Emigrant Plight and Missouri River Crossing Details 1845
The writer recalls vast emigration along Missouri crossings near St Josephs and Independence. Numbers exceed 10 000 wagons and 40 000 people with 80 000 head of stock, amid cholera outbreaks and harsh conditions. Reports describe markets for corn, hemp, and mules, river ferries crowded with emigrants, long delays, and dangers crossing the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. Details include crossing towns, ferry counts, and anticipated journeys to Oregon Territory during a challenging season in 1845.
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Ingan
Art
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Independence
Fort Keargy
Sam
Kamalwavaon Parker
Wat
Cal
Freavit
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Carson
Maj. Sword
Wagans
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Black Hills
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Nevada
Nevada Mountain
Wiley
Democratic Meeting in Lowndes County 1849
In Lowndes County on May 6 1849 a Democratic meeting at the Court House elected William Hines as chair and Edmonson as secretary. A seven member committee was named to select delegates for a joint district meeting in Ware to nominate a Senate candidate, with further appointments and adjournment. Twenty three new cholera cases and five deaths were reported since yesterday.
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Early
Court House
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Dunham
R. Q Dickisson
W. S. Lawtom
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Barry
Messrs. Collier
Dusham
Robert
Col. R. Crag
Col. Bessert Bec
Collier
Mesars
S. B. Webb
J. B. Keaton
Baker County
Tewss
Georgia
Cal. Titt
Early County
Com
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Davis
Pace
Colley
Maj
Brookin
Albany
R. Q. Dickinson
W. 5S. Lawros
Lowndes
Tuovruity
Lowndes County
William Hines Wa
Edmonson
Morgan G. Swain
Ware
David Johnson
James Jamerson
David G. Hutchinson
William Zeigter
James Coston
Thomas B. Griffin
James C. Hodges
Wet.b. Moree
Howell
Seindaalopoase
Milledgeville
Troupville
WM. Hines
Chm
Boxoxsox
Sec'y
Cixctrxatt
Jane Gil
Needham
Martwell H. Tarver
Lind
Stalph «Nan
Tarver
Bozeman
Ia Court
Canis
Magine Trates
Warren
Wm. G. Perkins
Geners
Misdirected Mothers Swap Infants in Deck Calamity
A report from a correspondent describes two mothers during a disaster who, in the confusion, swapped babies believing they saved their own. One child survived while the other’s mother perished. The tale ends with the grim realization of the mistaken exchanges.
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Ralph Boseman
Lee
Sean I
Tyfol
Peeters Tiga
Walliams
Jen
Belug
Toss
Bitte
Thonas Williams
Gssigos
Ralph Dasemah
Brant Geneye
Nauvoo Temple Bought by Cabetists Lead to New Uses
A Nauvoo resident reports Mons Cabet has purchased the temple and arsenal for 3000 and the citizens add 1000 for eleven acres. title rests with Mons Cabet. He begins rebuilding employing 300 workers. The edifice will shed its Feyene name for Moxfree Boanotxa House, with kitchens, dining hall for a thousand, school rooms, offices, and sleeping quarters for five hundred.
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Nauvoo Temple
Mons
Cabet
Nauvoo
Feyene
Oguaxka Spectator
Death of Major General Gaines in New Orleans
Dispatches from New Orleans report the death of Major General Eslinund Pendleton Gaines at the St. Charles Hotel at 3 a.m. on Wednesday from cholera after a brief illness. The Crevasse and Overton floodwaters slowly Rise as the cotton market shows little activity awaiting British steamer news.
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New Orleans
Gaines
New Orleana
Eslinund Pendleton Gaines
St. Charles
Overton
New Odeana
Emigrants Pass Through En Route to Tennessee
A Bavarian party of fifty to sixty travelers moved through the city on Wednesday evening bound for Tennessee to establish a new settlement. They were described as highly respectable, many wealthy and educated. The women appeared refined and well dressed, with some noted as Augusta Constitutionalists.
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Tennessee
Augusta
Printer’s Proverb From Scientific American
A quaint note in Scientific American counsels readers to trust the editor for news and not question the author’s piece. It warns against peeking at open proofs, advises not to demand authorial thoughts, and urges subscribing in advance for a well-run newspaper.
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Scientific American
Cholera Update From New York Board of Health
On Wednesday last Dr. Greer reported 60 new cholera cases and 10 deaths since the previous day. Of the deaths, 5 occurred in private practice and 5 in the Centre Street Hospital. Fourty four cases were reported by private physicians and sixteen in the Centre Street Hospital.
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New York
Grand Jury Report from Baker County 1849
The Grand Jury reports on county offices and records, commends Seth C. Stevens for faithful service, notes jail conditions and a criminal escape, and urges tax and education measures. It recommends jail improvements, vigilance by jail staff, a fifty percent county tax via the State Tax, and funding for public education to aid 303 poor children in 1848, with projected funds and distributions for 1850.
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Prdsentczits
Superior Court
Seth C. Stevensay
Baker County
Trailor
Robert Mccarthy
Baker
Cavapo
MacCarthy
Warren
Weould Caraeaty
Georgia
Seth C. Stevens
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