Thursday, May 13, 2010

WASHINGTON, February 8 [1862]

Neither Senate or House are in session, both Houses having adjourned over from yesterday until Monday.

The rumor in regard to French intervention is denied, to-day, by high authority. The rumor, however, excites much comment.

The Ericsson gun boat is in great favor here. It will be thoroughly tested in New York by the Navy Department.

The Senate finance committee is in session to-day, on the legal tender clause of the treasury note bill. It is thought there is a majority against it.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 10, 1862, p. 1

No comments: