Thomasville Florida visit notes and regional railroad talk
In a late Florida correspondence from Thomasville dated March 17 1859 the writer describes Monticello as a busy village of about 2900 people with several stores lawyers and churches. He notes Thomasville’s progress, local land values, a curious gopher land title story, the Fletcher Institute and figures like Hon. James L. Seward and Judge Lovett. He argues for direct rail links from Augusta to Macon and to Bainbridge, praising press support and promising future updates. He closes with obituaries and local notices including court cases and bank rumors.
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Thomasville
Monticello
Georgia
Florida
Albany
Bainbridge
Middle
Middle Georgia
Scotton
Fletcher Institute
P. P. Surrn
Mazon Witper
A. M
Twiggs County
Col. C. S. Rocknett
Amee
L. Sewarp
Foida
Augusta
Charleston
Savannah
Ferdinandina
Cedar Keys
New Orleans
Fernandina and
Pensacola Road
Seaboard
Macon
Gulf Ports
Fernandina
Montgomery
Mobile
Columbia
Tennessee
Upper Georgia
St. Anentine
Tampa, &c
Woman in Chester Survives Without Food or Drink
The Worcester Spy reports a Chester New York case where Mrs. Haynes reportedly lived for over two years without eating or drinking. A private witness describes her on the 4th giving clear statements to a watch of six men while pledging twenty one days of vigilance. Medical experts reportedly offer no explanation for the phenomenon. Gen Ward B Burnett, ex military leader, heads to Nashville to receive Jackson heir gold snuff box.
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Wichendon
Chester
Warren County
New York
Haynes
Watch
Ward B. Burnett
Aimaeet
Nebraska
Nashville
Jackson
New Orleans
Washington Star
Agassiz's Travels Across the States
The Boston Traveler notes it is easier to find twenty good writers than a good editor. Prof. Agassiz, who arrived in 1846, has visited every state east of the Rockies except Iowa and Texas, often traveling with assistants.
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Boston Traveler
Five Minutes Rule Aims To Speed Georgia Superior Court
The Central Georgian reports Judge Holt endorses a five minutes rule to clear older docket items at an adjourned term starting June 15. Attorneys and even the Attorney General are said to support brisk hearings, with calls for no delays and swift rulings to finish the docket. The piece recalls Bleak House style litigation and notes opinions on courtroom tempo. It also mentions a New York Courier critique about Mr. Buchanan and Pennsylvania Democrats amid party divisions.
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Navy Yard
En Weswick
Sewarp
Lovz
S. P. Spencer
Thomsville
Thom
J. Bogroms
Jarndyce
Bleak House
Holt
Georgia
Blackstone
Savannah
Morpheus
Orp Buck
New York Courier
Pennsylvania
Packer
Buchanan
Charleston
United Democracy of Pennsylvania
Dougrey
Jefferson Davis
Toombs
Extravagance and Crime in a Gilded Era
The New York Independent laments lavish living fueling a looming crisis as merchants lavish on wives jewelry and grand entertainments. It notes economic strain from parlor luxuries and warns many failures stem from unseen debts tied to gilded furnishings and ornaments. Reports also claim murders by runaway enslaved people near county towns and a fatal stabbing of N R Shaw by two runaways, with limited details available.
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New York Independent
Manhattan
Peter Stuyvesant
Banquo
Murpereppy
Lewis
S. B. Jones
Memphis and Ohio Railroad
N. R. Shaw
Brownsville
Haywood Coumty
Shaw
Memphis
Extracabinary Surgical Operation
Margaret Hoover a six year old girl in Philadelphia fell against a fence while watching her father plant roses. A needle in her frock pierced her chest and lodged in the heart. After a half hour of careful dissection a physician removed the needle.
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Margaret Hoover
Philadelphia
Mail complaints and actions urged by Post Office official
The Virginia article describes a complaint about mail irregularities, a visit to the Post Office Department in Washington, and assurance from Assistant Postmaster General Dundas that attention would be given to the region. It discusses agency inefficiency, political influence, and calls for press scrutiny to improve mail service.
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Lynchburg
Department
Congress
P. M
Market and War Rumors From Charleston to New York
Reports from Charleston to New York describe a weak market with six hundred bales sold at a three eighths decline, and widespread war rumors from Washington and New York. The AP denied any European hostilities while naval dispatches noted movements and battles in Mexico. Cotton prices varied across cities, with declines in Charleston and New York, and steady or dull activity in New Orleans and Savannah. The Marianna Patriot reports a murder in Vernon County Florida and notes prisoners in Marianna Jail from Washington County for murder.
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Charleston
Cnanteston
Savannau
Claveston
Mosirte
New Orleans
New York
Marianna
John Joyner
Enoch Johns
Vernon
Washington County
Fla
Johns
Col. Sun
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United States Sloop of War
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Vera Craw
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WM. P. Lawson
WM. J. Rutherford
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Augusta Fire Company
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F. Lamback
Avex
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Plumb & Leitner
Ae Fresh Empire
Plays & Leitner
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William H. Wheeler
John E. Macmurphy
James Henderson
Daft “Ag
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R. H. May
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William Gibson
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Aylmer Usher
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William H. Tutt
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Charles W. Hersey
Foster Blodget, Jr
Mar21
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Atlanta
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Whitey, Street
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Darby
Nature
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Auburn
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London
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Primo
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M'lle Piccolomini
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Charles Catlin
Sele
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Mar2csdot
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