Harvard Overseers elect first noncongregational clergyman
The Board of Overseers of Harvard met in the Senate chamber to ballot for the vacancy caused by Dr Channing s death. Rev Ho sea Ballou received 38 votes to 12 for Putnam 8 for Ide 1 for Blagden 2 for Perry 1 for Upham 2 for Lothrop with 64 votes cast, Ballou declared elected minus die adjournment. Ballou becomes the first clergyman not from the Congregational denomination on the board.
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Ward not listed as Harvard overseer in state register
The Hon. Artemas Ward does not appear among Harvard University overseers in the State Register this year. It is stated that before the last November election he sent in a resignation to the secretary of the board and, after the election, withdrew it. The secretary had provided the editor with a members list before Ward acted.
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Meeting Against Corn Laws Called by Anti-Corn Law League
The Boston Atlas cites the London Herald describing a proposed meeting of the anti corn law association. The report calls the league a ruffian crew and accuses its members of scoundrelism, a label the Tories use for liberals, akin to how conservatives and whigs label the democracy.
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Democratic Legislative Convention agenda and arrests at Boston meeting
The Democratic Legislative Convention organized in the House of Representatives chose Frederick Robinson as president and named vice presidents and secretaries. Resolutions supported suffrage allies in Rhode Island and meeting Governor Dorr. committees were appointed to carry out these actions. Also reported: Webster’s house robbed of plate including a $1500 vase, a fire near the treasury, and political maneuvers over cabinet posts and resignations. The navy chief clerk Mr Sims suffered a palsy and prognosis is poor.
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Legislature Advances Multiple Bills and Elects Militia General
In a session the Senate advanced bills to annex Roxbury to Brookline and to alter court term dates for Middlesex, plus approving an Orphans' Home charter amendment. It elected Brigadier General Orison Underwood to lead the third militia division after a tight ballot, and passed resolutions on Berkshire county buildings and school libraries while adjourning after 1 PM.
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A Massachusetts House session features heated debate over salaries for public officers, a motion for the previous question, and a narrow adjournment after a controversial vote on judges and governor pay. Names of many members appear as the rollCall reveals partisan divides and protests from opponents.
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Shakspearean Baldness and Defrauded Washington
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