Railroad subscription debate stirs Liberty Illinois voters
A letter from A H D Buttz asks Liberty and Quincy voters in Adams County to subscribe 400000 for railroad construction. The paper explains the debt would be a county and city obligation, taxed like others, with potential self sustaining revenue from increased value and railroad-generated funds to extinguish costs. It argues benefits to the wider county and future improvements justify the plan and counters opposition.
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Liberty
Adams County
Ill
Quxcy Wire
City of
Quincey
A. H. D Buttz
Buttz
Rothschilds propose four per cent loan to U.S. government
The Rothschilds through agent Friguet offer to loan the government any amount at four percent interest, signaling strong international confidence in the administration. The note links this to Belmont and Democratic National Committee leadership and contrasts with Pendleton and Johnson's era, implying faith tied to party stance on repudiation.
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Rothschilds
Friguet
Belmont
Democratic National Committee
Republican Party
Pendleton
Johnson
Our Shipping Interest Declines Amid War Aftermath
A Congressional committee holds sessions in New York with Boards of Trade and commercial men to reverse the downward trend in shipping. The editor warns that as American shipbuilding lags, English shipbuilding surges, risking foreign control of much domestic and international trade.
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New York
Ex Presidents Stir Controversy at Louisville Convention
A critical piece mocks former presidents including Fillmore who linger at the Louisville Convention. It claims Fillmore, dead twenty years, blames the Fugitive Slave Bill for his demise and urges him to return to his grave, ending with a sharp farewell to another ex-president.
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Fillmore
Louisville
Third annual Christian Convention of Illinois at Jacksonville
The third annual Christian Convention of Illinois will be held in Jacksonville on November 2 3 and 4. All Evangelical Churches are urged to send their pastor and two laymen or more if they choose. Delegates planning to attend should notify Charles McDonald of Jacksonville as early as possible.
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Illinois
Jacksonville
Charles McDonald
Why Pendleton Draws Radical Fire in Democratic Press
The critique brands Pendleton as the nation’s most dangerous man, wealthy and cunning, a professed Democrat with no Democratic feeling, embodying aristocratic ideas tied to slavery and rebellion. The Cincinnati Chronicle is cited contrasting support for war-time paper money with opposition to irredeemable debt.
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Pendleton
Cincinnati Chronicle
Congress
Suffrage clash at St Louis convention with Miss Anthony and Mrs Livermore
At the late Woman's Suffrage Convention in St Louis a lively clash erupted between Miss Anthony and Mrs Livermore to the amusement of onlookers. Mrs Livermore declared she would have the last word and that the work would be finished, while Miss Anthony attacked the Republican Party for desecrating the Federal Constitution by inserting the word male.
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St. Louis
Miss Anthony
Livermore
Anthony
Republican Party
Susan
Expatriation Debate in England Reaching International Stage
A British commission advocates recognizing voluntary expatriation as an international principle. The Lord Chief Justice argues that individuals should freely denationalize and become citizens of any country they reside in, contending there is no legal basis for claiming British subject status for descendants born abroad.
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England
Democracy’s shameless disregard of law in Washington Territory
The passage condemns Democratic members of the Washington Territory Legislature for deserting their posts to deny a quorum. It accuses the party of secessionist tactics, aiming to block the election of Territorial officers by the Republican majority. The piece likens their opportunistic shifts to a chameleon and warns against their lawless behavior.
Life of Daniel Webster volume to be published by Appletons
The first volume of Mr. George Ticknor Curtis's Life of Daniel Webster will be issued by Appletons this month. Webster by will named Edward Everett George Ticknor C F Felton and Curtis as executors. After two deaths and Ticknor's age the task rests with Curtis. the work will span several volumes.
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George Ticknor Curtis
Daniel Webster
Appletons
Mr. Webster
Edward, Everett
George Ticknor
C. ©. Felton
Mr. Curtis
Ticknor
Cabinet Quality Compared to Pierce Era
Journal observers compare the late President Pierce cabinet with that of General Harrison, noting the Harrison group including Webster Ewing Crittenden Bell Badger Granger Monroe and Lincoln as highly able and long associated with governance.
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Pierce
Genj Harrison
Webster
Ewing
Crittenden
Bell
Badger
Granger
Monroe
Lincoln
Ohio Democrat President’s claim on 1865 Congress expenses
The Hon. Mr. Van Tromp, a Democratic member from Ohio, says the 1865 Republican Congress spent far more than the Democratic Congress of 1856 on items like soap brushes and combs. He questions whether the 1856 Congress even used such items.
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van Tromp
Ohio
Senate to debate ratification extension for St Thomas purchase
The State Department has obtained a Danish extension on the ratification time for the St Thomas purchase. The matter is expected to be raised in the upcoming winter Senate session. Administration reportedly favors fulfilling the treaty.
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State Department
Denmark
Senate
Belknap portrayed as partisan. writer defends general
A Des Moines commentary brands General Belknap as politically unsound, but the author calls the charge a fabrication. Belknap is described as not active in party politics, yet a capable Republican and proficient official.
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Des Moines
Belknap
Trial Echoes Over Leach Murder in Adams County
Public interest in the Byron and Montgomery Leach murder trial remains high as prosecutor W. G. Ewing delivers a forceful argument. He accuses the defense of maneuvers, defends the record, and pleads jury duty to find both Leachs guilty or not guilty under the law. The case centers on Andrew Price’s death, witnessed in the churchyard and church, with mobbed testimony about malice and premeditation.
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Leach
Ewing
We. G. Ewing
Henry Head
John Smith
Michael Piggott
Thomas BE. Durant
W. R. Lockwood
Byron
Montgomery Lanch
Ioan
W. G. Ewing
Quiscy, NL
15Th Judicial Circuit
Byron Leach
Montgomery Leach
Andrew Price
Adams Circuit Court
Wheat
Bushnell
Barker
Mitchell
Cain
Abel
Earth
Murther
God
Steel
Jesus
Christ
David
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Paul
Agrippa
Andrew
Price
Montgomery
Washington Enlow
Gum
Wash Enlow
Charles
Wick
Charles Price
Henry Hunsacker
Robert Hunsacker
George Potter
Daniel Hunsacker
Wieck
Wes
Henry Hunsaker
George Hungaker
Guim
Enlow
God Almighty
Alworthy Leach
McC
Jacob Rhodes
Tay Leach
Gunn
Viola Kimmons
Daniel Hunsaker
Philander Turner
Washington’ Enlow
Alferetta
Alworthy
Deach
Montgomery ‘Leach
Taylor Leach
Albert Leach
Albert
Mr. Wheat
Enlon
Enron
Scotland
Macbeth
Duncan
Lady Macbeth
Honora
Powie
Robert Hunsaker
Gumn
Wickliff
Curtis
Kendall
Pool
Peter
Jonah
Andrew’ Price
Dr. Morris
Wickliffe
Zenias Winger
Price Boys
Daniel Hunacker
Zenias Winger, Jr
Washington Seniow
el Montgomery
Byron Leache
Newtown
Winger
Jesson
Luther Roe
Yron
Julius Caesar
Senate
Great Caesar
Brutus
America
Sinai
Hell
Jesus Christ
Mark Antony
Zais
Heaven
Speech to jury on murder verdict by a weary advocate
A courtroom speech pleads for a verdict grounded in open justice. The speaker laments human frailty and urges jurors to resist bias, urging them to deliver a verdict that will not provoke public outrage or condemnation of the judicial process.
Illinois Items from La Salle and Beyond in Brief
In La Salle the zinc industry employs over 800 hands with 100 tons of coal daily and 50 tons of ore processed. The Moline horse railroad shows strong receipts now averaging 1900 dollars per month. St Clair County Court orders an election November 3 on 100000 dollar capital stock for the St Louis and Southeastern railroad. A Turner Junction clergyman Isaac B Smith faces trial for drowning his wife in shallow water last June. Andy Scholes of Chillicothe shoots a nine foot pelican. Rumor places George Bangs as General Supervisor of the Railway Post Office System in Washington.
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la Salle
Moline Horse Railroad
St. Clair
Isaac B. Smith
Turner Junction
Chicago
Andy Scholes
Chillicothe
Bangs
B Railway
Washington
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Charles J. Tenhaeff
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Charles Petri
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Mckee
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Concord
QO. U. Skinner
Jas. M. Bisner
Quincy, Alton & St. Louis Railway
Quincy & Warsaw Railroad Company
Tromas T. Woodruff
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