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Quincy Whig

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Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1869

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She Weekly his REPUBLICAN

The She Weekly newspaper published each morning except Sunday by the Quaer Wasa Company for circulation by carriers newsmen and mails. The Verety edition goes to press every Thursday to reach subscribers on Saturday. Subscriptions and advertising terms are listed with rates and ordering details.

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Poem Fragments of Love and Faith Across Time

A fragmented lyric exchanges tender farewells and hopeful reminiscence. It contemplates parting and enduring love from June to life’s December, then shifts to a visionary scene of ascent, gratitude, and worship, ending with a reverent note to the divine and a familiar face in heavenly vision.

Stelf

All illusion The bridal veil and merry quips compiled

A garbled miscellany of jokes and quips about marriage, examinations, births, and family life. The collection includes banter on love and law, a Maine tombstone inscription, a pensioner’s humor, a surveyors’ road marker, and a skirmish in an inn between landlord and landlady.

Maine Rome Gio Kent Faversham Saratoga Baltimore Charley Hailo

Democratic Whines Over National Debt and Republicans

The Democratic press denounces the national debt as unpayable yet vows to oppose paying it. Republicans claim the debt is being paid, with a sale of securities at market value and a steady boost to national credit. They accuse Democrats of seeking embarrassment, panic, and ruin to harm the nation and the party.

Treasury Gen. Rosecrans

Conflicting AG Opinion on Virginia Test Oath and Reconstruction

The article analyzes two versions of the Attorney General’s opinion on Virginia’s reconstruction. It argues the oath should apply mainly to newly elected legislators, and Congress must accept the Constitution and Fifteenth Amendment before Virginia can be admitted. Until then, the provisional government and disfranchised legislators remain in force.

Virginia Congress Common Sense

Ocean telegraph lines expand as monopolies fade

Telegraph enterprises multiply rapidly with new routes forming from Europe to South America, including Brazil and Portugal. A Scotland to Quebec line via Orkney and Faroe Islands is proposed, and a Russia to America scheme connecting to China and Japan through the Aleutian and Kurile Islands is revived by Russian capitalists.

Europe South America Brazil Portugal Scotland Quebec Orkney Faroe Islands Gullins Russia America China Japan Aleutian Ard .Kurile Islands

Tim Stowe-Byron Article Condemned Across Journals

The September Atlantic piece by Tim Stowe-Byron draws near universal censure in the press with two exceptions, notably the New York Independent. It ends by mocking whether Mrs. Stowe wrote it for money, asking if its aim was to boost Byron’s sales.

Tim Stowe Byron New York Independent

Browning and Judge Skinner touted for constitutional convention

The Herald reports Browning and Judge Skinner as willing Democratic candidates for the state Constitutional Convention. Browning, long allied with Democrats and Conservatives against Radicalism, opposes removing the word white from the constitution and questions the Fifteenth Amendment’s consistency with existing provisions. The piece contrasts Browning with longtime Republican leader Quincy Wiley, whose past views shaped local politics, and notes a broader free speech dispute with the Springfield Journal and other papers.

the Herald Browning Judge Skinner Skinner Herald Democratic Party Democrats Radical Democracy United States

Old Herald debt claim disputed over April dates

A letter rebuts a Herald Rev. claim about the national debt since April 1 1865. The writer argues the war continued past that date, debt estimates were not settled then, and show a debt decrease since the war ended and since Grant’s election.

Ture Herald Monsieur Tonson Grant Herald

Absurd Charges From Yesterday’s Herald

A disputed editorial cites the claim that tariff and internal taxation yield about eight hundred million dollars annually with half to government and half to capitalists and thieves. The writer labels the Buchanan administration as the last Democratic regime, arguing the rest are suppositions rather than facts.

Herald of Yesterday Immaculate Buchanan

Political Strategy Note In Democratic Nomination

JupGE Cuask appears to have learned cunning tactics from Mr Seymour. Horatio rejects the candidate and the party promptly nominates him. The Judge declares withdrawal from the Presidential field forever, signaling the party expects the Democracy to accept him by force.

Jupge Cuask Seymour Horatio

Architect Cochran Plans Iowa State Capitol Like Illinois House

The last Iowa Legislature passed an act authorizing the procurement of plans and specifications for a new Iowa State Capitol. John C Coch rane, renowned architect of the Illinois State House, has perfected a plan for the Iowa capitol.

Iowa John C. Cochrane Illinois State House Iowa Capitol

Capital removal gains favor with office seekers

Coroner Speigelhalter of St. Louis held eleven inquests in one day, signaling a pattern of frequent vacancies among government clerkships as the move toward transferring the capital to St. Louis gains traction among applicants.

St. Louis Speigelhalter

Heavy enlistment in Georgia as Lee aide leads to departure hold

A heavy filibustering expedition is fitting out in Georgia with many men already enlisted under a Lee staff officer. The government is making every effort to stop their departure and curb the threat to national security.

Georgia Lee

The Byron Scandal and Mrs Stowe’s Atlantic Note

The Hartford Post hints at unpublished statements on Lord Byron and Augusta and notes a pending English Chancery suit that could reveal offspring claims. It also reports the death of Nathaniel We Come ofDorchester Mass Navy Agent at Boston.

Byron Hartford Post Lord Byron Augusta Nathaniel We Come Dorchester Mass Navy Boston Taylor The Boston Journal

Quincy and Whitehall Railroad Favored by Pike County

The Pittsfield Democrat argues for a Quincy to Whitehall rail link tapping the Co. J. & St. Louis line at Whitehall to create a St. Louis corridor through Adams and Pike counties. Judge Skinner and other leaders back the project, with Payson meeting held last Saturday. Local enthusiasm grows as citizens edge toward a liberal, wide-reaching railroad plan benefiting Quincy and regional trade.

Pittsfield Quincy Pike Ours St. Louis Co. J. & St. Louis Whitehall Adams County Payson Skinner Tesus Henry Prather Decatur Macon County Odin William Payton Samuel Harris Southern Illinois and Belleville du Quoin Sheen Or Shein Peoria Danville Rez Geng Logan Palmer Oglesby Sigel Chas Dickuson Colchester Griggsville Barry Angle E. W. Blades Aurora Beacon Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company A. Pekin Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad Roderick’ Clarke Marseilles Craig Charp Minoak New Court House Chicago and Alton Railroad Morris Friedman la Salle James Gilkerson Michael McKenna Martinsburg Pike County Compton Hannibal New Salem Winnebago County Europe United States Leonard W. Volk Chicago Dubuque Rock Island

Remarkable River Echoes Near Colorado Confluence

Col Powell describes exploration of the Colorado where the Yampa enters the Green. A rock seven hundred feet high forms a long wall a mile, then bends, creating a mirrored river trace. An opposite rock walls a tiny park. echoes repeat, transform and count ten or twelve in places.

Col. Powell Colorado River Green

Curious marriage market observed in Austrian Hochgebirge

An Austrian paper notes a longstanding custom in the Western Hochgebirge between Bohemia and Moravia and with Transylvania Roumanians. At the mid July mai den market in Ralinydsza thousands gather to view girls for sale as fathers parade their daughters and outfits to seek a match. The chosen suitor pays a bargain price, with drinks, and the father returns home while the daughters and their cargo depart to the new home.

Hochgebirge Bohemia Moravia Ralinydsza

Inventor and Duke Trade Witty Carriage Boots Banter

Wellington meets the inventor of a carriage named after him and the Duke jokes he will be remembered for boots rather than battles. The exchange turns on legacies as both acknowledge the other’s fame in unexpected terms.

Wellington Broughan Robinson Duke of Wellington Duke Europe

Descriptive Tour of Hower's Cave In Schoharie County

A Tribune correspondent chronicles Hower's Cave describing grand chambers large enough to amplify voices, a lake of cold water to cross, and limestone tunnels with torchlight. The piece notes another cave that has faded from memory after a long unknown opening was cleared of debris.

Hower Schoharie County N.Y Tribune Warrensburg Pacific Railroad Mercer County C. W. Wheeler Brownville Nebraska Grand River Princeton Dent Station St. Francois County Earl Grider F. Yeates Crider Caldwell County

Adventurer's Descent Ends in Lake Lime Deposit Discovery

An adventurous individual descended by windlass but was stopped by a lake. A boat was built and the lake yielded rich deposits of carbonate of lime, pure as alabaster, scattered through the country and Europe’s geological cabinets. A 500 pound stalagmite now stands in the village.

Europe

77th Hinds reunion and county gatherings across Illinois

An array of local reunions and gatherings reported from Rock Island, Warren, Putnam, Morgan, and other counties. Notes include the 77th Hinds annual reunion in Peoria, Old Settlers events in Rock Island and Hennepin, and a pic nic at Arcadia. Also listed are rail contracts, factory plans, deaths, accidents, and a major paper mill experiment at Beardstown using wool in papermaking.

Ilinois Young America T. P. W. Railway Company Putin County Fair Grounds Hennepin Morgan County Arcadia D. G. Henderson Arnold Hill Ruthland Kane County Beattie & Riggs Camden Fannie Weeks Aurora Shawneetown

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