News by the Mail from New York to June 14 1865
Reports from across the South describe severe distress with scant provisions, unemployment among freedmen, and white poverty. A Washington settlement was attacked by nearly 200 soldiers on June 10, with dispossession and violence but later repelled by military force. Incendiary fires and explosions at Chattanooga Nashville Mobile raise suspicions of arson and torpedo origins. Confederate leaders Davis and his escort reach Charlotte and Abbeville as plans for western withdrawal unfold. Breckinridge, Duke, Vaughan, and Ferguson depart toward the Trans Mississippi.
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New York Herald
Ram Stonewall
England
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Basil Duke
Ferguson
Vaughan
Abbeville
Caratiogs
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Geners
Duke
Mississippi
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Georgia
Wilson
Ferm
Breckenridge
Benjamin
Burnett
Trans-Mississippi Department
Flight and capture details of Jefferson Davis
The report traces Davis's flight from Richmond on April 2, reaching Danville by April 5 and Greensboro, North Carolina, by early April. It notes his attempts to rally поддержку and the armistice efforts of Sherman and Johnston, with a cavalry escort led by Wade Hampton and S. G. Dibrell. The narrative covers delays, surrender news at Lee, and political figures involved.
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Davis
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Lee
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Grant
Greensboro
N.C
Breckenridge
Sherman Johnston
Or Lee Greensboro
Sherman
Johnston
Washington
Wade Lampton
G. Dibbrell
Cous
Florida
Trans-Missispi
Judah P.ben
John C. Breckenridge
Festmaster
Senator Burnett
Kennedy
Napoleon's Regent Plan and France's Election Woes
France faces political alarm as defeats in elections grow. Napoleon's temperate mood has Empress mentioned to preside at Privy Council during his absence. Reports claim 10,000 more troops to Maximilian, Juarez must be crushed, while Seward cautions Maximilian recognition and upholds the Monroe Doctrine as U.S. policy.
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Privy Council
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Maine
Mexico
Maximilian
Juarez
Paria
Seward
United States
Washington Cabinet
Pope and Italian Talks in Rome Falter Over Bishops Powers
Rome reports show negotiations between the Italian Government and the Pope stalled with no clear path to compromise. The Pope demands abolition of royal exequatur and oath for new bishops, diocesan diminution, and seminaries under church control, while keeping church authority free from state influence. A rupture with Mexico’s Emperor is cited as evidence of church autonomy.
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Rome
Florence
Italy
Mexico
Spain's O'Donnell Unveils Broad Reform Agenda
Marshal O'Donnell, newly named Minister, spoke in Congress outlining policies to recognize Italy and maintain cordial ties with other powers. He announced a general amnesty for press-law offences, plans for an electoral reform lowering suffrage qualifications, a liberal press law, and restoration of Madrid University rector and professors removed earlier.
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Marshal O'Donnell
Congress
Italy
Madrid University
India Dam Failures Spark Massive Liabilities
In the past month several joint stock compact European and native dams have failed, creating enormous liabilities amid a dramatic struggle over responsibility and repair.
Ameer of Cabal and Khokund Ruler Killed in Coup
The heir to the Khokund throne has died, with the country transferred to the Khan of Bokhara. An avalanche in Panji on the Upper Chenal killed 108 people. The Governor General orders sugar coffee teas jute wool hides silk duties to cease and rice duties cut to two aunas per mannd. Calcutta swelters as cholera spreads widely, affecting many Europeans amid heat. Cairo Aden report cholera and famine in Arabia prompts Aden authorities to request wheat from Bombay.
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Cabal
Candahar Sidars
Khokund
Bokhara
Panji
Chenal
Calcutta
Cairo
Aden
Arabia
Bombay
Rebellion Near Chinese Capital Grows Quickly
Report from CHINA Hongkong dated June 29 notes a spreading rebellion north of China. Rebels approach within about one hundred miles of Shanghai prompting dispatch of disciplined troops from near the metropolis. Four steamers chartered to convey garrisons to Tientsien at 54 dollars per head, plus two sailing vessels. Force estimated at 7,000 men. No notable news from Japan or other ports.
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China
Shanghai
Tientsien
Japan
Lessons From A Destructive Railway Disaster
A writer recalls a deadly Seas Dera pad express crash with ten or more deaths including a newly married wife. Dickens was in the train but not among the overturned carriages. Blame lies with railway staff and a system neglecting discipline, urging reforms and safer lines.
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Dickens
Home Talk on Davis Lincoln and postwar unrest
A Home News column recalls Jefferson Davis capture and trial, Johnson’s likely treatment, and Southern postwar turmoil. It notes tensions over freed Negroes, Alabama damages claim against England, Colenso’s salary dispute, and Mill Mansel debates. A separate incident reports Peter M Dermott’s assault theft tale and a Lord Mayor case over a jewel claim.
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Home News
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Confederacy
Sod
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South
Burke
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Washington
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Colenso
Natal
Privy Council
Colenss
Mill
Manuel
Mansel
The Cash of the Hon Richard Bethell
In the Court of Bankruptcy before Mr Commissioner Goulbourn the bankrupt Stanmore Middlesex and Pimlico barrister was sought for release from the Sheriff of Berks after an Ascot race arrest on a money lender suit. The assets and liabilities totalling about 25,000 pounds were not yet settled while the Lord Chancellor requested the hearing and the official assignee attended. The court granted discharge from custody on a comedy order.
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