Session of Congress Nears With Price of Liberty debated
The piece warns the coming Congress could shape vital national issues amid concern over party clash and corruption. It notes Democratic leverage, calls for principled action on slavery, Utah rebellion, and Mormon abuses, and contrasts with fears of executive overreach and selfish gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Baa
Lacarcely
Sharty
Trenty
Butte
Democratic Party
Fao
Kansas
Walker
Foul Herd
Utah
Brigiim
Congress to Assemble This Monday
Itja reports the President will not permit advance copies of his message to be sent abroad before delivery. The document will be short and appear in our next edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moniday
Itja
Tiemann Wins City Election and Bank News Rise
Correnriguenet reports a lively mayoral contest with Tiemann defeating Wood by 2642 votes amid strong partyless turnout. The piece notes improved money markets after the Bank of England suspension, uneven trade, and upbeat theatre scenes including Furnes debut. It mentions crimes, sentences, and a vague working men demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puewiz
Ywre
Tiemann
Honéstinen
Tbis
Tigmann
Wood
Fulton
Kangaroo
Bank of England
Elke, Diamonds, &c
New York
Sherr Furnes
Young America
Vincent
Water Street
Cancemi
Hong Regera
Loth Avenue
Petsion
Nassau Street
Joan of Arc
Madam Runk
Insh
Madam
Yoars
Baltic Steamship Latest from Liverpool to America
The Colling steamship Baltic under Capt Stock sails from Liverpool on Wednesday the 25th ult. It lies four days after the America’s departure and is now due off Cape Race. The line is interrupted beyond Pictou with no current intelligence from St Johns Newfoundland today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PlaLaray
Colling
Baltic
Comstock
Liverpool
America
Cape Race
Pictou
St. Johns
N. Fs
Print Works Resume Calico Manufacture in Manchester
The Manchester American reports the Print Works in Manchester resumes calico production today on full time. Several companies, mainly tool makers, occupy the Junction Shop at Worcester commence work again after a four week suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester American
Worcester
Boston Journal
Wreck of the Bruce Near Hampton Roads Details
Captain Brown reports the Bruce wreck near Hampton Roads after passing the James Wallace. Luther of Warren saw signals of distress on Oct 31 lat 36 33 lon 66 57. crew possibly abandoned ship. The Bruce owned by RB Johnson Warren, insured for 3200, cargo hoop poles and onions insured for 590.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce
Luther
Warren
Matnness
Hampton Roads
Brown
James Wallace
RB Johnson
Providence
Exports Slump Widens Deficit in Early Year 1856
The New York Evening Post reports a sharp export contraction from January to November 1856, with totals dropping from 45 313 003 to 23 765 783, a near half decline. Wheat, corn, pork, and flour show major falls, while cotton lags behind, fueling widespread packing industry timidity across the West and Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Nevet
Gorn
Fleet News Reports Britain Suffering Financial Strains
Telegraph updates describe a monetary crisis with increased bank discount applications and numerous failures. Reports from Paris and London note signs of revival, with Bank of England aid easing distress and confidence gradually returning despite suspended firms and rising Hamburg rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gbiaurax
America
Liverpool
Jason
New York
Southampton
Queenstown
Kangaragi
Bi. Sieveking & Son
Allen, Smith & Co
Denmark
Ghitissen, Hoffel & Co
Svensden & Johnson
Brocklesby 'S Wessels
Paris
Bank of Erante
R Cies
Ginxtow
London
Bank of England
Times City
J. R. Thomson & Co
Cape of Good Hope
Hamburg
News of the steamer America's arrival report
The America's News report left the National Line New York office this forenoon and reached the Associated Press agent in New Orleans at 10:12 am New Orleans time. An acknowledgment arrived back in New York at 1:50 am, 15 minutes after dispatch to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America's News
America’s News
National Line
Associated Press
New Orleans
November Maritime Disasters Wreck 40 Vessels and More
In November forty American sea going vessels were wrecked or abandoned along with thirteen fishing schooners eight from Gloucester and Beverly. Vessels loss valued around 500000 dollars and cargoes likely heavy. Dozens more ships reached distress ports condemned and sold at sacrifice. Over seventy lives lost including twenty aboard the Opelousas after a collision with the Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Beverly
Opelousas
Galveston
Fatal on board coal ship at Woolen Mill Wharf
Edward Powers died instantly on Saturday morning while shovelling coal beneath a heavy platform that fell from the rigging at Woolen Mill Wharf. An inquest led to a verdict of death by misfortune. The report notes Powers as the fifth family death from accidents in the area. Newport News reports the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Powers
Woolen Mill
Powergs
John W. Davis
Moisfortune
Coddington
Fall River
Newport News
Emigrant Woes by Commerce Banner Quote
The Gospe Banner cites harsh claims about Yankers in Chicago as a sick climate and bad water causing ague fever and diarrhea. It attacks Sucker cooking, adulterated whisky, and dyspepsia. It warns temperate men of a three percent monthly binge and denounces western emigration advice. It paints homesickness and unhealthful conditions across the western country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gospe
Banner
American whaling ships eye Hakodate harbor expansion
A private June letter from Hakodachi Japan reports American whale ships stopping at Hakodate for supplies and harbor inspections. The port pleases crews and could rival Land’s End for storage and shipping oil with cooler climate. Governor plans aid and more ships may come. Trade already links Hakodate with Hong Kong as a new whaling hub. A new American model schooner is being built and a steamer contracted. The writer shelves claims that Dutch Chinese monopolize trade and notes spirits sales to sailors on shore are banned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atta California
Hakodachi
Japan
Ciy
Hong Kong
Massacre claims spark Mormon complicity across Utah routes
A former Army officer recounts camping near Mountain Meadows and alleges Mormons knew of and organized the 1857 massacre of emigrants. He says southern settlements near Filmore Parowan and Virgin River were under Mormon church control and that Indians were armed and supplied by Mormons. The report cites a War Department briefing via the U S Journal of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxman
Utah
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Mountain Meadows
Filmore
Parowan
Virgin River
Mormon Church
United States
War Department
U. S. Journal of Commerce
Revival of manufacturing resumes in city Mills reopen
Hanna Tines Disarrgaring reports renewed confidence and business with Fox and Rice mill in the city resuming operations with half and full time workers. Charles Washburn and Son reopen their large rolling establishment at Quinsigamond tomorrow. Saunders cotton mill Saundersville resumes today and Slater's mill Wilkinsonville plans to begin running this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Fox & Rice's
Charles Washburn& Son
Quinsigamond
Saunders’ Cotton Mill
Saundersville
Slater's Mill
Wilkinsonville
Worcester Transcript
Editor of the Day Book Dies En Route to Cypress Hills
Sepven Degata of the Day Book reports the sudden death of W. N. R. Stimson editor and proprietor of the Day Book. He collapsed on a Long Island car near Cypress Hills, a tunnel exit revealing him lifeless in his seat. Authorities suspect heart disease as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sepven Degata
Wn. R. Stimson
Cypress Hills
Stimson
Long Island
Fire destroys barn and stables at Phenix village
In Phenix village the barn and stables of Olney Madison were burned down about midnight Monday. Seven horses six cows and several carriages and sleighs were lost. Total damage about 3000 with 1900 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasnix
Olney Madison
Phenix Village
Mail Robber Arrested in New Haven Case
William Tickey man, former treasurer of the Eastern Railroad at Boston, was arrested in New Haven for robbing the mail. He confessed, admitting thefts on Sunday night trains from Boston to New York, disguising weight with a carpet bag and stealing mail bags. Evidence includes $8000 in stolen stamps and $300 on hand. Examination set for December 1 in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seringfield
Tas
Mat Ropsery
2Wiliam Sie Tickeyman
Drmerly
Eauatern
Boston
New Haven
New York
Lee, Massachusetts
Tuckerman Linked to Mail Robbery and Rail Company Deficit
Tuckerman, arrested for robbing the mail, is a defaulter to the Eastern Railroad Co for over 200000 dollars. He is convicted of stealing 7000 dollars from the Portland Saco and Portsmouth Railroad, but the case was taken to the Supreme Court by no bill of exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckerman
Eastern Railroad Company
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad
Supreme Court
Newburyport Herald to Celebrate Milestones in 75th Weekly and 25th Daily
The Newburyport Herald plans a joint anniversary event on January 1 marking 75 years of the weekly edition and 25 years of the daily edition. They will honor living printers who apprenticed at the office and notable editors or contributors. An eminent statesman will deliver the oration at this significant gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nover
Cscsoration
Newburyport Herald
Franklin
Iist
England aims to build 30000 ton ship 1000 feet long
Engineer Clarke of Liverpool proposes an iron screw and paddle steamship vastly larger than the Leviathan. The vessel would measure 1000 feet in length and 30000 tons, with 70 feet beam and a shallow 30 foot draft, able to enter New York Harbor. It would be faster and lighter, testing a new battlemented flat design amid scientific interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York
Liverpool
Clarke
Sandy Hook
N. Y
Dr Mackay’s American view on trade and credit crisis
The London Illustrated News editor and American correspondent Dr Mackay explains the crisis as caused by over-expanded credit and a rush for wealth. He says American atmosphere fuels large ideas and that Americans are stronger traders than workers, with notes on fashion and indulgence in feminine crinoline sizes. The Boston Journal finds his view just and pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuames Mackay
London
Paris
Boston Journal
Adriatic Sails From Pier Amid Crowds And Tugboat Help
The New York Evening Post reports the Adriatic’s departure on Monday with thousands on nearby wharves. Tugboats O M Point George and Edwin Birbeck aided her as she fought upstream wind and tide, gaining speed to about sixteen knots before Webb matched pace in a race to the bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Collins
Atlantic
O. M Point
George
Edwin Birbeck
North River
Wm. H. Webb
Francis
Eccentric Clergyman Fixes Salary This Year
The Greenfield Gazette reports Rev. Dr. Chandler of the North Society preached on Thanksgiving Day and asked his congregation to cut his salary by $100 for the year due to hard times, noting his current pay is $400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield Gazette
Chandler
The
North Society
Irish girl in Greenfield suffers jaw dislocation after yawning
A Greenfield household incident left an Irish girl with a jaw dislocation from yawning over a wash tub. A surgeon reset the bones and she will take care to yawn more cautiously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Bishop Glarke Lectures in Williamshoro for Grace Free Mission
The Rt Rev Bishop Glarke lectured in Williamshoro New York on the D Law of Periodic Rest to aid Grace Free Mission Church. The New York Express called the talk full of fresh thought and pleasing illustration and the best of the season, hoping a repeat in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glarke
Williamshoro
N. Y
Grace Free Mission Church
New York Express
Revival or Business Resumes in Several Cities
Several suffocating establishments in Worcester Manchester and other places have resumed operations after pauses for the times. The American Pellet Works in Fall River resumes Monday and will operate next week. The plant employs about 242 hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Manchester
Peiot
Fall River
Tragic Fall Fells North Kingstown Man After Tree Cutting
On Saturday last, Joram M. Himes of North Kingstown fell from a tree he had just felled while cutting cord wood. He landed on sharp stubs, one penetrating his bowels about five inches. He crawled away, waited for help, and died twenty nine hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joram M. Himes
North Kingstown
B. 1
Robbery on the Pentucket Aboard Treasure Looted
The bark Pentucket in the East River New York was robbed of two kegs of doubloons worth 10000 dollars. Master Capt McBean left in charge Joshua Renwick first mate and Banks steward are missing after being seen rowing off with the boat believed to contain the treasure. A 2000 dollar reward is offered for their capture and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veesel Rossen
Gorv
Pentucket
New York
Triziy Dad
Capt. McBean
Joshua Renwick
Arrest of Wm T Tuckerman linked to Havana mail robbery
The Missing Mails dispatch from Boston reports the arrest of Wm T Tuckerman believed to explain the Havana mail theft on the Havana mail route around November 21. The Portland to New York and Boston to New York mails on the New Haven line also went missing. The Havana mail held about 600 letters including many for Portland merchants and likely remittances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wm. T. Tuckerman
Havana
Maine
Portland
New York
New Haven
Havani
Brigham Young's Early Oxford County Ties Highlighted
The Oxford Me Democrat notes Brigham Young had relatives in Oxford county and once lived there with his father. It describes his early religious fervor, travels for meetings, and neglect of family duties before joining Mormon elders and rising to lead the church in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Younc
Oxford
Democrat
Brigham Young
Oxford County
Mts
Salk Lake
Patriot condemns Kaneas swindle against Congress over slavery article
The New Hampshire Patriot denounces the swindle in Kaneas and urges Congress to reject the constitution. It argues the principle remains the same whether the slavery article is present and calls for rejection as a violation of the Kansas Nebraska act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Kaneas
Lothario Tries Elopement Scheme in Nashville Affair
A Nashville resident known as Mr Lothario won the affection of a married Indy and a young woman. He proposed elopement to the latter and acted as her agent to sell a valuable servant to fund his escape with the lover. Officers pursued him and his true name may be revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lothario
Nashville
Tenn
Indy
Boston Courier
Emigration Drive Forms American Emigration Land Company
A new company in Bath County Virginia named the American Emigration Land Company aims to encourage emigration to Virginia for farming. It plans to buy large tracts of land in states with good transport and sell farms for cash with long credits. Families have already left the city for settlement, the latest group departing Wednesday via the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vixainta
American Emigration Land Company
Virginia
Bathcounty
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Philadelphia Ledger
Ten Shoes Made by Col. Fannin's Tannery Crew
At Col. Wm. F. Fannin's steam tannery and shoe factory the crew of ten produced one hundred seven pairs of shoes in a day, a feat praised as surpassing Yankee land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Suoessy
Honoren Pek Diy
Col
Wm. F. Fannin
Yankee Land
la Grange Gaz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dee’r
Newark
New Eingland Selih Ghuch
Gotherni
E Tegular
Gauri
Prdpale
S. Ciock
Thiel
Parker
Europe
Great Britain
Coss
Oxnreal
Central America
Com. M. C. Perry
Publcg
W. S. Lindsay
Vessis
Great Eastern
Lindsay
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!