Island peril and a missing boy on St Paul Island
Albert Barry sneaks ashore with the ship Scorpion at St Paul Island to explore the rocks and eggs of birds. A squall arrives as the boat returns, Albert is missing, and the crew abandons him to the fate of the storm while the ship sails away. The boy endures a cavern encounter and prays for deliverance as the storm subsides.
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America
Oficer
Albert
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Albert Barry
St. Paul
Jem
Scorpion
Whig State Convention nominates slate for Rhode Island
The Whig State Convention at the State House Providence nominated Amos D. Smith for governor and Rowan Babcock, Christopher Robbins, Sylvester Sherman, and Samuel Vernon for state offices. Delegates to the Whig National Convention include Robert Ives and Elisha Dyer Jr with substitutes. The Providence Post criticizes partisan use of the Maine Liquor Law vote but notes the record.
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State House
Providence
Amos D. Smith
P, Ia
Rowse Babcock
Westerly
Christopher E. Robbins
Newport
Sylvester G. Sherman
North Kingston
Samuel B. Vernon
Robert H. Ives
Elisha Dyer, Jr
George D. Cross
J. B. M. Potter
Byron Diman
Cyrus Harris
Robert B. Cranston
Edward King
Maine Liquor Law passes Senate with people vote option
The Maine Liquor Law clears the Senate by one vote with a provision to leave the matter to the people To be enacted in ten days the capital punishment abolition bill passes both houses The editor expresses mixed views on the death penalty and convicts release The rain and wind break ice on Providence and Warren rivers Steamship traffic to California increases with many passengers seeking passages The New York Journal of Commerce notes emigration now includes more well off travelers and women and children A company of sixty to seventy California bound young men from St Lawrence county observed.
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Providence Post
Maine
Post
General Assembly
Senate
House
Assembly
Providence
Warren
California
New York
Chagres
San Juan
New York Journal of Commerce
St. Lawrence County
Providence Journal
A. D
Bradford
Perera
Advent Church
Bristol
R. Davis
Macy
Ballou
House of Representatives
Currey
Select Committee
Browne
Glocester
Messrs
F. Brown
Davis
C. ©. Potter
Messrs. Eldred
Barstow
Hon. G G King Noted for Forwarding Public Documents
The State congressman G G King is thanked for sending a variety of public documents to the publication. The note credits him with aiding the dissemination of government information and expresses gratitude for his courtesy.
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G.G. King
Congress
War tensions rise as Louis Napoleon looms and England readies arms
The Providence Journal summary reports London warns of imminent conflict with Louis Napoleon. Britain orders 30 000 arms from Birmingham and 25 000 troops, while French money markets falter amid uncertain foreign relations. Louis Napoleon seen as likely to provoke war, not avoid it.
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London
Telegrigh
England
Birmingham
Wrae
Becominis
Louis Napoleon
The Arts of Design and American Progress Reflected
An 1852 Providence Journal excerpt argues the arts seed civilization and national advancement. It contrasts American practicalism with European state support for design, cites Louvre connoisseurship, and notes American neglect while urging municipal school design programs and patronage to elevate taste.
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Venus
Apollo
Raphael
Tutian
Baonaretti
Duce Newton
Michael Angelo
Christendom
Allston
Greenough
Atlantic
Jonathan
London
France
Louvre
America
Call to Action in Education and Arts for National Progress
A dialogue advocates expanding schooling to include Perspective and Artistic Anatomy along with Geometry and Physiology. It argues early instruction can cultivate latent talent into excellence, channeling talent into public benefit and elevating national standing with regular World's fairs.
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Jesus
Amendment and passage in Mills action at Wasursdon
Despatches report Mr Crampton is handling questions on the Nicaragua treaty. The English government approved Admiral Seymour for ordering the Express commander off station. Lord Granville disavowed the captain’s act as a treaty violation to Mr Berence. A correspondence is expected in Congress within days.
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Wasursdon
Lawrence
Crampton
Nicaragua
Admiral Seymour
Lord Granville
Berence
Congress
Release of John B. Thrasher Reported by State Department
Washington February 10. The State Department announces the release of John B. Thrasher by the Spanish government. The news comes as a source report from the New York Herald.
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Turasnen
Washington
State Department
John
N. Y
State of Maine Steamboat Runs Aground In Fog
The steamer State of Maine en route from Fall River to New York ran ashore at Greenwich Point in thick fog at 6 A M. with heavy freight aboard but remained in an easy position. A New Haven despatch reports the ship was later got off at high water and moored safely with all passengers landed. damage is minor and engines clogged, requiring towing to the city.
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Astorr
State of Maine
Fall River
New York
Greenwich Point
New Haven
Envoy to the United States announced in London Gazette
John F. Crampton is officially announced as her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States in the London Gazette. Sir Lytton Bulwer will be minister to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
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Enxclayp
John F. Crampton
London
United States
Sir Lytton Bulwer
Grand Duke of
Tuscany
Sale of Massachusetts Free Negroes at Galveston
New York reports the sale of Massachusetts free Negroes at Galveston after fines for an attempted invasion were unpaid. Names include Anthony Yes, some from Alabama. prices ranged with Brown bought to resell at Mobile for 550 dollars, Jacob Thompson at 365, and John Fourthey of Galveston purchasing on speculation.
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New York
Galveston
Anthony Yes
Alabama
Wm. M. Brown
Mobile
Jacob Thompson
John Fourthey
Embezzlement Charge Over Wreck Funds In 1850 Case
Boston February 6 Henry C Putnam master and Augustus E Hitchens mate of the ship Sterling along with Samuel N Dixey master of the ship Missouri face arrest on embezzlement charges for allegedly diverting $20 000 from the Missouri wreck on the Sumatra coast in November 1850 Bail set at $10 000 each in the cited case.
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Boston
Henry C. Putnam
Augustus E. Hitchens
Sterling
Samuel N. Dixey
Missouri
Missour
Sumatra
Renowned Astronomer Sears C Walker Falls to Lunacy
The celebrated astronomer and eminent mathematician Sears C Walker reportedly became deranged after a midnight discovery in his Washington lab on the 14th alt. He could not sleep or converse and remained in this condition until noon on the 16th, when the mind reportedly gave way. The public fears the breakdown may be temporary but worst is feared.
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Sears C. Walker
Washington
Steamer America Sails from Boston with Passengers and Gold
The steamer America departed Boston on the 4th carrying 40 passengers and $152,726 in American gold.
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America
Boston
Five Whipple Children Burned by Spirit Lamp Explosion
From Beverly Citizen via Wales's Express. Five of John Whipple's ten children aged two to twelve burned when a spirit lamp exploded during study time in Hamilton. Oldest boy fled to a snow drift, others were helped to a pump or tub of buttermilk. One child died. another saved with burns. The lamp shattered, room filled with fragments. fourteen people present. Boston Trav.
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Wales
Express
Beverly Citizen
John Whipple
Hamilton
Boston
Trav
Memorandum on Transportation Costs for Steamers and Coins
A book-keeper testifies before Congress in a memorial from the company claiming average voyage costs near seventeen dollars per trip. The statement asserts an added extension to the appropriation currently allocated for support.
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Congress
Everage
Temperance petition urges NJ license debate
The article notes a temperance petition in New Jersey has gathered about one hundred signatures, nearly one third of the state's total, signaling public interest in the license issue after years of inaction.
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Temrnance
New Jersey
Petiae Saenee
Ofew Jersey
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Sisson
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Wicox
Noel—Lawrence
Bicknell
Clin
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Cross
Francis
Fry
A. C. Greene
Isaac Greene
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Spink
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