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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1857
Page
2
A garbled excerpt from a Chronicle page presents unreadable phrases and disjointed names, leaving readers with few discernible facts or coherent events to report.
The report notes Gen. Walker's capitulation on the Jet of May, Davie ferried 260 men to New Orleans, and Walker may face trial for violating neutrality laws. It describes crowds, sermons by Garrison Dugdale Mote, and broad coverage of ongoing political and financial matters across Pennsylvania and the nation.
A desolate survey describes widespread hunger from Ohio to Iowa with corn prices two dollars a bushel in places, dead horses along roads, and destitution among the poor. Cattle suffer subsistence on browse as people migrate seeking work and food. observers note many are dying and authorities struggle to aid the starving.
A fragmented account describes how immigrants from diverse regions arrive in Nebraska, seeking homes and work. It details the broad origins of settlers, from the South to the North, including eastern coasts, and notes the mix of arrival locations and the steady arrival of families, workers, and travelers shaping the state's development.
A fragmented report touches the Scott decision and its fiery aftermath. It notes a colored man and his family seized in St. Louis, with Mobile and Baltimore involved in government plans for post office improvements. The passage references maritime news, wagon trade, and arrival of California-bound steamship passengers to New York with gold aboard.
Letters from Monrovia discuss Liberia and Mrs Wilson amid health concerns prompting a return. Dr James praises Liberia education efforts while Rev Bob Williams and Miss Catharine Strobel are noted for service. A collision near Harrisburg injures twelve to fourteen, with Holmes Norton seriously hurt. Col Thomas Benton lightly injured. President Buchanan to move to Soldiers Home this July. The steamship Altica sails to Liverpool with 180 passengers and substantial specie. New Hampshire Senators Norris Atherton Ball Till died recently, three in three years.
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