Plymouth Rock Monument Corner Stone Laying Celebration
A Plymouth celebration drew ten thousand visitors for the corner stone ceremonies of two monuments near Plymouth Rock and Monument Hill. Gov Banks delivered the main oration while Masons and bands led a grand procession. The event, praised as wholesome and patriotic, foresees future civic monument efforts.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Rock
Providence
Boston
Frese Masons
Pilgrim Society
Hans J V. Hate
Henry Wilson
Anson Burlingame
Bunker Hill Monument
Washington Monument
Closing of the Phenix's Twenty second Volume Reflections
The Phenix marks its twenty second year with reflections on life changes within the community. The piece recalls births, marriages, losses, and shifting fortunes while noting difficulty in collecting dues and urging arrears payers to settle accounts.
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Mastortanos
Lookea
Ministers to Preach at State Street Church Sunday
Rev. Mr Corbett of Jerseyville Illinois will preach Sunday morning at the State Street Methodist Church and Rev Dr Ilowe of Philadelphia will preach in the afternoon at the same church.
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Mr Corbett
Jerseyville
Mllinois
State Street
Ilowe
Philadelphia
Bake Event at St Michael’s Church Draws Large Crowd
The Bake at St Michael’s Church in this town drew around five hundred visitors with about twelve hundred people on the grounds. Chowder clams and other fare were abundant and excellent, and the overall event was conducted with propriety and genial cheer. A band provided music and no serious accidents marred the festivities. The pew Sunday School excursion to Sherman's Grove featured ample chowder and clams, with praise for Mr Sherman the proprietor and his hospitality.
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St. Michael's Church
Miar
Sherman's Grove
Providence
Warren
Sherman
Bryan's Grove
Centreville
Denison
Br. Pentyn Norized
Norwich Bulttia
Weather Drought Persists Amid Foggy Week gloom
The week has been foggy and hazy with clouds appearing rainy yet only a slight shower on Thursday evening. Vegetation shows moisture shortage as corn curls and yellows and gray patches redden in places while readers await timely rains to refresh the parched earth.
Whaler Curmo Sailed Amid Slave Trade Suspicion
The ship Curmo fitted at New Bedford for a whaling voyage was towed to sea Saturday evening under suspicion of slave trade design. The steam tow hunt left her Sunday morning with a good breeze. The Atlantic remains under seizure at New Bedford.
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Curmo
Maceil
New Bedford
Atlantic
Death of Hon Richard Rosu in Philadelphia at 79
Four Hon Richard Rosu died in Philadelphia on Saturday aged 79. He was son of Dr Benjamin Rush a leading Pennsylvanian. Rosu trained as a lawyer and gained early fame for learning. At 37 he became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James. He later served as Secretary of the Treasury and was Jackson era special US agent to England to oversee the Smithsonian bequest. In 1847 Polk appointed him Minister to France. He leaves two sons of high standing.
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Richard Rosu
Philadelphia
Tie
Benjamin Rush
Pennsylvani
Richard
Rovoy
Court of St. James
Munro
Treasury
Adams
Jackson
United States
Bngland
Smithsonian
France
Polk
Bush
Death of Rev Janes W Aurxaxpgr esteemed Brick Church pastor
The Rev Janes W Aurxaxpgr DD longtime Brick Presbyterian Church pastor on Fifth Avenue New York died at Virginia Springs on Sunday. He was noted as a gifted preacher and scholar, son of Archibald Alexander of Princeton and grandson of James Waddell the model for Wirt’s Blind Preacher. He long taught Rhetoric and belles lettres at the College of New Jersey.
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Janes W Aurxaxpgr
Brick Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
New York
Virginia Springs
Alexander
Archibald Alexander
Princeton
New Jersey
James Waddell
Wirt
Belles Lettres
College of New Jersey
Lon Horace Mann as Antioch College President Dies at Lellow Springs
Lon Horace Mann, longtime anti slavery advocate and former Massachusetts legislator, died in Lellow Springs Ohio on Tuesday at age 66. Born in Franklin Massachusetts he studied at Brown and practiced law in Dedham before moving to Boston. He served in Congress from 1848 after filling John Quincy Adams’s seat and was later secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education before six years ago becoming Antioch College president.
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T Lon
Horace Mann
Antioch College
Ohio
Lellow Springs
Franklin
Norfolk Co
Massachusetts
Brown University
Dedham
Boston
Congress
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts Board of Education
Colored Convention in Boston Adopts Resolutions
A two day gathering of colored delegates from several states met in Boston to decide on actions for the next Presidential election. George T. Downing was elected president with Teac Rico and John T Waugh as vice presidents and secretary respectively. The speakers largely condemned colonization while criticizing Republican party support, ending with adjournment on Tuesday night.
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Boston
George T. Downing
Newport
Teac Rico
Providence
John T Waugh
Downing
William Wells Brown
African Civilization Society
Republican Party
Sear Die
Suwmyang Seminary Announces Fall Session
Syarren Lapixs described a popular institution under the supervision of A. M. Gammel Fay. The fall session begins September 8 proximo with hundreds of accomplished scholars sent forth. The principal and staff uphold high moral principles ensuring ongoing success.
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Syarren Lapixs
Suwmyang
Uder Ie
A. M. Gammel
Fay
Isle
Camp Meeting at Wesleyan Grove Opens on 9th Inst
Martha's Vineyard hosts its annual Camp Meeting at Wesleyan Grove starting Tuesday the 9th and lasting ten days. Locals may travel to the camp ground and return by rail and steamer for two dollars.
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Wesleyan Grove
Martha’s Vineyard
Gaslight Use Chronology in New England Towns
The American Gas Light Journal notes gaslight began in Baltimore in 1825 and in Bristol Rhode Island in the same year. It records the local gas usage starting in our town in July 1855, correcting a thirty year earlier misstatement.
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American Gas Light Journal
Baltimore
Bristol
R. I
Two Buyers Seek Farm Near Pleasant Location
Two persons desiring to purchase a small farm are referred to the advertisement of Mr. Thomas Paine in another column.
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Thomas Paine
Growing Cincinnati City Opens New Streets and Railways
A letter from Daly in Cincinnati describes an expanding city in spring, with clear skies, verdant Ohio Valley scenery, robust markets, widespread factories, rising real estate values, and plans for street railways. He notes high rents, many new buildings, river trade activity, and investor interest in Western opportunities.
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Cincinnati
Daly
Frisn
Bayixy
Ais
Ohio Valley
Great West
West
New England
Bristol
Mora Anon. D
Great feat at Mowing compared to former record
In a letter to the Phenix a reader recalls four men who on an eight acre lot mowed grass from 1 4 before 7 A M to noon at four acres per day per man. Three of the four men then mowed one acre of stoll herds grass the same morning before starting the eight acre plot.
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Phenix
Eptror
Faruen. P. S
Wall Street Broker Arrested on False Pretences
Symmes Gardner, a Wall Street broker, was arrested in New York on a charge of false pretences for selling to James of Binghampton one hundred and thirty three shares in the Trident Mutual Insurance Company Providence, an insolvent firm. A Kingston Jamaica letter reports the death of Mr Hopkins, the newly appointed American Consul.
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York
Symmes Gardner
Wall Street
James
Binghampton
Trident Mutual Insurance Company
Providence
Kingston
Jamaica
Hopkins
Drought Sparks Fire on Indiana Rail Lines
Grass along Indiana tracks dries to the point of catching sparks from locomotives. Crews on the Terre Haute line dig cat ditches to halt flames and protect ties. On many Bellefontaine route sections trains stop to extinguish fires.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Caveral
Bellefontaine Road
Discontent and diplomacy mark European peace talks
Europe remains unsettled as steamships Persis and Arabia reach ports and Zurich prepares for a likely peace conference. Reports indicate Sardinia may abstain from attendance while Napoleon seeks a congress on Italian affairs and calls for further deliberations among Austria France and Sardinia.
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Europe
Persig
Persia
Eiterpooll
Bremen
Seb
Edinburg
Arabia
Liverpool
Zurich
Sardinia
French Reasons for Peace and Mazzini’s View on Italy
The Park Constitutionnel weighs why Napoleon might seek peace now and avoid an expanded war. It argues extending the struggle could risk revolutionary upheaval in Italian states and a broader European conflict, while praising Mazzini for foresight into the French Emperor’s aims and warning against dismissing his plans as mere scheming.
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Supoleon
Euys
Pruesto
Corps d' Armee
Germany
Hua
Mincio
Adriatic
Italy
Rhine
France
Mazzini
Distressing Cough Promises Cure by Wild Cherry Remedy
Advertisement claims Wistar's Balm of Wild Cherry will cure coughs and colds, arrest consumption, and do so quickly. It asserts the remedy never fails and is marketed by HL. N. Gifford as Bristol agent.
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Wistar
Fire destroys 200000 cords of wood beside the Little Miami Railroad
A large fire burned 200000 cords of wood stored along the Little Miami Railroad near Cincinnati destroying the load and scorching rails causing train delays for hours. Earlier another 150000 cords of wood owned by the same road burned in the same manner.
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Little Miami
Ohio
Frightful Railroad Accident Near Schaghticoke
A Northern Railroad train plunged from a bridge over the Tomhannock Creek near Schaghticoke at 7 25 P M. Thirteen killed and many injured. Names of the dead and wounded listed. coroner's inquest faults management for rotten bridge condition.
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Avaixy
Northern
Schagticoke
Jare
Schuyler
Altanys
Cooley
Charles Berthelon
Albany
Charles Plympton
Vermont
David J. Raseell
Patrick Connolly
Greenish
Thomas McCarnock
Michael Flannery
Troy
Skagticoke
Hoxsterp
Quebec
Arthur Forbes
Bytown
Ontario Co
Charles Perry
Claremont
N. H
G. R. Prentice
New York City
J. C. Payne
Dayton
Ohio
W. S. Harris
Whitewater
Wis
Thomas Talbot
W. J. A. Fuller
Madden
Plympton
Vermont and Central
Tohannock Creek
Fatal Collision With Express Train Near Keith's Mills
An express train on the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad struck a crossing carriage near North Bridgewater killing a woman and a child instantly. Mr Stetson and a second woman were severely injured. the horse escaped unscathed as villagers rushed to aid the victims.
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Suochina Bartroop Acologny
Kitter
Old Colony
Fall River
North Bridgewater
Keith’s Mills
Stetson
Abington
Boston Journal
Largest wheat harvest recorded across United States and Canada
The Philadelphia Ledger notes an unprecedented wheat harvest with early season, minimal crop damage, and widespread abundance from New York to Arkansas and California to the Atlantic. Canada and old European countries report similarly strong prospects. Also reported is Bidgood, a 17 year old fugitive who leaped from a Providence to Hartford train during pursuit, injuring himself, and related bank check suspicions tied to Samuel C. Morgan Esq.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Arkansas
Alabama
California
Atlantic
United States
Europe
Feaman Lear
Providence
Sterling
Novgup
Lee
Hartford Courant
Bidgood
Meears
Smith Wilbur
Central Village
Windham County Bank
Samuel C. Morgan
Morgan
Norwich Bulletin
Americans in Paris a Spendthrift Swarm Adored by Entourage
A Paris letter notes many Americans in the city enjoying and wasting money on Parisian amusements. The Yankee is praised for his improvidence, drawing affection from shopkeepers waiters cafe owners and other Parisians as he spends freely.
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Paris
Parisian
Boston
Woman walks nine miles with heavy load to Auburn market
An English woman about 25 living nine miles west of Auburn in Aurelius town traveled to the Auburn market carrying 29 pounds of butter on her head 28 dozens on one arm and an 86 pound infant on the other arm.
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Auburn
Aurelius
Importers Prosper as Foreign Goods Flood Market
The New York Independent notes no drop in foreign imports with British French and especially German goods pouring in. Duties fund the government as goods enter for consumption and many go to auction with six months notes. Proceeds are remitted in gold to Europe and levies will rise for importers as prices fall for less desirable styles.
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New York Independent
Europe
Railroad passenger cars debated at Parapatrina meeting
In Parapatrina on July 80 a large gathering discussed running railroad passenger cars on Sunday. Speakers condemned the Supreme Court decision and urged measures to legislate the law and preserve the railroad's existence.
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Parapatrina
Tax Sonpay Bartroop
Independence
Supreme Court
Chicago physician faces murder bid charge after throat injury
Dr Frank Royal was arrested on Wednesday evening for allegedly attempting to murder his wife by cutting her throat. The victim fled home, cried out, and a doctor noted a two inch shallow neck wound. Royal denied the act and was sent to jail on a $5000 bond for assault with intent to murder. He is described as a Lynchburg, Virginia native and army surgeon.
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Rasger Mysteriovs
Chicago
Frank Royal
Big Wife
Royal
Lynchburg
Weather and broken springs cited in Newburyport report
Tuz Argospuerg notes that on Tuesday night a thunderstorm charged air and caused several watch springs to break at a watchmaker’s on the 27th. The Newburyport Herald summarizes that weather effects can produce such results.
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Newburyport Herald
Man Attempts Suicide in Worcester Quarrel
Patrick Drooney tried to hang himself in Worcester on Sunday but was revived after becoming unconscious. He returned to work as usual the next day. The incident followed a quarrel with his wife, and she did not realize he was in danger.
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Patrick Drooney
Worcester
Woman in Yarmouth faces trial for arson in Kelley dwelling
Mrs. Page wife of Wm Page was examined before Justice James B. Crocker in Yarmouth on a willful malicious fire in the night at James Kelley’s dwelling. The charge is a capital offence and she is held without bail to answer at the September term of the Superior Court.
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Smo Vumidighug
London Morning Post
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London Globe
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Franco Joseph
Baizo
Ratazzi
Grents
London Times
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Plesse
London Post
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Tuscan Moniteur
Tuscany
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Pisa
Luca
Pistiola
Arezzo
Leghorn
the Times
Pays
Piedmont
Athens County Messenger
Bucyrus Journal
Indianapolis Journal
Journal
Buchanan
Pittsburg
Watson McCandless
Repronp Springs
James Buchanan
Ann Dugan
Hartford, Providence and Pickhill
Dartford Road
Atwell's Avenue Bridge
Stonington
Heartford
Olneyville
Juan McKahee
Spruce and
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