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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1846

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2

Equal protection for all sectors under tariff policy

The author argues against hollow protection and favors universal support for fisheries, agriculture, manufacture, and commerce across the Union. He highlights the need to negotiate tariffs with Britain, aligning with Whig leaders and journals, and rebuts Whig accusations with a call for constitutional defense and broad-based protection.

Free States Great Britain Robert

New Hampshire Election Returns Signal Shifts in State

Concord reports partial returns from 206 towns with 17 left, showing Williams likely to retain a slim advantage and Woodbury trailing. Democrats gain ground in the legislature. prospects for a 132 to 135 seat split hover as allies and anti-radicals maneuver. Slavery era dispatches note prize ships and crews returning to Philadelphia and Charleston amid slave trade suspicions.

Concord Williamea Steele Williams Congress Woodbury House of Representatives Liberty Party Gen Colby J. P. Hale U.S Berry U S Jenness Senate House P.S Orange

Washington Times on Senate committee of investigation

The Washington Times remarks on a senate appointed committee to investigate charges against senators. It asserts willingness to testify with chosen witnesses, vows to prove the newspaper’s claims, and says action is for love of country and party to expose guilt or restore honor and public trust.

Washington Times Senate

Appointments by the President with Senate Consent

Warrington Anthony named marshal for the district of Rhode Island replacing Sylvester Hartshorn. Samuel J. Masters of New York becomes consul at the port of Demerara Brush Guiana replacing Moses Benjamin deceased. Allen McLane appointed register of the land office for lands subject to sale at Plattsburg Missouri effective March 31, 1846 replacing James J. Birch who resigns. Alexander Hunter named US marshal for the District of Columbia. James McKissick of Arkansas named Indian agent for the Cherokee agency replacing P M Butler whose commission expired.

Senate Warrington Anthony United States Rhode Island Sylvester Hartshorn Samuel J. Masters New York Demerara Brush Guiana Moses Benjamin Allen McLane Land Office Alexander Hunter District of Columbia James McKissick Arkansas P. M. Butler

New Hampshire Resists Congressional Districting Authority

New Hampshire voted with unanimity to receive surplus revenue and to district the state for choosing congressmen. The act of Congress ordering districted elections was denied and resisted, with Mississippi joining in. The authority claimed by Congress should have been asserted and the case settled.

New Hampshire Congress Mississippi

Senate Debates On Abolition Petitions And Later Actions

A Senate session on Thursday March 12 included discussion of a petition from Philadelphia's female anti slavery society urging constitutional changes to abolish slavery. Amendments and investigations sparked by charges against whig senators were debated. the resolution was laid on the table and later passed. The House considered consular and harbor projects as activity focused on the harbor and river bill continued into the next day with various votes and remarks on Oregon and tariff issues.

Senate Cameron Philadelphia Congress United States Speight Mangum Calhoun Commissioner of Patents Ashley Niles Jarnagin Tennessee Rose Washington Times Mangam Colquitt Benton Westcott Berrien Messrs Tenn J. M. Clayton Del Turney Dickinson N. Y Atchison Messrs Constable Rockwell Conn Hunt Winthrop Colin New York Thompson Douglass Democratic Party Oregon Seddon Polk

Senate and House Debates on Education and Legal Bills

The Senate reports inexpedience in furthering aid to Essex County Teachers and on school privileges, delays a sale of decedent estates bill, and adjournment motions. The House debates shares attachments, hotel incorporation, and extensive chancery powers with a lively gag debate, including Mayhew’s vivid house metaphor about a dismantled bill.

Senate Gray Committee On Education Benjamin Greenleaf Essex County ‘Teachers’ Association Probate and Chancery Daniel B Charles M. Fearing Samuel F. Dudley Shutesbury Samuel Barnard Jacob Hittinger Marshpee Reuben Bacon Congregational Society Tolland W. W. Newell Susan Parkman S. D. Robbins Sarah Nichols Samuel Dana Northampton Woollen Manufacturing Co Stephen Benson Middleborough Taunton Charles L. Harding Martin Grant Newman Pease Dorchester Sweetser Athol Ellis Wareham Towns William H. Knight Whiting Stow John Kendall Morris Springfield Ring Gloucester Judiciary Rainsford Island Joseph W. Nye William Cobb Samuel Cook Eleazer Rich Union Wharf Co Valentine Doane Vinal & Rice John Hopkins Globe Mutual Ins. Co Bridgewater Manufacturing Co Cambridge Ashland Phoenix Fire Co Agawam Manufacturing Co Alger Iron and Steel Co Essex and Eagle River Copper Company Episcopal Clerical Fund Ludlow Blandford Jacob Dupee Berkshire Nathan Paine Marcus A. Metcalf John Nickerson Supreme Judicial Court Messrs Chandler Boston Barton Worcester Messrs Smith Otis Mayhew Edgartown Speaker Washington and Winter Streets Wales Crowninshield P. Q House of Representatives

The Whigs and the Tariff in New Hampshire

Proceedings of the Legislature and commentary on the tariff clash, with notices on New Orleans coverage, railroad sales, and political events. Reports include Yorktown era shipping, Danvers to Derby voting, and a coroner’s inquest in Hartford, plus updates on local theater, industry, and a fatal incident in Baltimore.

George Bancroft New Orleans Morris Canal Benjamin Williamson D. Henshaw Debon House of Davis, Brooks & Co England Continent Havre

Throne of Infant and Other Disturbing Items Reported

A series of terse notices recount a mother attempting to kill her infant with a razor then injuring her older child before taking a failed own life. Other items include a Worcester probate matter over Oliver Smith's will, a Roxbury nail factory fire, a Providence child death from clothing catching fire, and fire incidents in Dover. Additional notes cover a London style theatre premiere, Central America affairs, a Belgian earthquake, a Mosquito coast shipwreck, and Cuban market trends.

Utica Albany van Ness Flemming Owasco Lake Auburn Philharmonic Miss Northall Delavanti Kyle Thaddeus Bullen Tremont Road Roxbury Shubael Jesse Gilbert Arnold Street Providence Dover N. H Cocheco Company

Trial of Andrews and Prichard Libel Case Continues in Salem

The trial resumes with cross-exam of John Innis who testifies he fled Philadelphia under the name Ashley after aiding a colored man, then details meetings and remarks about abolition and political alignments. Witnesses including John Juniper and Nathaniel Allen corroborate exchanges with Andrews and Prichard.

Messrs Andrews & Prichard John A. Innis Innise John Juniper Magisttate John Innis Philadelphia Ashley Perkins Baltimore Washington Alexandria Salem Danvers Essex Marblehead Amesbury Boston South Richmond Juniper L Asso Maryland Cassius M. Clay Friends of Free Speech Remond Boston Comnon New York Henry Clay Kentucky Beverly Iean Parker Nathaniel R. Allen Traveller Office Andrews Louis Mr Andrews Col Jonathan Chapman James W. Cheever John I. Baker James Kimball William Jones William

Abolitionist Innis in Jury Trial Debate over Paragraph

Innis labeled a brawling abolitionist and questioned prosecuting the paragraph, while Baker warned that if the paragraph had reached Baltimore before Innis’s release it would have harmed him. After evidence was in, defence offered to submit to the jury on Judge Cushing’s charge without argument, but Innis declined. Court adjourned to Monday at 10 for continued arguments.

Henry Clay Boston Common New York Innis Capt. Smith N. P. Russ Salem Baker Baltimore Cushing

Railway Companies and Stock Details in a Fragmented Listing

Fragmentary OCR shows multiple railroad names such as Western Railroad, Long Island Railroad, Norwich and Worcester, Boston and Maine, East Boston, Reading, and others with scattered figures like 2100 135 50 and bond mentions. The legible items indicate stock or bond references and company names rather than a cohesive article.

Western Railroad Long Island Railroad Norwich & Worcester RR Bisco Decacocse Hinds Boston & Maine RR Sue Sf East Boston Co. S Osmeneea Oscesdoe Reading RR Cree Renee Eee Bof Norwich and Worcester Railroad Reading Railroad Ecresenvee Evvces East Boston Co Veces Akdve New York Ohio N. Y Kentucky Canton Co Reading Mohawk Railroad Housatonic Long Island Harlem Norwich and Worcester Harlem Railroad London Paris Amsterdam Hamburg Bremen

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