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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1835
Page
1
The Adams Sentinel reports white migrants replacing emancipated labor in Jamaica and comments on British policy harming workers. A Virginia race for Congress leads to a duel with injury. A Natchez mob publicly lashes and humiliates Foster after his wife’s murder trial, while a prisoner dies frozen in Duanesburgh.
In Adams county a Democratic gathering at Henesening's house named J N Grafs as Chairman and John L Fuller as Secretary. A committee drafted motions for a county convention to choose delegates for Harrisburg and Baltimore. The meeting urged borough and township electors on Feb 1 to select two delegates each for the county convention.
A 1834 issue records a petition to restore Napoleon's effigy, a Newark fire destroying G and A Carter’s carriage works and Crane’s cabinet factory, Rhode Island Senate delays, and Mr Parker of New York announcing a hardening composition that cures like stone yet remains workable in a soft state.
At a large convention in Massachusetts on Wednesday evening about 450 members attended. Daniel Webster was unanimously recommended as a candidate for the presidency. The meeting, led by Henry Adams and presided by Mr. Prokwasy, endorsed Webster as a national figure and a defender of the Constitution, urging support for a candidate with broad appeal and proven integrity.
The Massachusetts nomination sparks debate on Webster’s bid with anti Jackson forces eyeing Maine Connecticut New York and other states. Friends urge a focused national vote to prove merit while party discipline in Congress faces scrutiny over voting secrecy and patronage shifts toward the Globe office.
A Boston Journal report describes a runaway sled incident near the State House as a young woman was struck and sent sprawling by a speeding sled. A boy, frightened by the crash, urged the rider to hold on and keep her feet up as the vehicle sped downhill, with the damsel left stunned by the sudden velocity.
A mercantile house in a interior city makes an unusual purchase of a whole fleet of war ships. The Erie Gazette details this remarkable acquisition and its implications for trade and defense.
Report covers vessels raised from public property by Mesara Miles Leach and potential outfitting for Chicago trade. Also details a suspected arson at St Peter's Church in Pikeland township Chester county, burning the building costing 4000 to 5000 dollars with organ and church silver destroyed. Reward offered totaling 250 dollars for detection.
Stevens pleaded guilty at Fayette county court to assaulting Judge Baird. He was sentenced to one year in jail, fined fifty dollars plus costs, and entered into a $1000 recognizance with $500 margins, to keep the peace and be kept in custody until compliance. Eleven attorneys were erased from the roll for publishing libel against the court. Weir names were removed after the hearing. the court regrets the conduct and hopes for an adjustment without harming the court’s dignity.
A 19th century exhibit in Philadelphia records the foot of Afong May, a Chinese model, measured by witnesses. They report lengths from heel to toe of four and three quarters inches for the big toe, two and a half inches for the small toe, and around the ankle as six and six tenths inches, noting the exhibitor’s model reflects the general appearance of the foot. Signatories include Harlem, Ruschenbergh, Randolph, Homer, Emerson, Peace, Morgan, and Bell. Philadelphia, January 27, 1835.
The Old State Journal declares Henry Clay the Whigs’ first choice in Ohio, and Nes Ora is praised as the strongest candidate for the opposition nationwide. The Pittsburgh Statesman endorses Clay firmly, while noting some prefer Harrison but pledges to support Clay if he becomes the nominee.
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