Whig and Democratic Meetings Stir New England Politics
A Charlestown meeting chaired by Richard Frothingham Jr. discussed reform measures and exposed political humbugs. Ambrose Spencer was named a New York delegate to the Whig national convention, while George Boutwell plans a Medford speech. Vermont politics saw Speaker Tracy clash with Horace Everett over banking interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Spencer
New York
Baltenore
the Treasury
Worcester Meeting Bolsters Democratic Resolve Against Whigs
In Worcester on November 4 a large turnout packed the town hall to hear Mr Hallett of Boston rebut ex-Governor Davis on the Collins matter, the Bell plot, and arsenal issues. A Dearborn letter showed Davis lent arms to Rhode Island and sold equipment by June 6, despite later denials. The crowd responded with repeated cheers, promising Whigs a surprise on election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Hallett
Boston
Davis
Arsenal
Gen. Dearborn
Gov. Davis
Bell letters confession fuels Whig conspiracy charge
West Springfield Nov 3 1843 certification states Charlies C Bell admitted he was never promised clothes or office by Democrats for his legislative votes. The certificate by Lester Williams, a Hampden justice, defends Bell’s honesty and accuses Whig conspirators of using him to attack Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Springfield
Bell
Charlies C. Bell
Aaron Bagg
Bagg
Hallett
Hallet
Ashman
Lester Williams
Williams
Hampden County
Bey
Col. Bagg
Westfield
Wm. G. Bates
Messrs Bagg
Ashmun
Hampden House
Tyrants the Same Everywhere Oppress Ireland and Dorr
The article denounces British rulers abusing O Connell and cites Rhode Island actions against Thomas Wilson Dorr for defending rights. It contrasts with colonial era proscriptions of Hancock and Adams, framing both as tyrannical overreaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connell
Ireland
Rhode Island
Charles the 2Nd
Thomas Wilson Dorr
George the 3d
Hancock
Adams
Democratic State Central Committee Meeting Notice
The next meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee will be held at the Democratic Reading Room on State street Wednesday November 8 at noon. Secretary WM E Parmenter Boston November 4. Democrats of Chelsea hold a meeting this evening November 6 at Guilds Hall at 7 o clock to nominate a candidate for Representative. All true democrats urged to attend per town committee order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Boutwell, Esq
Medford
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic Reading Room
State Street
Nvon
WM. E. Parmenter
Boston
Democrats OF
Chelsea
Guild’s Hall
Grand Democratic Party Meeting in Gloucester with Bancroft to speak
Essex Manchester Rockport and Gloucester Democrats meet in Gloucester on Thursday evening November 9. Hon George Bancroft to deliver an address. Ward IX apportion meeting at Heap Quarters Sumner and Broad streets tomorrow evening at 7. Committees to report and important business to be discussed. Democrats urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrats
Essex
Manchester
Rockport
Gloucester
George Bancroft
Broad St
Weatherbee
Ward
Major Park Visits Cape Cod in Cape Cod
A brief note records Maj. Park’s visit to Cape Cod as reported on the first page of the Norfolk County issue. The column also highlights election news from Ohio and Pennsylvania along with a miscellany of paragraphs and literary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk County
Maj. Park
Cape Cod
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Britannia Arrives at Halifax after North Atlantic Passage
The Britannia under Capt. Hewitt left Liverpool Oct 19 and reached Halifax Nov 2, then arrived East Boston Nov 4 after a 16 day return. It carried 79 passengers Liverpool to Boston and 7 from Halifax to Boston. The Caledonia, Capt. Lott, arrived with 44 passengers after a rough voyage.
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Britannia
Hewitt
Liverpool
Halifax
Boston
Caledonia
Lott
Webster
Rochester
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Statesman
England
America
Baltimore
Bank of England
Brothers
Daniel
New York
Queen of the West
Woodhouse
Stephen Whitney
Thompson
Eliza Warwick
Davies
Washington
Virginia
Hibernia
Bunting
York
Harkaway
Carrick
Istult
Sheridan
de Pevster
Evening Star
Green
Nor Jeane
Oakland
Barry
Sheffield
Popham
Tuscar
Victory
White
Eleanor
M’pherson
New Orleans
the Duke
Posthill
Warren Hatings
Mason
Robert Watt
Johnson
Apalachicola
Wilkie
Savannah
Monongahela
Turkey
Philadelphia
Bolton Abbey
Rattray
Henry Bliss
Cumming
Cropper
Siddons
Cobb
Euphrasia
Britin
Bridgton
Betty
Cassandra
Rogers
Marler
Edmond
Hero of
Acre
Jones
Sir
Campbell
Pentecost
British America
Pritchard
Mobile
Howard
Ondinka
Gladden
Armstrong
Ayrshire
Barker
Queen of the Ocean
Tilley
William and Elizabeth
Pilcher
Courtenay
Turner
Plutus
Aymar
Champion
Cochrane
Davis
Norman
Kendrick
Brazil
Andrew
Colunbus
Cole
Ashburton
Huttleston
Severn
Cheever
Southerner
Palmer
Queep
Depeyster
Geo Washington
Burrows
Tor
Cambridge
Bartow
Alice
Colby
Susquehannal
Mierden
James Gray
Carter
Macao
Scott
Charleston
James White
Price
Triton
Lady Gordon
Leander
Agenoria
Jos Porter
Ellen
Abbott Lord
Nowell
Chaos
Larkin
Espindola
Barstow
Christiana
Abigail
Wellington
John Garrow
Miltiades
Crusader
Hero
Sidon
Frankfield
London 3d
Saviah
Ryan
Orleans
St James
Meyer
Montreal
Tinker
Suffolk
Gladiator
Britton
Richard Anderson
Bennett
Minerva
Knowles
Cid
Troy
Hills
Sid
Gravesend
Westminster
Hovey
Portsmouth
Browa
Suviah
Port
Huntress
Griffin
O Connell's Stance on Repeal and Ireland Crisis
The article surveys O Con nell's shifting position on repeal favoring a federal parliament if conceded, his reliance on constitutional means, and the potential political costume of backing out. It notes landowner enrollment, rent signals, and prosecutions set for next term, with broader Ireland crisis implications and international echoes from Scotland France Italy and Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repeal Association
O’connell
O'Connell
Ireland
Scotland
Rosshire
Rosskeen
Mackenzie
Logie
Ross
Balnagown
France
Authority of Justice
Paris
Journal Des Debats
Louis Philippe
Henry the Fifth
Bordeaux
Italy
Bologna
Cardinal Spinola
Spain
Barcelona
Concha
Madrid
Saragossa
Caneda
Texas News Mix: Drafts, Frontiers and Foreign Intrigue
Late dispatches note Gen Well disavowing Mexican thefts at Corpus Christi and paying for goods. Frontier Mexicans withdraw except 500 building a canal. Comanches encamp on Nueces. Bexar fears attack. Tropic report claims Houston–British intrigue and Texas cession to Britain via a covert deal. navy sale blocked by citizen protests. Also reports from Mexico, Sandwich Islands and a counterfeiter nabbed in Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New Orleans
Republic
Well
Corpus Christi
Nueces
Bexar
Mexico
Great Britain
Galveston
England
Moore
Three Rand brothers face charges in Quincy theft case
John W Rand and Richard Rand were arrested Friday and arraigned Saturday on a complaint for stealing $4000 from Gillett's Quincy stage last Tuesday. A mould for counterfeit coins was found with John, triggering a second complaint. Brother William Rand was arrested in Boston for passing a counterfeit bill and held at Dedham jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W
Richard Rand
Gillett
Quincy
John
Cooledge
William Rand
Boston
Russell
New York Globe
Dedham
Boston market ledger items from Indigo-Manilla and others
In Boston on Saturday sales listed by John Tyler and Thos. W. Sears & Co include Indigo-Manilla 20 cases, 7 sold at 50c per lb. Rotten Stone-English 12 birds, 3 sold at 2c per lb. Lump Black 10 bales, 3 sold at 40c per lb. Havana sugar 24 boxes at $7.17 per 100 lbs. Missouri leaf tobacco 5 hhds at 34–3 30 per lb. Carolina rice 32 casks at $1 224 per 100 lbs. Hartford vinegar 6 hhds at 6 1/2 c per gal. Lateratus 39 casks at 4c per lb. Cape Haytien coffee 8 bags, 30 sold at 5c per lb. Syracuse salt 40 half-bbls at 75c each. New York cheese 20 bunes 10 casks at 3 1/3c per lb. Pilot bread 70 bbls at 83 2/3 per bbl. Letter paper 40 reams at $1 25 per ream.
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England
China
Canton
Custom House
Singapore
Manilla
United States
Bombay
Russia
Wiallmer & Smith
Ireland
O’connell
Clontarf
Dublin
Association
Abbey Street
Arbitration Courts
Rotunda
Merrion Square
John O'Connell
O'Connell
Ray
Steele
Barrett
Pilot
Duffy
Nation
Gray
Freeman’s Journal
Boston
John Tyler
Thos. W. Sears & Co
Carolina
Hartford
Cape Haytien
Syracuse
New York
Savannah
Bates Eastern
Bates New York
Jremium
Monticello
Havre
Olive Branch
Liverpool
Mobile
Kentucky
Lye
New Orleans
Ohio
St Louis
France
Liverpool Markets Oct 19 Ashes and Goods Prices
Ashes rose with Pot and Pearls quoted at Montreal pots 26s New York 248 6d and Pearls 2xs while Philadelphia bark trades small. Wheat firmed on Irish demand after 2d per 70 lbs rise. oils and fats held firm with Palm Oil up. cotton market strong on China treaty, steady exports and high volumes.
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Mr Clay
Anais
Charlestown
Richard Frothingham, Jr
William Greene
Isaac H. Wright
Vermont Assembly
Speaker Tracy
Horace Everett
Congress
Windsor
Daniel Kellogg
Vermont
Supreme Court
Hebard
Tegarden
Dubuque
Iowa
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S. Adams
Dwight Mills
Cabotville Chronicle
Bertrand
Suite
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James McVay
House of Correction
Westervelt
Atwood
THE
Boston Post
Torrey
Whig
Day
Comstock
Smith
POST
Cape
Downing Street
Duke of Bordeaux
Earl Grey
Robert Peel
Baron de Rottenburg
William Paget
R. Waldo Sibthorp
Stirling
Wales
City of London
Thomas Baring
Lord Ashburton
Pattison
Anti-Corn-Law League
East Indies
Australia
Africa
West Indies
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Brazils
Mediterranean
Europe
Lablache
Stockholm
Egersund
Norway
Greece
Athens
Cailerg
Maeryany
Bavaria
Austria
Hong Kong
Henry Pottinger
India
Scinde
Shere Mahomed
Pottinger
15Th
Bombay Native Infantry
Ali Morand
Ameer
Meer Ali Mahomed
Kharpore
Punjab
Ualor
Sandwich Islands
Oahu
Sandwich Island
U.S
Constellation
Com. Kearney
Com. Jones
Cyane
Shelby
Cushing
Butterfield
Shed
Grafton Bank
Lowell
Boston Police Court
Commercial
Steamship Britannia
Parcel Moise, Hovey, Willias & Co
Parcel Do
Towne & Waldo
Parcel de
Edwards & Stoddard
Parcel, Chace, Grew & Co
Slade & Mandell
Creighton & Co
Pels
Peabody, Riggs & Co
Bates, Turner & Co
S Walker
Bale
Parcel
Phipps & Co
Paton & Stewart
Leonard & Wyeth
Lido
AG Peck & Co
Do Little & Brown
Mar
Tin & Co
Lamb & Hanson
Nevins & Co
Geo & Blake & Co
J Owen
Platt & Wrothers
Burditt & Lewis
Fisher
Adams, Homer & Co
Pela
G Colby & Co
W Hitchinson
Willians
Harnden & Co
Benjamin & Co
A Dickson
Butterfield & Fisher
Bailies
Dardt
Farnum
Lewis
Daly
Wright & Brown
Shaw, Blake & Co
Sands, Fox & Co
Morse
Weston
Riess & Brothers
Tooker, Mead & Co
Gordon, Hodges & Co
Richardson & Watson
M Wiley & Co
J Petrie
W Wheelwright
B Lang
Livermore
T Ward
W Abbot
Skinner & Co
Howe, Leonard & Co
Smith & Sumner
Bayley
Manton & Hallett
Cleaveland & Mason
Burnell
Morrill, Wood & Co
R Morrell & Son
Gurner & Co
Patterson & Co
Steele, Dexter & Bush
Whitwell & Seaver
Thayer & Bates
Bird
A. C. Gale
Boston & Worcester Railroad
Western Railroad
Eastern Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Peret
Hamilton Manuf. Co
Appleton Manuf. Co
Amoskeag Manuf. Co
Union Bank
Atlas Bank
New England Bank
Boston Library
American Land Co
City of Boston
North American
Montevideo
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West India
East India
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B. P
Wilmot
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Nantes
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Amoy
Chusan
Genesee
Michigan
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Batavia
Moniday
Boston Post Marine Journal
Port OF
Sci Atlantic
Lufkin
Calais
Milton
Dickson
Henry Oxnard
Bark Express
New Haven
John Lathrop
Vernon Brown
Persia
Chandler
Genoa
F Frothingham
Junius
Henry Cooper, Jr
St Jago
Cuba
Robin
Shaw & Co
Acadian
T Tremlett
Tecumseh
Warren Orcutt
Prescott & Chapinsch
Fair Play
Gonaives
J R Dow
Benj Bigelow
Bearse
Boundary
Shackford
Eastport
Senator
Kelly
Bangor
Catharine
Crowell
Hampden
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Gardiner
Hylas
Wakefield
Bath
Exeter
Reed
Portland
Agricola
Gordon
Mercator
Saco
Wim Tell
Tresethen
Dover
Pierce
Robin Shaw & Co
Eli Whitney
Harding
Snow
Pitt
Baker
Uome
Howes
Lucy & Nancy
Wescott
Colombo
Conn
Velasco
Cameo
Jarvis
Commerce
Ailen
Gibraltar
Air
Oak
Ryder
Mary & Suan
Hinds
Belfast
Sarah Ann
Siddall
Cumberland
Forest
Sydney
Orient
Martin
Hunt
Murphy
Alexander
Croscup
Digby
Rising Sun
Faulkner
Kempt
Caspian
Union
Native
Preble
Landerkin
Launen
Join
Enoch Eastman
Camden
P Keegan
Wm Carlton
E Eastman
Lower Harbor
Edgartown
Navy
Brilliant
Slocum
Pensacola
Black
Providence
Meridian
Rodgers
Barnstable
Arsch Energy
Falmouth
Sandy Point
Arsch
Fred Warren
Norwich
Office of the Rhode Islander
Newport
Highlander
Mayberry
Juno
Sturgis
Helen Mar
Galen
Picton
Betsey
Deborah
Albany
Samuel
Bristol
Franklin
New Bedford
Charter Oak
Marien
Beverly
White Head
Penobscot Bay
Cabot
Pappoose Squaw Neck
Iolas
Eliza Ann
Thomas
Norfolk
Amaranth
Nauset Light
Duryea
Ferguson
Matamoras
Roanoke
Carson
St Thomas
Barbadoes
Arethusa
Deal
Sth
Oberlin
Hoys
Rob Roy
Marsh
Normandie
Spaukting
Bestoy
Rinito
Urania
Stettin
Salvatore
Toronto
Dougin
Hastings
Jansen
Tor Bremen
Torbay
Andelle
Gamain
Heang
Arat Cowes
Olof Wyk
Meacom
Richmo Ene Iy
Jaques
de the Wight
Lath
de Harde
Bremen
Arde
New
Lizard
Haabet
Johansen
Stettinating
Ebro
Perry
Duncan
Putnam
Catiao
Haynes
Fork
Pill
Londonderry
Cork
Jos Cunard
Harrison
Joss
Holl
Superior
Gallaghar
X Simpson
St Petersburg
Leith
Columbia
Trussell
Richmond
Cronstadt
Frances
Albion
Huldt
Elsinear
Nelena
Newman
Friedrick
Storma
Do—Lith
Josephine
Sandstedt
Newley Caledonia
Massicett
Metamora
Low
Baltimor
Chord
Cuxhaven
Ar 3d
Charlotte
Gesper
Ar Jeth
Forum
Mardock
Musing
Jaying & Eduard
Liedenburg
Do—D
Marcia Cleaves
Hadbourne
Schiller
Jurg
Dasnemann
Elise
Koch
Visine Jansen
Roland
Steengraffe
N York
Clyde
Nekford
City Point
Hector
Trinidad
Johaans Mensing
Lvnh
Albert
Krockgether
Concord
Lord
Maria Brabander
Elizabeth
Mehrtens
Harriet
Banning
Elbe
Cyclops
Matanzas
Flushing
Emma
Kling
Lucilia Pescud
Ghent
Tiber
Utica
Isabella Briggs
John Cumming
Thayer
De—Ith
Vie de Grasse Thompson
Watson
Rhone
Byron
L’andelle
Rochelle
Parsons
H Clilion
Markham
Finland
Nasan
Brown
Choctaw
Flitner
Palermo
Malta
Camilla
Sabina
Zante
Messina
Effort
Hussey
Alexandria
Lawrence
Caglia
Messing Sanger
Cato
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Warwick
Rio Janeiro
Montgomery
Constant
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Probst
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Lehigh
Seurabaya
Talbot
Story
Jack Coster
Barlow
Swallow
Mary Chilton
Evans
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Sumatra
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Farley
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Young
Bronwershaven
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Leedes
Gulf of Lyons
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Jas Wilson
Peckner
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Del
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Allen
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R. M
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Lima
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Janvrin
Vale Paradise
California
Geo & Henry
Waits
New York; Brig Smyrna, Comings, U States. . At Smyrna
Arabian
Foster
Griffen
Blake
Nancy Jane
Goodrich
Capitol Brookfield
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Newbern
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LeBron
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Colson
Chris Colon
Yorks
Florida Bianco
Eldridge
Belize
Turks Island
Rebecca
Ldg
Margaretta
Everett
Boste
Mahone Bay Packet
Thornburn
Torsthult
Neg Patterson
Yucatal
M’guire
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