European Free Trade Talk and Pacific Travel Fares Drop
From New York telegraph reports in Bristol press discuss Lord Malmsbury and the death of Daniel Webster shaping British policy, while American protection likely fades. Immigration to California continues with 1300 passengers last week on the Georgia and Uncle Sam lines. fares drop to 50 dollars and 100 dollars with competition and through tickets urged to avoid delays on the Isthmus. A severe Panama stopover risk persists, and public attention notes railroad disputes, weather, and a serious accident at a Sugar House plant.
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Uncle Sam
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Pacific Parcenger
Winfield Scott
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Pacific
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Howard & Son
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Perenson's Magazine January issue offers 100 pages
The January Perenson's Magazine is a beautiful number with eight plates and unusually interesting contents. It can be obtained at the Depot off W. Easterbrooks, State street, with a subscription price of $2 per year in advance.
Gopeys Lady's Book January gains in content and art
Gopeys Lady's Book for January shows marked improvement with nearly double the material of past years and finer embellishments. Publisher Godey is praised for quality while subscriptions reach unprecedented numbers. G W Easterbrooks on State Street handles sales with $3 per year in advance.
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G. W. Easterbrooks
State Street
Arrival of the Illinois with the California mails
New York dispatch reports the mail steamer Illinois arriving from Aspinwall with 540 passengers and large freight and passenger funds. It notes California fire losses, political results in the state, ongoing emigration, rains and mining activity, local fires, and various shipping incidents along with deaths and notable appointments.
Ships and ports activity and a theft report
The report notes fever cases on the voyage Francisco from San Juan with two S S Lewis remaining at 1506 for San Juan to connect with Sur of the West. The en Gate sailed on the 16th and Winfield Scott on the 17th. Ports mouth sailed for Africa. Honolulu papers to the 16th include Panatha independence day on the 27th and death of Viscomte Rosey at Panama. The New Orleans House safe was robbed on the 29th of $3000 with a $500 reward offered. The British steamer Quito left on the 20th with mails and many passengers. New Orleans departed for San Francisco with many passengers.
Census Notes Highlight Church Totals and Foreign Born Population
The Providence Journal summarizes 1850 census data showing church denominations by numbers and value, nativity by birthplace, and public charity recipients. It notes Methodists lead churches, Baptists next, and Presbyterians follow, with foreign born residents at about 11 percent nationally and 16 percent in Rhode Island.
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Fragmentary census note records native and foreign born counts
The readable lines show 13,000 native and 14,000 foreign born. A note mentions a total and a day of the sod with a forecast. The text also refers to attempts to separate natives from foreign born into classes, but details are incomplete.
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Ime
Steamship Niagara Arrives in Thick Weather Off Boston
Areva Niagara Captain Stone arrived below Boston around seven on Saturday evening and anchored due to thick weather. The Indian and China mails will be despatched from Southampton on the 4th and 20th of each month under the new contract. The Marchioness of Sligo is dead at twenty eight. Thiers left Paris for London. The portrait of Princess Vasa, intended wife of Louis Napoleon, was shown at St Cloud with marriage rumored for January. Correspondent Siecle notes a Sardinia news letter of Nov 16 reporting death of the Bay of Tunis and a French squadron heading there. Melbourne revenue rose £171,167 in the June quarter.
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Stone
Admiralty
India
China
Southampton
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Sligo
Thiers
Paris
London
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Louis Napoleon
St Cloud
Siecle
Genoa
Cagliari
Sardinia
Bay of Tunis
Tunis
Australia
Melbourne
East Greenwich liquor sale case ends with agent cleared
The East Greenwich agent for selling spirituous liquors was tried by the town council on the 8th for violating a bond by selling non medicinal liquor. Complainants led by Wm. G. Bowen argued the case against Abraham Payne. Evidence showed large alcohol sales since August. The council found the agent innocent.
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East Greenwich
L'Own Council
Wm. G. Bowen
Abraham Payne
New England
Wesnee
Prov. Journal
Public sentiment shifts against Cuba filibustering
Correspondent reports President Fillmore’s stance triggers a widespread Southern anti filibuster movement. Louisiana Senator Soule retreats from Cuba speeches in Boston and New England, while many Southern congressmen oppose forcible action. Douglas and Weller appear torn as party positions blur. Pierce faces pressure to cloak Democratic claws in fog.
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Fillmore
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Soule
Boston
New England
Cuba
South
Congress
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Weller
B’hoy
Kossuth
Gen Pierce
Mr. Fillmore
Cor
N. Y. Express
Violent Week in New York City Ends in Murders and Stabbings
Crime column reports multiple fatal and severe injuries in New York neighborhoods over a weekend. Stabbings and blows leave Oliver Farman fatally wounded at No 33 James Street, while William Bevin is killed on Water Street by a sailor named Melix. A ferocious Five Points affray leaves one man near death with an axe blow, another man’s nose broken, and a third with a cracked skull. James Brady is slain near Fifth Avenue and One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street amid another street clash. Thomas Lee, Luke Fitzpatrick, and Charles Fitzpatrick are dangerously stabbed by unknown assailants. The piece notes four murder sentences handed down a week earlier and questions whether public executions deter crime, calling the recent violence a sign of moral decline.
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Oliver Farman
James Street
James Madigen
William Bevin
Water Street
Melix
Mike
Fifth Avenue
James Brady
Thomas Lee
Luke Fitzpatrick
Charles Fitzpatrick
Evening Post
Clipper Sutrs Sorn Sold for 125000 in East Boston
The Sutrs Sorn, a nearly 200 ton three deck clipper, built by D M Kay of East Boston, sells to a Baltimore firm for 125000. Clara Wheeler nets 60000 and Moses Wheeler 53000 to New York and Bates & Co. Boston Atlas notes Panama travel scams with a small party paying 50 for coffee fish eggs and meals.
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D. M'Kay
Boston
Baltimore
M’kay
Clara Wheeler
New York
Moses Wheeler
Bates & Co
Boston Atlas
Panama
English and French political notes and maritime news
Royal matters in England include a committee to investigate Derby bribery charges and Derby's pledge to free trade. Parliament may recess on the 10th for nine weeks. A Dutchess of Sunderland event urged US abolitionism. France moves toward imperial proclamation with tariffs under talks and salaries set. Floods and gales hit England and coastal shipping declines amid busy European diplomacy.
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Hee
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Medway
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Australia
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Empire
St. Cloud
Senate
Franklin Expedition to Arctic Under Navy Supervision
Dr Kane of the U S Navy announced that the Sir John Franklin Expedition now under his supervision will sail to the Arctic via Greenland. Henry Grennell has placed a vessel under his orders and the Navy Secretary has approved. A five member committee including Bancroft Hawkes Zimmerman Lovett Barrow was appointed to organize the effort.
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Kane
U. S. Navy
John Franklin
Arctic
Greenland
Henry Grennell
Secretary of the Navy
George Bancroft
Hawkes
Zimmerman
Samuel Lovett
Barrow
Sewing machines boost shoe stitching at Abington shop
A Bridgewater correspondent reports sewing machines for stitching shoes are spreading. One Abington establishment uses six machines with an operator stitching ten times the usual daily output, while costs are significantly reduced.
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Stircaine Snors Py Macannery
Bridge+ water
Plymouth Memorial
Abington
Two Men In Framingham Fire At Bird Wounding Comrade
Two youths Temple and Ian opened fire in Framingham days ago. Temple fired at a partridge not knowing Ian stood nearby, about 15 bullets struck Ian in the face. He was carried to a nearby house in an insensible state. a physician was summoned and he is expected to recover.
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Temple
Ian
Framingham
Loss of Life at Sea Near Jacmel
Advices from Nassau Nova Scotia dated November 30 report the scr Argo of Provincetown Capt Nickerson capsized in a squall November 13 at latitude 31 and longitude 74. The captain and crew were saved but Mrs Nickerson the captain's wife and one man were drowned.
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N. P
Argo
Provincetown
Nickerson
Jacmel
Boston
Boston Traveller
Wealth of the United States Amid Prosperity and Plague
The census estimates U S wealth at 7 133 369 725 with average per person 300 to 400 and per family about 18 000. The Providence Journal notes broad prosperity vs foreign wealth concentration. New Orleans sees massive produce arrivals and cotton receipts, with steamboat traffic rising and levees strained. Cholera deaths in St Jago reach 135 daily in a 25 000 population, with plantations reporting high slave losses.
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United States
Providence Journal
New Orleans
St. Jago
Bost. Adv
Four German children killed in Hartford County mud hut collapse
A storm damaged mud hut in Hartford County Maryland killing four young German children who were inside. The two oldest ventured outside to repair the leaking roof with earth and collapsed the structure. A New York church rector plans to erect a monument in his church cemetery citing Horace as a heathen poet.
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Hartford County
New York
Horace
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