Pan Handle annexation and violent crime notes 1859 Dispatch
The Panhandle border area between Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio is discussed for possible annexation by Pennsylvania due to defective Virginia title and the desire for a freer lane to a free state. Reports include mail robbery arrests near Fayettville North Carolina a fatal horse accident near Edgefield South Carolina a steamer tornado near Memphis and a planned execution in Holly Springs Mississippi, alongside gold mining fever rumors and a Washington DC correspondence.
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Virginia
Pennsylvana
Ohio
Wukinson
Fayettville
N. C
Joan Srapman
Edgefield District
D. C
Memphis
Comet
Pleasant B. Mask
Holly Springs Miss
United States
New York
Europe
Cer
Georgia
Narounon
Rodson
Nashville
Tennessee
Pittsburg
Wool Consumption and Sheep Population Trends
The article analyzes per capita wool use in the United States, citing 1840 and 1850 sheep counts and wool production, imports, and domestic clip. It projects rising demand to 130.5 million pounds by 1858 and 156 million by 1865, noting regional shifts in sheep numbers and the need for import sources to meet future needs. It also reports a separate local crime note about a Cleveland murder tied to an infirm man killed to remove him as a burden.
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Kansas
The
Missouri Democrat
Diggins
California
New Mexico
United States
New England
New York
Ohio
Lowell Courier
Alt Haar
Wood
Professor Wood
Woop
St. Louis
Canada
Runaway Negroes in Mexico Colonize Near Texas Frontier
The San Antonio Herald reports a colony of likely runaway enslaved people living just over the Texas border in Mexico. It suggests a small, skilled group could recapture them for their former owners, noting Mexico’s disregard for territorial norms and border depredations on the American side. A Texan anecdote about a large Mexican captain and a runaway negro named Big Jim ends with the captain's escape. the tale blends frontier bravado with persistent racial tensions. The article closes with scattered notes on a mill fire in Philadelphia and other miscellany.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Texas
Herald
Rio Grande
Monterey
Taylor
Rangers
Cortez
Big Jim
N. O. Pic
Cotton and political note on Georgia convention call
Telegraph wires report cotton prices and sales in Charleston Savannah and New York with activity uneven. A Georgia Democratic State Convention call by Hon P E Low prompts criticism over nominating Gov Brown while tying state policy to national issues, as the Columbus Enquirer questions the move and party alignment.
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Savannah
New York
Rosin
Cuarteston
P. E. Low
Democratic Executive Committee
Georgia
Milledgeville
Ward
Gov. Brown
Friends of
Brown
James Buchanan
Stephen A. Douglas
Columbus Enquirer
EXCEL
Augusta
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Georgia Railroad
Hamburg
Interior
J. V. Tarver
H. F. Russell
Jobn V. Tarver
James Clagge
J. Clarke
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Joe Moses
T.C. Baldwin &Co
Rochester
N. B
Haviland, Chichester & CO
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Dispatch
Stephens
Oregon
Lave
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Stellio
Montgomery
Fryati
Cleveland
McFarland
Gulf Creek
Marion Township
Wakulla Times
Magnolia
Louisiana
New Haven Bank Turer
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Sing Sing
New Halven Journal
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Russell
Louis Court
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Wilmer
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Lerel
Pacific Railroad
Telegraph
Charleston
Charteston
Congressional
Wasurinatos
Senate
Darby
Nature
Columbia
Atlanta
Macon
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Selma
Mobile
News
J. Darby
Auburn
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Haviland, Chichester & CO. N. B
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Globe Hotel
Geo. Clarke
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Arex
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Hoggspare Co
Penn
Sern W. Fowre
Wistar
Bersky Perrin
A. Strong
Honesdale
W. Fowre & Co
Washington-street
Boston
Chalmers Gallery of Fine Arts
Spears & Hight
Anthony D. Hill
Liverpool and London Life and Fire Insurance Company
Capital
Augusta Ins. & Banking Company
WM. M. D
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Josiah Ripley & Sons
Warren Block
Amos ‘Harrel
Rutherford Co. N. C
E. B. Studdard & CO
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Jeb. M. W. Woodrufp
Kincohley & Sanchez
Hudson & Miller Tz
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Paul Suga
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Deez
James Hungerford
Maryland
Queen’s of Scotland
Agnes Strickland
Thos. Richards & Son
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Grant’s & Macy's
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Broad
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Fleming & Rowland
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U. S
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Thos P, Stovall & CO
Gro. W. Henvarson
Pitsburg
Hell
Sanford
Shellyvilley Banner
J. M. Newby & CO
Ss. S. Meador
Anguata
John G. Clark
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Reynolds Streets
Woodruff
Het
MASONIC / HALL
Stephen Masset
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RIA
G. John Watley
Ty Chuch
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America
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R. WM. M. Pelot
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the Commercial Academy
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Ieee
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