Noted blockade runner Appleton Oaksmith told in Galveston tale
A Galveston correspondent recalls Appleton Oaksmith, famed blockade runner and alleged slave trader. The account describes his 1864 voyage on the Caroline, a deadly confrontation with gunboats, a shipwreck at Buffalo Bayou, and a later life under the name McDonald in North Carolina before peace and pardon by President Grant.
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Galveston
Texas
Appleton Oaksmith
Tsunset
Bath House
Gulf
Tremont Street
Gulf of Mexico
John Cozear
Caroline
Havana
McDonald
Uzed
New York
Cuba
Oaksmith
McDonaldson
Travana
Buffalo Bayou
Constitution Bend
Africa
Grant
North Carolina
Comical Mix Up In Treasury Office Over Justice Strong
A New York Sun item recounts a Treasury division chief mistaking a visiting arbitrator named William Strong for the Supreme Court Justice himself. The moment ends with the stenographer revealing the real identity and the justice obtaining leave to review the documents.
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New York Sun
Treasury
Arthur
Manning
Strong
William
Washington
William Strong
Justice Strong
United States Supreme Court
Ransom and Colman clash over NC favors at Agriculture
A Philadelphia Times report describes Senator Ransom of North Carolina pressing Commissioner Colman for a vacancy by routing a New Jersey based appointee named Salmon. Colman refuses, calling for an inquiry into the Bureau of Animal Industry, while the senator exits. Separately, notes on Chapel Hill societies trace alumni service in the Civil War and request information on members who served.
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U. S
Washington
Philadelphia Times
Senator Ransom
North Carolina
Colman
Ransom
Salmon
New Jersy
Colm
Bureau of Animal Industry
Chapel Hll
William Sanders
N. H. D. Wilson
S. HB. Weeks
Wheat distribution by Agriculture Department prompts debate
Special correspondence notes Wheat distributed to Congressmen and others as part of a grain charity. The piece critiques army spending, ornamental features, and Democratic reform, naming Gen Sheridan and Secretary Endicott. It mentions thefts in the Pension Office and Knights of Labor activity in Richmond, Virginia.
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Fl. Sheridan
Pension Ofice
Knights of Labor
The
Sentinel
Wasurados
Washington
New York World
Pulitzer
North Carolina
Republican Administration
United States Army
San Francisco
Chicago
Barnum
Piilip
Sharidan
Hadicott
Ift
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Secretary Endicott
Philip Sheridan
Sheridan
Agricultural Department
Cultural Department
Jose
The Military Muddle And State Guard Controversy
Letters from a correspondent defending the Third Regiment and State Guard, denying liquor in camps except at Brigade Headquarters, faulting an Asheville editorial, and accusing anonymous slander. The writer, a soldier, praises officers and men, urges restraint, and hints at further testimony if pressed.
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Asheville
Salisbury
State Guard
Watcrman
Watchman
Father Matthew
Total Ld
3Rd Ent
Life Without a Newspaper A Tale From The New York Newsdeale
A humorous sketch on life without a newspaper. A man quarrels with editors, pays four years of subscription in advance after a forged notes scam, and endures a comic series of misfortunes. The piece juxtaposes a Chicago Mail aside about political appointments and the absurd consequences of ignorance and impatience.
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Brother Hatton
Chicago Mail
Cleveland
Col Blackwell’s defense of Dorham Bull brand and real estate rise
The Shelby Aurora reports Col. Blackwell’s defense of the Dorham Bull brand with 300 to 400 suits and 27 in Richmond at once, totaling $126,800 in litigation. He notes direct advertising outlays of about $1.1 million and $1,504 starting funds with $5,900 debts. He built 44 houses in Durham last year and plans more, selling at cost plus interest to aid town growth.
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Col. Blackwell
Dorham
Green
Richmond
Darhany
Durham
Practical Talk From The New Bene Journal
Opinion argues encampment was voluntary and costly for men and employers. The author urges state funded instruction and dispersed regimental camps across the state or ending the practice, condemning the initial Asheville show. A jest about a Deacon Smithe ends the fragment.
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New
Bene Journal
Asheville
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