June session of the General Assembly to meet at Newport
The June session of the General Assembly will commence at Newport on Tuesday. Committees will report on the property rateable for the bias tax to meet debts, and the Old State Debt committee is expected to report. A new Chief Justice to fill Judge Greene’s vacancy will be elected. The New York Journal of Commerce letter from California gives a view of gold, prices, and wages, with high boarding costs.
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Newport
Supreme Court
Greene
Jeter
California
New York Journal of Commerce
Afajra
Ben Francinco
Shudango
Aleck-Hire
Lwuaber
Cholera Debate In Ohio Medical Society Conference
Dr Massey rebutts the view that cholera is milder or easier to treat. He warns the disease remains deadly since 1821 and cites Albany 1832 data linking spirit drinking to cholera severity. He notes temperance groups show lower death rates and argues against alcohol as a prophylactic and cites possible person to person emanations in spreading the disease.
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Ohio Medical Society
Massey
New England
Orton
Madre
Muaney
Albany
Theas
Polk dies and a look at presidents age chart
A biographical sketch notes James Knox Polk, eleventh U.S. president, born 1775 and died at Nashville on the 10th inst at age fifty four years. It compares lifespans of other presidents and recalls his Tennessee move, education, rise to Congress, governorship, Mexican War, and legacy. It also reports on the steamship America arrival and related European market and political briefings.
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N. Y. Journal of Commerce
James K. Polk
United States
Nashville
James Knox Polk
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Pes Aadinon
Janen Monroe
John Jainey Adams
St Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
Harrison
Jon "Tyler
James Rot Polk
Jane
Zachary Taylor
Polk
Tennessee
University of North Carolina
Felix Grandy
Congress of the United States
Congress
Baltimore
Mexico
Cholera Cure Recipe and Shipboard News
An 1849 era remedy lists laudanum spirits camphor cayenne ginger pepper tinctures and Hoffmans Anodyne as a cholera treatment with a large stated dose and claims quick relief. The ship Sloypewell reports rough weather and a gale on February first. The death of Right Rev William Tyler of the Catholic Church is announced.
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Sloypewell
William Tyler
Catholic Church
Shia City
Prov. Journal
Property Sold At Auction On Olive And Main Corners
The vacant property owned by the St. Louis Spearance Company on the southeast corner of Olive and Main streets sold at public auction for six hundred fifty five dollars per front foot equal to cash or thirteen thousand one hundred dollars for the twenty feet.
Metternich Letter Reveals Jesuit Plot Against Liberalism
A detected and published 19th century European letter from Prince Metternich to General Wenderrathy outlines reactionary policy and alleges Jesuit machinations against liberal movements. It claims Jesuit fathers organized French clergy into a vast electoral committee and that peasants obey village curates. The note links socialist gains in France to priestly hostility and possible retaliation.
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Prince Metternich
Midnight
Wenderrathy
Europe
Rance
Baptism Records Raise Arguments in Customs Clerk Posts
The London Times mentions a baptism register for Customs Clerkship applicants across the United Kingdom. Critics call this unjust and biased against Nonconformists, linking baptism to legal office appointments and denouncing the move as an undue church influence.
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England
London Times
United Kingdom
Toronto
John of
Novel Razor Invention Promises Safe Shaving
The London Patent Journal describes a guarded razor engraving not to be used in shaving. Mr Walkley in the London Lancet hails it as a splendid device offering secure operation in many settings including bed, railway, or carriage. Shaving time is said to be extremely short even for the timid.
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London Patent Journal
Walkley
London Lancet
San Francisco Port Scene Described in Journal of Commerce
Correspondent reports San Francisco crowded with about sixty ships, crews deserting, high wholesale prices, and vast costs to operate stores and transport goods. Many professionals seek gold profits, with law limited and a rough societal order. Dwellings scarce, wages high, and extensive gold exports noted amid a booming yet chaotic port and economy.
Harsh California Climate And Gold News Report
The excerpt describes variable weather and health remarks for California settlers, noting cold winds, hot summers, and the need for warm clothing. It covers conditions in San Francisco and the Sacramento Valley, mentions a large Mexican migration toward California, and reports on steamship lines, gold shipments, ship crews deserting, and early transportation improvements.
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Sacramento Valley
Emigrant Mail From Missouri to California Describes Gold Rush Trek
Letters from emigrants near St. Joseph dated May 8 report 240 miles traveled toward California. They praise health and spirits, note no cholera, and describe large wagon trains, freighters, tents, and pack mules racing toward wealth. The party was influenced by a California express urging haste.
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Mission
St. Joseph
California
Mumon Express
St. Louis
Cassius M Clay’s fate uncertain after Madison County clash
Curent reports from Cincinnati indicate Cassius M Clay survived the Madison County confrontation, with a chance of recovery. The meeting violence followed as Turner was killed after an exchange during Emancipationist rhetoric. Also noted: Treasury orders to retire Revenue Cutter Jackson after July, with Capt Walden returning to Portland. Counterfeit Mexican dollars found hidden in Union Street building.
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Cincinnarri
Cassius M. Clay
Madison County
Turner
Clay
Madison
Ciny
Secretary of the Treasury
Jackson
Fort Adama
Walden
Portland
Newport Herald
Union Sweet
Boston Journal
Read yellow lumps spark California voyage plans
The arrival of the read yellow lumps in town and New York has reignited interest in California. The river reached a high level and many young men prepare to depart in the fall. Vessels including the Triton Toke Chariot and Portsmouth are at port for San Francisco, undergoing repairs and to be sent off soon. A plan to raise a company of 20 men to sail for new regions on a trading and mining expedition is reported by the Warren Star.
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Royal Mail
America
Shannon
Liverpool
Boston
Halifax
Hibernia
Gladstone
Canada
John Russell
Robert Inglis
Oxford
John Franklin
Plymouth
American Eagle
London
Portsmouth
Ninteen
Ace
St. Lawrence
Southampton
Admiralty
Sheerness
Lady Blessington
Patia
Ireland
Journal of Commerce
Cararoania
San Francisco
California
Thas
San Fansonas
Cusat
United States
U.S. Shipa Ohio
St. Mary's
Warren
Washington
Gouda
New York
Chicago
Benecia
Stockton
Sacramento City
Mexico
New Youk
Cativontta News
Charleston
New Orleans
Crescent City
San Frovenco
Pacific
Panaima
Tay
Chagres
Iowa
San Franegisco
U.S
Mull
Isthmus
Col. Hughes
Iowullions
Sinclair
Cent
Henry Nesmith
Ulmer
jSilvie de Grasse
Fich
Deming
Fanny Forrester
Sweetin
Barques Tortensia
Een
Baltimore
Wanton
Tgelatan
Ghnys
Sacramento
Williams
Mary Jane
Triton
Chariot
Warren Star
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Bristol Phenix
Bristol
Lappard
Taylor
James Ford
Fall River Monitor
Adhore
Homer
Amesbury
Mass
Pitt Henry Homer
Bay
David Waldron
Constitution Street
Visi
Fere
Dodge
Woodhull
Providence Journal
Nathaniel Hooper
Calais
Pomneil
New
Orleane
Banpanovs
Papsacala
Rachel
Papi
Baker
Leshea
Supreme Court of the U
Bun Pryen
Tosuina
Memphis
Trenn
Tarmada
Fas
Yazoo
Wonta
Gates
Poux
Earth
Italy
The
Times
Vienna
Austria
Friestaldi
Wang
Hungary
Dembinski
Neutra
Nerge
Venice
Mualfihera
Marshal Radetsky
Irieste
Viennese
Rome
Paris
Tiber
Minorits
Arivale
Civita Vecchia
Thomas 8. Bryant
U.S. Army
Joan Frankin
Board of Naval Officers
Julie Franklin
Preston
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