California dates and steamer news amid broad unrest
The column notes California dates arriving today and a steamer departure while reporting unrest in the West. It cites executions of Indians in Oregon and Washington Territories, killings of Americans by Mexicans and Chilians, and orders to expel several immigrant groups. Costa Rican forces and Walker’s campaign are also described with casualties at Rivas.
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Carzans
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Illinois
Oregon
Washington
Yes County
Commissariat Department
Central America
San Juan del Sur
Walker
Wis
Rivas
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry Promoted for Consumption
An old medical notice claims Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry cures consumption and arrests many cases. It states hundreds have been cured in a few years through faithful use and urges continued use to fight the disease.
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King of Terror
Wistar
Han
Wm, A. Shaw
Washington, N. C
Luie
Brooks Wounded in Duel Shots at Wigfall Challenge
The New York Sun reports Preston S Brooks severely wounded in a duel with Wigfall of South Carolina before entering Congress. Wigfall and Brooks were wounded. Wigfall then challenged Brooks’s father, who refused to fight, and Wigfall posted him a coward. A relative, Mr Bird, tried to tear down the placard and was shot dead by Wigfall.
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York Sun
Preston S. Brooks
Wigfall
South Carolina
Congress
Brooks
Sun
Bird
Loss of a Boston Ship S C Thwing in the Baltic
Report of the loss of the S C Thwing captained by Nickerson of Boston after sailing from Mobile on Feb 26 bound for Gottenburg with 4482 bales of cotton. The 1341 ton ship valued at $80,000 carried $30,000 freight and was insured in Boston for about $85,000. The cargo was on foreign account.
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Canada
S. C. Thwing
Nickerson
Lessor
Baltic Sea
Mobile
Gottenburg
Accidental Knife Injury at Pond Endangers Boy
A Saturday incident in South Providence saw Burlingame grab a knife during a scuffle, dive to retrieve it, and be injured when the weapon struck the pond bottom blade up. The wound is serious but not fatal, according to the Proc. Journal. Mrs Pentland and Mrs side faced charges of circulating a letter against real estate agent Benjamin Baldwin in Brooklyn.
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Brooks and Wilson duel challenge unsettles Senate
The exchange describes Mr Brooks charging Senator Wilson with coarse language and Wilson defending his debate rhetoric after Sumner incident. Brooks reports to Gen Webb via Gov Aiken that his Courier Enquirer letter is satisfied. Excitement subsides except for the Brooks Wilson duel dispute.
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Wikow Dugeity
Chailea
Brooks
Sumner in Critical Condition in New York
Washington correspondence reports Mr. Sumner’s sleepless painful night and critical state with a high fever and swollen neck glands. Dr. Perry forbids visitors and orders strict quiet as he recovers from a serious illness. In Newark Ohio the elephant’s keeper survived a collapse and the animal briefly carried and laid him down before death was prevented and the keeper recovered.
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Tribune Washington
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Various 19th Century Dispatches and Local News Bits
Notes report Oan the Revolutionist tried in British Guinea for sedition and riots linked to Creoles and Catholics. Shipments from Norfolk to New York begin with peas and strawberries. Storms, herring catches, hotel liquor sales, mine estimates, beef prices, emigration, New Orleans amusements, dog topics, English arrivals in France, legal cases, and local incidents fill a broad array of brief items.
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Orr
Angel Gabriel
British Guinea
F&m
Mary Inez
Chappaguansett Creek
Holmes Hole
New York City
Seekonk Commons Lands Sold at Auction for School Funds
Seekonk Commons lands near the Borton and Providence Railroad were sold at auction for 85,500. Covering about 100 acres, the proceeds will be added to the school funds of Seekonk and Rehoboth. A correspondent reports a young city woman, once left to fend for herself, has become heir at law to a $10,000 estate.
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Seekonk and
Rehoboth
Bedford Stand
Doctor Goldmark's Treason Death Sentence in New York
A Vienna tribunal condemned Dr A Goldmark to death for high treason in 1848 but in New York he runs a percussion cap manufactory and the sentence will have no effect, likened to a blister on a wooden leg.
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A. Goldmark
Austria
New York
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