Washington Monument Box plan urged in Aurora standards
The Washington Monument Association scheme to place a ballot box at polls is urged with Hoosier support. The piece praises ladies for fundraising, recalls the Bunker Hill Monument effort, and predicts Old Dearborn will contribute its share. A biographical sketch honors Herraran C. Seymour, former New York State engineer, with notes on his railroad career and character.
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Washington Monument
Geo. Watterston
Washington Monument Association
Old Dearborn
Lawrenceburgh
Wilmington
Washington
Bunker Hill Monument
General Lafayette
United States
Boston
Rock
Plymouth
Lexington
Concord
Bunker
I. C. Seymours
Seymour
Aurora
Herraran C. Seymour
State of New York
West
Piermont
New York and Erie
Ontario, Huron and Lake Simcoe
Canada West
Toronto
Lake Huron
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville and Nashville
New York
Erie
The
New York Tribune
Washington National Monument
Contention Over Hogan Creek Distillery Mood Unfolds
Trash B F Crary writes from the city delivering a harsh piece on Hogan creek. He mocks a Jeremiah-like protest and favors harsher tortures, while a defender argues the creek’s health remained good since 1839. The article notes the distillery’s steam and smoke do not taint the water and rain will purify the headwaters.
Troubles of the Administration in the Buffalo Patriot and Journal
The Buffalo Patriot and Journal argues President Pierce cannot appease both factions. It predicts New York failure and warns that striking at barnburners in one state will extend proscription across the Northwest. Freesoilers in Ohio Illinois Indiana would be drawn into a broader punitive movement.
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Buffalo Patriot and Journal
Pierce
New York
Northwest
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana, &c
Ocy
Nankin
Canton
New York Journal of Commerce
Tartar
River railroad plan sparks debate over route and impact
A discussion cites a proposed river shore railroad from Cincinnati through Lawrenceburg Madison and other towns to New Albany and questions how the Rising Sun to Lawrenceburg segment would be carved through hills and creeks. The Louisville Courier notes limited demand suggesting rail and river traffic might suffice. Yellow Fever graces New Orleans with rising deaths while the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania reports 31 female students and nine MD degrees.
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New Albany
Jeffersonville
Madison
Vevay
Rising Sun
Upper
Texas
Ohio
Laughery
Kentucky
Aurora
Louisville Courier
Indiana
Cincinnati
Lawrenceburgh
Newport
Louisville
Frankfort
Smithfield
Falls
Pennsylvania
When thy liquid voice was ringing in my ear
An antique verse fragment laments a fading beloved, then a miscellany column reports on a poetic aside from Joan G. Saxe urging marriage, river-boat plans for the Cincinnati and Lewisville Mail line, Kentucky election results, physician shortages in Texas, critique of the Washington Monument, a peaches canning recipe, acquittal of Judge Hubbell, and a forged bank note alert from Unionville Tennessee with note about state coats of arms.
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Hubbell
Wisconsin
High
Madison
Milwaukee, &c
Locofoco
Milwaukee Sentinel
Senate
Russel Wheeler
Russel
Boston
Detroit
Canada
Wheeler
Ocy
Southwestern Railroad Bank
Unionville
Tenn
South Carolina
North Caroline
Tennessee
Kentucky
Charleaton Courier
Louisville and Portland
Indiana
Offcers
Our Falls
Gotham in Rain Stays Crowded as Crystal Palace Attracts
New York reports persistent rainy weather over the past week while the Crystal Palace draws crowds. Gotham’s city government proceedings continue with new proposals and old structures surrender to progress. International news from Washington and Philadelphia notes officials, epidemics, and shipping events, alongside California and Oregon mining reports and political shifts.
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New York
Messrs. Ephors
Gotham
Crystal Palace
Union
Washington
Bodisco
Turkey
Thomas E. Massey
Alabama
Chili
Marcy
Gen. Cushing
Berrit
Bedford Springs
Philadelphia
South Street
Georgia
San Francisco
Shasta
Bigler
Oregon
Lane
Congress
Alma
Europe
Russia
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Spirit rappers claim gold digs in East Ashtabula
Ashtabula Telegraph reports that spirit-guided diggers in East Ashtabula dug a 40 foot hole that failed and many shallow excavations that caved in. They operated at night on a neighbor’s land, claiming abundant near surface gold. Locomotive collision at Canandaigua and Niagara Falls rail line left both engines damaged. horns knocked, crews jailed ten days each after examination.
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Ashtabula
East
Burtise
Canandaigua
Niagara Falls
Canandaigua Rewos
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R. J. Kilner, M. R. Slater
Trash B. F. Crary
Hogan Creek
Hogan
Cram
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
OCE
Bonisville Courier
Rampier
Aurora Intelligencer
Courier
Intelligencer
Joan G. Doxy
Register
Brother Cuen
John
Lewisville
No 3
Big Jacob Strader
Mail Company
House
Breckenridge
Port Gibson Herald
Dearborn County
State Bank
Clark Street
Chicago Journal
South Eastern Indiana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop Ames
Wayne County Agricultural Society
Richmond
Ind
Evansville
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Decatur Co. A. Society
Greensburg
Oswego
Lafayette
Cushman
Hardin County
Pittsburgh
Britton
Grand Lodge of
Boston Post
Horace Greeley
Tribune
Messrs. Walbridge
Brighton
Bellingnona
Siemois
Anatomical Museum of
Navarre
Academy of Medicine
Paris
OCF
Pelletin
Quebec
OCR
White House
Baton Rouge
Correc Wholesale
Teroi
Iora
C. P.cubb & Co
Aurora Standard and Independent Banner
Kilner & Slater
Bauner
Dopp
Wickas Dapp
George
LIGIT
WM. Dodd . CO
DR. C. Ralsted
Conway & Co.'s
Parkersburgh
Virginia
Geo. Wood
G. N. Park
Lawrenceburgh Register
Dunn
S.J. Hale
Habensack
Hobensack
J. N. Hobensack
J. S. Houghton
Surange Company
Roun
A. G. Hazard
Ino. Warbur
D. W. Clark
WM. Isham
E. Seeley
W. B. Robbins
T. Belknap, D. Clare
C. B. Sortham, W. Kellogg, L. Humphrey, H. Belden
W. Thrall
Wm. Conner
Sec’y
Protection Insurance Co
Gulf
Atlantic
Baltimore
Charleston
Samuel L. Jones
Hezekiah N. Wood
Samuel Musgrave
Joseph Logston
Irene Logston
Eliza Jane Logston
Margaret Ann Logton
Martha Ann Logston
Lown
Court of Common Plena
Andrew Pat
Guardian
J.S. Jeeny
Rtv
W.w.conway & Co
OWD
Judiciary St
2Nd
3Rd
Auror 1
Citza‘nes
Malaga
Piaster Paris
Townsend's
All's
Guy- Out's
Wynkoop’s
Lewis
Phoenix
W. W. Conway: & CO
Young Flyson
W. Conwar
Conway& Co
W. Conway & Co
Dr. Fitch
Blain
Water & & Patterson
Crain
Conway & Co
Rustiton, Clarke& Co
Jayne
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