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Newspaper
Reading Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1869
Page
2
The Eagle Book Store ADLER office Daux FAGLe and READING Gazette Devocrat have been moved to 542 Penn Street Schmucker House, opposite the Keystone House building.
The Dati Eagle announces new advertising charges for transient notices. Ten cents per line for the first insertion and five cents per line for each additional insertion.
The President directs that Mrs Suratt’s remains be delivered to her family for decent burial. A petition signed by about forty members of Congress, filed in the War Department two years ago, cannot now be found. The note from Washington denounces those responsible and calls for justice.
Oldaton correspondent notes Dey Wallace of Reading is here pursuing an old position. He bases his claim on having married a forty second cousin of President Lincoln. Critics doubt his chances and question the doctor’s motive for public life.
Gov Geary and several Radical supporters invite General Grant to visit Harrington. Grant declines stating he won’t be a tool to place Geary in the governors chair. The Democrats are split over backing the right man for the job.
A cryptic remark suggests applying a rule from war or fortifications to Congress would yield many empty Radical seats in the House, implying a critique of policy or party strength. The brief exchange hints at procedural or strategic shifts without specifying details.
The report notes a large flow of gold and silver from New York to European holders last week and warns that prospects for a return to specie payments look decidedly gloomy. It also criticizes Radical voters and suggests their folly may be exposed within four years.
Fragmentary text appears to discuss financial bias and disagreements among officials. No clear events, dates, or named entities are identifiable to form a precise summary.
A Washington letter depicts opulent displays at a Senator’s house with a gilded coach, white fur robes, and a luxury entourage. It contrasts lavish spectacle with petty corruption as a clerk’s department order triggers an informal scheme of brushes and groceries to cover personal expenses, paid by a grocer.
The New York unionists push for a dollar an hour and an eight hour day while a Norwich mill report details a husband and wife weaver pair earning 1223 for six looms. News notes 70 of 806 New York printing offices pay union scale and claims training efforts are growing for girls as compositors.
French papers report Greece covers 947 square miles with a 1834 population of 660 000. Post 1865 Ionian annexation brings 1 825 479, Ionian laborers 61 842, manufacturers 8 865, merchants 7 282. Major cities Hen, Syra, Patras with tens of thousands. Education shows 140 institutions, 1067 elementary schools with 62 848 scholars. government funding $287 250. Printing presses 76 and journals 77 with 13 periodical reviews.
The Commissioner reports heavy applications for seeds vines and plants from across the country. Due to Congress funding limits only a fraction of prior distributions can occur and seeds will be distributed through Congress members state and county agricultural groups and official correspondents rather than through the department directly.
The Bremen bark America reports meeting the Cuthbert, a British vessel bound for Liverpool, after Hibernia, lumber laden and waterlogged, had taken off her crew. Cuthbert had swept her stern and boats. wreck sighted latitude 46 lon 80.
A fragment notes no major change in overall immigration to the shores, stating that the flow was once mainly Irish but now the German element predominates. It cites figures from 1868 showing tens of thousands of immigrants including Teiab and English counts, though the text is garbled.
A garbled wartime era clipping notes large numbers of people dying and fleeing cities in California and Texas amid immigration tensions. It mentions San Francisco Los Angeles and possibly Phoenix, with rapid winter spring movement. The fragment hints at a major incident provoking fear and policy debate on border control and shelter for immigrants.
The Allentown Democrat reports farm families face scarce money as notes and taxes press. Farmers rely on bonds, stocks, or grain to pay debts while banks refuse small loans, driving many to private lenders at high interest. The piece links hardship to crop failures and political blame, noting Seymour’s election in a broader context.
In Washington on February 8 the Senate reported adversely on several railroad bills and heard others. Mr. Morgan introduced a copyright bill for painting and statuary models. The Military Committee reported adversely on promotions. Edmunds' resolution on Georgia's electoral vote was agreed to. The Constitutional amendment discussion continued in the evening. In the House Mr. Eliot and others introduced bills on fur trade Alaska election timing naturalization and gold exchange. The Copper Tariff bill passed after Senate amendments. The Army Appropriation bill and the Georgia electoral vote count resolution proceeded under rules suspensions.
The U S Supreme Court affirmed Oregon's right to enforce tax payments in gold and silver under its law. The Georgia Senate rejected a resolution pledging obedience to federal court decisions on negro eligibility. Reports note robberies in New York and Wilmington and a fatal railroad accident in Missouri. Weather flooding in Sinaloa caused significant property and loss. Mrs Surratt funeral plans moved to private service. Alan Breckenridge arrived in Baltimore. a fire in Littleton NH caused 24000 dollars in damage.
Report from Havana dated February eight notes insurgent bands near Camarones along the railway between Cienfuegos and Villa Clara. Refugees arrive in Havana as Fort Cabañas is guarded by volunteers and regulars. Government readies war vessels to thwart Nassau-linked expedition and to attack earthworks at La Guanábana.
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