The Weekly Times Dubuque Subscriptions Page
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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1861
Page
2
Dubuque edition lists subscription terms and rates for the weekly paper dated Thursday November 28 1961 with pricing and order details shown for readers.
An early ad copy claims a larger circulation than any other journal in Northern Iowa. The notice notes demand for advance payment in all instances and mentions a price of 1008 dollars in the context of the paper’s reach and sales.
The article notes the capture unsettles Lord Lroxs while diplomacy keeps dignity. It discusses belligerent right of search, confiscation of dispatches, and legality of seizing Mason and Suipert aboard a British steamer. New York Tribune reports U S election returns for Secretary of State and Canal Commissioner.
Dispatches report a North State convention at Hatteras with forty five counties represented. They repudiated secession, elected a provisional governor, adopted the 1866 Constitution, and pledged a special election to select U S Congress members. The movement boosts Union prospects in Western Virginia and South Carolina as Port Royal and Beaufort fall.
A historical parallel is drawn between Henry Laurens and modern events as the English navy seized Laurens from a Dutch vessel off the American coast. Laurens, President of the American Congress, was imprisoned in the Tower for fifteen months after being captured by Captain Karras on the Vestal. The piece notes England’s lack of apology or war declaration over Dutch support and side deals, arguing similar restraint in current actions.
A Maryland News correspondent denies the report of a Federal defeat at Frederickton, claiming six hundred killed and wounded in a rebel victory. The piece mocks the Hereld for misrepresenting battles and recounts reflections on aging, memory, and time, interwoven with Civil War era comments and local notices from Iowa and Missouri.
A Northern paper recalls the push to Richmond criticizing Secretary Waters yet praising naval energy. It notes hits at Hatters, the fall of Forts Walker and Beauregard on the 7th, and the capture of Mason and Stupanx the next day, affirming the navy as a powerful tool against secession.
Virginia figure Seastor Mason told Boston audiences he would not return until making an official visit for the Southern Confederacy. He has gone to Boston to represent the Confederacy at Fort Warren.
Major Tuomas J. McKean of Linn county has been appointed Brigadier General of volunteers and Rozen Serra of Linn county named Paymaster of volunteers. McKean is an experienced soldier and his appointment is viewed with high regard.
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