Tragic caseload as youth John Blair dies after mental distress
The article notes John Blair son of Andrew Blair of Carlisle admitted to practice law after a creditable exam. He showed signs of mental illness, fled his home, and was found dead in a watercourse days later. Separate item reports Mrs. Caster, widow of Judge Daniel, died in Richmond from shock after a fire near their residence. she was daughter of Edmund Randolph, former U.S. Attorney General.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Smithsboro
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Ane Jerson Ewing
Henry Hrinkerhoff
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Elias Eyler
Hezekiah Brinkerhof
Hezexian Gnisxennorr
Santa Anna Fugitive in Mexico After Defeat at Puebla
Santa Anna fled after his troops were dispersed near Puebla by Gen. Lane, reaching Tehuacan then Orizaba with his wife and about forty followers. Lacking funds, he sold his carriage for $600 and faced danger from countrymen while seeking escape. The Union notes sympathy amid his precarious plight. It also mentions receiving the Pictorial Saturday Cover for January 1848, a large war-engraved publication showing Gen. Taylor before Monterey.
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Tehuacan
Orizaba
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Whigs of Adams County Convene for Convention Delegates
A large Whig meeting at the Adams County Courthouse on Monday evening appointed James Cunningham as president and Cols Dosainson and James McYz unxy as vice presidents to choose a delegate for the Canal Commissioner nomination in March. A committee drafted resolutions criticizing the Mexican War and Polk's expansion, urging opposition to war and defense of Whig principles.
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James Cunningham
Jonx Dosainson
Col
James M'Yzunxy
Bessnart Hine Brown
R. W. M’shrecay
A. R. Stevenson
John Broauh
Buehler
Joseph Fink
Nathaniel Grayson
Wm. Gardner
Samuel Cobean
Ephraim Swope
Janes J. Will
J. Schr
Adams County
James K. Polk
United States
Whig Party
Whig Conferees Appointed and Congressional Outlook Note
Daniel M. Smyler Jo Joseph Fink and Joan Brougil named Conferees to select a delegate for the Whig National Convention and to appoint a substitute elevator if needed. Motion elected I B Mcreary Jacob Aughinbaugh and D A Buehler as Conferees to confer with Franklin county on a Senatorial Delegate for the Canal Commissioner Convention. Proceedings to be published in Whig papers. Georgia Whigs gain Senate seat. Congress likely Whigs 117 to Locos 10 and Natives one. Florida Whigs hold House majority. Louisiana delegation unchanged. Louisiana and Georgia outlook noted. Louisiana and Florida majorities compared. Louisiana and Georgia political complexion discussed. Continuous Whig strength in Florida House. Louisiana delegation unchanged. Georgia and Florida results favor Whigs, while the House standings in the state legislatures show shifts.
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Winfield Scott
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Alexander R. Stevenson
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Daniel M. Smyler
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Joseph Fink
Joan Brougil
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