09 Oct 1869
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1869
Page
1
Poem fragment reflects a dying year turning mild as autumn hazy weather brings the speaker a reconciled heart. The speaker wanders with life as a friend, recalling peaceful days that slip like water and seek brighter, tender lights beyond the fleeting day.
A frontier farmer’s wife endures a day of chores while feeding workers and children. She reflects on the rustic routine, the praise from her husband, and the family’s hopes as Tom Wood leaves with a hinted escape, leaving the maidens to wonder about marriage.
A collage of pithy proverbs and humorous quips on health, conduct, and everyday folly. It riffs on misers, politicians, misdeeds, and social norms, weaving jokes about hypocrisy, debt, farming, prejudice, and human foibles with quick punchlines and clever wordplay. The piece cites familiar figures and everyday scenes to lampoon behavior and fate.
An op ed critique attacks the New York Democrats as fixed in old errors. It labels them anti reform, opposing credit, the Fifteenth Amendment, new state constitutions, and Grant, while praising economy and the current administration's cost cuts across departments.
The Herald argues Illinois became Republican because Democrats moved away from voting Democratic. The piece notes readers are misinformed about radical influence and concludes that fewer Democrats in Illinois reflect a shift in Democratic votes rather than a drop in Democratic support. The commentary endorses the Herald’s reasoning.
A historical piece discusses Hon M. T. Hunter's view that Chinese immigrants may aid cotton, rice and sugar states but not Virginia or Kentucky. It warns that Chinese newcomers may imitate Irish and German laborers, potentially buying farms and challenging southern landowners who once employed them. The article recalls Kentucky’s post civil war efforts to import European workers and warns of social shifts between laborers and employers.
A fragment contrasts two classes in a community: one to labor and continue, the other to live on that labor, and slavery that can never be restored.
The Suez Canal, near completion, will not open on November 17 but will likely open for trade within ten years from 1854 project start. Completion and filling delays due to Bitter Lakes feedwater needs push the date to December. The canal spans ninety miles, depths and widths detailed, with costs around 85 million dollars. Travel time Europe to East Indies will drop by about one third. A notable finding shows plantings along the line have increased rainfall, hinting at desert revival and soil fertilization.
The article notes that Massachusetts five per cent state bonds, before Grant’s election, sold better abroad than U.S. six per cent bonds. Financial experts attribute it to belief the Bay State would not repudiate debt, contrasting with Democratic concerns in other states.
The Hyacinth case will be referred to the Ecumenical Council where learned prelates will judge the right of individuals to religious independence. The contention challenges Romish dogma and may gain sympathy among thoughtful divines, risking unexpected influences on liberal Christian prospects.
The 1869 total rail road property value excluding the Central railroad is 15,847,726. Personal property in the state totals 124,888,283. The table lists property classes with assessed values including neat cattle mules sheep hogs carriages clocks pianos and overall totals for the year.
Travel on Michigan Southern and Lake Shore lines proves rapid as officials return from the West. Reports indicate a proposed change in consolidation terms between Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and Toledo Wabash and Western railroads. The Southern would enter at par, Wabash at 75, with cash dividends of 4 percent on both from January 1, next. first Wabash dividend not before July 1, 1870. Under the plan there would be no scrip dividends for Michigan Southern.
Governor Palmers has settled a long standing issue by ruling that a Notary Public whose commission expires after the four year term cannot hold over. His acts after expiration are illegal and the securities on the Notary’s bond may be held responsible for those post term acts.
Active efforts push for the 1870 international exposition in Washington. The Russian Ambassador pledged government support, noting the longstanding warm and undisturbed relations between Russia and the United States. It is believed the project will likely succeed.
The Democratic press defends Secretary Boutwell's gold actions as necessary to curb gold speculation and stabilize credit. A report on the McPherson Monument design, a 20 foot equestrian statue by T. D. Jones, describes the bronze figures, inscriptions, and the site near McPherson’s farm with Miss Hoffman’s heartbreak noted.
The last session on September 20 in San Francisco reported 301,600 contributing members under its jurisdiction with Pennsylvania at 78,000 and Ohio at 82,000. From 1834 to 1869, 660,842 members were initiated. revenue totaled 38,552,824. 526,695 members aided and 62,503 widowed families aided, 14,189,402 paid in relief. Global membership exceeds 1,000,000 with over 600,000 in Great Britain.
Editorial note lauds George Wm Curtis for refusing the Republican nomination. Claims his vacancy in the editorial field would be hard to fill and praises Harper's Weekly as a leading, influential publication with broad circulation.
A bristling jab at the Chicago Republican and the State Register. The writer dismisses the Register’s suffrage position as senseless gabble and mocks its fixation on a rumored issue.
Louisiana Senator Kellogg rejects accusations of fraud at the New Orleans Custom House during his tenure as Collector. He brands the charges as bold and flagrant fabrications and cites an upcoming investigation to prove the truth.
The church vote shows more than four to one in favor of lay delegation with 1,636 for and 402 against as Conferences report action. It requires a two thirds majority to pass, and the current trend suggests success.
An official tally shows Illinois cultivating 9,407,488 acres split into Wheat 2,506,199 Corn 5,106,678 and other field crops 1,794,611 with about 25,000,000 acres awaiting development. The Tax Herald omits recent debt figures. September's debt stands at 2,468,195,072.11 with a monthly decrease of 7,467,429.89 and total decline since March 1, 1869 of 36,953,187.90, a troubling note for Democratic readers.
Under Rome, excavations directed by the Pope reveal a buried Roman tomb of Virgilius Euryaces and wife with portrait reliefs, plus vast marble stock at the Emporium wharf area. Discoveries include a $400,000 value rose alabaster block, giallo antico pieces, and thirteen pieces of myrrhae treasured by Romans.
A Republican report details Billy Mack, once unnamed as a saloon keeper, now charged as the ringleader in a boy thief ring. Police arrested Mack and three pupils including a boy named Happy Jack, Frenchy, and another, after information led Constable John Orchard to a wooden lodging near the Union Pacific freight depot. Bail was set at 3500, with examination postponed due to the District Attorney’s absence.
A reformer argues in a Pall Mall Gazette piece that pen and ink are antiquated, lamenting ink spills, blotting, and slow writing. He urges a new device replacing traditional tools to improve writing efficiency and reduce nuisance.
The New York Times reports a lively but serious scene as gold speculation causes a heavy rise and corner in gold, disrupting operations at the Produce Exchange and foreign exchange markets. Bulls and bears clash amid a disrupted normal trading environment.
A New York Sun correspondent recounts a lively tale of John Quincy Adams in his presidency. He freely swam with Boys in the Potomac near Long Bridge, dodging river boatmen and even a thrown missile. After a skiff incident with his Swiss valet, Adams returned home naked, later buying a gold watch for his attendant to replace the lost one.
The writer unable to attend the Humboldt centennial birth celebration sent a tribute praising Alexander von Humboldt. He lauds Humboldt for uniting science civilization and human progress, notes his symmetry of mind, universal curiosity, and humanity, and condemns slavery and intolerance.
A letter from Joan G Whittier extols generosity and support for freedom in the United States and urges honoring noble aims. It calls for unity between nations, praising Teutonic genius and culture as a basis for closer brotherhood between countries.
Early in summer three white male skeletons were unearthed beneath a Parkville house after a boy hidden an ax under a wall rock. A later find revealed a note by John Brine of California Missouri claiming murder and warning pursuit of Dr M CorreR. The report links the case to 1857 border violence and possible Kansas troubles with speculation on the house's isolated 1857 setting.
Peter Cartwright, introduced amid applause, is lauded as the oldest active Methodist preacher and speaks of a long 65 year career. He recalls hardships from a pastor’s life, including poverty, travel by old horse, and a solitary path to faith, ending with a humble farewell and request for sympathy.
A Pennsylvan ia Central engineer on a Westbound run spotted an oncoming express at high speed with no engineer aboard. He hailed brakes, uncoupled cars, and jumped back as the engines neared. The collision was avoided as he flagged the Eastbound train to a stop just feet from wreckage. The company awarded him a $1000 check for the action.
An excerpt from Cassell's Magazine contrasts courage and dread among soldiers and leaders. It cites Cromwell suspected by assassination plots, and recounts Napoleon fearing for his life during the Fontainbleau to Elba journey, disguising himself and changing names to evade danger.
A newspaper summary notes a star fire of Tau Corons and the mutual recession of Sirius and our sun at 29.4 miles per second. It forecasts eventual loss of sight of Sirius as cosmic distances shift, while telescope power outpaces the human eye in observing the universe's farthest reaches.
Nasby claims the Pennsylvania Democracy for Governor candidate is a Copperhead during the war, pleasing war Democrats but alienating war Democrats otherwise essential. He notes the candidate has money and may fund the party to keep it alive until two electable men can be chosen.
The 1868 duties by principal import articles are listed with totals. Sugars led with 30,866,871 dollars, teas and coffee over 20 million, iron and steel above 10.5 million, and women and children’s dress goods at 10,650,901. Cotton manufactures exceeded seven million, flax and its manufactures 4,621,067, spirits and wines 6,309,523, molasses 4,402,624, loves 1,260,795, ribbons 2,463,265, coal 492,556 and salt 1,186,225.
After sinking a shaft 212 feet, the coal vein at Jacksonville proved only three feet thick instead of six. The enterprise is to be abandoned after thirty thousand dollars had been expended.
Fragmented OCR notes report varied items: plans by a Cleveland company to erect rolling mills at Decatur and nearby areas, a female seminary in Monticello, a nurse’s fatal fall incident in Bushnell, and state board of equalization meeting in Springfield. Also noted are Charters, rail partnerships, local taxes, a Cuban heiress rumor in Decatur, canceled excursions, and accidents including a carpenter killed in Chicago.
Fragmentary item noting Greeley's praise of a Chinese mission and a humorous aside about tea boxes. It then shifts to a series of historical asides including the Emperor of France coming of age, long-serving clerks in Washington, and a Springfield visit by Ex-Gov Matteson. Dickens quote and an Indian chief skeleton found in Peoria wrap the piece with local curiosities.
The New York Post notes Secretary Rawlins, weakened by consumption, showed great benefit from a raw beef diet. Physicians reportedly use finely chopped raw beef with salt, heated briefly, to aid digestion and nourish patients who reject other foods. Rationale cites strong nourishment and patient acceptance.
A Jackson, Michigan resident acquired a carriage linked to William Penn's family but defaulted on express charges after arrival with Michigan Central Railroad. The carrier seized the relic, now in possession of the railroad due to nonpayment.
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