A fragmented report on lectures and harbor town debates
A garbled account describes lectures by Professor Gammell and Albert G Greene, with references to trade board replies and defenses of American themes. It notes discussions on subjection, piracy near New Providence, and the importance of binding materials for collections. A town meeting is slated for early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drenpebapet
Ie Hitanta
Kose
Liudles
Tye
New Pra
Cammell
Gammell
Albert G. Greene
Pewadeove
Wwe Chimene
National Popular Education Board Advances Female Teachers
A correspondent reports Gov Blade of Verne speaking on universal education and the role of women in schooling. The Board of National Popular Education, led by Gov Slade and with Judge MeLean, planned teacher training at Hartford and sending instructors west, supplying 110 teachers in two years to states from Illinois to North Carolina. A plea for funds noted the program spreads Protestant unity while promoting female power in education. Also noted is a double parole conviction of James K. Marvin and his two year imprisonment in the Lancaster Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boatoy
Blade
Verne
Aha
Uward
Ding Goodie Curieet
Cup Attu
Patriata
Philoiobhopists
New England
Board of National Popular Education
Gov. Slade
Mid- Blebury
Ihe Hoard
Mast
Harford
Conn
Carrie Uhuin
Sunda
Ibinui
Hartford
A.D
Court orders discipline for attorney James K. Martin
The court decries unworthy conduct by legal practitioners and orders James K. Martin, an attorney, removed from the list of attorneys of the Court of Common Pleas after his conviction for grand larceny and imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary.
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Bern
Ber
James K. Martin
Thia
Court of Common Pleas
Coun
Piad. Ledger
Thanksgiving Proclamation Urges Thanksgiving Services and Charity
A Thanksgiving proclamation invites worship across our state to express gratitude for harvests peace and prosperity. It appeals for interdenominational services quiet streets charitable giving to the poor and devotion at home and in church as the nation faces elections and pestilence fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer‘cies
Mirope
Ireland
Old World
Town Meeting Adopts Regulations and School House Plans
The adjourned Town Meeting heard a report on proposed regulations for town government to be presented to the General Assembly. It also approved sinking reservoirs in the east lawn area, adding School Committees to build two primary houses, and erect stone buildings at up to 1200 each. A committee was appointed to survey the public street, and no further interments are allowed in the old burial ground west of Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Throop
George B. Monro
John Peckham
Wood Street
Robbery at a Bank Vault Ends with European Escape
The November term of the Court of Common Pleas adjourned due to the absence of the attorney general. Bridgeport’s Standard reports a serious bank robbery with 17 200 stolen, 19 000 in gold from the vault and 5 000 in bills exchanged in New York for passage to Europe aboard the Hermann. Barnum pursues the Britannia in hopes of catching the fugitive at Southampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common’ Pleas
Barnum
Bridgeport
Britannia
Southampton
Election returns show Taylor gains in several states
The latest tally reports Taylor leading in New York and Georgia with substantial margins, Cass favored in Virginia and Illinois, and mixed results in Mississippi and Louisiana. Voter returns from Connecticut and Michigan hint at party shifts. a severe snowstorm affected New England roads and shipping.
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Florida
Taylor
New York
Vnte
van Buren
Cass
Virginia
Polk
Georgia
Alabama
Butler
Mississipp
Mississippi
Iowa
Michigan
Detroit
Americas Art Union Distribution Offers Engravings and Paintings
The Annual distribution by the Americas Art Union invites subscribers to claim a fine Engraving and a Washington Irving book with illustrations, amid a chance to win a valuable painting. Featured is Thomas Cole’s The Voyage of Life series. about three hundred other paintings are available, with A G Stephens serving as Secretary for Bretail and vicinity for subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas Art Union
Washingtn Irving
Thomas Cole
A.G. Stephen's
Bretal
Blackwood’s Magazine reprint and January issue notice
U L Scot & Co present a reprint of Blackwood’s Magazine praising its well known status and notable contributors. The January Santain’s Union Magazine also arrives with original content from Albert Barnes Rhodes Sproat Ellet Kinney Lynde Todd and other eminent authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. L. Scot & Co
Blackwood
Germany
Pans
Far West
George Frederick Ruxtun
Danube
Lord Castlereagh
Spain
Conservative Union
Santain’s Union
Albert Barnes
James Rhodes
Ei. L. Sproat
Sigjourney
Ellet
Mra. Kinney
James Lynde
John Todd
D. D
Temperance success reduces drink trade and benefits families
It is claimed that over 1.5 million abstain from ardent spirits and supplying it to others, with more than 5,000 temperance societies totaling 600,000 members. Distilleries stopped exceed 2,000 and merchants in the trade over 6,000, while 30,000 would have been drunkards otherwise and 20,000 families eased from poverty and disgrace.
Whigs Hold Grand Salute For Gen Taylor
A crowd marks a day with 163 gun salute to General Taylor amid a ceremonial display. Enya and nearby officials attend while somber notes mingle with patriotic fervor.
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Ea Ny
Taylor
Arrival of the Acadia and latest Atlantic news
The steamship Acadia arrives in Boston with Liverpoo lpoal dates of the 4th and 23 passengers for the city, five landing at Halifax. A France postscript notes Gen Changar loiter dectives as a presidential candidate. Markets show initial demand for cotton, then dull with a rise following Bank of England rate cut, while cholera mortality rises in London and Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Acadia
Halifax
France
State Trials at Dublin and European War Reports
The State Trials begin in Dublin with errors noted in the Attorn ey General s handling of Clunmel. Paris debates delay of Louis Napoleon s election while Cavaignac opposes further postponement. Vienna siege continues with cut gas and water lines as forces tighten around the capital. In Italy negotiations for a peaceful settlement gain traction as Sardinia contemplates limits on conflict. Naval updates report Dolphin from O tio Janeiro to Mauritique and Supply from Syria to Gibraltar with crews reported well.
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Ireland
Dublin
House of Lords
Wollon
Cavaigone
Louis Napoleon
Paris
Louis Phillippe
Orleans
Count de Montelivet
England
Austria
Vienna
Europe
Austrian Empire
Cny
Berlin
Prince Windieehgratz
Jellachich
Ile
Italy
Sardinia
Lombardy
Lombady
Mary
Luxembourg
Germany
Sardiow
Chamber of Deputie
Salem man cuts blossoms to alter apple tree yield year
K Manning of Salem cuts blossoms from a Baldwin apple tree in spring of its bearing year. The act changed the fruitful year to the next. unfruitful seasons became bearing years and vice versa.
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K Manning
Salem
Barnum Opens Grand Bridgeport Villa for Elite Party
P. T. Barnum, proprietor of the American Museum, has completed a lavish Bridgeport villa named tranistan fin, reputedly costing about $150,000. A Tuesday-night opening gala drew more than 1,000 prominent Bridgeport residents and guests from New York Boston and Philadelphia.
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P.T. Barnum
American Museum
New York
Bridgeport
Conn
Tranistan
Fin
Pablo
Boston
Philadelphia
Springfield Republican
Twe Mittes Notes on Forged Signatures and Paper Fraud
Mr Belknap allegedly forged his signature to defraud and cash 70 000 in notes. Jones faced charges with General Miller and arranged with paper holders, paying 10 000 to all parties as the genuine note value. The holders claim the notes show themselves out to make further demands.
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Belknap
Whien
Jones
Miller
Destructive Fires Hit New Voon and Bowery Corner
A fierce blaze started in a stable on Teens Street destroying stalls and horses as the Methodist Church schoolhouse and several homes burned. Losses top fifty thousand dollars with Mr Murphy reporting forty five thousand. A second blaze at Bowery and Iroome streets damaged many frame buildings and St Barnabas Church was insured for six hundred fifty dollars. The incendiary fled before guards could catch him.
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New Voon
Methodist
Murdy
Bowery
Iroome
de. Cage
Murphy
St. Barnabas & Methodius
Gale Strikes New England Coastal Shipping
A severe gale grounds vessels off Cape Cod and nearby harbors. The Olive from New Brunswick bound for Boston with crew missing bodies washing ashore. The British brig Anglo-American from Nova Scotia driven ashore. crew feared lost. Clara of Mortemouth ashore at Truro Beach. Percival Penhallow crew saved. British shouter Olive bilged and stripped. Welcome Return goes ashore at Rocky Neck but crew saved. Plymouth reports heavy wind and minimal damage to Hyannis shipping.
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N.N
N. England
Nantucket
Aiglo-Aimeryee
Brewster Shoals
Boston Bay
Olive
Oliver
New Brunswick
Boston
Nova Scntia
Brewete Shoal
Silioce
Seip
Norwich
Worcester
Ht Ia
Chora
Pertamouth
J'ewhailow
Clara
Peohallow
Mortemouth
N. Oh
Cadiz
Truro
Cape Cod
Perhallow
Messrs
William Jones
Provincetown
Nopardus
K. U. Portes
Nantasket Beach
Plymouth
Welcome Return
Hewitt
Prince Edward's Island
Rocky Neck
Storm Gusts Grip City With Snow and Ice
A fierce north gale and snowfall last night slowed pedestrians and iced rails. Train service stalled as crews worked with multiple engines to move trains, while shipping avoidance kept mariners on alert for damage and delays. The Hastert mail was reportedly delayed by the weather.
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Mariner
Rescue of Triton Captain Spared by Island Natives
Sydney reports via Manila that Captain Spencer of the whaleship Triton was spared after being seized by natives on a King’s Mill Island. The Mechanic’s Captain Potter says Spencer was later rescued by the United States and Alabama, which killed natives involved and freed him. Spencer then went to Kuam to await reunion with his ship.
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Triton
New Bedford
King’s Mill
Spencer
Sydney
Manilla
Potter
United States
Alabama
Kuam
Sydethai
Four new United States Navy steam frigates launched in Portsmouth
The fine steamer Saranse, first of four steam frigates mandated by a late act of Congress, was launched in Portsmouth New Hampshire on Tuesday in fine style. About 450 mechanics and invited guests attended a donation at Franklin Hall hosted by B F Delano the naval constructor’s invitee.
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United States Navy
Portsmouth
N. i
Franklin Hall
B. F. Delano
Req
Naval Constructor
Boston Daily Adv
More Turnips in Chepnoliel Raise Big Weights
Mr. Jeptha Hunt of Chepnoliel raised a turnip weighing 19 pounds 12 ounces with a three foot circumference. A reader suggests sending a larger specimen, noting the prospect of turnips surpassing pumpkins if such growth continues.
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Jeptha Hunt
Chepnoliel
J'rer. Journal
Woman Found Guilty of Manslaughter In Alabama
A woman previously convicted of murder in Tallapoosa County Alabama was later retried after new evidence emerged and acquitted. The author laments the risk of wrongful hangings and questions the remedy for such a grave error.
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Tallapont
Ala
Hagband
Unclear historical excerpt references Salt River and a Whig gathering
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Salt River region and a Whig gathering with phrases like we give it up and a hearty place. The excerpt references Freitag and a line region and includes exclamations about being down wo fat and jolly. No clear event date or names beyond general entities.
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Eurereo
Salt River
Freitag
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