Speaker election drag continues in Congress
The House remained without a Speaker on Thursday amid further balloting. Banks led with 105 votes, Richardson 74, Fuller 40, and 6 scattering after a Monday tally. Tuesday proceedings featured debates on Know Nothings, Free Soil, and national party status, with leaders pressed to abandon squatter sovereignty and select a national figure to preside.
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A Mass in the Family By a Circular in Rising Sun
A circular from Mr H F Covington of Rising Sun reports that at a Democracy of Ohio county meeting on the 8th inst Col A C Pepper erased Covington from the delegate list and substituted himself Covington denounces the act as mean and urges the Democracy to meet him at Rising Sun on January 5 to hear his remarks.
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Venus Morning Star Appears Brilliantly Before Dawn
Early risers will witness Venus, the morning star, at 4 am shedding a striking light resembling moonlight. Astronomers will find this sight intriguing as preparations for analysis continue and observers note the unusual glow in the predawn sky.
Thanksgiving as Way to Contentment in New England
Dr. Franklin notes a colonial tradition where settlers faced hardship yet found relief through prayer and reflection. A plain-sense farmer suggested replacing frequent fasts with thanksgiving, citing abundant harvests, plentiful fish, healthy climate, and civil and religious liberty, leading to yearly Thanksgiving observances.
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New Laveree and Dean in a Washington House Hall address
In a partisan Washington House Hall address, Ilon L. D. Campbell thanks supporters while noting hollow political professions on slavery. The piece praises his frank, chivalrous conduct but laments anti slavery critics’ votes. A Bardstown Gazette item reports a pastor breaking a wife’s ribs, repeated husbandwise, with respectable parties involved. A Connecticut wine note mentions Roswell B. Alling’s cherry wine and local wild grape wine yields. A Springfield Illinois to Keokuk rail line is proposed, promising low construction costs through a rich region.
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Durbin's Views of Turkey Lecture Impresses Crowd
Dr. Durbin delivered a Tuesday lecture describing Turkey as in decline with vast graveyards and fading industries. He noted a drastic Muslim population drop from seventy million to about thirty five million in two centuries, and argued Turkey may be absorbed by Christian states or rise as a Christian power. In related dispatch, Central American tensions rise as Costa Rica mobilizes five thousand militiamen and Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras prepare to oppose Walker's forces in Nicaragua.
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Old Gentleman at Tammany Hall By Yankee Vote Sentiment
An elderly man at Tammany Hall on Wednesday recounted witnessing Washington’s inauguration and serving in military and jury duty, noting he applied once for city keeper and did not get the post. He warned that foreigners voting stirs his “Yankee blood,” despite long service.
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Capitol Extension Drift Reaches Washington Critics
Greeley reports from Washington on the Capitol Extension, noting the old building was adequate while two costly wings rise. He observes public indifference to such changes, claiming the expanded structure will seem excessive once finished and that voters hear little about their representatives’ votes.
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Missouri Kansas editor exchange request quoted in 1855 letter
A Western correspondence piece features a Missouri editor requesting an exchange of the South-West Democrat. The Kansas editor is derided as abolitionist. The note ends with a pardon report: William Kissane freed by Gov. Clark of New York on official action and broad West support citing public justice.
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Surprise Parties and Other News from Boston Times
The Boston Times reports a surprise party in New Bedford for a marrying couple where a young girl appeared early, weighing six and three quarters pounds. Col Steptoe, guest of the President, is considered a military governor solution for Utah. Sebastopol region sees heavy bloodshed within five miles. The Niagra government steamer will be launched December 24 at New York Navy Yard, designed by naval architect George Steers.
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