Sectionalism Debate Over National Unity and Fremont
A heated editorial argues that sectionalism pervades party labels amid the 1860 campaign. It defends Fremont supporters as aiming to preserve liberty against slavery, while challenging charges against other factions for causing disunion and urging free dissent in defense of union.
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Buchanan
Republi
Fillmore
Union Party
Iremont
George II
American
America
Penett
Fremont Party
True
Sectional Party
Fremont
Friends of
Man Gored by Young Heifer on Neck Farm
Saturday afternoon Isaac Cole living on the Neck was attacked by an 18 month old heifer while crossing Capt. William H Cluych’s farm. He was gored and crawled over a wall before aid arrived from M A D W Smith and Wm H Church. His injuries were described as severe and recovery seen as doubtful.
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Isaac Cole
William. H. Cluych
M. A. D'W. Smith
Wm. H. Church
Lightning Strikes Widows House in High Street Town
A severe Sunday storm with heavy thunder and lightning struck the High Street home of widow Manchester near Byfield Street. The bolt caused attic damage and plastering fall but no major harm or fire, while two trees were hit during the cross street passage.
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Sclock
Manchester
High Street
Byfield Street
Congress adjourns amid failed Army bill and an extra session planned
The thirty-fourth Congress closed with the Army appropriation bill failed after conference, the Senate and House unable to reconcile. A presidential Proclamation sets an extra session on the 21st to pass the Army bill. Coburn of Boston secures a contract to build a larger Custom House and Post Office in town. Correspondent notes Providence harbor improvements and Bristol Custom House expansions.
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Tpf
House
Kansas
Senate
Congress
Custom House
Providence
Bristol
St. J
Grand Fremont Clambake and Picnic Concept in Fall River
Some Fremonters plan an extensive Fremont and Freedom Clambake to be held on Mount Hope. They aim to invite all nearby towns to participate and exceed the Charles River Barbecue, with eminent speakers to be invited.
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Fall River
Music on the Common by the American Brass Band
A Monday evening performance by the American Brass Band drew a large crowd on the Common. The event featured lively dancing and was praised as a highly gratifying public entertainment, with the company earning credit for organizing it.
Annual Excursion of The Kine Putte Fear Co at Rocky Point
The Kine Putte Fear Co. enjoyed a day trip Tuesday with six to seven hundred citizens to Rocky Point. The American Brass Band provided fine music as the company marched in firemen attire through public streets. They returned home around 7 PM highly pleased. The widow of Capt. Henry Diman is named keeper of the Bristol Ferry light.
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Kine Putte Fear Co
Rocky Point
Henry Diman
Bristol Ferry
Non-subscriber challenges Phenix in street exchange
A non subscriber confronted the Phenix staff in public and began loudly criticizing the newspaper. The editors say they would prefer to mind their own business if the man would leave them alone.
Fremont Meeting Call Grows in Newport
About a hundred fifty names have signed the call for a Freemont meeting in Newport. Notables include Robert B. Craneton Benj Finch Henry Bull Benjamin H. Ailman and J Prescott Hall. Gopex publishers The Lady's Book September issue appears with 100 pages 14 full page engravings 2 steel plates 70 engravings and 70 contributions.
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Gopex
Indies
Justice Munro Court Records August 1656 Trials
August 16 1656 William Katen tried for assault on John Castle sentence 2 fines of 10 dollars and costs. Molly Cullehen and Joanna Sullivan fight over a dress wound and hair loss. Duffy jailed ten days for drunkenness. August 19 Dennis Sullivan jailed five days for drunken fighting. August 20 James Lowry jailed twenty days for drunken misbehavior. Clambake notices from Christ Church Swanzey and Boatmen Clambake at Cristol Ferry.
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Munro
William Katen
John Castle
Katen
Castle
Allen
John
Karen
Molly Cullehen
Joanna Sullivan
Joanna
Molly
Ginnleone
Jeana
Hugh Duffy
Bacchus
Duffy
Dennis Sullivan
Dennis
James Lowry
Garret
Ife
Jimey
Meeting Notice for Friends of Buchanan and Breckinridge
A note indicates that the Friends of Buchanan and Breckinridge will hold a meeting at the Court House in this town on Wednesday evening next at 8 o'clock. The item appears in the local column as a public notice.
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Buchanan and
Breckinridge
Proclamation Calls Congress to Meet in Capitol
President issues a proclamation in Washington on August 18 1856 urging both Houses to assemble at the Capitol on August 21 to address hostilities with Indian tribes and public defense after Congress adjourned without Army funding. The seal is affixed and the proclamation is signed in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Capitol
City of
Union
the United
Congress Transcript Notes Army Bill Amid Session Activities
The House and Senate debated rules and military funding, with Hunter proposing to suspend part of rule twenty one to fast track the Army Appropriation bill. The chamber adjourned after a state of the union committee of the whole vote and a 900 ton vessel launch by Mason Barney, Esq.
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Senate
Hunter
House of Representatives
Campbell
Ohio
Phelps
Washburn
Maine
State of the Union
Kansas
Mason Barney, Esq
Storm Devastates Last Island. 137 Lives Feared Lost
A terrible storm struck Last Island on Monday causing widespread destruction. The wreck of the steamship Star and the sinking of vessels left 200 passengers clinging to debris while ships Bowditch Ellerslie and brig Creole suffered damage. property losses and crop damage are reported as very heavy.
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Tar Sotrm
New Orleans
Star
Smith
Catllou Island
Bowditch
Ellerslie
Philadelphia
New York
Havana
Quarazine
Baltic and Attica Reach New York From Europe
Steamer Baltic returns with Liverpool dates of June 6 and London June 5 while Attica arrived on the morning of the 2nd. Reports note breadstuffs panic but no major drop in flour and wheat. Spain submits to O Donnell. Pellissier made a duke in France. Susquehannah sails toward Spezzia after stopping at Ginaltar.
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Africa
New York
Liverpool
Lebanon
England
London
Bickford & Keen
Courtney, Kingford & Co
London Chromic
Sun
Robert Lowery
United States
Russia
Baltic
Attica
Cort
de Geren Shiseloumer
Samgossa
Dulee
Spain
O'Donnell
Liberal Party
Italy
Sardinia
France
Austria
U.S
Susquehannah
Ginaltar
Fayalen
Key West
Spezzio
Aftermath of Great Storm Hits New Orleans
Aug 16 dispatch details the city’s worst storm experience with heavy wrecks. The Manila and Nautilus vanish with all hands feared dead, including crew and passengers. about three hundred lives expected lost. Cotton not greatly harmed inland, but Mississippi coast gloom descends.
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New Orleans
Thompson
Manila
Mississippi
Choate Plea and Somnambulism Claim Referenced in Buchanan Case
The note cites Mr. Choate's rhetorical appeal for Mr. Buchanan and compares it to his defence of Tyrrel, a Boston murderer. It claims the jurors remain unconvinced of guilt and suggests the act was a fit of somnambulism, noting he faces twelve jurors now.
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Choate
Buchanan
Tyrrel
Boston
Forns
N. Y
Final Adjournment of Congress August 18
Congress adjourned at noon August 18 after passing all General Appropriation bills except the Army bill which would allocate about 14 million dollars. Many private bills lacked presidential signature. Rumors of an extra session circulated. no authentic source confirmed. The President and Cabinet handled bills in the Senate ante room.
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Congress
Washinei
Senate
Syamerut
Bright
Trumbull
Wilson
Cor
N. Y. Tribune
The Electoral Vote and the Arabia Disaster
The piece outlines the electoral vote totals for presidential and vice presidential candidates with 176 slave states and 120 free states, totaling 296 votes with 149 needed for choice. It also reports the naval disaster of the steamer Arabia near Blond Rock as Halifax observers describe the wreck and potential seaworthiness concerns.
Yellow Fever Reach New Utrecht and Yellow Hook
The New York Mirror reports yellow fever in New Utrecht Kings County with over fifty deaths. Panic driven residents fled as care numbers dwindled. The outbreak touched an area of Brooklyn including the Eighth Ward and nearby Yellow Hook with four boy deaths and a Red Hook Point death.
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New York Mirror
New Utrecht
King's County
New York
Eighth Ward
Brooklyn
Twenty-seventh Street
Third Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
Yellow Hook
Gowanus Hay
Red Hook Point
Cholera Ravages Guayama While U S Senate Controls Clerks
A New York Herald correspondent describes severe cholera outbreaks in Guayama Porto Rico with heavy plantation losses and plaguelike spread. The report notes measures to curb contagion and contrasts it with Senate actions granting clerks to committees at fifteen hundred dollars yearly amid accusations of political manipulation.
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New York Herald
Guayama
Porto Rico
Chicago Journal reports Thos F. Marshall backs Republican nominees
The Chicago Journal notes Hon. Thos F. Marshall a former Kentucky Whig now in Chicago has announced support for Fremont and Dayton. He said Fillmore’s prospects are gloomier after recent elections and he would not back Buchanan on the Cincinnati platform, leaving him aligned with the Republican ticket.
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The
Chicago Journal
Boston Woman Survives Camphene Lamp Explosion
On Saturday evening Miss Norton of Lincoln Street Boston nearly died when a camphene lamp blew up. Her mother and brother were paralyzed by shock as she burned, but Tulley, a passerby, tore off the flames and she escaped with non fatal injuries.
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Norton
Lincoln Street
Boston
Tulley
Assault on Mr Granger by Mr McMullen in Congress
Boston Advertiser reports a clash in an omnibus trip to Washington where Virginia Democrat McMullen struck New York Republican Granger after a heated exchange on Fremont and the South. Granger, a modest elder, defended himself as blows bruised his face. Colonel Chester of the Pennsylvania Inquirer details the sequence.
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Boston
Washington
McMullen
House
Virginia
Granger
New York
Freemont
Mealle
Ile Pray
Chesster
The
Pennsylvania Inquirer
Dr. Kane Offered Command Of Arctic Expedition
The British government plans a new Arctic search for Franklin records and has offered Dr. Kane the leadership. He previously declined but renewed appeals from Lady Franklin the British Geographical Society and the Ministry may prompt a reconsideration of his stance and a return to the perilous North Pole venture.
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Dr. Kane
TH Arctre Sgarcu
Arctic
Sir John Franklin
Washington Union
Lady Franklin
British Geographical Society
Ministry
North Pole
Rumor of Cuban Apprentice Plan Sparks Fear of Slavery Return
A Havana correspondent reports rumors that Spain will import forty thousand African apprentices to Cuba, with potential slavery reemergence before 1900. The note notes British policy interest and Madrid leniency, while awaiting further confirmation from sources.
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I'rus
Cupa
Journal of Commerce
Havana
Africa
Madrid
Cuba
St. Domingo
Mysterious Disappearance of Stephen H. Branch
Stephen H. Branch, known for involvement in the Matsell Investigation, has vanished from his boarding house since July 31. He left without notice, was last seen visiting Alderman Briggs, and has left no trace despite routine habits. A recent attempt to reacquire information on Chief Matsell’s birth ended August 4 without leads.
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Stephen H. Branch
Branch
Matsell
T. W. Branch
Brooklyn
Alderman Briggs
Mr. Branch
Alderman Brigg
England
New York Sees Healthy Season Despite Weekly Death Rise
New York reports a healthy season with 651 deaths last week, up 21 from the prior week. No yellow fever indicated, no epidemic reported. Gravesend Bay vessels moved to Southwest Spit, many nearly deserted with minimal crew aboard as cables fouled anchors.
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Heartu
New York
Gravesend Bay
Black Cook
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