Jacksonian Precedent Touted in Vallandigham Case Debate
A speaker recalls General Andrew Jackson’s martial law actions after New Orleans, noting Congress later refunded fines and praising constitutional rights. He admits personal doubt about ordering Vallandigham’s arrest but supports strong measures to suppress rebellion while preserving public safety.
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Jackson
Vallandigham
New Orleans
Louailleir
Morel
United States
Hall
Louaillier
Hollander
Congress
Douglas
House of Representatives
Albany
Bank Charters Renewal Prompted by Currency Policy
A Republican asked two Democratic members why they supported renewing all bank charters. They said they had caucused and resolved to sustain the banks to depreciate the national currency. The Pittsburg Gazette attributes the remark to a caucus source.
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House of Representatives
Cast Wheel Turns Twenty Feet With Twenty Three Tons
The Cambria Iron Company outputs a single piece fly-wheel rim for a new rolling mill. It measures twenty feet in diameter and weighs twenty three tons. The engine it will drive is on the ground and rapidly being set. The wheel’s size indicates substantial engine power.
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Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Tribune
Ohio bill targets deserters and those who induce desertion
The Ohio Legislature considers a bill to bar from voting any soldier convicted of desertion and to exclude anyone who entices a soldier to desert or resists enrollment from voting in state elections.
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Ohio
Supreme Court NY Rules Paper Money Not Legal Tender
The New York Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Congress issued paper money was not a legal tender for debts contracted before the act's passage. Some judges extended the ruling, declaring that Congress ...
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Gar
Supreme Court of New York
Congress
The War in the Two Governments Opposing Creeds
A Richmond Examiner piece denounces secession as a slaveholding project and warns Northern workers about a Jefferson Davis led Confederacy. It declares freedom meaning equality only with slavery, urging readers to choose between liberty and slavery with no neutrals.
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Richmond
Confederacy
Stephens
Vallandigham
Jef. Davis
New England
Jeff. Davis
Jeff Davis
Vallandigham sympathy at Harrisburg convention endorses Woodward
The Democratic Convention at Harrisburg lauded Vallandigham and endorsed Ohio Democrats for nominating Woodward for governor, with Hughes cited as a leading advocate of Vallandigham’s views. A letter from C. J. Richardson details war hardships and pro-Union resolve amid ongoing Confederate fighting.
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Harrisburg
Judge Woodward
Vallandigham
Ohio
Rank Hughes
Hughes
Witte
Woodward
Pennsylvania
Francis W. Hughes
President's Albany letter praised as defense of civil liberties
The editorial on page one urges readers to study the President's Albany letter arguing for free speech and personal liberty even amid war. It cites the phrase except when in case of rebellion or invasion and notes The New York Times praising the President's constitutional patriotism and responsibility.
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Albany
The
New York Times
Jonny M. Daexan
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
New York
Richmond Gold Premium Cited by Rebels and Confederate Money Concerns
The Richmond market sees gold selling at a $6 premium. rebels claim this reflects bullion scarcity not Confederate money depreciation. Democrats press Judge Woodward not to resign as Supreme Court judge, signaling doubt about his gubernatorial election prospects.
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Richmond
Judge Woodward
Supreme Court
Union State Convention Meets at Pittsburg
The document notes the Union State Convention meeting in Pittsburg on July 1 and references wartime health measures citing Hollway's Pills used to keep troops healthy, sold at 25 cents per box.
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Union
Pittsburg
Hollway
Emigration of Colored Men to U S War Regiments
The piece notes over one hundred colored men from Chatham Canada West have crossed into the United States in recent months to enlist in black regiments forming for the war. It cites reasons tied to settling old scores with rebels. The Boston Courier supports using negro soldiers to spare white troops, noting Copperheads opposed this idea until now.
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Chatham
Canada West
United States
Boston Courier
Copperheads
Tur Barrimore
Alex. Augusta
Baltimore Clipper
Baltimore
Barrimore
A. m
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Monterey
Maryland
Green Castle
Frederick
Couch
Penna
Baltimore and Ohio
Sandy Hook
New Orleans Loyalists See Hope For Union Restored
A Messager correspondent from New Orleans reports far fewer Union loyalists fled to join Davis in exile than feared. Thousands stayed, with 2492 bales of cotton arriving from banks under Banks, signaling renewed Union authority. Local meetings push for Louisiana readmission and abolition of slavery, while anti slavery sentiment grows among New Orleans leaders.
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Messager T Franco-Americain
New York
New Orleans
Union
Jefferson Davis
Mobile
Louis Napoleon
Louisiana
Washington Square
Messrs. Durant
Planders
Harheart
Friends of Humanity
Gen. Banks
Davis
Red River
Richmond
Phila. Bulletin
Union Association of
Hiestand
Lafayette Square
Rio Grande
Atlantic
Great Union Meeting at Dover Delaware
A large Union gathering convened at Dover Green with several thousand attendees. Gov. Cannon presided as excursion trains from Philadelphia Wilmington and other areas arrived and speakers urged abolition and preservation of the Union.
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Great Union
Dover
Delaware
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Dover Green
Cannon
Union Party of
James M. Scovell
New Jersey
David JD. Field
New York
Hey
Henry Winter Davis
Lincoln
Maryland
Jackson
Napoleon
Crimea
Banks
Port Hudson
Davis
General Schenck
Atlanta Captured After Engagement at Warsaw Sound
Reports from Fort Pulaski confirm the USS Weehawken and Nahant engaged the Confederate ironclad Atlanta as it approached Warsaw Sound. The Atlanta grounded and surrendered after taking multiple shots, with 165 officers and men aboard and several wounded pilots. Capt. Wm Webb commanded Atlanta, which carried two seven inch and two six inch guns and boasted speed of six knots on entering Port Royal.
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Cushing
United States
Barney
Nanesemond
Chuckatuck Village
Harris
Stepping Stone
Ensign Hunter
Birtwisle
Boardman
Aspinwall
Chuckattuck
Nansemond
Ile
Ife
Wanasu
Orr
Port Royan
Atlanta
Fort Pulaski
Wm. Webb
Wilmington
Warsaw Sound
Weehawken
Rodgers
E. & F. Dupont
Newpork
Tron
Gideon Welles
Admiral Dupont
John Rogers
Nahant
Port Royal
Tix
W. A. Webb
Washington
Jno. Rodgers
Rogers
Confederacy
U. Ss. N
Wm. A. Webb
J. W. Alexander
Alfonso Barbe
A. L. Freeman
G. H. Johnson
Youne
Marine Brigade
Ellet
Moore
Richmond
Marion
Ark
Memphis
St. Louis
New York
Patchen
Butler
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Port Roya
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Williamsport
N. Y. Cavalry
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Col. McClure
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Shepard
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Lone Island
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