Revival of the slave trade and Southern zeal to repeal 1820 act
The piece denounces a 1868 Southern push to repeal the 1820 slave-trade ban and notes ships landing Africans in South Carolina and Georgia. It cautions about Supreme Court fate, cites the Wanderer case, and argues against slave-trade expansion while warning of broader barbarism alongside feudal ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
South
Palmetto State
South Carolina
Georgia
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Washington
Eger
Perhopaso
Horroshoff’s Menhaden Oil Venture Promising
Mr Charles F Horroshoff of this town produced seven thousand gallons of Menhaden Fish Oil at his Prudance oil works in the past season. He claims a chemical process eliminates the usual offensive odor, yielding clear oil suitable for tanning and dressing. He plans larger production, believing the venture will be lucrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennapen
Charles F. Horroshoff
Prudance
History of Rhode Island Volume Issued by Appleton Co
An announcement notes the first volume of the History of Rhode Island by Arnold, published by D Appleton & Co in New York. It praises the author’s Rhode Island birth and education, calls the work a true, well written history, and recommends readers obtain a copy at Whitman’s in Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawret G. Ruxoto
Providence
Rhode Island
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Arnold
Rhode
Fire destroys Finn-Theo Tes halfway house on East road
Fire wrecked EF Finn-Theo Tes known as Halfway House on the East road from Portsmouth to Newport. Discovered around 1 o clock Thursday the 16th inst. Bir Charles Russell Jr and family escaped with only their clothing. Loss about 8500 dollars with insured amounts 4000 Providence Mutual 3000 Pawtucket Mutual and 3600 Slater Mutual for furniture. Russell was away in New York at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF Finn
Theo Tes
Portsmouth
Newport
Bir
Charles Rusell, Jr
Keaper
Providence Mutual
Pawtucket Mutual
Slater Mutual
Russell
New York
Ancient Egyptian goatacomb vase with aged gum odor
A coriosity from Alnwick Castle displays a 4e C vase taken from an Egyptian tomb. The vase holds a gum and resin mixture that emits a pleasant scent to this day, though it is likely about 3,000 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alnwick Casvale
Reverend N A Rugp to Preach at First Baptist
A notice from BriatoOrange Co New York reports Rev N A Rugp of First Baptist Church in Briato accepting a call from Middletown Baptist Church. He will deliver a sermon Sunday afternoon. The piece also notes the departure of Mr Rezo, praised for his service to public schools and welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A ‘Rugp
First Baptist Church
Baptist
Middletown
Orange Co
Rezo
Hhas
Briato
Revival or Masufacturina Worcester Manufacturing Growth
The Worcester Spy reports improved manufacturing in Worcester. The Boston Advertiser notes similar positive trends across other Massachusetts cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester Spy
Worcester
Boston Advertiser
Commonwealth
The Atlantic Memory for January Catalogs Content
The January Atlantic Memory will feature Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Minister's Wooing continued from December. Other items include Olympus and Asgard, Juanita, Left Behind, Coffee and Tea, Men of the Sea, Chicades, The Illustrious Obscure, The New Life of Dante, At Sax, Balls and Boars, The Professor at the Breakfast Table, White's Shakespeare. Publishers are asked to send the November and December numbers not yet received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Harriet Beechar Stowe
Dante
Sax
White
Shakespeare, &c
Evenova or Life of Light and Comfort amid Declining Shadows
An advertisement notes Rev Jeremiah Chaplin D D new edition revived and enlarged published in Boston by Goorp and Laycon. It highlights the work as for those past life’s meridian with meditations from Bishop Hall Kenpis Edwards Newton Jeremy Taylor Leighton Bunyan Oberlin Carlyle Baxter and others. Also reports a Portsmouth farm turnip weighing 19 12 pounds and Engine Company No 4 Rahway adopting coffee on duty at fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Chaplin
Boston
Goorp & Laycon
Thoug
Bishop Hall
Thomass Kenpis
Edwards
Newton
Jeremy Taylor
Leighton
Bunyan
Oberlin
Carlyle
Baxter
Bartar
Yser
William Anthony
Portsmouth
New York City Budget Request Seeks 7.84 Million
The New York City Comptroller proposes a total budget of 7,840,000 with allocations including 1,000,000 for police, 2,000,000 for water, 1,000,000 for the poor, 2,200,000 for schools, 1,500,000 for streets, 500,000 for light, 1,300,000 for the state, and 600,000 for salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
Counterfeit Thames Bank Notes Seized by Criminals in Laurel
A gang known as DakgusG0s has spread a batch of forged Thames Bank notes from Laurel Indiana to Norwich Conn and other cities. Descriptions of the notes include five vignette types with figures such as cattle, a girl with pipes, a woman with a child, a farmer and pigs. The forgeries are said to be very well executed and likely to deceive unfamiliar passers for genuine banknotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Bank
Laurel
Ind
Altorg Fa
Thames Bank
Norwich
Conn
Convoy Bank
New Telegraph Report From Newfoundland
A dispatch received in New York states that on Saturday last the Taku Atlantic cable experienced significant trouble near Newfoundland. The word Henley was clearly heard at the time Mr Henley’s large machine was expected to be at work, according to Arabia’s latest advices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Cyrus W. Field
Newfoundland
Henley
Arabia
Busan Sails to Nicaragua to Challenge British Protectorate
Moniz reports on December 20 that the schooner Busan, led by expedition leaders, sails for Nicaragua determined to resist any foreign interference rather than surrender. They aim to test international law and force England to expose grounds for its protectorate over the San Juan river area, though they are believed unlikely to engage warships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moniz
Tex Finnevsters
Eschooner Busan
Nicaragua
England
San Juan River
Steamship Black Warrior Arrives As Market Holds Steady
New York reports the Black Warrior arriving from Lavana 16th as sugar remains dull until holidays end and molasses and cacao hold steady prices. Exchange rates steady with premiums on London and New York, freight markets quiet for Europe, US demand rising. Senator Douglas visits Havana amid Spanish Mexican imbroglio resolved with Texas style restitution. 21-gun salute at Tampico as Ferdinand and Isabel Second bring 2000 Spanish troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frau Tlavana
Black Warrior
Lavana
Matanzas
London
Europe
United States
Douglas
Havana
Garza
Tampico
Mexico
Spain
Ferdinand and
Isabel Second
Washington fray recounted as Montgomery claims one sided
Montgomery disputes the Washington Star account of the clash with Messie English. He says English attacked with a cane and sword, then he threw a brick in self defense after being struck, with three witnesses confirming his version. Montgomery remains under care. English is held on bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnixcton
Messie English
Montgomery
Washington Star
Folluy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Mr. Montgomery
William Couch
Daniel Cox
Thomas Kelver
English
Auction Sale of Enslaved People in Griffin Georgia
An administrator's sale at the courthouse in Griffin lists enslaved individuals from the estate of Samuel F. Duffey. The inventory assigns prices to each person ranging from children to adults, averaging about 811 dollars per person, with multiple families noted and including adult Caroline 38 with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Georgia
Samuel F. Duffey
Jack
Aleck
Charles
Henry
Martha
Margaret
Amanda
Ellen
Adaline
Emma
Caroline
Ald
Slave woman returns to owner in Montgomery Alabama
Stave Irzxs a slave woman owned by Lemuel G. Jones of Montgomery Alabama lately went via Augusta Ga and Newark to the North. She says she would have starved or frozen there and returns to surrender to her master noting a good home and kinder treatment there. Two other enslaved women were taken from the Faith at Louisville Kentucky by order of her owner for alleged cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stave Irzxs
Lemuel G. Jones
Montgomery
Ala
Agusta
Gao
Newark
New York
Louisville
Congress in session review December 1858 Senate House actions
The lengthy dispatch covers Senate and House proceedings December 21 to 22 1858. It notes bills on Pacific Railroad pensions and tariffs, motions by Crittenden and Seward, amendments by Foster and Ward, and resolutions on slave trade and Oregon British subjects. Also reports on statuary funding and public education land grants in the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Danny Ble Foote
Crittanden
Geve
Pacific’Railroad
Wileun
Massachusetts
Foster
Mrr
Rigo
Pacific Railroad
Rice
Minnesota
Gill
Committee On
House of Representatives
Hughes
Indiana
Whiteley
Delaware
House
Phillips
Pennsylvania
St. Clair
Soward
Ward
Texas
Wilson
Seward
New York
Committee On the Judiciary
Davis
Doolittle
Wisconsin
Nicaragua
Paulding
Navy Department
Mississippi
Secretary of War
Oregon
Bright
Building Committee
Senate Chamber
Hiram Powers
Phelps
Missouri
Committee On Ways and Means
Cavanaugh
Dacota
Savage
Tennessee
Berks
Lancaster
Cameron
Hunter
Virginia
Thea
District of Columbia
Inaugural Address Notes Union Skates Favor
Guy Gutson Cairo outlines cautious support for union among the skate community in his inaugural address dated the 138th inst. He urges unity among the people and readiness for any emergency while warning against overreach he calls for harmony. A U. S. barque Release letter dated Nov 24 reports voyage to Ayres with crews noting calm seas and delays. The Metacomet arrives from New Orleans and prepares to sail for Paraguay expo, with officers Conding, Moore, Fairfax, and Chilley assigned to the steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iséurn Caroutina
Guy
Cairolina
Thay
U. S
Conding
William H. Macomb
Moore, Fairfax and Chilley
New Orleans
Roapery at the New Haven Post Office
Two men named Charles D. Clark and Charles Doramus robbed letters at the New Haven Post Office clicking notes and drafts valued around 2000 but no cash. Clark later tried to discount notes at Mechanics Bank and both suspects were arrested in a store trying to sell a stolen note for clothing. They were last known to be from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roapery
New Haven
Maine
Twain
Boston
Smith's Palace Burned at Cranston Beach Resort
The seaside resort Smith's Palace in Cranston was destroyed by fire at about one o'clock Saturday morning. Furniture, stores, provisions including 200 bushels of Indian corn were consumed. Mr Smith and his family escaped with servants. loss exceeds $10,000 with $5,400 insured across Slater Mutual North American and Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surth’s Palace
Byrat
Cranston
Whaling Season Plagued by Ice Damage in Arctic Sea
A private 1858 letter from Ochotak Sea reports a poor whaling season with heavy ice and multiple vessel mishaps. Leaw broke Free the Rapid from moorings. Oscar stove and Chandler Price moved. The writer, captain of a whaler, has not taken oil yet and hears of about forty ships faring poorly, with only a few doing well and one ship reporting 700 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre Ocnetsk Sea
Ochotak Sea
Adeline
Oscar
Price
New York Evening Post
Milford man wounded in Irish robbery attempt
About six Irishmen attempted to break into Mr. Adam Pond's Milford Connecticut home a few nights ago. Pond woke to knocking, fought them off with a gun, which fired and inflicted a severe flesh wound on him while the robbers retreated as Mrs. Pond barred the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Pond
Milford
Pond
Price of field hands mirrors cotton values
The Savannah Republican notes a method to appraise field hands by cotton price. At 10 to 12 cents per pound, a black laborer’s value ranges from about one thousand to twelve hundred dollars, fluctuating with cotton but tending to move with its trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Monument proposed for signers of Declaration of Independence
The Philadelphia Ledger reports ten states have agreed to cooperate for a monument in Independence Square Philadelphia. The project awaits legislative action in North and South Carolina with favorable prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monum
Siossis
Philadelphia Ledger
Independence Square
North
South Carolina
New York
Advertiser
Floor collapses at Warren donation party injuring many
At Union Hall in Warren Massachusetts last Wednesday evening a floor gave way sending about a hundred people into the store below. Most suffered sprains or bruises. Mrs Calvin Cutter received a broken ankle and scalding from a boiler upset. Mrs Weaver died next morning at age 62, likely from fright, after becoming insensible and not regaining consciousness. The disaster followed the removal of a supporting partition under the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
Warren
Mass
Calvin Cutter
Weaver
Boston Courier
Washington Meeting Shapes Crittenden Support in February
Washington correspondent reports political allies of Mr. Crittenden to hold another February meeting to discuss candidate backing. Even some Republicans seeking victory at the next election favor selecting a presidential candidate without a shared platform of principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Commercial Advertiser
Crittenden
Rapid Growth Elevates San Francisco Population and Real Estate
The San Francisco Herald reports the population now about 75 000 to 80 000 with rapid growth. Hotels are full, family residences scarce, building projects active, construction underway, and real estate prices up about twenty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
The
San Francisco Herald
Farmer loses fifty on misused bill after chewing it
A Memphis Eagle and Inquirer item recounts a farmer who sold a yoke of oxen for a fifty dollar bill and by error kept the money in a tobacco box. That night he woke, reached for tobacco, opened the box and chewed the bill, spitting it away as ruined in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis Eagle and Inquirer
Benjamin Lott Dies from Suspected Poisoning After Monument Incident
Benjamin Lott who twenty years ago helped disperse Brock's monument at Queenstown Heights died in Milwaukie last week from poisoning. Authorities believe a partner who traveled with his sons to Mackinaw orchestrated the death or its effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Lott
Brock
Queenstown Heights
Milwaukie
Toads
Mackinaw
Schooner Sally Badger Lost with All Hands
A Scituate dispatch reports the Pittston Maine schooner Sally Badger ashore with one body found on the beach. Supposition is all hands were lost. The vessel was seen bottom up days earlier in the Bays by the schooner Georges Edward, Capt. Baker, which has since arrived in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scituate
Menchants
Sally Badger
Pittston
Georges Edward
Baker
Philadelphia
Boston Journal
New London and Stonmpton Rarxoan Ready for Public Use
Tax new London and Stonmpton Rarxoan is clearly ready to be opened to the public. A special train will run from New Haven to Boston this day. We anticipate convenience to travel and mails from this new communication and look for the speedy establishment of a line leaving New York in the afternoon and arriving here in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Stonmpton
New Haven
Boston
New York
Providence Urnali &S
Various Crime and Odd News Tidbits From 19th Century Dispatches
Reports include counterfeit two dollar notes appearing in Conway Massachusetts and linked to Providence Rhode Island, a son fatally stabbing his father in Litchfield Connecticut, a giant Todd County youth described, a church vestibule umbrella theft in Cincinnati, a New London groggery wager incident involving pork and candles, Brigham Young expected to face U.S. court for false imprisonment, a Boston woman found with 290 dollars in gold, a Vermont liquor law amendment banning giving alcohol at building activities, and Marseilles installing one hundred electric clocks for day and night visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gouldy
New York Hospital
Cincinnati
Lada
Laésea
Concyation
New York
New London
Conn
Five Points
U.S
Salt Lake Mail
Brigham Young
U.S. District Court
Providence Journal
Boston
Vermont
Marseilles
France
Ghent
Belgium
Noricero Postwasters Report on Prepaid Mail Rules
Notices warn post offices that bulk transient printed matter often travels without prepaid postage. Instruction is to return such mail to the place of publication or the mailer. Reports also relay a London or Maine event, a deadly steamboat accident near St Louis, a man with a tooth ailment, and a giant hog raised in Titicut weighing 720 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noricero Postwasters
National Intelligence
Taunton
EB. Q. Shaw
Titicut
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gardner
Ariel
Halifax
2 Sea
Ludlow
William Liscomb
Fall River
Charles H. Woodgll
Pardon Francis
Watuppa Pond
Woodell
Francis
Engine Company No. 4
Rahway
Union
Morris
Manda
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cuba
Fayens
Chicago
New York Herald
Merrimac
Conway Bank
Conway Mass
Bank of the Repable
R. I
Hiram Tripp
Litchfield
Dirk
Mike Margaret Foley
Newburyport Herald
Rejvicing
Mr. Tucker
Todd County, Hy
Lewiston
St. Louis
Aubrey
St.Louis
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