Quincy Florida notes on soil climate and rail links
Dispatch from Quin cy Florida describes the valley’s rolling oaks pine woods and red clay soils near Decatur county Georgia. It notes tobacco farming profits and the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad expansion plans linking to Tallahassee and Pensacola, plus rail speculation and local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinox
Fra
Bainbridge
Murphy
Quincy
Tallahassee
Leon
Jefferson
Madison
Hamilton
Georgia
Decatur
Florida
Augusta
Waitts
Davidson
New York
Pensacola and Georgia
Albany
Pensacola
New Orleans
California
Mobile
Congress
Borzixe Baxer
Atlanta
Gro. Manozt
Waynesboro
Joux W.zxsx
Sulphur Showers Report From Vicksburg
A historical note describes spring sulfur showers as pollen or impregnating dust, not actual sulphur. The report reassures alarmed residents by explaining long settled conclusions about the substance and its harmless nature to destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Ghostly tale in Rahway stirs town curiosity
The Republican reports a spectral incident at a Rahway house with a man claiming to see a figure named Gid Morris. A lone observer fired on the apparitions, then fled as the ghost vanished, amid talks of other hauntings by a German, an Irish family, and a Dutchman leaving sourcrout behind.
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Rahway
Morris
God
Jonny Randoen
John C. Calhoun
Randolph
Calhoun
Jarvis Baily
Tyrone
Steuben County
Baptist Church
Bailey
Williams
Mcintosh and
Reynolds Streets
General Commission
United States
M. W. Woodruff Augusta
Excel
H. F. Russell
Douglas Boosts Douglas as Northern Democracy’s Pick for President
The New York Sun signals strong Northern support for Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois as the Democratic presidential nominee. It notes his independence and wartime hero status in 1848 style, while contrasting Taylor and Scott, and reports high January gas and city expenditures in Washington. It also cites missionary fundraising in New York and a grim double suicide in Tyrone, Steuben County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
New York Sun
Ilinois
Taylor
Scott
Zachary
Illinois
Palo Alto
Washington
Buena Vista
Senate
Capitol
Uncle Sam
Georgetown
White House
Departments
Public Lesson Debate Challenge Between Local Ministers
Memphis preacher Dr W J Barbee challenges Dr R C Grady pastor of Second Presbyterian to a public discussion on faith and practice. The piece criticizes religious divisions and urges restraint and Christian unity amid the dispute. A separate report notes a sad accident near Abbeville where a child died after ingesting boiling coffee and scal d ing fluid from a pot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
W. J. Barbee
Christian Church
R.C. Grady
Second Presbyterian Church
Grundy
Jesus
Nashville News
Wm. Horton
Abbeville Press
Charleston Market and Transatlantic News Digest
Charleston market notes report buyers few during market day with two hundred bales sold as holders stay firm. Maritime news covers Star of the West arrival from Aspinwall with California dates, Isabel from Havana, ship loss near Cape Florida but crew saved, and ships near Savannah including Wanderer sale. Financials list cotton prices in Charleston and Savannah with mixed gains, plus New York cotton and grain activity and stable spirits of turpentine and rosin pricing.
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Charleston
Star of the West
New York
Aspinwall
California
Cuarcestoy
Isabel
Havana
Key West
Nathan Hannah Pierce
Boston
Cape Florida
Sterling Exchange
N. York
Mosite
Savannah
Rosin
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Ghening
Dispatch
Geo
Sodom
Vicksbure
Atlanta Intelligencer and Neutrality
Augusta Dispatch
Felar
Atlanta Intelligencer
Intelligencer
Arkinson
Constitutionalist
National Democratic Party
Jim Bucnaway
A. Dever
Brown
Democratic Party
Judge Brown
Eli
Shorter
Alabama
Eufala
South
Tuscaloosa
Medical Society of Georgia
Pierce Bailey
Taliaferro Superior Court
Supreme Court
Washington Union
Brown Joseph Holt
Kentucky
United States Patent Office
Holt
Weldon
N.C
Edward Bulwer Lytton
England
South Carolina
North
Journal of Commerce, Jr
N. Y
U. S
D. A. Stewart
C. A. L. Lamar, Esq
Savannah News
Robert Oulds
District of Columbia
Phillip Barton Key
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Soulouque
Hayti
Jamaica
Darby
Columbia
Macon
Columbus
Montgomery
Selma
J. Darby
Auburn
Ala
Haviland, Chichester & CO
N. B
Frof
J. N. Sheffield
Mario M. W. Woodruff
Telegraph
Charleston Market
Washixeton
Mexico
Tennessee
Vera Cruz
Bordova
Miramon
Degollado
Savannan
Maria Morton
Elizabeth Beddon
Cape de Verdes
St. John
Cardiff
Wanderer
Charles Lamar
J. D. H. Carwine
Universalist
Jackson and
Greeny Streets
Cuartes Sparras
W.S. Wise
F. von Kamp
Sec
Webb’s Lodge
No. 166
W. M. Mar
J. J. Lathrop
Young Men’s Christian Association
J. R. Wisey
First Presbyterian Church
Hall of the Association
City Hall
Sam’l H. Crump
Barnwell Sentinel
E. A. Bronson
Marris Ed
A. P. Bignon
Barris
John G. Clark
Honespace Co
Penn
Sera W. Fowise
Betsey Perrin
de. A. Strong
Honesdale
Sera W. Fowre & Co
Washington Street
Boston Waverly Magazine
Cavation
Professor Wood
Canada
Bcerhave
WM. H. Wolff
H. B. Pearson
C. A. Morris & CO
Dadn
Shelbyville Banner
Hony D. Hill
Spears & Hight
Broad Street
R. J. Bowe & Go
R. J. Bowe & Co
Rockland
Lincolnville
Rosendale Cement
Chandler
W. H. Salisbury & CO
W.H Salisbury & CO
W. I. Salisbury & Co
DeKalb
Old Dominion
Broad St
C. Mail
W. H. Salisbury
DeKalb Range
Victor
S. 8. Jones & CO
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Georgia Railroad
Hamburg
Interior
J. W. Tarver
Chalmers Gallery of Fine Arts
Anaway
John
S.C
Edgefield
Columbia Co
D. B. Ramsey
Jones &Co
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