Fees for Justices and Constables in the Commonwealth
The Public Notice lists detailed fee scales and charges for actions by Justices of the Peace, Aldermen, and Constables. It covers warrants, attachments, levies, examinations, hearings, and certifications, with per word, per item, and mileage fees, plus penalties for illegal fees and extended provisions applying to the Commonwealth. It references acts from 1849 and 1814 and outlines travel costs and sundry service charges.
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Sleepy David Outsprints Yankees in Southern Race Tale
A South Carolina teller recounts how a Yankee peddler braved a purse of two thousand dollars with his shabby horse Sleepy David against superior Southern runners. Despite mockery he wins the final heat, laying claim to the prize and exposing rivals’ bets as they watch the unlikely victory unfold.
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Emigration Trends Highlight European Moves to North America
Foreign notes report 10 000 Norwegians to sail to Quebec and then to Canada or the American West as emigration fever grows. Turín Military Gazette cites 20000 army corps bound for Lombardy near Alexandria while Austrian posts retreat. Tyrolean emigration rises as ultramontane Catholics oppose leaving Protestant North America.
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Love and Victory In A Heavenly Hymn
A fragmentary poetic meditation speaks of life after death and heavenly joy. The verses praise divine love, angelic music, and the soul’s ascension, invoking seraphs and the throne of God to comfort fainting hearts with eternal bliss.
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Origins of the late Indian troubles disputed by letters
The St Paul Times questions the Indian massacre reports at Spirit Lake and Mankato Minnesota saying the killings arose from a minor incident over a dog bite and ensuing gunfire. Letters from General Shields and Minnesota editors deny hostile Indians or widespread murders, noting peaceful bands fleeing sugar camps and seeking protection at forts.
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Fragmented 19th century Washington letter hints at treason and reform
The Cincinnati Commercial quotes a private letter from Washington noting talk of treason and a possible replacement for the President by a Kentucky orator aided by Stephen A. Douglas. It describes a rebuke from a preacher against advertising church notices and recounts various political and moral observations across newspapers and public figures.
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Tligée
United Stitea
Land grant details amid old railroad survey notes
Fragmentary OCR notes describe land grant figures tied to a railroad project with figures like 19 and 38 and a 4 000 marker. Despite garbled phrasing, the text appears to reference parcels attributed to a cadet or cadet unit and a grand total or valuation connected to the Gongrivee railroad survey.
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Life Illustrated praise and county press letters debate
An excerpt reviews Life Illustrated and urges local papers to gain public support through prompt payment and generous advertising. It notes Ohio legislature’s bill granting married women control of personal property and earnings to shield families, then ends with an Irishman quipping about a gas light.
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Ohio
Dr William Elder of Pulled Pin de writing
Dr William Elder of Pulled Pin de writing appears in a fragmented note. The text shows garbled names and phrases but suggests an item or obituary style record. Further readable details remain limited.
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William ‘Elder
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