Rumors from Europe and Congress News in Brief
Reports from Europe claim Turkish and Russian clashes, with Poles possibly switching sides to the Turks. The next Congress session opens with Democrats holding a large majority in both houses. The railroad grading toward Pray begins, with optimism for speedy completion. A new striking work on Dr. Franklin, Autobiography with notes and letters, is released by Philips Sampson Co. in Boston, with a sales visit planned to the town.
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Congress
Senate
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Maine
New Hampshire
House—Democrate
Whigs
Free Soil
Prancun
Philips, Sampson & Co
Boston
Franklin
Versailles
Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam Ad Claims Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam as an excellent cough remedy used for years with immediate relief. The claim stresses reader assurance and repeated positive results.
New Year Pictorial Teaches Values With Engravings
A Pictorial issue by G W Easterbrooks features fifty seven engravings including Petty Theft Gaming Forgery Pawnbroker Arrest Midnight Murder and Last Moments in Prison. The sheet is well produced and priced at 12 1 2 cents, praised as a splendid affair.
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Jonathan
G. W. Easterbrooks
New Morning for December in Risterbrook News Depot
A note from the New Orleans Picayune dated the 16th praises the December issue G7 Hansen's New Morning for December and lists memoirs and articles including The Holy Land and A Pilgrimage to Plymouth. Also, Capt Lawless earns esteem from travelers on the Perseverance trip with thanks for comfort and improved ship features.
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Hansen
Risterbrook
Holy Land
Plymouth
New Orleans Picayune
Capt
Lawless
Jnerd
U.S
Bas
John Y. Lawless
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Texas
Cere
J. A. Settle
Majority votes against holding a Convention in Jamestown and Shoreham
The record shows 6 yeas to 42 nays in Jamestown. In Shoreham the vote was 33 yeas to 20 nays, indicating a total majority against convening a Convention.
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Jamestown
Shoreham
Atlantic arrival brings 100 passengers amid war rumors
The Atlantic docked on New Year’s Eve with 100 passengers after a voyage from Liverpool via Hormes, amid weather hardships and rumors of a shift to a warlike ministry in Britain. Notable travelers included Col. T. B. Lawrence and Gen. J. Watson Webb. Reports also note treasury and war news from Europe and Asia, with ongoing Turkish Russian hostilities and telegraph updates from Vienna and Constantinople.
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Atlantic
Liverpool
Col
T. B. Lawrence
J. Watson Webb
Bank of England
Bucharest
Oltenitza
Gortschakoff
Olenitza
Vienna
Danube
Sea of
Marmara
Russia
Nesselrode
Turkey
Kalapka
Asia
Napoleon
Prussia
Austria
Persia
Altenitza
Guirgero
Georgia
Caucasus
Cartoor
Damascus
Surminestrat
Kuchat
Galatz
Odessa
St. Petersburg
Servia
Omar Pacha
Refat Pacha
Parkisher
Sophia
Corps d' Armee
Gren
Prince Woronzoff
India
China
Czar
Dost Mohamed
Cabul
Kheva
England
More Bolon
Beshawar
Burmiah
Burmah
Illinois Arrives With California Mail and Prometheus Scene
The Illinois docks with California mail of Nov 1, $880000 in specie, $200000 cash, and 300 passengers. Notably absent is John Mitchell from the Irish patriot list. Prometheus arrives later with 650 passengers and $1740000 in freight, consignments to American Exchange Bank and others. The report also details crime notes, a bank theft arrest, and a treaty outlook with Britain on fisheries and trade.
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New York
Illinois
California
John Mitchell
Aspinwall
Uranus
Hallowell
Gen. Lane
Congress
Col. McGwin
P Ce Department
C. Cushing
Ecuador
A. B. Corwin
Panama
Lieut Scott
U. S, Navy
A. Maguire
Peru
U.S
St. Lawrence
Tobago
Acap
Chatham
Snow
U. S
J. Howard
Thomaston
Sonora
Caroline
San Francisco
Honolulu
Argus
Prometheus
American Exchange Bank
Duncan, Sherman & Co
Adams & Co
Drexel & Co
Representative Election Returns Favor Whigs in 62 Towns
Sixty-two town returns show thirty one Whigs and nine opposition elected to Representatives with about sixty no choice. Whig majority grows from sixty four to eighty two. Lowell and Lawrence report strong Whig showings. Beverly and New Bedford elect Whig candidates. Springfield and Charlestown abstain. Boston Journal.
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Lawrence
Beverly
New Bedford
Springfield
Charlestown
Boston Journal
Liverpool Flour Trade Rules Include Weight Adjustment
The Liverpool Corn Trade Association adopts new rules effective January 1 for flour from Canada and American ports, stating each barrel should be weighed at 3 20 gross. Deficiencies are allowed, foreign sack flour weighed gross, and flour and sack invoiced per 260 pounds. The Journal of Commerce notes this would mark much flour as underweight, with 20 pounds left to cover barrel weight.
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Liverpool Corn Trade Association
Canada
Journal of Commerce
Sloop Sylph Collision Claims Two Crew Drowned
Rnegenna Ba State bound for New York ran on a sloop near Falkland Island at night. No light aboard the Sylph led to the wreck. two crewmen, Mark Drake aged 24 of Sharon Connecticut and Ismel Kelley aged 18 of Liverpool England, were drowned. The steamer suffered damage and lost two trips. Captain Dewey commanded the Sylph of Greenport Long Island.
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New York
Falkland Island
Sylph
Dewey
Greenport
L. L
Mark Drake
Sharon
Ismel Kelley
Liverpool
Eng
Infant dies in suspected neglect case in South Boston
A six week old infant of Mr Hamilton in South Boston died after a servant girl allegedly tried to quiet the child by neglect. The servant’s motive was stated as keeping the infant quiet. Details remain unclear as the investigation proceeds.
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Sy Parscottit
Mr. Hamilton
Boston
German department official arrested for theft at Crystal Palace
Charles Edward Weydemare, commissioner of the German department at the Crystal Palace, was arrested yesterday for stealing a bottle of perfumery from the French department. Police found many stolen articles at his lodgings in New York on November 25.
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Ronsery
Ongstan Palacer
New York
Charles Edward Weydemare
Crystal Palace
Mortautry at Sea Report on Hibernia Death Toll
The Hibernia sailing from Liverpool reports 33 deaths among 330 passengers after a peril aboard the ship. The tragedy prompts inquiries into its cause and the fate of the remaining travelers.
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Mortautry
Hibernia
Liverpool
Hungarian leader Kossuth linked to Napoleon visit
Report claims Kossuth’s London disappearance tied to a meeting with Louis Napoleon to gauge how large a Hungarian force could be raised in a general war. Police search described as a ruse.
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Kossuth
London
Louis Napoleon
Brewer's Manual recommends horse flesh to revive stale ale
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a passage in the Brewer's Manual advising country deniers to restore stale ale by adding six to ten pounds of putrid horse flesh. The editor invites readers to comment on the guidance.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Lowell woman jailed for abandoning infant at New Haven depot
Mrs. McBride from Lowell is imprisoned in New Haven for leaving her male infant about two weeks old in the privy of the ladies’ saloon near the railroad depot on Thanksgiving day. Her home is stated as California.
Clipper Great Republic Opens to Public Today
The clipper ship Great Republic will be opened to the public this afternoon. Admission is 12 12 cents, and the proceeds will support charitable city institutions connected with commerce.
Massacre of Gunnison Expedition Reported at Independence
Telegraphic despatches from October 31 describe Capt. Gunnison and 12 companions being attacked by Indians on the Servier River while breakfasting. Gunnison and 12 of his party killed. four escaped. Notes, instruments, and animals captured. Gov. Young seeks aid to recover lost property. Cheyenne party seizes mail and provisions. Senor Gellegos arrives in Washington.
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St. Louis
Salt Lake
Company A
Gunnison
Gov
Toucey
Morris
Senor Gellegos
Congress
Washington
Robbery Suspect Arrested at Worcester Depot
Officers Merriwether and Shaw arrested Thomas Burrows at the Worcester Railroad Depot on Tuesday evening for robbing a Lady in Millville Massachusetts. A telegraphic despatch from Millville alerted police, leading to Burrows being taken off a Worcester bound evening train and jailed.
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Romaine
Merriwether
Shaw
Thomas Burrows
Worcester
Millville
Mas
Burrows
Providenc Tribune
Tre Musical Weekly Journal Praised For Music Study
Worth ann Tints presents a handsome well printed weekly music journal edited by Richard Storrs Willis. It spans 208 pages per year with valuable music essays harmony instruction and varied readings. Subscription is $3 with 16 pages per issue published by Dyer Willis at 257 Broadway New York.
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Tre Musical
New York
Richard Storrs Willis
Dyer & Willis
Broadway
New ‘York
Improvements in New York by Silk Dealers Purchase Broadway Theatre
Messrs. Bowen and McNamee, silk dealers, have bought the Broadway Theatre the Arbor and the Hotel de Paris, securing Broadway from Pearl street to Anthony street. The theatre cost $280,000 and the other properties about the same. They plan a magnificent building for their use, with a larger theatre projected farther up town.
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New York
Messrs, Bowen
Five of six men break into Tiverton home in morning attack
Five of six men including Ir and English broke into Thomas Harding’s house in Tiverton. As they entered the family alarmed the residents. A man drew a bowie knife and stabbed John Harding, son of Thomas, multiple times. John Harding survives but recovery may be doubtful.
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Toledo
Ohio
State of
New York
Henry Baker
John Iller
Chauncey Johnson
Bleeker Street
Baker
Miller
Keefe
Johnson
Broadway
Inpatiancs 7
Washington Parade Ground
Mercer Street
Fifteenth Ward
Baker and Miller
Toombs
Atrociéus Assavur
Thomas Harding
Tiverton
John Harding
Thomas
J Newport Mengury
Great Republic Makes Waves Across the Harbor
The Great Republic arrives amid massive attention drawing universal admiration according to The New York Herald press report. The mammoth ship's debut promises a landmark maritime spectacle and broad public interest locally and beyond.
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New York
Great Republic
U S Naval Squadron Movements Off China Report
The last accounts from China show the U S squadron at Canton with the steamers Salt and Mississippi at Whampoa. Caprice Macedonian Powhattan and Vandalia were at Cum Ising-moon. The American tee had arrived at Hong Kong and departed.
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East India
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Psitel
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Eiinekt
Equilar
Otelgek
Canton
Singapore
Calcutta
Bombay
Phillips
United States
Great Briain
Marcy
M. Y. Courter
Mr. Dix
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