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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1862
Page
4
Broad Cavalry dispatches reveal two bridges destroyed by Confederate forces as part of ongoing military actions. Reports detail strategic impact on supply lines and local mobilization, with emphasis on heightened tensions across Kentucky and neighboring regions during the agitation of federal and rebel forces.
New York December 28 reports the official correspondence between the U S and Britain over the Slidell and Mason seizure. Secretary Seward writes Minister Adams praising his conduct at the Lord Mayor dinner and notes Wilkes acted without instructions. Earl Russell to Lord Lyons discusses forcible removal at sea and seeks proper redress including release of the captives and a suitable apology.
Lord Lyons informs Seward of sending a copy of a critical communication to the British government and arranging delivery of four gentlemen under British protection. In New York, bankers vote to suspend specie payments to cope with large government advances, while Cunard notes Niagara’s delayed voyage and banks hold about 28 million dollars in specie with mixed payments and plans to advance specie for state debt and interest due January 1.
Washington and Wasuinaros dispatches report cabinet approval of the President's Trent affair decision and praise from The Intelligencer for upholding neutral rights. Other items cover hostages'待遇, gifts to soldiers, prisoner exchanges, and a new House bill on wartime maritime law and seizures.
Serial items report political power to conscript and control states, naval movements and port suspensions, plus military actions in Kentucky and nearby areas. Includes Meigs report on transportation orders, Niagara and Persia steamship movements, and local court attachments against Confederate figures.
Kansas City dispatch notes the Satta Fe mail reaching December 14, denying earlier reports of a massacre of twenty men near Fort Stanton. Territorial Legislature backs Congress on Indian lands for reservations and relief of New Mexico taxes. A near unanimous repeal of the slave property protection law in New Mexico passes both Houses.
In Cumsimpati on December 30 a suspension of specie payments by Mason and Bidell was announced, sparking a cautious sense of relief among New York bankers and business leaders as the old financial pressures appeared to ease.
The city’s banks halt specie payments following New York’s suspension. General Holt refutes a romance about General Shoepff as a hotel porter, stating Shoepff’s true background. Holt notes Gen. Burke’s ominous warning of a possible Southern servile insurrection within sixty days, based on believed material.
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