Adams Sentinel reports local election results and claims of manipulation
The piece cites a bitter contest between Colman the Poindexter and Edward Dyer, noting Colman won about seventy percent while Dyer led by over fifty votes. It remarks on ballot-box power and party rhetoric, then shifts to praise for Muhlenberg and a long tale of Swaim Panacea’s rise, health cures, and wealth. It ends with a Philadelphia prison lot sale and Joan Moss purchasing at 219,099 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colman
Poindexter
Edward Dyer
Colima
Dyer
Seon Dines
Pennsylvania Hospital
Swaim
Eal
Philadela Raps
Providence
Pennsyvania Hospital
Walnut and
Sixth Streets
Philadelphia
Messrs
Thomas & Son
Joan Moss, Esq
Nat. Gaz
June Ui
Pirates and tragedy swirl in Charleston and Boston tales
The Alabama Journal reports a Mobile merchant recalling a Charleston voyage to New York that ended in a pirate massacre on a privateer tied to Mrs Alston. Boston pirates are hanged while crowds gather as priests lift prayers. Charleston bank subscriptions shatter records amid wartime costs.
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Burt
Telov
Aterow
Caroling
Biot
Harleston
York
Alabama Journal
Aaron Whurr
Gur
Europe
Charleston
N. York
Mobile
Kise
Riot in Lombard Street House Beating Probed by Mayor
In Puirapeccuta on a Tuesday evening an eight to nine o clock riot erupted near Lombard below Sixth street. A colored woman named Congo, testifying in a slave case, spurred vengeance by several blacks who attacked John Hill's dwelling, wounded a dog, and beat and stabbed its inmates. The old woman fled atop a house but was pursued and badly beaten. eleven rioters were detained by the Mayor, including Nathaniel Montgomery Thomas Jordan Hannah Jordan James Powel John Pun cy G Perker John Brown Mary Mason Ana Real Laurie Louce.
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Lombard
Sixth Street
Con- 0
Delaware
John Hill
Mary
Congo
Hill
Nathaniel Montgomery
Thomas Jordan
Hannah Jordan
James Powel
John Puncy
G Perker
John Brown
Mary Mason
Ana Real
Laurie Louce
Miraculous Child Saved After Fall From City Hotel Window
A New York child playing in a third story window at the National Owl, Broadway opposite City Hotel, tumbled headfirst toward the pavement. An awning intervened and broke the fall, the child bouncing on the canvas before slipping through and escaping injury. No other hotel in town has such an awning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Owl
Broadway
City
Tts
Trade Growth in Williamsport and Canal Traffic
Williamsport Maryland June 13 1835 trade along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal increases as country produce from Franklin County Pennsylvania and western wagons move tobacco to ship at market. Since the year began about 2000 emigrants have left Halifax for the United States due to weak trade.
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Williamsport
Chesapeake
Ohio Canal
Franklin County
Penon
Ship Place
Hanner
Halifax
United States
Saya
Tolls on Pennsylvania Canal for week ending 9th inst
Tolls collected during the week totaled 20437 dollars. The season’s tolls to date reach 280000 dollars, with 40000 to 59000 dollars still in collectors hands.
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Pennsylvania Canal
Detroit convention seeks constitutional reform in Michigan
A Detroit meeting forms a state convention to draft a new constitution. Committees probe debt imprisonment reform, capital punishment abolition, and religious liberty for office. affirming the state's soil inviolability. The resolution will be sent to the President with thanks for support.
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Detroit
PUBLIC OPINION IN THE BANGOR WHIG ON PARTY UNITY
The Bangor Whig defends party loyalty and principle amid divisions. It mocks rivals and mobs, cites Gen Jackson Van Buren and Benton banking debates, and condemns subornation in municipal Washington elections while praising steadfast adherence to the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Daniel
Gen. Jackson
van Buren
Col. Benton
Benton
Hydra
Recollection of resolutions and rebuke amid election protest
The excerpt recalls colleagues passing resolutions that echo a Senate rebuke while Colman protests the power shift and asserts his appeal to the people as he seeks re election. The fragment hints at political contention and challenges to incumbency in a public arena.
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U.S. Senate
Colman
Vision of Duty and a Taxed Legal Class in Early US Debate
The piece extols virtuous leadership facing majorities, urges public figures to do right despite repercussions, and cites a Winchester Va tax on lawyers and physicians as a test of public conscience. It quotes Springfield Pioneer and reflects on national unity through diverse states and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Gaz
Tennessee's Electoral Vote Controversy Over Fifteen Votes
The piece accuses the Baltimore Convention of Tennessee influence peddling claiming no Tennessean authorized a single elector. It notes public knowledge that Van Buren aligned interests shaped Tennessee's fifteen votes and mocks the manipulation as unjustified political maneuvering.
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Nashville
Baltimore
Tennessee
Tewnessee
van Buren
Masonic Hall On Chesnut Street Sold For 110,550
The Masonic Hall on Chesnut Street was yesterday purchased by Mr Liam Swaim for 110,550 dollars. Fortund responds with remarks about the new owner and the hall’s future within twenty years.
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Masonic
Chesnut Street
Liam Swaim
Fortund
Melancholy Ohio accident and rail crash report
Hamilton Ohio June 4 An unnamed man John Shirover of Morgan township lost his wife and three children injured when a tree toppled onto his wagon while returning from visiting friends. Intelligencer details a deadly family mishap and a separate Pennsylania rail accident on the inclined plane where brakes failed and a car overturned injuring agent Beatty of Columbia.
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Hamilton
Ohio
John Shirover
Morgan Township
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Beatty
Columbia
American Scenery and the Nation's Vast Expanse
A National Intelligencer correspondent extols American scenery from Niagara to the Mississippi and Ohio, praising inland seas, prairies and ced ars. The text contrasts bustling western cities with Europe and notes frost damage to fruit trees as reported by a practical cultivator.
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Earth
Alabama
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Europa
James Brooks
National Intelligencer
Eruptions, Politics, and a Queen in 1830s Europe
From the N Jour of Commerce eight days from Europe via England and Liverpool reports Lord Russell losing in Devonshire to Spikers and Jory by 627 votes. Livingston sails for New York as Indemnity Bill debates and French relations with America unfold. Vesuvius erupts again, shocking columns of fire and two more earthquakes near Naples. Portuguese Queen replies to deputations urging marriage, balancing imperial duties and personal loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Jour
Lord Russell
London
Paris
Lyons
Pegi
Wade
Cayainag
Chamber of Deputies
France
Chamber of Peers
Ihe Courier Francais
Livingston
Barton
America
Naples
Coleagues
Portugal
Prince's marriage plans delayed by royal dissent in Portugal
A report notes a proposed union faced a setback as the young Prince's mother opposes the match. An agent will be sent from Portugal to negotiate the affair, despite the ministerial choice being supported by some. The text also mentions agricultural advice about ground care to preserve reds, stressing loose soil and weed control near roots.
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Wea
Portugal
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Edinburgh
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Springfield Pioneer
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