War Dept Seeks Utah Army Adequate For 8000 For Twenty Months
War Department requests an appropriation to sustain an 8,000 strong Utah army for twenty months. Troops have wintered awaiting reinforcements, report contentment though cattle losses and general supply shortages persist. Madrid dispatches suggest Spain may threaten Mexico. Congress features Pacific Railroad bill proposing land grants and subsidies with future mail and war-mobility uses, while state Legislature pursues tax and land grant actions amidst staffing and process delays.
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War Department
Utah
Utab
Done
Ofr
Madrid
Spain
Mexico
Congress
Pacific Railroad Committee
Senate
Gwix
Big Sioux
Kansas River
San Francisco
Almanac notes and political excerpts from 1858 Tribune
A 1858 Tribune Almanac entry summarizes calendars and tables from U S government lists of senators and representatives, state leaders, and regional facts. It highlights articles on Slavery as a sectional issue, mentions the Dred Scott case and various political topics, plus a curious note about a boy finding gold spectacles in Caledonia and offering to lease them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
U.S. Senate
Louse
Kansas
Nicaragua
Congress
Dred Scott Case
Minnesota
Oregon
East India
Washington
Europe
Education and the dawn of proper upbringing
A long discussion on education argues it should begin before birth and continue through childhood. It stresses constitutional, moral, and intellectual development, the drawing out of innate powers, disciplined self-control, and the role of conscience. emphasizes that books are aids, not substitutes, for early mind growth. CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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Burroy
Henes
Suny
A. Sorp Bertanes
W. Cochan
Mail conveyance proposals expand in many states
The post-office department issues extensive mail conveyance proposals covering Alabama through Kansas with the largest advertisement in government history. New railroad and river services will alter thousands of weekly routes to daily, doubling the number of routes vs four years ago, with Baraboo cited as poorly served in the Northwest. A new monthly volume Sanoust's Bouson Montazy offers thirty-two pages of scholarly articles.
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Western Mail
Post-Office Department
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Iowa
Iinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Union
Democrat
Sank County
Daily Mail
Baraboo
Sanoust
Naca
Galileo
Edward Everett
Eric Lanrcrnt
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The Three Kansas Legislatures and Frauds
The reader is warned of three distinct Kansas legislatures in dispute. The Free State Legislature met at Topeka then Lawrence, free of Border Ruffians. The Territorial Legislature, elected last October amid Missouri-border fraud, now sits in Lawrence after Gov. Walker rejected fraudulent Oxford returns, giving central counties to Free State. The State Legislature, elected under the Lecompton bogus Constitution, to meet at Lecompton, with Calhoun presiding, amid mob-like voting by Missourians and others. results disputed, Lecompton effort to push slavery, while Free State majority possible in the Legislature.
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Kanes
Thay
Kansas
Free State
Topeka
Lawrence
Territorial
Nanses
Missouri
Walker
Oxford
Great Central
Douglas
Johnson
Wickapoo
Leavenworth County
Lecompton
Seo. Stanton
Calhoun & Co
Calhoun
Savaial
Slave Democracy
Tree State
Lecormpton
Li Ia
Ma. Buchanan
Congress
Miransas
Tribune
New Counterfeit Detector and Bank Note List
Publication by Petersons of Philadelphia offers monthly updates on counterfeits broken banks and bank note discount rates supervised by Drexel Co. Price one dollar per year with tiered bulk rates. Also notes on Say Tuerr and Madison Argus items and February issues from Montaey and Wisconsin Farmer.
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Messrs
T. GB
Peterson & Brothers
Peterson
Messrs. Drexel & Co
Ion
Ciabs
T. B. Prarrenson & Brormans
Cheatnut Street
Philadelphia
Notable World News Snippets and Local Turbulence
Local and national notes from the era cover politics, infrastructure, and social trends. Vermont funds a monument to Ethan Allen. Beloit petitions to repeal its city charter. Madison press changes signal shifting political loyalties. a Texas president’s end and a New York court case reflect broader turmoil. An earthquake in Naples and a mass of public works projects accompany a mix of civic proposals and sensational events.
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Ir Exchangeon
New York
Chisago
Thomsa Devp
Ornealy
Vermont
Bthan Allen
Beloit
Madison
Mayer ‘Fiemann
Aya Buchanan
Lecompton Democrat
Billy Patterson
Billy
Memphis
Maggie B. Cheater
Kentucky
Kansas
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ph. Qazz
Nathan Clifford
Curtis
U.S. Supreme Court
Chisago Times
Illinois
Douglas
Michigan Southern Railroad
Madison Argus
New Central Park
Anson Jones
Republic of Texas
Houston
Medical Gazette
Lisebon
Springfield
Tliavia
Naples
Wisconsin Opposition to Federal Slavery Powers
Wisconsin states its firm position against federal interference with slavery in any territory or state. It condemns the Kansas Nebraska actions, asserts states’ sovereignty, and urges Congress to prohibit expansion of slavery, warning that federal overreach risks disunion and civil war. The piece emphasizes rights of life and liberty, the consent of the governed, and the need to preserve a balanced republic.
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United States
Javonsin
Virginia
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Union
Congress
Waneas
Kansas
Confederate States
Utah
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
Minnesota
Free State
Hhe
Pierce
Supreme Court of the United States
Free States
Congress Has No Right To Interfere With It In the Slave States
Walla
Madison
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Ansel N. Kellogg
Boren
Sabazog
Darano
Ofpicil Palkr
Dta
Trenicwa Atenms
Cnevier
Stabe Ogg & Perkins
Eelu
U. H. Girts
Kaseston
Adams & Jpneau
Gassixcen
Honey Creek
Nonrinor
Aneeda
Deliona
Arzas
Adlans Co
Co. Sant
Tribune Almanac
Tuz
Tee
Caledonia
For the Republic
The
Lame Journal
Monica & Wittis
Tuerr
Montaey
Madison Arges
Thonace
Chip-Bashel
St. Lawened Co. Paor House
Father Streeter
King
Ole Bull
France
Randall
Patrick Menry
Red Idi
Caarlotte Co
Parson Brownlow
New England
Francis Melagh
Rossel
London
Whitewater
Wis
Charivari
Russyyt
Russell
Tie
America
Liverpool
Africa
Madison Journal
Jefferson County
Las Fers
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