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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1843

Page

2

Sketches from the Gallery of the Senate Chamber No 2

The First Page of the Daily offers Poetry by Straws literary notices and a new New French Position along with a variety of other interesting matters in this Boston Post item.

Redding & Co United States Francis of Valois St. Valliar Edmund Flagg

Unclear election results in multiple congressional districts

Report shows no vote choice in districts two and three while fourth district declares Mr Parmenter elected. Partial returns in districts three and four. no returns yet from districts five and six with no expected choice.

Parmenter

Whigs Oppose Adjutant General Budget Cuts

The Atlas reports debates on trimming Adjutant General department costs. Democrats press for reduction while leading Whigs, accused of long inaction, oppose changes and defend the status quo amid calls to curb state spending. Rip Van Winkles unearthed a past sinecure as officials allegedly siphon public funds.

Adjutant General’s Department Commonwealth

Governor and Council Appointment Notices and Washington Briefs

Appointments by the Governor with Council approval include reappointments for the Lunatic Asylum Trustees in Worcester and changes in Lieut. Gov. Childs seat. Washington items discuss consular posts to Glasgow and Rio, potential confirmation of the Philadelphia collector, and a rejected Burnell navy midshipmen proposal. A Henderson county shooting incident ends in death. Morgan’s family is left widowed with children.

Worcester Daniel P. King Danvers Henry Gardner Boston Edwin Conant Henry H. Childs Pittsfield Joseph Sergeant Gov. Childs Mr Campbell Morton Levi A. Dowley Maturin L. Fisher Dowley Dr Sergeant Washington Auchincloss New York Glasgow Powell Philadelphia Rio Smith Porter Gen. Keim M’henry Burnell Congress Jackson West Tennessee Henderson County Pleasant Exchange Henry Morris Reuben Morgan Morgan

Walker on Evil and the Goodness of God in Nature

The lecture surveys whether the world’s mixture of good and evil can fit a benevolent Creator. It argues evil is not final or intended, while pleasure often drives nature’s design. Three reasons are offered for why good predominates: unnoticed daily health, differing human tastes, and widespread animal happiness.

Walker Hume Bolingbroke Machiavel Hobbes Rochefacault Paley God David Iceland McCullock

Mississippi Debt and Senate Drafts Split Congress

In ongoing Congress action on a Friday, the Senate passed the Army Bill with minor amendments, including $2000 for Espy meteorological work, and approved funds toward Mississippi railroad completion. The House debated Treasury notes reissue and heard a heated exchange over Mississippi bonds and United States debt, then moved to bills funding a Lunatic Asylum and debt imprisonment repeal before adjourning.

Congress Senate Espy House Mississippi Fillmore Ways and Means Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Committee of Ways and Means Cost Johnson Adams England Thompson Gwin Walker Great Britain Natchez Clay China Union Bank

Abduction case ends in Philadelphia murder at Camden ferry

The Southwark abduction drama in Philadelphia ends with Hutchison Heberton shot dead by Hall W. Mercer on the John Fitch steam ferry toward Camden. Mercer fired four shots from a pistol after stalking Heberton, who died ten minutes later at Cake's tavern. Mercer was detained as excitement ran high.

Philadelphia Southwark Hutchison Heberton John Fitch Market-street Camden Heberton Mercer Camden Ferry Cake New York

Murder at Harpswell Island sparks sensational gossip

A fragment from a late edition mentions Mrs Wilson then Miss Alexander at nineteen, hints at a Thorn conviction, and notes sensational social commentary, horoscopes, and literary anecdotes. The piece blends crime rumor with society notices and local wit from the era.

Harpswell Island Wilson Alexander Thorn

Indictments Hover Over a Boston Matrimonial Lottery Scheme

The Grand Jury returned 65 indictments after examining 72 cases. A libel case arises with two printers charged for publishing a bizarre matrimony lottery. The scheme offered three number cards sold to white American women with drawings set for February 16 1843 and publication on February 20.

Boston Alonzo J. Foster Willliam E. Priccips

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