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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1861
Page
2
The Weekly Times outlines subscription terms for Dubuque readers dated October 10 1961. Listings show one copy annual price ten dollars for five res clubs 3600 ten copies 3 oo and demand immediate in advance payment. The notice asserts Babbie Paper has larger circulation than any other Northern Iowa journal.
A call requests rapid transmission of election results from each township before county totals. Emphasizes early reporting on State and Assembly votes while downplaying county officers, asking for township figures first and then county as information becomes available.
Reports from New Orleans and Mobile describe a large Federal fleet moving up the Balize toward New Orleans. Chaudierre and Ship Island forts are described with 12,000 troops expected. ships, batteries, and shipyard activity are noted as preparations. The Mobile coast and Gulf indicate a major naval buildup and possible action near New Orleans as the equinox approaches. The piece also covers local political notes and Republican convention details in Massachusetts.
Ben M the eloquent and Dennis M the traitorous spoke at Epworth on Wednesday. Dennis failed to appear. Ben M urged peace and compromise amid heated crowd hostility. About 150 residents ousted the Southern orator, who agreed to leave town within fifteen minutes as the tavern door shut amid three groans for secession. No violence occurred despite sharp indignation.
The item from Tax Bostoz Pilot dated today accuses a local editor of changing roles and opinions including being a renegade preacher and editor of a Know-Nothing paper. It mentions Congressmen Cunis and Vanprven at St. Louis, candidate Samusss, and Gov. Menean designating November 28 as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer.
Debuque Times discusses farmers ordering fruit trees while warning against diseased stock and poor stock selection. It also advocates home grown lectures on American history, a patriotic club at school houses, and reports on Epworth treason debates and telegraph line plans to Cedar Falls.
A historical fragment cites unwavering support for Irish Catholic candidates by a speaker who recalls opposing abolitionists and voting rights constraints. The text reflects endurance of Catholic political influence through years of disenfranchisement in New York and Bathie.
The telegraph reports within forty eight hours money and men may be held back. It suggests the President should appease politicians to prevent mobilization until Fasuoni’s Witle army is destroyed, risking his reputation. A femme article dated the 8 discusses Famnent's Fosilities.
A Boston Pilot writer attacks our stance against D A Mamory's pursuit of raising a regiment. The piece accuses patriotism lacking and cites an August speech claiming the people will not submit to unconstitutional government. It names Mattozu and other figures as having joined the Confederacy or opposed the Federal Government.
Winnesheik County Republicans nominate M. W. Burdick for State Senator Ole Nekon and William H. Baker for Representatives H A Meydale for County Judge Theodore W Burdick for Treasurer O M Barrett for Sheriff Ebenezer Baldwin for County Surveyor James E Simpson for County Superintendent Joel Pagin for Drainage Commissioner Oscar Grow for Coroner Decorah man raises third company Jones County Eureka notes a girl fatally burned when her clothes caught fire near a stove and a son of Rosnet Hoos injures a thumb at a mill with amputation by Dr Fimry
Republicans and Union Democrats nominate candidates for Representatives to the House with GC Wilesn. Coroner nominee T J Peres. Delaware County York G W Stewart appointed Postmaster at York in place of W B Srawt resigned.
From St Louis dated Oct 3 reports unrest as regiments question Marshall trials. Germans complain of Fremont removal rumors and fear of revolt while Irish seek recruitment updates. Arrests for treasonable sentiments surface, Readings Garden hosts indignant German gathering, and names like Blair Scott Cameron Lincoln loom in political contention.
Attorney General Sue P. Jones of Oivi Democratic Governor Edward C. Hen Hie of Benton county Lieutenant Governor These Cownn of Nicollet Gate Daniel Beck of Bree Earth Trenvater P Fischer of Wabuchaw Attorney General Wheeler M. Poskham of 5.
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