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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1867
Page
2
In a Southwest Missouri focused critique, the Patriot accuses lawmakers of railroading reform and calling colleagues fools while clashing with Radical press. It mocks the Legislature's stance on bills, defends local merchants, and luridly references court cases and editor battles.
Reports from the Mexican border describe Canales advancing toward Tampico to aid Cortinas against Berrizabal as Ortega eyes a presidential bid. In Virginia, a habeas corpus grantsJeff Davis bail discussions unfold with gunfire, riots, and a hotel fire roiling Richmond as legal maneuvering continues.
From New York May 8 reports convey Japanese Commissioners at a reception for Secretary So ward, and various political notes. Jefferson Davis bail, impeachment talk, and Chief Justice Chase’s stance on trials are mentioned along with steamers Denmark Columbia and William Penn, liquor seizures, and Irish liberation concerns. Pollard’s Lecture stopped, a self‑inflicted death, and registration data for the city are also noted.
London dispatches report that Lord Stanley will preside at the Peace Conference meeting on the 12th in London. Financial uneasiness grows as Luxembourg settlement bases are debated and calls for lasting peace rise. A Catalan insurrection flare is noted with no major portions of the uprising detailed. In Parliament the reform bill faces Liberal victory, Hyde Park meetings are restricted, and constables are sworn in to keep order. Prussia forms an alliance with Hesse, Luxemburg neutralization is approved, and North German Confederation eyes a new constitution. Reports warn of French military preparations as Italy and Belgium join the peace congress alongside earlier signatories. United States Minister Wright is reportedly near death and Chevalier Bermatti is appointed ambassador to the Sublime Porte.
The item reviews editorial courtesy and praises new Conservative papers in Missouri towns such as Springfield, Warrensburg, Osceola, Ste. Genevieve, Gallatin, and Sedalia. It notes publishers Fahnestock & Co achieving favorable reception, with endorsements from Democratic and Conservative editors, while warning against radical influences. A separate note reports General Sherman’s uncle narrowly avoiding a confidence scheme aboard a boat, with money recovered and a vagrancy charge resulting.
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