The Great Awakening Becomes Public Passion Across Cities
Reports from Maine to California describe a widespread religious revival likened to the first Great Awakening. Daily prayer meetings in New York and neighboring cities involve merchants and workers, with thousands converted and many heads of families professing faith. Similar fervor spreads to New Bedford Newburyport and Boston, fueling a national sense of spiritual renewal and moral reflection.
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Maine
California
New York
Whitefield
Jonsahan Edwards
Jesus Christ
Brooklyn
New Bedford
Newburyport
Boston
Bay State House Fire Suspected Incendiary Cause
A wooden two and a half story boarding house owned by H W Coggeshall near Little's Barrows burned between 6 and 7 PM Monday. Snow prevented earlier detection, contents valued with $8000 structure insured for 1800, furniture insured for 500, no fire used since Friday, authorities suspect arson.
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Ea" Fier
Bay State House
Josiah Coggeshall
Little’s Barrows
Providence Mutual
Slater
Providence
H. W. Coggeshall
Petition to set off Bristol portion to Warren filed
A Bristol boundary petition presented by Joseph Munrord and 31 signers was left at the Town Clerk's office last week. The note follows a recent trial where voters indicated opposition to redrawing boundaries.
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Ayevcepy
General Assembly
Bristol
Warren
Joseph Munrord
Mercury praises press notices and improvement in Pheniz appearance
The editors thank the Rhode Island press for notices about Pheniz improvements and prosperity. The piece notes snowstorm misery off Cape Cod with ships ashore and mentions Mercury’s plan to recruit writers from prominent emancipation circles for a respected family newspaper. The Mercury proprietors emphasize reliability and future promises.
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Pheniz
Rhode Island
Sbedge
Iioux
2A Feet Lins
Mosiopolis
We Union
Tte Corps of
Xémancista
the Mercury
Normal School in Bristol to Open Next Term
The Bristol Starz Normal School closes its term today and will reopen Tuesday the 80th instant. Principal D P Corporn and assistants run a noted, well regarded program with large rooms and affordable board. Many former students praise the school and hope Charlestown and others will be well represented again in future terms.
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Er Starz Normal School
D. P. Corporn
Esqq
New England
Normal School
Charlestown
Ehe
Bristol
General Assembly Adjourns After Seven Week Session
The General Assembly adjourned after a seven week session with much private business. Public acts were few as the Senate did not concur with manyHouse measures total public acts passed numbered twenty seven. Resolutions of thanks to the Governor and Speaker were adopted with replies in good style. The closing scene featured witty stories and sharp speeches.
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General Assembly
House
Senate
Batxov
General Assemble
Committee On Finance
Peckham
Glocester
Elisha Dyer
Unseasonable Snowstorm Encases Town in Six Inches of Snow
The season's greatest monster began about 5 o'clock on Monday, burying the earth under six inches of snow. Sleighing remained fair on Tuesday and Wednesday, but a warm rain Thursday morning and sun in the afternoon melted the snow rapidly.
Public documents and seed parcels aid acknowledged
Weare expresses indebtedness to Hon. Pam Aven of the U S Senate for public documents and to Hon. N By Donrey of the House for sundry parcels of garden seeds.
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Ger Weare
Pam Aven
U.S. Senate
N. By. Donrey
House of Representatives
Funeral of Rev Timothy A Taylor at Slatersville
The funeral for Rev Timothy Anpan Taylor was held in Slatersville on Monday. Rev Dr Smerano, once his pastor in youth, delivered a discourse. Rev Dr Suxrarp preached his ordination sermon in 1839.
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Timothy Anpan Taylor
Slatersville
Smerano
Suxrarp
Winter to Spring Trade Shifts and City Revival News
New York correspondent reports a sharp winter snap ending and the Spring trade opening dull with cash purchases. Rapid religious revival fills noon hours with ten thousand voices praising while merchants and carmen mingle. Robbery remains common as Union Bank uncovers a one hundred thousand dollar defalcation. Leckman & Co. silk store on Chamber Street is looted for about $15,000 and set fire to, with police and a private watch failing to stop the thieves. An admiral of the Turkish navy visits after Kossuth’s departure, attracting attention as he considers steam contracts for his government.
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New York
Pheniz
Orville
Awful Gardner
Doctor of Medicine Conferred at Phennsylva nid Medical College
At the commencement on Saturday the degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred on Mr Charles Hoory of the towns. Dr Alden had sailed from Philadelphia on the Wyoming for a brief voyage to Europe. The community expresses pleasure for the young man’s upcoming absence.
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Phennsylvanid Medical College
Charled
Hoory
Alert
Tifte
Alden
Philadelphia
Wyoming
Europe
Prayer Meetings Scheduled Across University Lecture Rooms
Notice states daily morning prayer meetings will be held in alternating lecture rooms. The schedule references Danny Moenixa and Metrixes as context for the observance.
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Danny Moenixa
Arrival of the Canada and Reform News From Europe
The Canada reports arrival off Cork on the 28th ult and docked at Greenock at 24.00 on the 26th. The Kangaroo sailed to New York on the 24th ult carrying word that the Palmerston ministry resigned and Earl Derby formed a new cabinet. Casual maritime notices accompany the dispatch of steamers from New York bound for Liverpool and other ports.
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Canada
Cork
Arabia
New York
Er Pool
Edinburg
Greenock
Kangaroo
Palmerston
Earl Derby
Oasiton
Mountain Ash colliery disaster and postwar trade notes
A British colliery explosion at Mountain Ash, Alabama killed nineteen men. In Admiralty Court the Leander owners sued North American for collision damages. verdict went against the steamer with appeal pending. Money and Consols steadied amid ministerial crisis as Bank of England left rates unchanged. China reports Canton evacuated December 30 with officials captured. trade blockade easing and clashes noted. India Calcutta news to Jan 23 offered no new highlights. England's Hodge linked to Genoa conspiracy case. more Englishmen arrested. Madrid reports outrages by English vessels on Spanish ships in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Mountain Ash
Ala
North American
Mages
Bank of England
China
China Mail
England
Per Kangaroo
Canton
Mgil
Hong Kong
India
Calcutta
Italy
Hodge
Genoa
Napoleon
Spain
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Africa
Haile Wins Governor in New Hampshire First Election
Returns from 12 towns show Republican William Haile re elected governor with 23 892 votes to Democratic challenger Aga P Cate s 20 011 The same towns also indicate Republican gains in the legislature with 14 Republican Representatives and 72 Democrats The Concorde based Boston Journal notes Haile s lead over last year and hints at statewide gains were likely to follow
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New Hampshire
William Haile
Aga P. Cate
Haile
Cate
Wells
Scattering
Concord Tohes
Boston Journal
Officers of Ruppr Island Association Named
A New Bedford based Ruppr Island Association lists its officers. President is William H. Taylor of Newport. vice presidents Joseph J. Brownell Stephen G. Driscoll Albert Sweet William W Arnold John Ennis. secretary Charles Almy. recording secretary Seth R. Thomas. treasurer Nathan E. Hammett. finance committee Henry F. Thomas Edward T. Taber Nehemiah Waterman. by laws committee William H. Taylor Pardon Tillinghast Seane D. Hall Alexander H. Seabury Robert C. Pitman.
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Ruppr Island Association
New Bedford
Wm. H. Taylor
Newport
Jos. J. Brownell
Newport County
Stephen G. Driscoll
Bristol
Prayer meeting for business men held at Old South Chapel
A prayer meeting designed for businessmen was held at the Old South Chapel in Spring Lane at noon. Deacon Edwin Lamson of Park Street Church chaired. Rev. Manning junior of Old South Church led the opening prayer. The service lasted about an hour and will be repeated daily at the same location, aiming to convert hearts and improve conduct for communal blessing.
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Uanee Ae Eke
Arto Kys
Benefé
Saia
Old South Chapel
Spring Lane
Edwin Lamson
Park Street
Mr. Manning
Old South Church
Boston Transcript
Son Returns From California to Cleveland Mother Faints
A nine year missing lad from Cleveland reappears in California as a wealthy Rancho owner near Humboldt. The mother, who believed him dead, fainted upon hearing from him and he joined her in Cleveland last week.
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Cleveland
Ohio
California
Hombolt
Coombs Sentenced for Polygamy to Prison and Confinement
Coombs received a five year term in the State Prison with twelve days in solitary confinement. He must serve four additional days in confinement for each of his wives as a penance reflecting on the wrongs done to the community and to them.
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Coombs
Senate and House Hear Governor's Message and Appointments
The Rhode Island Senate adopts a resolution thanking Governor Elisha Dyer for presiding duties. The body approves widening draws on bridges over the Seekonk River and appoints commissioners. The House, after routine measures, pays expenses for boundary litigation with Massachusetts and honors Speaker Sullivan Ballou with a unanimous resolution and farewell remarks.
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Ordea
Warren
Felton
Bayley
General Assembly
Hopkins
West Greenwich
Senate
Jenckes
Committee On the Judiciary
Seskonk River
Lewis Fairbrother
William R. Walker
North Providence
Charles Moses
Smithfield
House
Massachusetts
Saunders
Manchester
Mr. Saunders
Samuel Ames
B. I. Eames
Wingate Hayes
Judiciary Committee
Seekonk River
Greene
Providence
Howard
Sullivan Ballow
Ballou
Speaker
Ita
Helf-Pest
Crinoline Encounters Crinoline in Desperate Case
Fragmentary text from the Pawtucket Gazette suggests a narrative about crinoline in challenging conditions and a distressed meeting. The garbled lines reference snow, paths, steel under circumstances, and a desperate case, with no clear names or events.
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Crinoline
Pawtucket Gazette
Mysterious Fires and Election Rumors Take Reads
A chaotic report ties a fatal Pacific Hotel fire in St Louis to a boy’s dream from Avon New York and describes election tampering rumors at Crossing precinct. Claims say judge Isaac Mundie was killed while clerks prepared certificates, with Fort Scott letters noting store and horse thefts. No lives reported.
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Pacific
New York
Pacific Hotel
Henry Rochester
Avon
St. Louis
Henry
Een
Poe
St. Luis Democrat
Denver
Issac Mundie
Did Bef
Fort Scott
Lane
Disturbances at Manchester and a Death in New Bedford
Reports describe a violent election riot with Democrats clashing with Irish factions over registration. A Republican representative was elected as chaos ensued. Separately an elderly Halifax native Isaac Redmond, 62, was found dead in a New York basement, his body ravaged by vermin and hunger after long hardship. A nurse in Purchase Street, New Bedford, aged 80, died suddenly after noting her age.
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Manchester
Isaac Redmond
Mulberry St
New York
Gir
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Suppen Dratu
Purchase Street
New Bedford Mercury
Prize Essay ex Apventisino and a Counterfeit Note
The item notes Bonner of the N Y Ledger claims a tax assessor put his personal property at 100000 dollars and jokes this prize essay credits advertising for his fortune. He prior stated two thousand dollars value last year and questions paying taxes. Also reports a counterfeit five dollar bill from Rhode Island Union Bank Newport circulating in New York.
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Bonner
N. Y. Ledger
New York Times
Rhode Island Union Bank
Newport
New York
Louisiana enacts new necro law seizing free blacks for slavery
The Legislature passes a harsh statute allowing seizure of free negroes entering the state and after ten days notice selling them into slavery with half proceeds to the state and half to the complainant. An exemption exists for those employed on foreign vessels, penalizing local Black residents while praising foreign trade and echoing claims about the Dred Scott decision.
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Louisiana
Louisiane
Early Potatoes From Compost Heap Method
A farmer outlines a method to grow early potatoes by layering six inches of compost in shallow boxes, adding an early variety, covering with six inches more compost, and sealing with slate. The boxes are buried in a fermenting manure heap to heat and start growth, then moved to air as needed, hardened off, and transplanted to rows for harvest weeks earlier.
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Amerecan Agriculturst
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