Congressional Debate Over Alabama Government Crisis
A chaotic scene unfolds as federal troops near Montgomery amid a power struggle between the State House legislature and Republicans. Delegates urge the President to recognize the legitimate government and suppress domestic violence while the opposing faction claims legality and vows to resist.
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Congress
Lim
Sabon
Teamt
Ntgomery
States
United States CoareHmes Ice le Id Delatere
State House
Parsons
Gilmore
Pennington
Grant
White
Sherif
Montgomery
United States
Alabama
Byrd
Peter Hamilton
Hamilton
Tweed Pleads Not Guilty in Major Indictment Case
From the Elmira Daily Advertiser telegraph: in New York Over and Termer Court the Tweed indictment, a 1050 page volume, is read aloud after objections. David Dudley Field files a demurrer, later Plea of not guilty recorded. trial set for first Monday in January.
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Elmira Daily Advertiser
New York
Tweed
Lyman Tremain
Sullivan
Graham
Peckham
David Dudley Field
Mr Field
Greeley Death Sparks Debate On Presidential Succession
The New York Observer notes Greeley’s death after the popular vote but before electors meet, highlighting constitutional gaps. It argues Presidents have died in office once in a century, stressing the duty to choose leaders ready for emergencies and the risk of sudden vacancies impacting the nation.
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New York Observer
Greeley
Colleges of Electors
Ciie
Brown
United States
Senate
Grant
Wilson
House of Representatives
Colfax
Washington
New York
Tribune
Baptism and personal faith mark a turning point in Seward's life
In a letter dated after a recent illness, William H. Seward describes his baptism and reception to the church, stating he seeks a life under God's grace and modest changes in conduct. The message mentions ongoing support for Mrs. Weed and Harriet and notes the state electors chose Furpnick Dovas to carry elections to Washington while highlighting Douglass’s rise from slavery to national legal equality.
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Westviabo
Chautau
Furpnick Dovassis
Washington
Buffalo Ztyprees
Fredrick Dougy ‘Das
Modoc Indian Uprising Report and Election Vote Parallels
A San Francisco dispatch from December cites Modoc uprising casualties with settlers massacred on Link River and eighty warriors active as thirty five Fort Stevens troops prepare to clash. Names of eleven men killed include Brothertons, Baddy and Rasmussen, while Mrs. Brotherton held her house for hours before rescue as troops move to exterminate the Indians.
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Oregon
San Francisco
Link River
Scenies
Ongvox
Wm. Brotherton
N. K. Brotherton
Rufus, Brotherton
Wm. Baddy
Wm. Baddy Jr
Richard Baddy
K. Rasmus
Robert Alexander
John Soper Collins
Henry Miller
Christmas stockings knit long and wide across towns
The fragment mentions five Masonic funerals in Brooklyn on the 1th, Port Jervis Opera House seating fifteen hundred chairs, and a range of misc notes from the era including bank suspensions, theatre claims, and odd local anecdotes.
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Brooklyn
Port Jervis Opera House
Funeral of Edwin Forrest at North Broad Street
The funeral of actor Edwin Forrest was held at his North Broad Street residence at two o'clock this afternoon. The body lay in the parlor in a black suit with a laurel wreath and immortelle cross, surrounded by floral offerings. Many actors attended. pallbearers included John W. Forney and Dr. Samuel Gross. Interment was in the family vault at St Paul’s Church on Third Street.
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Edwin Forrest
North Broad Street
John W. Forney
James Oakes
James Lawson
Daniel Doughty
Jesse KR. Burden
Samuel Gross
St. Paul’s Church
Third Street
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London Morning Post
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Danville
Ill
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Bublo Courier
Vermont
Miss Wheat
Virginia
Abbie Sage Richardson
McFarland Notoriety
Buffalo
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California Theatre
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Merritt J. Perine
Nunda
Edward Wameley
Rochester
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Batavia
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Bradford
Algis
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Williamsport
Bulletin
Dan Rice
Excelsior
Dan
Warren & Venango
Titusville
Jonathan Watson
Binghamton
Henry Cooke
Governor Cooke
Miss Dodge
Cgeorgetown
St. John’s Church
Mary Hines
Dockport
R. D. Jordan
Lawrence
Kansas
William Drake
Laurence
Calaboose
Mazor
Pascaloona
Ala
New. York
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Reila
Ordete
Yew
Coats
Castor Beavers
Fancy Cassimeres
W.e.stewart&co
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Union Block
Wellsville
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Rye
McEwen Brothers
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