27 Oct 1834
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1834
Page
1
In a wartime style plea Major J Downing of Downingville Militia warns against riots at the upcoming election. He argues for supporting the police and laws, urging citizens to calm fears of disorder and to keep order to protect the nation and its citizens. He matches patriotism to strict lawfulness.
The piece argues Whigs remain firm despite losses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It cites past woes, party patronage limits, and the need to defend republican governance, urging perseverance and continued political effort across states and regions.
Correspondents describe a visit from Wilkesbarre to the Wyoming monument built to honor victims of the massacre fifty four years prior. They recount the fort Forty Fort and the 300 settlers who rushed out to meet the Indians, urged by English agents, leaving women and children behind.
A French report portrays Toulon Bayne as a vast convict fortress holding over five thousand inmates serving sentences from five years to life. Prisoners are transported in chains to the fortress and kept under brutal discipline with two chained galley-slaves, night padlocks, guarded walkways with cannon, and forced scavenging duties. Similar measures exist at Brest and Rochfort.
A report from the ship Washington announces the safe arrival of Miss Julia Foochee ching ch ang king, a young Chinese woman from Canton, in the United States. The notice touts her novelty, youth under eighteen, and a daring voyage by a pioneer navigator, highlighting filial motive and pecuniary considerations.
The Cholera has largely disappeared in the United States with few deaths in New York and Philadelphia last week. Rochester and Buffalo show no cases and inland towns trend clear. Southern plantations see declines. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh report minimal activity, Savannah records a single case on the 6th, New Orleans remains healthy.
The cholera toll reaches 2000 in Gottenburgh and alarms spread to Stockholm. The Prince Royal has invoked a Paris 1832 style measure and walks through hospital wards to encourage the sick amid growing fear.
A 10 year old boy was found guilty by a 6 year old jury and sentenced by the assizes court in Bouches-du-Rhone to 10 years in the house of correction for the murder of a young girl.
The Wesleyan Methodist Conference met in London from July 30 to August 14 with about 400 preachers present. Twenty preachers died, 92 young men entered the ministry with 29 accepted. The society grew by 17,853, including 12,000 in England and 5,853 in Ireland and foreign missions. A key decision approved the establishment of an institution to train young men for the ministry.
Jesse Hust wins re election as Baltimore Mayor by about 1000 votes over opponent Mr Smacv. Hust secures a second term amid a tight race and emphasis on urban policy and public services.
Funeral honors were paid in Hagerstown on the 7th instant. Six teen volunteer corps from Washington county Maryland and neighboring counties in Pennsylvania and Virginia joined in the ceremonies. From six to eight thousand people attended.
The Charleston Courier argues the Union Party fell due to City Guard and Citadel troops backing the winning side. It questions the true support for the Test Oath, citing party discipline and patronage. The piece claims 1280 voters opposed the oath, suggesting an anti oath majority if all oppose votes are counted.
A late Western Exchange notes that eastern newspapers show little in the way of hot stories with no riots in the East for several weeks.
Emigrants flood into the West as four steamboats reach Detroit within 24 hours landing eight hundred to nine hundred people. The Detroit Journal notes roads and vessels packed with wagons and carriages, transforming travel into a bustling scene of rapid population growth.
The Persian Gulf hosts the world’s largest pearl fisheries on Bahrain and Arad. Bahrain’s fertile islands support rich trade with India and beyond. Divers, mostly enslaved Africans and Arabs, dive deep to harvest oysters, earning meager wages while risking health. Buckingham and Morier provide the details.
The London press alleges the Autocrat of Russia enforces punishments on Poles. Nobles must show titles within two years or face conscription or Siberian labor. A 12 year old student died after public flogging. A 15 year old Polish girl at Warsaw boarding school died after being whipped and violated by Cossacks. Many Poles die by their own hand due to misery.
A four year old boy from Bristol England is described as fluent in Greek Hebrew Latin Welch and English. He is noted as highly intelligent looking and playful for his age.
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