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Adams Sentinel

Location

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1859

Page

2

Shipwrecked Nicara… return voyage to U S ports

December 16 wreck on Glover's reef sixty miles from Balize left all passengers saved though vessel lost. Governor Seymour of Honduras offered the British war steamer Basilisk to convey wrecked passengers to Mobile or New Orleans. Basilisk landed about 100 rescued passengers January 2 and housed them kindly with provisions. crowd cheered as a Nicaraguan flag was raised.

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Arsenic Prank Ends With Assault On Wife

A husband faked taking arsenic to frighten his wife over a plan to test her devotion. He bought arsenic, hid the notice, pretended he would die, then punched his wife when she reacted. Neighbors intervened and he was jailed for assault and battery after appearing before Judge Proden.

Cincinnati Abe Danny Har Polson

Murder Dream Reports Brutal Belgian Tragedy and Missing Motives

A Belgian journal recounts a murder plot revealed by a child’s dream. Two Jewish brothers flee Gyak to Gropswar dein with their daughters. the child’s vision leads to the discovery of five corpses and the arrest of two neighbors who confessed after being found altering notes. The tale is tied to a second brutal case of destitution and a liquor-driven downfall, ending with a note on annual urban exactions totaling about 28 million in local currency.

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Gett ysburg Appeal for Paper Payments and Local Notices

Earnest appeal requests remaining debtors to settle sums for newspaper paper stalled by shortages. Paragraph urges neighbors to assist before midweek. mentions Rev. Werner lecture on Signs of the Times and appointments including Hig. Me TM. Waterers as Merchants Appraiser and Parkin Hsg as Transcribing Clerk. Reports sales and transfers of local properties with prices and purchasers listed.

Sippual Wittinsu Mure

East Berlin Rail Link Survey and Local Happenings

Citizens plan a railroad from East Berlin to New Oxford with J S Gitt civil engineer to conduct a preparatory survey. Local items note a teacher convention in Gettysburg on February 10 11 12 and a new People's Band forming with fine abroad instruments. Also report damage to fruit trees from recent storms and a jail crowd in adjoining county. Senate opens new hall. Vice President Breckinridge delivers an influential address to a large gallery audience.

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Pennsylvania Legislature Elects Leaders in Harrisburg Riotous Assembly

In Harrisburg on Tuesday the Senate and House convened to elect officers. John Crenwell and Lawrence chaired, with several officers named for the Senate and House. Speaker Lawrence urged duty, reform, and the protection of industrial wealth while upholding Christian principles. The session also saw a Canal Commissioner abolition bill pass the House. The Legislature adjourned to Mount Hope for a break, while a fire destroyed the Hamiltonian schoolhouse. Freight and express traffic on local railroads rose, and Rev. J. Unat resigned from Schippensburg Southend Church amid church resistance.

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Gerenper's Message Abstract to Legislature

A late week abstract summarizes State finances with receipts surpassing expenditures and a total debt of 39 208 111 16. It notes 11 million secured by Public Works, potential debt reduction, and support for Public Schools and canal abolition. It warns against new banks, endorses secured bank notes, and calls for revised public money procedures, auditor checks, and sovereignty.

Gererper Surbury Eric Reilroad Auditor General

Outsized intrigues and crimes ripple through Southern Kansas

Reports from Ossawatamie Kansas describe Captain Ragilton leading a large force of desperate men in Southern Kansas amid outrages following the Chouteane trading post murders last May. The capture of Montgomery and Brown is pursued, while a new territory Colona is proposed. The cabinet probes corruption in Philadelphia and a surge of political plans and foreign affairs fill the week’s chatter.

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Trauble Among the Saints in Utah Intrigues Reported

The alvives from Coat claim Saints face treachery as Brigham Young moves to set an example. Reports describe female behavior toward troops, hermetic guards, and alleged disruptions within the church. A New York Emerald review estimates a large weekly gold crop future. A rock slide near Huntingdon buried rail cars, and two young boys drowned after a dam accident in Duncannon. A shanty fire in Cornwall kills a mother and two children.

Trauble Uatit Eistare Brigham Young Tyix Brigham

End of an Adulteress and Local Politics Mix

An editor from the Hagerstown region discusses Rachael Conningham, famed for multiple spouses and public notoriety, now in Baltimore alms house. The piece also notes Illinois politics reelecting Stephen A. Douglas, ongoing U S Army recruiting, a Marion Corps commandant's sudden Washington death, a new counterfeit 82 note, a fatal woodsman smothering case, and scattered local incidents including a waterworks jet at the Capitol and a bed fire scare.

Baltimore Rachael Conningham Sweshegon Ondoram

Indignation in Spain Over Purchase Proposal

Spanish sentiment runs high in Quia over a proposed purchase by President Bushonwn and a U S territorial sale plan. Newspapers denounce the idea as dishonorable to Spain, while speeches abroad stir enthusiasm for Mr Douglas. Kansas banditti and Missouri politics fill a chaotic domestic scene with voluminous debates and public measures.

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The Amistad Case and Its Aftermath

The article recalls the Amistad case from two decades earlier, detailing the Africans taken to Cuba and their voyage back to Africa pursuit of liberty. It notes John Quincy Adams defending the Africans in New Haven, the District Court ruling for their freedom, and the Supreme Court affirming the decision. It mentions the Spanish government seeking compensation, and Congress repeatedly resisting an appropriation. The piece also covers a Pleasant Incident in Boston Atlas and a New Sharon funeral vignette, plus a Kentucky manslaughter trial involving two girls.

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