25 Sep 1869
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1869
Page
1
A speaker recalls a past romance and idyllic countryside memories triggered by a conversation over wine. The text blends lyric reminiscence with a fading vision of a girl with pearly teeth and snowy hair, then shifts to twenty years of friendship and shared drinking that recalls youthful joys and lost opportunities.
A pasted sampling of old fashioned quips and witticisms on virtue, charity, vanity, and human folly. It features moral jests about Cain and Abel, charity versus tailoring, feminine suffrage jokes, and aphorisms on wit, conscience, reputation, and money with humorous asides about editors and editors’ opinions.
The piece adopts Horace Greely’s views on women’s rights, praising his support for natural rights while opposing universal suffrage. It argues that men and women have distinct spheres, with women presiding in the household, and urges selecting wise delegates to press reforms without granting voting power to women. It notes the author supports agitation for reform as a just, if contested, demand.
Fiscal year ending June 30 1869 shows a large revenue rise driven mainly by whisky and tobacco, with whisky receipts totaling 45 090 000 and tobacco 23 400 000, while prior year amounts were 15 655 630 90 and 18 730 095 82 respectively. Increase largely due to system improvements and faithful officials.
The Tuk State Register denounces the withdrawal notice on the Illinois Central Railroad tax vote, claiming authorities back down as it asserts the jury shall not be read and that only the Supreme Court can define meanings. It insists the act’s terms and constitutional duties require the vote with general elections.
The piece notes growing opposition in the Democratic ranks to Andy Johnson of Tennessee and doubts his election. It states he has no broad support beyond his party and that, while preferring him to any Democrat, he may not win the Senate seat.
The Republican Convention on the 16th inst at Camp Point renominated incumbents for County Judge, Clerk, and Superintendent of Public Schools. Henry Tenheff for County Treasurer and Major Petri for County Surveyor complete the county ticket. Dr. Robbins of Quincy and Thomas Bailey of Camp Point were named for the Constitutional Convention.
The board of supervisors moved to test the city charter exemption from county tax on city property. The editorial urges an agreed case to clarify rights, noting potential costs and procedural gaps. It says harmonized interests exist and questions who will collect the tax, urging a simpler, cheaper resolution.
Citizens of Carthage back a $200000 subscription to the Quincy and Carthage Railroad with broad regional benefit. Opponents are few, cited as impractical or partisan, while promoters argue debt fears are untenable and that counties and towns must share in progress to keep up with times and avoid lagging behind.
The article notes a rumored plot by gold gamblers to hoard thirty million in gold to push up value and force higher import prices. It questions the Treasury plan of periodic gold sales and bond purchases, while dares the plan to counteract such schemes if attempted. It also mentions Georgia Democrats advising against electing Congressmen this year and New York City education officials pushing compulsory schooling for thirty thousand vagrant children.
AnMon depicted at the Southern Wisconsin Fair described as very dark and bold in appearance in a period exhibit. The remark notes a striking contrast in the display of infant figures during the fair segment.
Report says lawmakers plan to push back Virginia’s admission to next year. Details on who leads the move and the timetable remain unclear, with opposition anticipated from supporters of immediate state entry.
The Sublime Porte writes to the Egyptian Viceroy praising his sub mission while urging continued dutiful conduct in the future. The letter underscores loyalty to the administration and adherence to directives.
Ernst Moeller and Celestine Niermann, both of Fayette county Illinois, wed in St Louis after crossing into Missouri to wed without a county license. Justice Jecko blessed them with Joe Siegwar assisting the officiant. They returned to Illinois the next day amid Rhine wine, champagne, cakes, and chicken.
The Portland Press reports the death of William Pitt Fessenden at 6 30 AM in Portland after a long illness. Once a leading national figure he labored through severe health issues while shaping policy during critical times. His sons and physicians were present at his passing.
Washington Special reports gloom in Edgefield and Abbeville counties where Ku Klux bands from Georgia terrorize, whip, shoot colored laborers, and threaten officials. U S troops guard internal revenue officers, State constabulary armed with Winchesters patrol. murders occur while crops promise. overall state calm outside district outbreaks.
A young narrator describes loving ice for skating and making ice cream, mentions lending skates to Lizzie Jones, and notes seasonal changes with winters and summers mixing oddly. He plans future skating with Lizzie, notes ice and ice cream joys, and hints at growing up to warm ice with red stuff like his father.
The author critiques a Lucknow map by Moonshee Nawai Kashore claiming Mahomedan geography divides the world into seven climatic zones called anleems. He notes errors, such as Europe misrepresented, Austria and Switzerland omitted for trade with India, and recognitions that Spain, England, Portugal, and Nordic countries appear as islands or misplaced.
Viennese agitation over the Cracow convent outrages spreads as municipalities plan unified action. Officials claim convent school education shapes three fourths of entrants, urging reform of girls education in Austria to curb religious influences and align with the new constitution.
A visitor question on the formation of Yosemite Valley stirs curiosity. Professor Whitney, State Survey, discussed the puzzle in his volume on the Yosemite Big Trees and the High Sierras, with maps recommended as a companion for readers.
The author argues against water or glacier wear as the cause and proposes the bottom dropped out as the only plausible explanation. He suggests the valley was once a great deep lake, with missing rocks swallowed below and the chasm later filling to its present level, noting the Ye Semite's peculiar phenomena demand a unique theory.
An elderly New Orleans man, seen gathering rags, amassed a fortune from a diamond he once refused to return after litigation. Accusations of theft swirled as jewels hidden in a tin pot under a floor were never identified. He left all to his granddaughter in an orphan asylum, his life spent in unsocial, miserly pursuit.
A woman gazes into the distance in moonlight sharing a tender moment with Edgar. She reveals a private thought about what color fringe suits her new walking suit, hinting at inner yearning and delicate romance.
The six months of this year show eight million dollars more in internal revenue than the same period last year. Custom receipts likely exceed, favoring the present administration. Total revenues since March 4 are about sixteen million higher than a year ago, explaining a decline in public debt. If extraordinary expenses stay away, the first Grant year should end with a debt drop near one hundred million. Thirty million comes from revenue collection gains, the rest from government retrenchment in expenditures.
Paris correspondent reports Napoleon suffers a severe gout and rheumatism in the hip making mobility and horseback mounting difficult. Imperial physicians deem the condition not dangerous, predict another attack with cold weather, while Napoleon fears medical neglect and endures great pain.
The passage notes expressions of utmost sympathy toward Napoleon and describes how shows of anxious faces are required by circumstances, while doctors declare he is a peevish and restless patient, one of the most difficult the physicians have encountered.
Fragments from Frony Appleton's Journal describe professional conjurers among savage animists who use ritual restraints and spirit journeys. Accounts from Moravian missionaries Ojibway and Siberian shamans detail untying tricks, drums, and specters as spirits supposedly release bound conjurers, with a note on Davenport Brothers’ similar feats.
A compact chronology lists light sources from glass windows to candles, and key innovations including movable type, lenses, printing, the circulation of blood, clocks, barometers, steam engines, bread with yeast, cotton in the United States, fire engines, stereotyping, telegraphy, and the first daguerreotype, with dates ranging from 680 to 1838.
The text explains that under the internal revenue law all property passing to heirs by will or intestate succession and real estate transferred without adequate consideration is taxable at 1 to 6 percent. Executors must render a complete list of legacies and distributive shares to the assistant assessor. Successors failing to return may face increased assessments and fines. Buyers should ensure the purchaser has a collector’s receipt for government taxes to avoid government liens.
Personal notes report Hon. E M Stanton visiting Princeton and Toombs returning from a western tour. Morton to open Lyceum at Providence. Cushman to tour as Meg Merrilies if healthy. Grinnell trust leaves 70000 for mother. Farragut stationed at Fort Preble. Whittier elected Brown trustee. Dr Geo T Allen arrives as American Consul in Moscow. Royal mischief alleged by Prince Alfred. Louis Napoleon health concerns. John Russell Young named potential successor. John Bigelow named NYT editor in chief. Emerson to lecture at Harvard, twenty sessions, may be in Boston. Milton Smith given silver tea-set at Mendota. San Francisco claims 36000 registered voters, population 252000.
A digest of local happenings from Hannibal to St. Joseph and Kansas City includes market house efforts, rising Fort Scott road traffic, thefts of a silver watch and money, the St. Joseph Cathedral cornerstone ceremony, new female academies, a cricket club, and a Christian association. Reports cover prison, rail and road work, accidents, crime, weather, schools, and a variety of local incidents across Missouri towns.
Speculation rises about Louis Napoleon as rumors focus on potential political consequences of his death. The piece notes a revenue tax question before the Commissioner of Internal Revenue regarding exemption scope for individuals versus the entire Shaker community. It mentions Mr. Catacasy, a Russian minister rumored as a top political thinker familiar with American governance. It also reports a near ten thousand dollar subscription for General Rawlins’s family, praising local philanthropy and promising remembrance for donors to the fund supporting the widow and children of a war hero.
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