Sunday School and burial ground tour in New York scene
The piece recounts Sunday School reports at Castle Garden and Broadway Tabernacle, cites 141 Protestant schools with 19 085 pupils in New York City, and notes gifts and attendance. It also describes Greenwood Cemetery visits, monuments to Miss Canda and a fire department memorial, plus reflections on Maine and liquor laws and local debates.
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Castle Garden
New York and American Sunday School Union
Princeton College
Willete
Philadelphia
Union
P. M
Institution For the Blind
Union Theological Seminary
National Temperance Society
American Home Mission Society
American Female Guardian Society
American and Foreign Christian Union
Tabernacle
DeWity
Baird
Kennedy
Magoon
Wilkes
Montreal
Parker
Bacon
Boston
Greenwood Cemetery
Mount Auburn
Canda
Gigela
Fire Department
Providence election affirms Whig slate for city offices
On Wednesday Providence chose the Whig ticket for Mayor Aldermen and Common Council. The result surprised some readers who thought the city would go Democratic according to the Post.
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Providence
Providence and Bristol Railroad Survey Report Expected
Committees from Providence Warren and Bristol met to obtain statistics and surveys for a Providence to Bristol railroad via Seekonk Barrington and Warren. The engineer's cost estimates were favorable and the full report will be public next week along with subscription books in Providence Bristol and Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence and
Bristol
Providence
Warren
Providence Journal
Fourth of July Fireworks Ad Promotes Boston Pyrotechnist
An advertisement touts J. G. Hovey, Esq., as Boston’s leading pyrotechnist ready to supply fireworks of any size. Hovey is noted for earning the Premier Gold Medal and for handling Boston displays successfully. A Boston Traveller note mentions donations to Kossuth and Charlestown committees. Depot report from Vermont Central Railroad on May 11 reports a minor fire with safe vault intact and insured depot.
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J. G. Hovey
Boston
Prez
Nortarigiy
Vermont Central Railroad
Nonrtareco
Large sales of linseed oil in Boston and Maine hail event
Large sales of American Linseed Oil occurred in Boston at 65 cents per gallon with best refined whale oil noted. The report mentions a sharp hail in Hollis, Maine leaving ground white. A Maine state convention favored by Hartford, Connecticut, met on the 10th.
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Boston
Ces
Hollis
Maine
Hartford
Connecticut
Law and votes shape Maine liquor measures in House action
The Providence Journal reports on Maine House activity including acts fixing salaries for state officers, limiting town council licensing powers, and amendments to criminal and election laws. Debates touch night searches, effective dates, and court establishment in Bristol as legislators move toward new liquor regulations.
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Newport Herald of the Times
Newport
Sheffield
Barstow
Maine
Turneree
Hoenoerow
A. M. Fimay
Snee Cs
Bng
Cranston
G. Hooe
Ross—Measrs
Allyn
A. Sans Arnold
C. Babcock
S Barstow
F. Brown
Bourn
Brownell
Carpenter
Park
Dizon
Poley B
G. W. Holden
Z. W. Holdridge
Sins
Johnson
Mone Mister
Pedelford
G. H. Peckham
A AV. Pot
D. C. Pater
Rathman
Geo. H. Stest
Dani Davis
Ellis
Ga Oa Fan
R. Harris
Hill
Hunter
Logee
Pearce
Purinton
Taft
Turner
Geo. Weeden
Wetherell
Keeth Nese
Noes
Ste
Jal
Annie
Counseil
Bristol
Justices of the Peace
Court of Justices
Providence Journal
Admiralty reports on ships seen on ice near Newfoundland
The English Admiralty published documents from the Renovation inquiry. Captain Ommaney concludes the two vessels were seen on the ice but cannot identify them due to distance. He notes a drifted berg like a long hummock and suggests the ships likely came from a high northern latitude.
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Bank of Newfoundland
Ommaney
Robert Simpson
Davis's
Portugal
Bay of Biscay
Lone Coast Fire Affects Houlton Slave Sale Claims
A fragment reports a fire affecting Lone Coast in Africa and a claim of about one hundred fifty slaves being staged for sale near Houlton. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Africa
Houlton
New Jersey Contributions Lead to City Fund Total
The article outlines donations from Boston and New Jersey totaling five thousand seven hundred dollars, noting New Jersey’s sizable contribution as part of a broader fundraising effort.
Rashid Man from Louisville Faces Agee Case
Louisville resident Rashid Man is involved in a legal matter with Agee. Details remain unclear in the fragment but reference to court action and local names suggests a domestic or civil dispute. Further information is not available in the provided text.
Tribute from passengers of the Independence to James Lawless
The Indianola Bulletin records grateful thanks from passengers rescued by the steamship Louisiana after the Independence wreck. They praise James Lawless and his crew for lifesaving action, applaud Mr H Potter Dimond and Nichole coast pilot, and acknowledge other pilots and officers for aid. The report also notes related killings and a murder spree across the river with American casualties and ongoing retaliation.
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Indianola
Texas
James Lawless
Louisiana
Independence
Kerr
H. Potter Dimond
Me A . Nichole
Ena
Ran
Messrs
Morgan and Cummings
Duke
Ee Rabun
Iles W. Eldridge
Stephen Minott
W. W. Ed E. L. Jordan
H. Jordan
W. E. Jones
U.S. A
Palmer
Warren O. Shilly
Thos. M. Anderson
Col
D. P. Sparks
Jas
D. Cochran
J. Anderson
T. B. Edmondson
John B. Bruce
Wm. Little
M. Broach
John W. Prewitt
J. M. Oakes
Capt
Thomas H. Harris
Roma
Rio Grande City
Weather and crime notes from Worcester and Boston area
The piece reports an easterly storm with little rain and cooling air, noting trees wintering well and hopeful signs for a bountiful year. It records a child death in North Adams and a liquor seizure at Congress Street with a violent resistance fight injuring Officer Loring.
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Worcester
Boston Journal
Congress
Washington Street
Geo. McKeon
Marshall Hall
McKeon
Francis G. Loring H
Dre. Sweat
Tukesbury
Officer Loring
Portland Advertiser
Stee a 8. sloop of war Decatur in New York
A fragmentary OCR note from New York records a stee a sloop of war Decatur commanded by an officer, dated Tuesday, with limited legible details about the vessel and status.
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Stee
Decatur
Judge rules board housekeepers cannot detain boarders belongings
Judge Greene of the First District Court in New York rules that boarding house keepers have no right to detain the trunks and clothing of their boarders for nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaville House
Kaerana
Greene
First
District,Court
New York
Provincetown Captain Captures Right Whale Offshore
Captain Genn of Provincetown and a crew of townsmen sailed into the bay Friday on a cruise and captured a right whale. It yielded about seven barrels of oil and whalebone eight feet long. Value of oil and bone estimated at around 2000 dollars. Boston Post.
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Carrore
Genn
Provincetown
Boston Post
Adams Express Expands in Broadway Purchase
Ten years ago Adams' Express was run by a single worker with porter and wheelbarrow. Recently Adams & Co. bought a Broadway building for eighty thousand dollars to conduct their business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams’ Express
Porter
Wheelbarrow
Adams & Co
Broadway
Kingston strikes by stone-cutters against convict labor
A large band of Kingston stone-cutters struck due to employers hiring discharged convicts trained in stone cutting in prison, protesting the use of convict labor.
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Kingston
C. W
Outrage in Savannah Sparks Lynch Threats
A savage assault on a young woman by a Black man in Savannah last Sunday provoked a furious crowd to pursue the offender and threaten lynching if captured. The incident highlights the tense mood and vigilantism in the city.
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Savannah
Steamship Washincrox Troubles Off British Coast
London correspondent reports the steamer Washincrox found short of coal near Milford Haven and altered chronometers. Captain reportedly ill and removed to a lunatic hospital after a failed attempt to run aground at Rock, with American Consul in Southampton holding medical consultation. Ship left for Bremen and to sail to New York, with command shifting to Fitch, then possibly Floyd.
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London
Philadelphia
New York
Milfordhaven
Nba
Southampton
Bremen
Cowes
Fitch
Washington
Floyd
Boston Tax Levy For The Year And Department Totals
Boston announces a total levy of 1 170 000 dollars for the year, about 188 000 dollars less than last year. Specific appropriations include 65 000 for Fire Department, 370 000 for Internal Health, 40 000 for Paving Police, 30 000 Overseer of the Poor, 118 700 for the House of Industry House of Correction and Reformation and Deer Island Hospital, and 000 for Schools and Watch Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fire Department
Internal Health Department
Ee Police
House of Industry
House of Correction and Reformation
Deer Island Hospital
Mexican News Letters Claim Land Sale and Revolt Refusal
The dispatches report Carvace selling lands near Camingo Reynosa and Carmargo to a company for 200000 dollars. de Monieteur notes Santo Arnab pledges no further land for revolution, claims 150000 sent and squandered, and accuses assailants of cowardice linked to Arista. Also notes two right whales and a calf found dead near Southampton and a lost area claim.
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On Reetico
Carvace
Camingo
Reynosa
Carmargo
de Monieteur
Santo’ ‘Arnab
Partizans
Arista
Southampton
L. L. Sxe
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Viera
General Assembly
House
Senate
Massachusetts
Sirumoos
Independent Union
Hia Eta
Advertiser
Friends of Justice
Maren
Jacob Foss
Charleston
Kossuth
Charlestown
Providence Journal Ee Eestation
Kewport
Tuvnsnar
Gaaxan
TEE
Pqurt
Meguilage
T. Bennet
Co. van Dora
William B. Taylor
Wiles i H
Bayley
New Begins
Jersey
Racky Rashid Man
Louisville
Rg Pan Agee Chews
Joel P. Cady
North Adama
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