Emperors and elections cited amid Southern turmoil
Reports from March 1878 recount tests against Ku Klux in the Carolinas, industry growth in Columbus Georgia, and Connecticut state elections. A Richmond Whig note discusses salaries for Congress, while the Brazilian Emperor and Empress embark for the United States. A Baltimore correspondent cites John S. Mosby disputing a third term and Belknap’s scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperess
Brazil
United States
Rio Janeiro
Emperor
Empress
Levitus
Princess Imperial
Count Deu
Hevilus
Dona Isabe
Scandals lead to reform calls as grants and graft swirl
A long critique attacks money moved from graves to finance contracts in federal departments. It cites Orvil Grant as a paid solicitor for firms in multiple cities, arguing wasteful profits from government goods and widespread public fraud. The piece contrasts reform talk with the public’s view of high costs and hidden spoils. It also covers political endorsements for 13 centennial Democratic candidates, praising Tilden and Hendricks, and notes Confederate veterans’ praise of North Carolina troops and Gettysburg recollections.
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Orvil Grant
Postofice Department of Justice
Washington
House of Representatives
New York Herald
Hendricks
Indiana
Tilden
New York
Democratic
Samuel J. Tilden
T. Sendricks
White House
Grant
Conkling
Compulsory education debate sparks blue laws backlash
A Southerner letter attacks Massachusetts compulsory education actions in Boston. A girl jailed for Saturday school absences is cited as progress backward. The writer warns Congress to resist state coercion and laments threatened tyranny and loss of parental rights.
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Epstor
the Times
Meddleton
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
Grant
Congress
United States
Hell
Edgecombe County
Tarboro
N. C
Battle
Sparta Township
Washington Letter on Marsh and Impeachment Inquiries
The Washington Letter reports Marsh returning from Canada and testifying before the judiciary committee amid safety concerns. It notes Belknap corrections, Sen Hamlin’s mail matter bill, and criticism of post office policy as a reckless, ill-advised reform. The piece cites various figures including Grant, Pierrepont, Clymer, and Stewarts testimony as the impeachment articles loom for Wednesday.
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Eorrox Soormensen
Marsh
Canada
Judiciary Committee
Grant
Pierrepont Marsh
Clymer
Washington
Sam Waller
Bardell
Peckwick
Charles Dickens
Philadelphia
Schenex
House
Senate
Hamlin
Ife
Times
Lawful surplus disclosure and political rebukes cited
The piece discusses the need for self sustaining departments and skilled workers with good salaries, plus a committee to reveal annual surpluses and payments to outside parties. It notes overdue annual statements in the Patent Office since 1861, a political jab at Senator Conklin, Blaine’s perceived insubordination, and Yeatman’s rebuke of using rebel terminology for southern Republicans. It ends with a patent medicine advertisement for Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets claiming modern science enhances potency.
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Patent Office
Conklin
Appeal Board
Blaine
Yeatman
North Carolina
Holden
N. C
Longstreet
South
House
Senate
Pierce
Pierc
Ina A. Taare
Baconsburg
Ohio
Lyon & Macouner
Vermilion
D. T
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Charles & Battle, Publishers
Dossey Battle
Whitey
Ku Klux
North and
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Tewksbury
Mass
Committee of Investigation
Columbus
Lowell
Connecticut
U. S
Senator Ferry
Starkweather
Richmond
Rev
Douglas
Virginia
Charleston News and Courier
Baltimore American
Himorning
John S. Mosby
Presid
Belknap
New England
Garett
Lee
Gettysburg
James Johnston Pettigrew
Falling Waters
Lane
Seales
North Carolinia
Wallace
Petersburg
Wood
Texas
Yarboro House
West
Wale Stampton
G. Vance Tha
Morrill
Vermont
Ransom
Srememi
Togucta Chronicle
Seumeh
Bennerooset
Our
Wasnixetoy
D.C
Revo
W. T. Taylor
Whitaker’s
U. 8
Internal Revenue
Leaf Tobacco
Wates
Thomas Powers
New Berne
N.C
D. D. Pratt
Impasar Revesee
Washington, D.C
Edgecombe
Angeles
Nndertine Cataere
Macnair
Jen
Wilmington
Del
THE
Triumph Truss CO
J. B. Coffield
W. W. Burnham
M. D
Jesse H. Powell
Geo. Howard
M. M. Bullock
A. McCaig
Abe Beard
Otter’s Creek
Abe
Wisebb
Harrell & Webb
Tarborough Southerner
A. McCabe
Cleem Derice Boan
Co. Eran
Orrice Board Or Co. Commissioners
Enexcamps
Tarnono
Batgle
Walnut Creek Township
Noble's Mill
Poo
Tarborough
L. Bridgers
W. G. Lewis
Cali
William Cook
Tarboro’, N.C
Just
Landreth’s
Tismenti
Wiesenfeld, Stern & Co., Cotton Factors and
Baltimore
B. Coffield
Anos, c., &c
Woolard
Nash and Edgecombe
Messrs. Bunn & Battle
Labrador
Price
Rio
N. O
Porto Rico
Demerara
London
Winslow
Wilson's
Canton
Garrett
A. P. Chalk, Roecky Mount
W. C
H. M. Williams
Tarbor
First Ct
Tsell
N.Y
Frank
Baker
J. H. Baker
Geo. S. Hawes
Geo
Hawes
A.H. Macnair
Drug and Prescription Store
Ners
Nash & CO. Whelesa's Grocers
Merohmiei
M. Weddell & Co
J. L. Coker
J. H. Pippen
Whitaker's
Privtae
N Rs. V
Howard
Druggis
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