Small Change and Silver Coin Debate in Congress
The Bristol Phenix reports on Congress debating measures to remedy the lack of small silver change. Officials may alloy silver to keep value while lowering change efficiency, risking export impacts. A burning wash-house incident is noted, plus passage of a new Liquor Bill by the House and Senate referral. Passengers of the steamship Texas presented Captain Lawless with a silver trumpet for his courteous conduct.
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Congress
Congress of the
United States
House
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Texas
New York
New Orleans
Lawless
Rhode Island Telegraph Directors Authorized to Sell Stock
At a stockholders meeting the Rhode Island Telegraph Company Directors were authorized to dispose of the stock for five thousand dollars, representing 26 percent of the line. Nearby, the Pearce barn near the Warren shipyard was burned Thursday evening, with two cows a horse and about one and a half tons of hay lost.
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Rhode Island Telegraph Company
Louis Pearce
Warren
Hydes Meet at Boston Hotel to Secure English Inheritance
A U S Hydes gathering is planned at the U S Hotel in Boston on February 16 to coordinate securing an unclaimed English inheritance. Tran's Directory of New York lists 53 Hydes with business and residence sites, suggesting other cities host similar numbers.
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United States
U.S
Boston
England
Tran
New York
Hydes
Constable Rescues Girl From House of Ill Fame
The Bee reports a constable near Court Square on Thursday rescued a 13 year old girl from a house of ill fame in Thatcher Street Fort Wayne after a deceitful attempt to place her for a supposed job. The girl's friends aided in the pane proceedings and helped secure her release.
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Waar
The
Bee
Court Square
Thatcher Street
Boston Post
Infant abandoned by two young women in New York hotel room
Two young ladies entered Mrs Logue’s sickroom on Tenth Avenue New York on Thursday evening and left a bundle on the bed telling Mrs L it was not for her. After they departed the bundle contained an infant about five months old.
Asa M Kinney Posing In Telegraph Fraud At Bain’s Office
A man in Bain’s telegraph office sent a despatch to a merchant asking for 400 dollars via Longley’s express the next forenoon. The merchant, suspicious, traced the scheme to Portland and exposed it as a Tognish trick. In Florida about 1000 volunteers stand ready to fight Seminole Indians if needed. Ida reports arrive with no word on Bowlegs or troops massacre claims.
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Bain
Longley
Express
Asa M'Kinney
Portland
M'Kinney
Rascal
Tae Fiona Wan
Florida
Ida
Bill Bowlegs
United States
Savannah
General Assembly Minutes From January to February Session
The Providence Journal outlines Senate and House actions during January to February. It details adjournments finalizing on Fridays, Maine law passage, and concurrent acts, including charity resolutions, bank charter amendments, and taxation measures amid debates and committee referrals.
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Providence Journal
General Assembly
Senate
Trespar
American Peace Society
Abigail Clemens
Henry Clemens
James McGalligan
John McGalligan
House
Globe Bank
Maine
Hopkins
Foster
Aves
Messrs, Allyn
Angell
H. Anthony
C. Babcock
Barstow
Blodget
Bourne
Brownell
Carpenter
Clarke
Dennis
Dixon
Fenner
Field
B. Hall
G. W. Hall
Hill
C. Holden
R. Holden
Z. W. Holden
Holdridge
Johnson
Money
Osborne
Padelford
G.H. Peckham
N. C. Peckham
Rathbone
Rodman
Sheffield
Smith
Spencer
Spooner
Naval shipbuilding surge in Prenc dockyards
No less than twenty ships of the line are under construction in the Prenc dockyards with screws ordered for most. Additionally eighteen frigates and fifteen other vessels of various classes are being built, all to be propelled with screws.
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Tue Fagrea Navy
Prenc
Desperate Miner Letter From Vallecito Amid Storms and Scarcity
A Vallecito miner writes from near Stockton describing a flood of water and mud in the mountains. He notes heavy rains, ruined freight prices, flour at 45 dollars per hundred, and widespread poverty among miners. Provisions remain scarce while smallpox has declined.
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Vallicita
Stockton
San Francisco
Piracy on the Moroccan Coast Reported by Gibraltar Chronicle
The Gibraltar Chronicle notes ongoing piracy off the Rif coast near Melilla. An incident near land saw eight Moors boarding a becalmed merchantman. the master was forced to steer toward shore. A skirmish left the leader dead, a sailor wounded, and the crew abandoning to the hold before the pirates fled with trunks clothes a case of sulphur watches and a spyglass.
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Morocco
Riff
Melilla
Flooding along the Mohawk and Hudson reaches Albany docks
Warm weather breaks ice on the Mohawk and Hudson rivers causing rapid flooding in Albany. Water rises three feet within an hour, inundating docks and cellars near State and Maiden Lane, with merchants scrambling to move goods and assess damage.
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Albany
Mowhawk
Hudson
Argus
Dock
State
Exchange
Maiden Lane
Dean Street
Kossuth Denied Return to United States
The New York Courier and Enquirer reports that Kossuth will not return to the United States. It claims he raised about two hundred thousand dollars from Americans under false pretenses and will spend it in Europe. The piece alleges he signed a contract to head an expedition against a peaceful country, violating Neutrality Laws, and warns of arrest if he visits again.
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Kosseaux
New York Courier & Enquirer
Kossuth
United States
Europe
Wethane
Allex- Ander Satu
Department of State
Rio Grande Revolt News From Matamoras And Mexico
New Orleanians report via steamship Yacht that Matamoras backs the revolution and insurgents win a battle. General Avaroz resigns command in favor of Col Basave who will lead until Col Cruz arrives. Tamaulipas joins revolution as Cevalos gains extraordinary powers and frees many prisoners.
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Orteans
Rio Grande
Matamoras
Avaroz
Acoops
Col. Basave
Col. Cruz
Cam
Tameulipas
Mexico
Cevalos
Congress
Arista
Clay Property Sold Near St Louis for Catholic Cemetery Use
The estate of James B. Clay six miles north of St Louis was sold on the 26th at private sale to Archbishop Kendrick for 50000 dollars. The tract comprises 320 acres to be used in part for a Catholic cemetery.
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James B. Clay
Henry Clay
St. Louis
Kendrick
Five Taovsann Dollars Lost and Found
In Boston a gentleman left a package containing five dollars on a Saxonville Branch Boston and Worcester Railroad car. One of the brakemen found the bag and recovered the five dollars, though the names and exact details are garbled in the text.
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Boston
Saxonville
Boston and Worcester Railroad
Northern Free Trade Bid Faces House Rejection
The proposal to open coastwise trade to foreign vessels faced strong opposition in Congress. The House rejected suspending rules 93 to 73, with Southern Democrats voting yes alongside some Northern Democrats, while Northern representatives offered no valid justification for backing free trade against New England interests. Boston Journal commentary urges accountability for Northern lawmakers.
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United
California
Oregon
House
Yeas
Messrs
Hibbard and
Peaslee
New Hampshire
New England
Boston Journal
Irishman James Dunne Drowns in Woonasquetucket River
James Dunne, an Irishman employed by the Woonasquetucket Print Works, drowned last Sunday night in the Woonasquetucket River at the head of the Cove. An immediate search yesterday failed to recover his body, with only his hat found by six o'clock yesterday evening.
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James Dunne
Woonasquetucket
False Pretenses Case in Salem Court
In Common Pleas Court Salem a defendant James D. Howard represented himself as the famous Dr. Astle of Lowell and sold medicine in Wenham. Verdict finds him guilty. Sentence three days solitary confinement and three years in Charleston State Prison.
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Common Pleas Court
Salem
James D. Howard
Wenham
Astle
Lowell
Charleston
Lowell Cour
Navy yard at Charles Town reports slow activity
Naval operations show 350 mechanics employed across departments. The Vermont lies in dock awaiting completion by early next month. The Hancock awaits boilers likely today and will launch soon, after which construction of another steamer begins with machinery from the Bible. The Decatur is ready for sea but lacks ordered officers.
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Bible
Decatur
Chronicle
President appoints Win. R. Mitchell of Portland as coachman
The Portland Advertiser reports the President named Win. R. Mitchell of Portland to the post as coachman for Gilson. Described as a good Whig and a fine fellow, this may be his first appointment and future selections are hoped to be similarly fortunate.
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Portland Advertiser
Win
R. Mitchell
Portland
Gilson
Suicide attempt on Chelsea bridge ends with rescue
Constable G W Milton spotted a woman on the Chelsea bridge pier about noon trying to enter the water. He stopped, lifted her to the bridge, and led her toward town, but she resisted and wandered toward the water again. After a struggle he saved her and brought her to Charlestown, where she lives.
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G. W. Milton
Chelsea
Master Tappan Dies in Gloucester After Winter Accident
The venerable Master Tappan, among Daniel Webster's earliest schoolmasters, died in Gloucester on Saturday evening after a fall on ice. He was over eighty, left a wife and several children, and was warmly supported by Webster in his later years.
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Tappan
Daniel Webster
Camden City Council Cuts Officers Pay
At a city council meeting the Mayor's salary drops from 250 to 100 and the City Marshal's from 60 to 20, while the Clerk's rises from 200 to 250. These changes will not take effect until after the next election. Camden has 10 000 residents and deserves competent officer renumeration.
One Dollar Note Altered to Hundred Dollars Circulates Boston
A genuine one dollar bill issued by a defunct Vermont bank was altered to read one hundred dollars at the Merchant’s Bank in Burlington and passed at the Suffolk Bank in Boston during normal business Friday morning.
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Vermont
Merchant's Bank
Burlington
Suffolk Bank
Boston
Pierce Leads In Free States With Narrow Majority
A late speech table shows Pierce with 2,952,667 votes and a 160,174 lead over Scott in most states, excluding Texas California and Arkansas. The Free States total 2,952,667 with Pierce's overall majority slim given an electoral triumph.
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Tom
Underwood
Texas
California
Arkansas
Pierce
Scott
Hale
Troup
Webster
Free States
Boston Commonwealth
Honduras seizes English settlement at Linás in British Honduras
A Delta letter from British Honduras reports Honduras has occupied the English settlement at Linas. They appoint a commandant and pledge to hold the territory at all hazards and sacrifices. The New Orleans papers cite the confirmation from the state authorities.
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Honovnas
New Orleans
Delta
British Honduras
Honduras
Linas
Adams House Fire in Boston Damages Grand to 10000
Fire struck the Adams House in Boston on Friday evening causing about 10000 in damage. The loss is fully covered by insurance.
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Boston
Robbery Arrests After Street Impersonation Attempt
Officer George W Wight reports Welcome Pardmenter of North Providence was halted on Orns street Friday night by two men posing to help quell a disturbance. One man covered his mouth while the other snatched his pocketbook containing $35. The suspects Frank Campbell and Virgil Wild were later arrested at the Hollow by Officers J C and 2 0 Potter.
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Boto Roparny
George W. Wight
Pardmenter
Providence
Orns Street
Frank Campbell
Virgil Wild
J.C
Potter
Prov
Journal
Fire devastates molasses and cooperage works at Cardenas
An express from Cardenas reports most molasses and cooperage establishments destroyed by fire last night. No details yet, but losses are feared large. A circulating rumor claims the British ship Highflyer blew up near Jamaica with 400 lives lost, though no solid source confirms this.
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Cardenas
Havana
Jamaica
Jenir
Com
A Wealthy Turkish Ambassador in Paris
The new Turkish Ambassador at 30, dubbed the Muslim Rothschild, is said to be immensely rich. He reportedly spent fifty million francs on the journey from the Sublime Porte to the Barrier de l'Etoile and gave twenty thousand dollars in gratuities to attendants from Marseilles to Paris.
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Vell-Pacha
Paris
Mussulman Rothethild
Sublime Porte
Barrier de l'Etoile
Marseilles
Man Insures Capt Pease Voyage After Dream of Wreck
An Edgartown gentleman, brother of Capt Pease of the A H Howland, insured his voyage for 2000 dollars on the belief his dream foretold the ship’s total wreck. The tale notes skepticism about dream belief but claims the vision appears verified.
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Edgartown
Pease
A. H. Howland
New Bedford
Revolutionary War Widows Get Pensions Expanded
Congress passed a law granting widows of Revolutionary officers and soldiers the same pension their husbands would have earned if alive. The prior act restricted pensions to marriages before 1800, and it is believed widows may receive back pay from their husbands’ deaths, though the War Department’s exact interpretation remains unclear.
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War Department
Seven Ocean Steamers Sail From This Port Today
The Journal of Commerce notes seven ships departing this port today. Baltic bound for Liverpool Georgia and United States Aspinwall Star of the West to San Juan Alabama to Savannah Matian to Charleston and Roanoke to Richmond.
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Baltic
Liverpool
Georgia
United States
Aspinwall
Star of the West
San Juan
Alabama
Savannah
Matian
Charleston
Roanoke
Richmond
Jour. of Commerce
Amatcamation Row Ends in Breakup of Wedding
The daughter of a Fulton New York clergyman became engaged to Arlen a colored professor from McGrawville College. The father opposed the ceremony and refused to host it, causing the couple to move to another residence where a mob drove them away and the wedding was halted. The father reportedly supports abolitionist principles yet objects to their application in his own home.
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Fulton
N. Y
Arlen
McGrawville College
Drowned Twin Infants Found Near New Bridge
Yesterday afternoon two newborn twins were found without clothing on flats near the new bridge. They appeared to have been in water only a few hours, lay close together with one resting on the other, and are described as perfect children of the same size and sex.
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Dovpue
Empie
Aew Bridge
Basten Herald
Loss of Pilot Boat Commerce Leaves Seventeen Orphans
New York reports that the Pilot Boat Commerce has disappeared after leaving the port on the Ist of 1. The vessel is lost with all aboard, leaving seventeen children fatherless due to the disaster.
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Commerce
New York
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