated negations of light, time, and motion. The speaker contrasts a hopeful act of sowing kindness with a surreal dream of absence, listing loss of sun, moon, dawn, road, mail, news, and nature before naming November as a stark, still month.
A historical excerpt recalls a Thanksgiving hymn praising autumn lords and nature for rain frost and harvest. The text asks for peace binding the land after war and for unity and charity through shared gratitude with God. It emphasizes offerings, strength of faith, and hope for future generations.
A collection of quips, puns, and short sketches humorous in tone. It includes jokes about fools and bachelors, brisk exchanges about ships and ribbons, a wedding gift broom, and observations on human nature, faith, and manners. Notable lines reference a music seller overwhelmed by a shopper, a court examination, and a squire in Washington County, New York.
Reports that Alabama ratified the Fifteenth Amendment, bringing total ratifications to twenty two. Nebraska legislature called to act. New York Herald hints at possible New York withdrawal, but prior assent remains valid. Completion expected this winter with full incorporation into the Constitution.
The piece alleges that the Imperialist paper, labeled radical, was a Democratic masked battery funded by the party. It claims Democratic State committees paid into its treasury and that Democratic politicians made gifts, while a Tammany Ring subsidy was offered but not accepted. It asserts no Republican involvement in its creation or operation.
The article notes Mississippi and Texas voters go to the polls on the 8th to decide state constitutions and officers. It describes a warm canvass and suggests Alcorn, a radical Republican, is likely to win in Mississippi. Texas results are unsettled, but both states are expected to adopt constitutions and ratify the Fifteenth Amendment within state action.
The piece criticizes Governor Palmer for appointing a Black man, Jones, as notary public arguing Democrats historically restricted such offices to whites and whites with party ties. It contrasts Republican rule, claiming equal rights in office and patronage across both parties.
New York Democratic figure Dwicar Townsend dismissed Thomas C. Davis's insult as a challenge he will not accept. The exchange sparked debate over whether a New York politician can avoid being labeled a liar, with Townsend citing risks to his life and the reputational cost of killing a rival.
The Springfield Journal and the Chicago Tribune clash over editorial jabs, noting Journal attacks on the Tribune have drawn threats of Cook County delegation hostility. The piece laments the public quarrel among allies and hopes for a quick, amicable settlement.
A late affiliation shift in Chicago shows the Republican press leaning toward the Democracy. The Zridéune questions suffrage and echoes the Quincy Herald while the winners in this political move seek control. The Herald disavows any harmony with the Tribune.
The Herald claims Democrats and Conservatives won the state by a respectable margin but notes Democrats alone have not carried the state before. The text hints at a forthcoming union between factions to secure victory.
The passage argues that the Herald concedes to Conservatives by a respectable majority, suggesting that the respectable opposition remains among Conservative ranks. It frames the dispute as a clash within established political forces rather than a clear win for any outsider faction.
A New York constitutional proposal is criticized as poorly designed to win public approval and is rejected by about 50 000 votes. A Texas paper cites Hamilton Stuart as isolated by Virginia resolutions of 98. Washington-bound Congressman John B Hawley returns from California and prepares to depart again.
The Peoria transcript notes the Illinois Constitution clause bars Judges Bryan and Rice from another office during their term. The Quincy Herald argues the clause is unconstitutional and void, urging removal of the restriction to allow Bryan and Rice to join the Constitutional Convention.
At a late meeting the Army of the Tennessee urged General Sherman for Sheridan. A chorus of chants echoed “Snerke dan, Sheridan” as Little Phil hesitated then addressed the room, claiming he prefers action over speeches and joking about tearing up rails or burning haystacks if the foe advances.
The New York Tribune passes over to the IWorld a dish of cold victuals about Washington battling a conspiracy against the World. It notes Secretary Boutwell’s claims of seven and a half million debt reduction in the just closed month and fifty-seven million since Grant’s inauguration. It mocks Democratic defense and pines for more reductions, declaring Grant’s monthly eight million cut would yield huge savings and tax relief, while sighing over Wall Street’s tornado attribution. Fifty-seven millions in seven months! Too bad indeed.
Washington was a keen sportsman who rode to hounds and hosted a top hunting pack at Mount Vernon from 1759 to 1774. Blueskin was his favorite horse, and he led hunts where others dared not follow. His hunting fell into decline during the war but revived when Lafayette sent a French hound pack after 1783, and he later gave away his hounds when presiding over the Constitutional Convention.
The European correspondent notes a major flaw in funding debt at low interest as risks of repudiation loom due to the Democratic party and figures like Gen. Butler. He observes politics distort understanding of credit and mentions capitalists holding nonperforming Florida, Mississippi, and Western state bonds.
A Congress resolution aims to assure a credit for railroad bond sales. Officials foresee a favorable effect on financing as railroads seek to issue bonds, with emphasis on tax treatment and payment terms. The language suggests confidence in securing investors and stabilizing funds through the proposed measure.
A tribute recalls Stewart's seventy-one years of federal service and a life spanning revolutions, battles, and the dawn of the Republic. He met statesmen and world leaders, linking early American history to modern times as he dies aged ninety two.
At Cliff House beyond the bay on the Pacific, over a hundred sea lions play on rocks 500 feet offshore while other schools swim nearby. The king of the colony, a three thousand plus pound creature with one eye, roars and baths on the high rock. Protected by state law, they roam between colonies and occasionally clash fiercely, with four tusks like an Asiatic lion.
A Paris tale reports a detective hired to recover 500000 francs left to a poverty stricken heiress. After weeks without progress, he pleads for more time, then reveals he has married the heiress’s daughter. He asks the superior to return the fortune to his mother in law.
The New Hampshire Republicans showed political shrewdness by taxing United States bonds to preempt tax talk, only to have the Supreme Court declare the law unconstitutional. They also sent the state constable act to a public vote, which was decisively defeated.
A historical account of Illinois in the early 19th century detailing the anti slavery struggle to keep Illinois free. It covers the 1822 legislative move toward a constitutional convention, key figures like Shaw and Hanson, local newspapers, and leaders such as Samuel D. Lockwood, William H. Brown, and Dr. John M. Peck. The piece highlights the intense political fight, the pivotal 11 764 vote outcome against a Convention, and the preservation of Illinois as a free state.
A New York Tribune correspondent recounts a deadly volcanic valley in the Black Rock range of southern Utah. Carbonic acid gas fills the air, killing animals and men quickly as they study its toxic mist. The party names the site Valley of the Shadow of Death and marks it with a caution to enter.
The London Times criticizes Secretary Boutwell for insisting on paying the national debt in gold and argues that such rhetoric proves repudiation fears are strong. It stresses that honoring bargains is essential to credit and that debt terms relied on by creditors must be kept.
An Indian arrow-head embedded in a recently cut forest tree in Wisconsin shows ninety years since the shaft was shot. The article notes peat abundance in New England, a discovery of sixty thousand acres in New York, and a peat bed near Lake Michigan within fifteen miles of Chicago large enough to fuel the city for a thousand years.
Boutwell refutes reports that he sent an agent to Europe to arrange a four percent government loan. He says European capitalists offered to assume the entire national debt, but he prefers inaction until Congress acts.
Albany March 1 1811 Livingston replies to rail proposal noting doubts it would be superior to canals. He cites need for double tracks heavy walls iron cladding safety concerns slow four miles per hour, stopping difficulties and upkeep costs, predicting higher expense and less convenience than canals. He signs as R BR LIVINGSTON.
The piece criticizes the Times portrayal of O. H. Browning as lacking cross party support. It notes Illinois remains Republican by a 50 000 majority and that the constitutional convention will be led by a Republican. It urges rural Republican press to back the convention and to keep Brown ing Hayes and the Allens out of prominence.
The Louisville Bridge over the Ohio at Louisville Kentucky will be ready for trains by month end. It spans 5200 feet with twenty five piers and a 870 foot longest span. Total cost about 1.5 million dollars with masonry 476962 and iron superstructure 776000.
A Tribune editorial extols Vanderbilt by recounting a near disaster at sea. A steamer, blocked by twenty gale ships, faced wreck unless it could reach safety. Vanderbilt, a passenger, seized the wheel, ordered speed, navigated through the fleet, and steered the vessel to the dock, outlining a plan and estimating damages in the moments before decision.
Across Britain and America a string of storied horses sold for astonishing sums. Pipato's bay colt brought 75000, several two year olds hit 76000, Eclipse saw a 100000 offer rejected, and Lexington sold for around 15000 with his Kentucky half brother at 40000. Turf Field and Farm notes dramatic values and bidding history.
A Cincinnati Enquirer fragment lists years lived after leaving office for presidents. Entries include Washington eight, Adams twenty three, Jefferson seventeen, Madison nineteen, Monroe six, Quincy Adams nineteen, Jackson eight, Van Buren twenty five, Taylor died in office, Polk three months after term, Pierce twelve, Buchanan seven, Lincoln died in office.
A quoted remark casts a Democrat in New York as a repudiator, signaling intra party dispute and potential political fallout within the state.
In St Louis on Nov 19 a large new store under construction at Olive and Fifth collapsed. Twelve to fifteen workers buried. six rescued, one fatally, two severely injured, others lightly hurt. Rescue efforts continued through the night. cause under investigation amid safety concerns.
A partial quotation attributes European intellectual awakening to Italian models and to Garancee, citing Semitic learning and intelligence as aiding factors, attributed to Eugené Lancrence in Harper's Magazine.
The excerpt lists diverse items including Disraeli to winter in Italy, cholera marching west from India, potential divorces for five dollars from a colored justice in Florida, New York planning a 1,000,000 public market, Humboldt to fund a monument in Mexico City, Senator Beenie rumor of health recovery, Ward Lamon’s Lincoln recollections in press, Seward to build a California cedar library, Morton Peto’s railroading bid in Hungary, a large petition for female suffrage, Mississippi River erosion rate, Senator Sprague declining to buy the National Intelligencer, and the President appointing Judge James H Embry minister to Ecuador.
A compilation of political commentary discussing a Black member elected to the Massachusetts Legislature, nineteen contested congressional elections, Miss Anthony’s claimed support among Congress members, Mississippi’s racial registration split, Tennessee’s resistance to ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment and Andrew Johnson, anticipated financial measures in the next Congress, census-based reapportionment changes, Chief Justice Chase as a presidential prospect, Tennessee's constitutional convention vows, and a New York Democratic party critique.
Illinois notes report peanut growing success at Gen 3 0 and canal navigation closed last Monday. Fires rage woods above Cairo for days while Chicago district pays 674000 in revenue tax in October. Jail inmates at Belvidere mostly escaped last week Monday. Bloomington’s J L Wolcott sold over 4000 pounds honey from his apiary this year. Knox county’s Yates City hotel Putnam’s destroyed by fire Sunday. Reverend W H Collins, a pioneer southern Illinois preacher, died at Centralia on the 10th. Reverend Isaac B Smith acquitted of murdering his wife by drowning at Geneva. Boone county resident Thomas Gough claims thirty pounds oats from one pound seed. Peoria county treasurer J A Shaves named a defaulter for 30000 from speculative losses. James Smith of Clayton sold eight pigs to Farlow Bros weighing 2870 pounds. A girl Sophy Bushnell attempted suicide in Peoria but was resensitized and says she will try again. A diabolical arson attempt aimed at Kankakee city Friday night. three fires set but thwarted. Heirs of slain Gen McConnell plan to reclaim the public square in Jacksonville once courthouse moved, ground to revert if county stops using it for county purposes.
The Jews emerged as a vital, industrious class across Europe and the Mediterranean, enduring persecutions yet building wealth and learning. They spread from Syria to Spain and Germany, serving as lenders and traders while preserving culture, wit nessing brutal racking and contempt, yet shaping medieval commerce and enterprise.
The Boston Post questions Count D'Ew's Paraguay victory claim as a retreat cover. It warns Lopez still fights from the mountains and notes Brazil's lack of progress. It emphasizes that financial issues may end the war, with potential absorption of Uruguay and allies if bold moves occur.
An elderly man recalls almost owning a river and a friend asks how close. He jokes about a back crick interrupting his grand plan, sparking a brief, humorous exchange in a local chatty scene.
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