The Lost Will and the Ghostly Benefactor
In Orange County New York circa 1860 the Culvertons face a legal challenge to their estate as Jabez Hardy claims the legacy of Uncle Hiram Hardy. A dream-visitant Scottish cook Jessie awakens belief in ghosts, guiding Mrs. Culverton to a hidden German book containing Uncle Hiram’s will. The will is found, the family avoids dispossession, and Jessie stays on, later marrying, with the high-spirited tale ending in a mix of superstition and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culverton
Orange County
New York
Culvertons
Jabez Hardy
Mrs. Culverton
Hiram Hardy
Mrs. Culver
Mr. Culverton
Hiram
Jabez
Cook
Mrs. C
Jessie
Culverton’s
Uncle Hiram
Earth
Reminiscences of Cherokee Indians in the Smoky Mountains
The writer recalls 1863 to 1864 among Cherokee communities in Jackson Haywood and Cherokee Counties Georgia detailing women as workers, matrilineal farms, and deer and bear hunting. Observes their dances, Bible readings, and customs including funeral rites and a chief’s guidance, noting loyalty to home and postwar allegiance to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoky Mountains
Qualla Town
Jackson County
Haywood
Cherokee
Georgia
Blackstone
Kent
William H. Thomas
Stekore Fields
Sean
New York
Confederate States Army
United States
Lincoln Victory Sparks Southern Secession Fervor Across Charleston
The article recounts rising fear after Lincoln's victory, detailing Southern threats of disunion, Northern skepticism, and large public demonstrations in Charleston with palmetto and lone star flags. It notes merchants’ wary stance, political resignations, and early signs of a crisis as South Carolina moves toward secession. Public meetings spread fear and resolve, framing a volatile prewar atmosphere.
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Lincoln
Union
Seward
Washington City
United States
South
South Carolina
Charleston
Federal Court
Old City
Fragmentary reflection on speech and prudence in leadership
The fragment questions the value of harsh speech and rash judgments in leadership. It contrasts blunt words with lack of sensibility and suggests that such talk wounds like a sword and only harms fools. It asks why this behavior should be indulged at all.
Marriage of Gen W H F Lee Draws Crowds at Petersburg
A New York Herald correspondent describes the wedding of Gen W H F Lee to Miss Bolling in Petersburg on Thanksgiving Day. Gen R E Lee and brothers arrive from Richmond to attend, provoking rapturous reception as crowds fill St Pauls Church and surrounding streets with demonstrations of support and curiosity.
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New York Herald
Petersburg
W. F. H. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox Courthouse
Mason and Dixon
W. H. F. Lee
Bolling
Richmond
R. E. Lee
Custis Lee
Fitz Hugh Lee
Lee
St. Paul’s Church
How Impeachment Was Defeated in Congress
Washington dispatch describes a shift to fillibuster tactics by impeachers and a Republican compromise to vote on the merits. The tally ended 7 to 108 in favor of removal of the President, with notable names among Republicans voting against impeachment. Readers witness a tense scene as Congress concluded with the decisive result and mixed reactions.
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Washington
Richmond Dispatch
Journal
Agai
Congress
Johnson
Washington Star
Saturday Evening
Republican Party
Messrs
Banks
Baldwin
Bingham
Blain
Dawes
Eliot
Laffin
Ingersoll
Garfield
Poland
Spalding
Pennsylvania
Eldridge
Dem
Stevens
Washburns
Cadwalader C
Wisconsin
Elihu B
Illinois
Henry D
Indiana
W. B
Massachusetts
Grant
Washington Dispatch
Gen. Grant
Marshal Brown
General Grant
Figqua
Butter and Cheese Factories Across New York State
Forty years ago New York grew surplus grain for export with Genesee Flour prized abroad. Dairying now eclipses other farming as factories centralize near grass and cows. Milk, stored in reservoirs and chilled, yields cream skimmed after 24 to 36 hours and churned by power to make superior butter. Cheese from the skimmed milk provides a mild, palatable product sold at ten cents a pound to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Genesee
Syracuse
Troy
Albany
Genesee Valley
Cayuga Lake
Dairy factories promise faster payments boost milk yield
The New York Tribune notes a shift from receiving delayed dividends to rapid payment upon delivery, as butter and cheese become cash articles. It estimates state dairy product output will rise at least one fourth with widespread factory adoption and grassland value by at least ten dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York: Tribune
Perjury Indictments Highlight Moral Decline in Postwar South
The Macon Telegraph argues cases like Mr Blodgett’s show widespread hypocrisy as individuals swear oaths to aid the Confederacy for personal gain. It denounces perjury as moral treason, condemning those who betrayed their country for offices and payments amid Southern power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
United States District Court
North
Gospel of Truth
Confederacy
Causa
Macon
THREE CONFEDERATES IN PARIS AND A CANADIAN COUPLER
A Paris letter profiles three ex Confederates John C Breckinridge Isham G Harris and A Dudley Mann living in Europe. Breckinridge seeks obscurity yet eyes a Kentucky return while Harris travels England and Ireland and Mann enjoys diplomatic life near Chantilly with his son William Grayson Mann. The piece notes Grant’s presumed Jacobin alignment and mocks a proposed platform before describing a Canadian invention that couples cars without manual between cars.
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Paris
Europe
John C. Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Boulevard Malesherbe
Kentucky
United States Service
Maniners
New England
Grant
Harris
Liverpool
England
Dudley Mann
France
Chantilly
William Grayson Mann
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Southern Home Journal
James M. Buchanan, JR
de Bow
Brazil
A. A. Porter
Southern Presbyterian
York Tit
Avisunol
Rio DE Janeiro
Minas
Acre
Portugal
Rio de Janiero
W. C. Emerson
Mississippi
Caixa
AAP
John Cosby
Virginia
Nashville Banner
Canada
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