Desperate escape and a court martial vow in colonial Boston
Ruth Bray seeks clemency for Morris Green sentenced to death for desertion as Edward Sinclair urges rescue. Morris conspired to warn him and a court martial verdict looms while Major Waldron holds power to grant pardon. Ruth promises marriage to George if Morris is pardoned after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Edward Sinclair
Ron
Horne
Sinclair
Lin Olf
Paul
Ruth Bray
Edward Siiclair
Huth
Morrie
Murra
Aereysi
Ruth
Alwuet
Hin
Boston
Hentia
Morris Green
Bray
Wan
Waldron
Major Waldron
Morris Greet
George
Murra Green
Pardin
Destructive Fire At Sea And Nantucket Boat Disaster
The British brig Boling reports the American brig Othello burned after lightning struck while at anchor near Tabasco. The Bolina sailed from Tabasco to Constrained but is delayed for repairs and crew losses included Captain died and several crew members. In Nantucket a boating accident near Bel Point killed three and six women, nine youths were rescued after a capsizing fishing party endured hours afloat before rescuers reached them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boling
Edward Forte
Othello
Tabasco
Bolina
Rustic
America
Black
Nantucket
Madeket
Nathan Chase
Bel Point
Benjamin S. Morton
Chase
Drowned Sailors Named in Nantucket Boat Disaster
In a Nantucket incident two young women diedSusan P Cleveland 96 and Phebe Alles 18 both daughters of local families. Several young men and women were saved including Susan Folger Harney Folger Elina Folger Ron G Smith Benjamin Morton William Folger and Julie Mitchell Nantucket Inquirer reports the names and flames of courage among the rescuers and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan ‘P. Cleveland
Zemri Cleveland
Phebe Alles
George Allen
Thos
Sarah S. Folger
Harnet S. Folger
Elina B. Folger
Ron G. Smith
Benjamin S. Morton
William A. Folger
Julie D. Mitchell
Nantucket
Cholera decline and Bristol iron enterprise discussion
The Bristol Phenix reports cholera in large cities easing with New York 170 cases and 60 deaths. It notes Sandusky’s deadly outbreak and suspended business as fear spreads. A letter urges Bristol capitalists to fund half of a Bristol iron works, with abroad capital for the other half, highlighting Bristol as a promising site for industry and rail link to Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
Sandusky
Bristol
Providence
New England
Court of Probate Sets Monthly Meeting at Probate Office
The regular monthly meeting of the Court of Probate will be held at the Probate Office on Monday at 2 o'clock. Several heavy defalcations by government officers have recently come to light. The U S Navy Agent at Marseilles is a defaulter to 155508 48. The late Surveyor of the port of Cincinnati is also a defaulter to a large amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Probate
Hurden
U. S. Navy
Marseilles
France
Rain and Temperance News Splash Through Boston
Rain benefits vegetation and reaches Boston where Father Mathew promotes the Temperance Pledge with thousands enrolled. The Original New Orleans Sememdere plans a Armory performance as Boston papers note altered one dollar bills in circulation. Immigrants arrive in New York at a rate of one thousand daily amid cholera and some seek New England labor. bathing near wharves draws complaints from passengers and officials alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mathew
Boston
Apostle of Temperance
New Orleans
Boston Daily Advertiser
Eagle Bank
Ena
New York
New England
Two Interesting Facts From The Phenix
The Phenix notes two stark items: in South Carolina three black men were hanged for attacking white men, described as law. In Missouri a white man killed a black woman. jury verdict cited death by apoplexy from excitement. The piece ponders servile war as a moral question. A woolen factory in Woonsocket owned by Edward Harris caught fire Sunday morning. damage estimated at 500 to 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Carolina
Missouri
Woonsocket
Edward Harris
Woonaucket
Worcester
Aristocratic Parodies Draw Fire in Newport Commentary
The Newport Herald of the Times critiques visitors imitating European aristocracy, mocking royal pageantry and heraldic displays. It condemns pomp and inherited titles as incompatible with republican ideals and freethinking, contrasting old world monarchy with modern values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Herald
Europe
Queen Viciona
Themelves
Collector Sees Off Impaired Official After Fourth Celebration
New York correspondence recalls a Boston Zion Herald anecdote where a newly appointed man, still under revelry, paid fawning compliments to Mr Maxwell's office. The collector stops him, demands his name, and immediately removes him. The speaker recalls the boast, I have no rummies about me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston Zion’s Herald
Maxwell
Tne
Despatches From California and Panama Reports Map of Gold Boom
The Crescent City arrived with eighty four passengers, eighty from California, and $500,000 in gold dust. The Panama carried one hundred passengers in June and arrived July, with similar gold cargo. San Francisco business slowed, provisions cheap, lumber in demand, and a proposed California state government gathering pace. News covers ships, arrivals, prices, and mining labor, with notes on San Blas passengers and a Providence death aboard Crescent City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Crescent City
Chagres
California
Panama
San Francisco
Thej
Oregon
Lon
George E H. Gould
Providence
Sandwich Islands
Constance
San Blas
Mazatlan
Thomas Butler King
Fanny Forrester
Eliza Perkins
Salem
Favorite
New Bedford
U. 8
Warren
Long
Southampton
Commadting Hady
Invincible
Lincoln
Mary
Boston
James 1A
Thin City
Calfurnia
Sonora
Durango
Mexico
Calfornia
Eea-Board
Vance
Parker House
Wheely
Jarvie
Ent
Gravnon
Junn
Shire
Nine eight deaths from cholera in Bucks County Almshouse
A Doylestown observer reports cholera has claimed ninety eight inmates at the Bucks County Almshouse, nine days of outbreak with 21 deaths last Saturday. The alms steward is dead and to be buried today as mortality rises steeply according to the Philadelphia Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veanry
Morrarty
Bucks County
Doylestown
Iheucks County
Almna
Philad
Panama and Chagres reports amid emigration and duty changes
The Panamanian news notes health improvements at Chagres, few deaths during a recent attack, and the Fourth of July celebrations by Americans in Panama. It cites 4 305 travelers through Panama toward California, and outlines new Bogota Panama duty reforms starting January 1850 affecting government tobacco and alcohol, baggage taxes, and passport controls. It mentions vessels Unicorn Senator and Alabama, and a small stern wheeler for the Chagres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrams
Panawa
el Pan
Panama Star
Chagres
Gorgona
Panama
Oib
California
Senate
House of Representatives
Bogota
Custom House
Unicorn
Senator
Rio
Alabama
Weather and crops in Worcester County and Roman news
Correspondence reports hot dry weather with no cholera or potato rat issues and crops looking well though early potatoes may suffer. A week earlier a heavy shower revived gardens. Rome remained unsettled with soldiers roaming streets and keys sent to the Pope. Weir neighbors are judged charitably by best writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Commerca
Wencester Co
Masa
Rome
Geo. Oudinot
Newport Visits and Letters From Early Portals to California
A fragmentary report traces James Hh Clay and Henry Clay bound for Newport in a royal mission context, with mentions of travel routes and a Newark Advertiser letter from Seth Boyden dated Saw Mill Valley. The letter describes San Francisco journeys, river mining methods, and varied fortunes of miners, including an Irishman earning modest sums and others striking larger pay days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hh, Clay
Reg
Kingdom of
Portugal
Newport
R. 1
Mpebe
Europe
Henry Clay
Clay
Narsy
Thomas I
Tue Gore Couxray
Newark Advertiser
Seth Boyden
Saw Mill Valley
Drought Described From Littleton New Hampshire
A Boston Post correspondent from Littleton New Hampshire dated July 26 reports an unparalleled drought. Vegetables are nearly killed, trees show autumnal coloring, forests gloomily affected, hay yields are halved, and crop prospects for the season appear poor. Farmers remove cattle to water and wildfires threaten woodlands.
Riots and Fire Destroy Several Steamboats at St Louis
A morning blaze on the steamer Algoma from the Misouri line wrecked the Algoma and four other vessels the Mary Phenix Dubuque and San Francisco. Reports say many lives lost and hogs burned. A riot between Irish and firemen erupted injuring several, with the Missouri Fire Company seizing the Armory and troops sent from Jefferson Barracks. Police made multiple arrests including eighteen Irish prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Louis
Algoma
Mary
Phe Wix
San Francisco
New Orleans
Ohio
Dubuque
Phenix
Fred—Firet
Franklin Engine Company
James O'Brien
Lynch
Leves
O'Brien
Euven
Margaret Street
John Grant
Missouri Company
Missouri Fire Company
St. Louie
Divorce Terms Reach Agreement in Butler Kemble Case
The counsel reports the Pierce Butler versus Fanny Kemble Butler divorce terms agreed. Mr Butler will pay $1500 annually and retain custody of the two daughters, with two months each year with their mother. The daughters are with Mrs Kemble in Massachusetts where she plans to reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
lItso
Pierce Butler
Fanny Kemble Butler
Butler
Conria
Massachusetts
Boston
Connecticut River Low Water Affects Dams and Mills
The Connecticut River is higher now than since 1816 when it was ten inches lower. This decade saw water at a notably low stage, aiding the New City dam project but hindering the South Hadley mills that cannot operate due to the scant flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
New City
South Hadley
Springfield Rep
California dentist Dr. A C Hawes amid Crescent City rumor
The Crescent City arrivals include Dr. A C Hawes of A C Hawes and Brother Dentists who travels from California to refute reports of his death by Indians at the mines. He left in January to seek gold, planned June return via Vera Cruz and Mexico, then Mazatlan to California, taking longer than expected. Reverend Mr. Huntoon, once of Canton, declined Marblehead settlement offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Plains
Algoma
California
Fort Kearny
Mortis
United States
Dr. Birdsall
John Wilson
Mer. Pendles
Crescent City
A.C. Hawes
City of
Mexico
Mazatlan
Pacific
Jrev. Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meade
Gove Ooaldron
Bristol Phenix
Maxufacture of
Iroq
Gideon G. Dennia
Portsmouth
R.I
Providence Journal
Martha Jane
Westerly
Norwich
South America
Mercury of
Maclean, Maria & Co
London
Scotland
Moreton Bay
New Holland
Messrs. S. K. Eaton
N. C. Sturlevant
Matthew Mayhew
N. H. Barstow
J. B. Dornin
Nathl
Sears
the. C. Hammond
G. W. Pratt
New Bedford Mercury
Brady
Detroit
3D Infantry
Hugh Brady
Junoino
Swanlains
Columa
Spanish Bar
American Fork
San Pravcivcu
Lesked Huw
Ollermai
Mr. Huntoon
Canton
Marblehead
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