Southern Convention Debates Slave Trade Renewal
Coverage notes the Savannah Southern Convention discussion on renewing the slave trade, reporting the resolution was rejected by a 64 to 16 vote. It details regional support from Georgia South Carolina and Texas, plus some opposition from unnamed speakers. Also mentions lectures, ship news, and a severe cold spell across several cities with record low temperatures reported in New England and the Northeast.
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Savannah
Sealtess
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
Grand Concert Benefit in Providence at Howard Hall
Notice invites readers to a Grand Concert at Howard Hall Providence on an evening in support of Kansas indigent relief. Tickets cost fifty cents and are sold at John B Munro Ess store and the office. Proceeds aid needy families and furnish future town needs. A correspondent notes additional entertainment and local interest items.
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Howard * Hall
Providence
Aestia Sfierese
Kansas
Bamber
Whiich
Kanafi
Lom
John B. Munro
Ess
Gacel
Ainith Shaw
Jeteare Town
Éind
Moderns and Music Through Time at Tremont Temple
The piece reflects on Modern change and music’s evolution from ancient lyres to modern organs. It contrasts the laborious past with Morgan at Tremont Temple delivering a captivating performance that moves the audience to tears and joy.
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Morgan
Tremont Temple
Pretty Mary Extorted Large Sums in Mock Marriage Claims
A striking woman believed to be a wife used bold alibis to collect money from several individuals. She claimed to relinquish legal fights for sums totaling $10 625 and $56 or more while asserting marriage to a Baltimore resident in Philadelphia to vet supposed evidence.
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Mwhea
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Regent Letter Claims missionaries killed and eaten
A regent letter from Australia reports that two missionaries and their wives were murdered and eaten by savages in the Nes Hebrides region in Polynesia, stating the event occurred some time earlier.
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Australia
Nes Hebrides
Polynesia
Murder at State Prison: Deputy Warden Walker Slain
In Taunton a convict named James Magee fatally stabbed Deputy Warden Walker after handing him a note in the chapel. Walker, 42, died within minutes after receiving two more wounds in the groin and breast while Chaplain Hampstead restrained Magee. Magee, Irish, 34, had a prior 12 year sentence for felonious assault and had been confined after an attempted attack on another convict. Coroner Sumner opened an inquest but a verdict awaited a post mortem.
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Drendiny Attair
Mure
Gaffen C. Walker
Pyene
Ee Atl
Chad
James Magee
Walker
Magee
S Walker
Ale
Hampstead
Taunton
Boston
Wells
Clement A. Walker
South Boston
Fryeburg
Sumner
Charlestown
Boston Journal
Gale Rips Britain and Allegany Causing Major Damage
A terrific Sunday gale battered Britain and Allegany region, lifting warehouses and destroying telegraph lines. Trees, chimneys, and roofs suffered. uprooted church windows in Alleghany forced congregations to flee. other towns reported widespread damage and injuries.
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Alleghany
Alurge
Methodist Church
Great Snow Storm at Tras West
A late letter from Grynnell Iowa reports a snow storm beginning 3 PM on the 1st and ending noon on the 3rd. The storm was severe with drifting snow burying hogs in pens and making travel nearly impossible. Cattle were driven far from the settlement and helpless against the wind as prairie storms raged.
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Tras West
Grynnell
Lowa
Gong
Modifying the tariff debate opens in January weeks
Washington correspondent reports a broad shift in tariff opinions. He notes wool iron sugar and railroads as key targets and says the opposition to free wool is stronger than expected. Wool growers act cautiously yet forcefully while iron interests follow suit.
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Taos
Tarigr
Washington
Boston Advertiser
Fire destroys freight depot in Albany causing eight hundred fifty thousand loss
Fire swept the freight depot of the Hudson River Railroad at Albany destroying the passenger depot and a restaurant. Loss estimated at 150000, insurance unclear. A post fire altercation occurred between Henry Brown and Edward Gallagher resulting in Brown's death. Gallagher arrested. Freight losses included barter, clover seed, cheese and flour.
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Henry Brown
Edward Gallagher
Brown
Thenée
Gallagher
Death of G T Tuttle Inventor of the Baby Jumper
G T Tuttle inventor of the baby jumper who earned 60 000 pounds from the device died in New York on a Saturday. He was 30 years old.
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G. T. Tuttle
New York
Shipping news and market updates from Europe and Sicily
The report notes the Steamship City of Baltimore arrival plans and other transatlantic traffic. Money markets show Consols and domestic prices holding steady amid wider world events, while Sicily reports an insurrection near Palermo led by Baron Bendendra and authorities deploy troops.
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Esa
RTA
Porta DeLenta
NeiTz Feamer City
Wippeaitom Giberpookiarn
Poe
Southampton
Canada
Catton
Manchester
London
England
Paris
Sicily
Palermo
Bentrenda
Neutehatel
Persia
Navy promotion bill move spurs Senate action and court inquiry
Washington reports the House Committee on Naval Affairs backs the Senate bill for Navy promotion reform and efficiency, with a minority report by Mr. Boccok on the Court of Inquiry. Separately the Judiciary Committee probes Judge Watroug’s attendance charges as widespread agitation follows an unrest-linked Tennessee incident with executions and abuse allegations surrounding Mr. Bell’s iron works.
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Washington
N. Y
John Beil
Bull
Tmne
Wathoe
Humenityy
Bell
Congress
Three Women Entangled Over Suiting Wedding Dresses
In New York a dress shop encounter reveals three women ordered wedding gowns for themselves and discover they are all engaged to the same man. The man had advertised for a wife, then vanished to Australia leaving a trail of widows, debts, and borrowed jewelry in his wake.
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New York
Australia
Intent to Burn Barn Sparks Suspicion in Providence Notice
A man attempted to set fire to John Bo Lester’s barn occupied by Joseph Winsor Monday evening. Mr. Proffit, who boards with Winsor, stopped his neighbors from lighting hay through the door crevices before fleeing. The incident follows reports of several other arson attempts in recent days.
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Proffit
Providence Journal
Private letter recounts massacre and evacuation at Grenada
A Nicaragua letter describes 359 women and children from Grenada moved to Ameteps in a lake island. They faced dreadful privations for days before being surprised by natives. About thirty escaped, with grave fears for the fate of the rest.
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New York
Nicaragua
Grenada
Ameteps
Ear Institute Founder Offers Free Help In New York
Dearness and DiscHaRGES reports Hartley, principal of the Philadelphia Ear Institution, travels to New York City to offer free ear care until cured. He warns against unqualified cures and warns readers not to trust unauthorised certificates. He claims thirteen years of focused practice and promises safe, painless relief for deafness and ear discharges.
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der Hartley
Philadelphia Ear Institution
Nus
New York City
Tiga
Havley
Philadelphisa
Realmont
Exxpress
Senate Faces Question on Credential of James Horlin
Debates in the Senate over the credentials of Senator James Horlin of Jalal, with discussions on reference to the Judiciary committee and potential further legislation related to the act regulating congressional compensation. House debate centers on slave trade resolutions and objections to opening discussion on abolition.
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Axxiva
Congress
Senate
Jones
James Horiin
Jala
Haran
Towa
Eage
Harian-en Id
Judiciary
Committee On the Judiciary
Yeas
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Hale
HOUSE
Etheridge
Campbell
Ohio
Walker
Tenessee
Orr
McQueen
Morton
Yews
Etherilge
U.S
Messia Barksdale
Miss
Brooks Keit
Shorter
Walker, Wright
Storms damage buildings in Brooklyn with collapsed row
A strong storm in the afternoon and evening caused extensive damage in Brooklyn. Five brick buildings under construction on Hamilton Street were blown down, and a row of three brick houses at Fifth and Fourteenth streets was unroofed. The latter were nearly complete but unoccupied.
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Brooklyn
Hamilton Street
Fifth
Fourteenth Streets
Olin of Price Linked to $60,000 Forgery Ring
Reports from Price indicate N N Olin, once trusted in the community and a Methodist, has fallen under suspicion for forging $60,000 in papers. The fraud affected lenders in Lancaster Perry and Attica banks and harmed indebted residents who provided funds. Olin reportedly moved the forged notes to New York purchases and concealed letters of protest by removing them from the Pike post office.
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Mors
Warsaw
N.N. Olin
Olin
Methodist Church
Lancaster
Perry
Attica
New York
Pike
Burglary Wave Strikes Providence Area
The Providence Transcript reports multiple burglaries and robberies in ten days. On Cranston street Mr Charles A Williams house doors were fastened from outside with cords used to open from inside. A Gret story store entry yielded little value. Mr J S Baker on High street lost $103 from his pantaloons while asleep.
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Providence Transcript
Charles A. Williams
Cranston Street
J. S. Baker
High Street
Mr. B
Accident at Cavego factory pillar crushes store
An overheated iron pillar at Cavego on the tenth inst fell during erection, toppled through two floors into a music store below, igniting a fire and destroying a showcase and counter, while narrowly missing three Indies present.
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Cavego
Southery Trade Convention Adjourns After Reopening Vote
The Southery Commercial Convention adjourned after voting nearly three to one against reopening the sigve trade. The resolution requested inquiry into the expediency of resuming the trade activity.
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Southery
Divorce pleas in common pleas court face rash of filings
Judge McClure of the common pleas in Pittsburgh noted about two divorce applications weekly due to bad treatment and scolding. He observed couples rushing to divorce rather than honoring marriage and warned against trivial filings tied to petty disputes.
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McClure
Common
Pitsburg
Stcien
Local Musician In Kathesrey Inherits Large Welsh Prize
A blind hand organist from Kathesrey New York has unexpectedly inherited a fortune from Wales worth about a million dollars. A legal firm in the city is handling the necessary papers and proceedings to secure the inheritance.
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Kathesrey
N. Y
Wales
Two Murders Stir Ivfrmpenance in Lebanon Herald Tale
The Lebanon Herald reports two murders in cold blood. Holden Smith, aged 65, was killed by his wife. In a separate incident, Frank Bank shot his wife, killing her instantly, with both cases said to involve no intoxication.
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Lebanon
Holden Smith
Wady
Thardouniy
Frank Bank
New York City pickpocket scam targets female riders
The report notes sly women operators in the city using folds of clothing and hair to cover hands while stealing from female passengers on trains and ferries. It also mentions submerged farm deeds and deeds recorded far from shore in the County Clerk’s Office.
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New York
Vlegan
Opbras
Long Island
County Clerks Office
Atlantic Ocean
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