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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1857
Page
2
A letter from the president of Hver Green Cemetery accuses the Adams Sentinel editor of withholding the authorship behind an anonymous, critical communication. The President charges the editor with evasive replies, urges disclosure of the writer, and defends the cemetery against alleged misrepresentations while demanding accountability and an open press.
A Montreal steamship burned near Cape Range twelve miles above Quebec. About 500 passengers, mostly Scottish emigrants, were aboard. 175 to 200 saved by the Napoleon. Estimates place the death toll near three to four hundred. Captain Randolph and others escaped by swimming to safety. The burning ship's fire spread rapidly as crew fought to launch lifeboats. A separate report notes an Alexandria County Virginia shooting at Mount Carmel schoolhouse leaving James Birch dead, Manuel Austin arrested. An extraordinary 1688 Cleveland lightning strike on John Henderson caused severe injuries but he survived.
Article notes ongoing emigration from Canada to the Western States, alarming province populations as young men depart and families lose potential marriage partners. It cites calls to encourage immigration from France and urge French Canadians to stay. It also reports on Venezuela beef cattle proposals and argues wild Venezuelan cattle cannot be reliably transported to New York, favoring domestic pastoral regions between the Mississippi and Rio Grande for future beef.
Wisconsin shows a strong migration of Scandinavian and other European groups. Milwaukee reportedly hosts a high share of foreign born residents, with Norwegians arriving and thousands more expected. These settlers are described as industrious and peaceful, aiding the Northwest’s development. The article cites Phil Journal on the demographics and potential denationalization trends.
Sherif Thomas announces an auction on the 18th of the month at the Court-house for a house and lot of ground in Menallen township identified as the property of Emanuel Rive.
The Main Line sale advances amid broad support across the state aside from party operators. A local writer praised forstatistical clarity aided the case, citing Adams and Burtmary as turning points. The Legislature passed the bill after intense debate, with executive approval. Commencement at Franklin and Marshall College set for the last Wednesday of the month, Vale distory assigned to Mr. W. A. Duncan.
The Baltimore Female College held its annual commencement with graduates including Miss N B Paxton of Gettysburg and Miss A Z Han of Petersburg. In Washington City, nay five men were found guilty for involvement in the late election riot, each sentenced to a year in prison and a $20 fine. Judge Crawford condemned the offense as a violation of the nation’s government, noting they blocked voting near polling places. Additional notes report Treasury drafts totaling about twenty million dollars, with state figures in Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco. A Philadelphia paper cites June rainfall at seven inches, well above the 20 year average of 3.4 inches. The steamer Muropa departed New York for Liverpool with a substantial sum in specie. Nelson Driggs was arrested in St. Louis with four to five thousand dollars in counterfeit notes from several banks. Lord Napier, Britain’s minister, summered at Frostburg, Maryland, with Mr. Hammill’s residence prepared for him. The York Pennsylvanian recounts two of four siblings from Mr. Henry Shiding’s family dying after apple butter from a copper kettle, while the remaining mother and other child suffer mental effects and danger.
A large assemblage gathered at Littlestown on the 4th for the railroad breaking ground with speeches by Wu M Sherry Littlestown Raymond Westwinster David Willa and I W Stuble Gettysburg. The 4th passed quietly in Gettysburg with Blues at Chambersburg and a totemic firemen display at Chambersburg. Western papers praise crops. wheat and corn thrive. the Niagara reaches Halifax with Europe news. British Parliament debates Grey Town destruction. British fleet grows on Cuban coast. French election tension rises. counterfeit notes circulate in Philadelphia and Richmond banks. New banks seek charter in the state. beef prices fall in New York.
In a pointed exchange, editors defend independence and deny coercion as they rebut a Cemetery Board president’s denials of charges. They claim broad community support, dismiss claims of duress, and suggest healthy agitation may spur reform without obsequious aid from any party.
An express train on the Mariette and Cincinnati Railroad derailed at a trestle 12 miles from Marietta. A single car plunged 43 feet, killing three aboard and wounding many others. Victims include William G Richardson of Beaton and the wife of William Bigham of Marietta. another unidentified man died.
A severe hail storm struck Predbevisksbiong Virginia on a Wednesday afternoon with thunder and lightning. Hailstones the size of hens eggs shattered windward windows and burned six telegraph office magnets except one. Widespread damage to trees and crops reported in Stefard Culpepper and nearby counties.
The Harrisburg Telegraph summarizes the sale of the Main Line noting debts cut by 7.5 million, end of partisan fraud, tax reductions, treasury preservation, and transfer of rail control to the railroad company. It also notes a Tallmadge Spirit poem plagiarism claim from 1837 and comments on spiritualist copying. The Pension Office reports June warrants near four thousand, over half a million acres involved, and twenty six million acres required to satisfy warrants from 1853 statute.
Reports detail a six-man New York and Illinois group awarded a $45,000 contract for semi weekly overland mail to California. Coaches cover 2000 miles in twenty five days, through deserts, from St. Louis and Memphis to Fort Yuma and San Francisco, amid doubt from the National Intelligencer about feasibility.
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