Fugitive Slave Case Stirs Boston Mob Turmoil
A negro named Burns was arrested in Boston for fugitive servitude causing vast excitement. A courtroom delay led to threats. a U S Marshal assistant was shot dead as a crowd gathered. Military companies were deployed to prevent rescue while Parker and Phillips were cited as abolitionist leaders. The report also notes Indiana delegates and cholera deaths in Nashville.
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Burns
Boston
U.S. Marshall
Court House
Theodore Parker
Wendell Phillips
Terrible New York bridge disaster shocks Hoboken crowd
A drop bridge at Hoboken broke while crowds waited for the 5 o’clock boat. Hundreds fell into the water injuring many. several feared drowned though no bodies recovered yet. The report notes ongoing rescue and fear for safety of Capt Collinson in Arctic search efforts. Maryland tobacco crop ravaged by the fly, with serious damage reported across the state.
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New York
Hoboken
Ferry Landing
Maryland
Cretce
Laurens R
J.C. Aver
California
J.D. Powsell
Temperance Debate in Aurora Letters Clash Over Innate Craving
A long wartime style exchange centers on temperance with Eniors and Temperance arguing whether thirst for stimulants is innate or learned. The discussion cites Blackwood and native practices, questions church splits, and challenges a minister’s stance on prohibitory measures while urging reform and truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesens
Eniors
Temperance
Cai
Blackwood
Equi Librium Question in Temperance Debate
A New Lendon Pressurerian letter challenges a speaker over church affiliations and motives in temperance and slavery era debates. It alleges officers of Aurora Presbyterian Church pressured whiskey-related appointments and questions how one could unite with the O S Church while remaining with the Aurora Church, concluding with a sharp remark on maintaining balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Enirons
Aurora
Stewart
N.S. P. Church
O. 8
Madison Presbytery
Presbytery
Saint Paul
Demetrius
Jonah
White Water
Greensburgh
Dearborn County
Aurora Presbyterian Church
Aurora Church
Home Missionary Society
O. S. Church
Lendon
Temperance gathering set to push Prohibitory Law drive
In this city on the 13th instant a temperance rally will organize for the coming campaign. Prohibition foes claim constitutional limits while whisky supporters push. speakers Hon. H. W. Ellsworth and Dr. Thompson, Indiana democrats, will lead. A full programme of march and exercises follows next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Entrors
Friends of Temperance
H. W. Ellsworth
Thompson
Freemasons Endorse Moral Reform On Liquor Trade
In a session at Indianapolis, the Grand Lodge adopted resolutions denouncing liquor manufacture and traffic as unmasonic. The move follows wider clerical and fraternal calls for temperance reform, signaling strong moral stance within the Masonic order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Enrrors
Free Masons
Grand Lodge
Indianapolis
Arrival of the steamer America at Boston amid European warfare rumors
The May 26 report describes the steamer America arriving at Boston after a British warship bombardment near Sebastopol. It details allied fleet movements in the Black Sea, forecasts in Vienna and Paris, and accounts of the Odessa bombardment with British and Russian losses, plus global shifts in naval force and finance.
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America
Boston
Sebastopool
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
Danube
Great Wallachia
Bucharest
Silistria
Transylvania
Baken
Austria
Dundas
Odessa
Liverpool
St. Omers
Finland
Sweden
England
Paris
Napoleon
Otho
Greece
Russia
Waldersee
Berlin
Prussia
France
Athens
Persia
King of
Backford
Hong Kong
Baldour
Portugal
Piedmont
Alves
Allance
Jessup
Turkey
Dulas
Amphin
Revel
National Discount Office
Bank of England
Bank of France
Otessa
Imperial
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Sampson
Terrible
Niger
Retribution
Furious
Mungador
Beaubon
Descartes
Canton
Imperial Mole
Austen Sacken
Subastapol
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Squibb & CO
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E. F. Sibley
Pierce
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North
Spain
Cuba
Sam
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Nebraska
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Posey County
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Rush County
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Washington County
John P. Dunn
Perry County
William C. Larabee
Putnam
Nashville Tenn
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Collinson
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McClure
Sir John Franklin
Sir John
North America
Maguire
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Prentice Temperance & Co
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Somerset Co
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J.C. Avern
Tts
Jolin C. Whitlock
P.S
J.C. Ayer
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Juss
W. Conway & Co
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J. B. Craft & Co
Rising Sun
F. Eckstein
Ohio
Aurora High School
WM. Cassady
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Iozades
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