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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1857
Page
2
In Philadelphia a gathering of friends noted Miss M. appeared distressed as news arrived that Gov. Marcy had died. The daughter, deeply moved, retired upstairs after learning the calamity, while male guests discussed how to relay the sad intelligence.
The article reports that New York’s total foreign trade for the year ending June 90th exceeded 226 million dollars with imports surpassing U.S. totals for prior years and exports reaching new highs in both specie and produce. It notes the nationwide import dominance at New York and discusses editorials predicting needed retrenchment to avoid deeper debt. It also covers a sensational murder case in Adams County Mississippi with three alleged Black suspects confession and a Minnesota copper ore finding of remarkable copper mass.
Military orders outline the organization and march of 2d dragoons 6th and 7th infantry to Utah with Brevet Brigadier General Harvey in command. Reports from Spirit Lake Iowa describe another attack on settlers. other items include a steamboat clash, a Boston Bible theft, Montreal disaster looting, and various local incidents with notable names and places.
The Enquirer reports a fatal confrontation in Morgan county Kentucky between Afr Mason a Democrat and Mr Cox an opponent over congressional race issues. Mason allegedly killed Mr Cox after a heated exchange tied to abolition charges. The incident follows a string of local disasters including a locomotive explosion near Montezuma and violent livestock incidents.
A lively Syracuse contest saw over twenty machines start with the Manny Wood's improvement edging the Ketchum design by a head. Cheers from fans of both sides accompanied the win as spectators celebrated the close rail race.
The piece reports Adams county tax receipts paid into Harrisburg Treasury by J L Semicw exg county treasurer, notes a paid status of county licenses for 1850, and mentions a balance due. It includes an exchange with the Cemetery president about a dispute with the Sentinel editor and references the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College and storm damage in Waltham and a varnish fire in New York City. It also notes wheat exports from Charleston and a bishop marriage in Norfolk and a St Louis arrest for obscene language.
The jury convicts Henry Fife Monroe Stewart and Charlotte Jones of first degree murder in the MeKersport Wilson family killing after an eleven day trial that drew broad community interest. Catharine Crow, a Oswego resident aged 19, accused of male attire, admits three years of dressing as a man to earn higher wages and carries a dirk knife for self defense.
Essay discusses sudden death as a feared yet sometimes fitting end for public figures, citing Secretary Marey and General Taylor era examples. It considers brain versus heart causes, the emotional toll of public life, and the contrast between dramatic and quiet mortality. It closes with a Montreal obituary notice and a note on Florida swamps yielding abundant frogs.
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