National Democratic Convention plans stir in 1860s era plea
The document urges swift action for the National Democratic Convention, inviting states, territories, and citizens to participate. It denounces foreign policies, favors economy and honesty, and laments current administration corruption while urging unity under Democratic leaders. A Washington note follows with party strategy and media reactions.
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Marsh witness absence stalls Belknap indictment
The Grand Jury cannot indict ex Secretary Belknap without Marsh the principal witness and the Assistant District Attorney warns that the evidence is insufficient to warrant an indictment unless Marshals are compelled to testify. Mrs Delnap laments transient official tenure as a fashionable remark.
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Delnap
Poray
Health rankings claim Madrid among world’s unhealthy cities
The piece cites a table of annual mortality per 1,060 inhabitants across cities like Madrid Turin Vienna London Philadelphia to claim Madrid is among the least healthy places. It also discusses Grant officials and editorial shifts in the Tribune toward Republican succession and Bristow as a preferred president.
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Gloomy Critics Claim Gloat Over Lincoln Assassination Fallout
A dated polemic rails at Democratic glee over Lincoln’s death and Belknap’s fall, accusing the party and Grant allies of corruption. It condemns a newspaper editor for libel, cites insults to women in Warren County, and laments reform prospects while naming Ingalls, Blaine, and others in a broad anti administration frame.
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Democratic Party
Abraham Lincoln
Falk
Belknap
the Mail
Lincoln
Warren County
Diai
Washington
Grant
Startling Stories World special Mr Caulfield on Expenditures
Mr Caulfield of Mi nds, chair of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, has received information that could trigger a major inquiry this session. He withholds details, vowing it is damaging to the Justice, War, Post Office, and Interior departments. The piece warns of political games and notes three years since Belknap frauds were first reported, accusing the President of misstatements to the nation.
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Minds
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Belknap
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Pittsburg
Bituminous Coal Mine Bill Dominates Pennsylvania House
March 11 1876 report from Harrisburg details heated floor debates over a ventilation bill for bituminous coal mines. Democrats push to keep a Governor Secretary of Internal Affairs appointment, while Republicans resist. House turmoil includes Wolfe and Reighard clashes. Adjournment moves gain momentum as Senate leans to joint printing orders. Vivisection and criminal defense testimony bills pass.
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Talley
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Reighard
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Senate
Lear
Jones
Making Astonishment and Belknap’s Fall At 1876 Context
Judge Alfonso Taft of Cincinnati has been appointed Secretary of War as Belknap resigns amid scandal. The piece questions how President Grant and Belknap's friends profess astonishment at his lavish lifestyle funded beyond his government salary, suggesting potential duping or willful misreading of warning signs.
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Belknap
Grant
Warren
Belinap
Washington
Iris
Paris
Mae
Gen. Belknap
B. A
Alfonso Taft
Cincinnati
Lancaster Convention and fair delegate selection
Lancaster Convention aims to appoint two delegates and one elector from each county to the National Convention. It argues for equal county representation to avoid jealousy and ensure fair dealing among Lancaster, Erie, Venango, and Warren counties in forming the district slate. The New York Bulletin calls political corruption costly, estimating taxes rose by 250 million annually for a decade, totaling 2.5 billion, signaling debt, and urging reform.
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Venango
Warren
Lancaster
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New York Bulletin
New Hampshire election shifts GOP majority amid mixed signals
The New Hampshire State election last Tuesday favored Republicans in the governor race and signaled a stronger overall vote, though Legislature results remain unsettled. Ex Secretary Belknap implicated in bribery fallout, while Grant’s stance on a third term sparks debate. an impeachment push grows with new testimonies. A banquet of political intrigue, trials, and indictments complicates the post election picture in New England.
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New Hampshire
Grant
Belknap
New London
Caleb P. Marsh
Marsh
From The Nation on Civil Authority and Reform
The Nation blames a corrupt administration and a blunt president for national decline. It rejects blame on others and calls for patience yet urges a needed revolution to reform the army and restore free government, naming Cameron Morton Conklin Boutwell Chandler as resisting forces.
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Louisiand
Mississippi
Washington
Thau
Camerons
Mortons
Conklins
Boutwells
Chandlers
The President Gloomy and Despondent.
Baltimore Sun reports President shows marked gloom after Belknap fallout with limited visitors and private talks. Describes downcast gaze and unrest around the White House as whispers grow that Belknap’s offense may soon touch Grant and threaten a potential conviction by a Republican Senate within months.
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Block of Mexico silver sent to Centennial exhibit
City of Navana arrives in New York with a 4200 pound pure silver block valued at 64000 in gold. The hexagonal 3 foot sided block from Real Potosi is consigned to Gomez Rionda to be shown at the Mexican Centennial. It rests in a hexagonal box aboard the City of Havana awaiting appraisal and vault storage.
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Mexico
Potosi
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Shower of Flesh From a Clear Sky in Bash County
A Friday shower of meat fell near Allen Crouch’s home in Bash County New York covering a 100 by 50 yard ground strip. Mrs Crouch observed meat pieces like beef falling in clear skies, some as large as four inches, with meat clinging to fences the next day. Louisville Mount Sterling correspondent notes varied sizes and shapes and two men who tasted it suspect mutton or venison.
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Olympian Springs
Harrison Gill
Louisville
Mount Sterling
Republican fears of bourbon rule in Louisiana
The piece argues the Senate rejected PinciBack as a fraud and says Grant used force to prop up a Louisiana governor. it asserts the Republican party will nominate a straight Republican Bourbon in Cincinnati and attack reformers, claiming the party’s morality is wrecked and its chiefs defend corruption. It portrays opposition to inside reform as naive.
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United States Senate
KenLance
Louisiana
Grant
Army of
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Republican Senate
Guant
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Cincinnati
Irish clergyman's wedding sermon backs marriage vows
A young Irish clergyman at a wedding urges Dennis and Mary to reflect on the solemnity of marriage before the service. The exchange grows personal and awkward, but the minister concedes a solemn yet hopeful moment as the couple are joined in matrimony.
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Coachmnan
Mary
Cheshire
Faith in the Republic in American and British papers
The New York Sun notes renewed faith in Republican institutions as corruption is attacked in Washington. It cites satirical foreign press about Plymouth Church and Henry Wayne Beecher, Beecher scandal mentions, and various political jabs about Belknap, Grant, Blaine, and Ingalls.
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