The Papal Power in Europe and Its Decline
An article argues that Papal Rome rests on fear and superstition, its power backed by France Austria and Spain. It foresees rising popular intelligence, possible revolutions, and a shift toward secular governance and education diminishing papal authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Monsirgus
Papal Rama
Europe
Vatican
France
Austria
Spain
States of the Church
Papacy
Bristol Post Office Returns for Quarter Ended September 30 1859
The Bristol post office received 13 357 letters and sent 11 580 in the quarter ending September 30 1859, totaling 24 937. The surplus of incoming mail suggests many writers use other channels or no answers are required. The Providence Tribune publication was discontinued due to poor patronage. A singing school will open soon led by Mr. N. Chadbourn with twenty lessons for one dollar. interested attendees should sign with J. J. Pitman. The week’s weather was pleasant early, cooler toward the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Chadbourn
Geller
J. J. Pitman
Mr. Pitman
Town Drafts Reckoning Over Keg Butchering
Fragmentary report notes in town areas goods damaged as kegs are butchered. Occasional carriage riders risk danger amid acts described as improvised theft and public nuisance. Police may investigate to curb this unruly behavior.
Thanksgiving Fruit Display Delights Local Guests
A side note recalls a Tuesday display of grapes and pears including the Xl Beauty variety. Mr Ry and a named hostess receive thanks for their cordial welcome and expression of gratitude to visitors.
Unclear Interlude with Beijing Shanghai News From July Letter
A dated letter from July 21 reports a Chinese matter involving an Emperor and the Governor of Shanghai. It notes the American Minister pursuing Pekin and that British Minister Mr Bruce has traveled to Japan to stay awhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Beaumont
Jammica Fain
China
Shanghae
Peito
Yeanthoa
Pekin
Bruce
Japan
Fillibustering Excitement Reported With Uncertain Details
Telegraphic summaries indicate a group of filibusters left by tugboat ten miles from Selews New Orleans awaiting a larger vessel. Federal officers including Collector Hatch pursue intercept actions while vessels are dispatched. Some filibusters reportedly gather in Mobile and the plan to invade Nicaragua faces likely federal intervention under existing treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans
Hatch
Mobile
Cilover
Nicaragua
United States Seizes Philadelphia and Deploys Baton Rouge Artillery
A New Orleans dispatch reports the Philadelphia schooner seized by U.S. Marshal for possible filibustering. Captains and crew held while judicial actions await. An artillery company from Baton Rouge heads to Mobile to assist in arresting filibusters tied to both current and previous expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Baton Rough
U.S. Marshall
Mobile
Actuoner Susan
Tux Lost and Focrxn Agronauts Reach Wilderness Rescue
The party landed three hundred miles from start and four to five hours up the route. They descended one hundred fifty miles north of Ottawa in a northern wilderness and were rescued by Mr Cameron and Indian guides seeking timber. Their voyage weakens the theory of a steady east atmospheric current and could have reached Franklin’s last known location with ten more hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Mountain
Haddock
Ottawa
Caniada
Cameron
Sir John Franklin
Connecticut State Agricultural Society Fair Preparations
New Haven Ont. 5. Farm. Preparations for the Connecticut State Agricultural Society fair next week are nearly perfected. Brewster Park grounds cover 53 acres with a mile track and the best half mile track in New England. Gold's steam plough tested and will be on trial throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Connecticut State Agricultural Society
Brewster Park
New England
Fire destroys Spayers Lion Lager Bier Brewery in Manhattanville
A major blaze in New York destroyed Spayer's Lion Lager Bier Brewery at Manhattanville and several worker dwellings. The four hundred by eighty foot main building spanned over sixteen acres, with losses around 250000 dollars and about 145000 dollars of insured contents. Up to 40000 dollars of grain was stored in lofts, and the beer stock in vaults is believed uninsured. The total estate was valued at 320000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spayer
Lion Lager Bier
Manhattanville
Port Inspectors Removed and Salary Cuts Reported
William J. Roberts and Joseph A. Carr Esqs., Permanent Inspectors of the Customs at this port, were notified that their services would not be required any longer. The office salary shrinks to 54.50 yearly for one minder role, while Newport shifts see a halving of pay. Former Newport inspector at New Shoreham earns only 200, a sharp drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Roberts
Joseph A. Carr
Aled
New Shoreham
Newport
Lésealary
New England
Newport News
St Louis Reports Election Returns Delayed Amid Divided Races
Dispatches from St Louis note a growing tilt toward Democratic candidates in key races while republican factions hold slight edges elsewhere. Officials warn returns will take about a week to finalize as party lines remain tangled and markets show firm but unsettled prices.
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Eme Cartromxia
St Louis
Milton S
Trohan
Ongrese
McKibben
Repu
Lecompton
People's Reform
San Francisco
Sipco
Actio
Harvest in Upper Cyllads Boosts Local Farmers
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser reports a late harvest in Upper Cyllads with farms along Exe Lburon road sending thousands of bushels of wheat barley peas and other crops to market. Bantford merchants distribute cash to farmers helping them meet liabilities amid Canada trade triffes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Commercial
Bantford Slanes
Canada
Thei
Murder of President Gef frid's daughter shocks nation
Reports detail the fatal shooting of Madame Blancefort in the Palace saloon as a conspiracy is blamed. The event follows arrests for alleged leadership roles including Richelieu F. Martin and a mulatto Longfuse, amid tensions over prior political upheaval and calls for severity from the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Geffrid
Torriaine
Blancefort
Madame Blancefort
Richelieu F. Martin
Longfuse
Groffrard
Solauque Gon
Prophete
Geffrard
Performance of the Great Eastern on board a New York Times correspondent account
A New York Times correspondent aboard the Great Eastern offers a view differing from London papers on the ship before its explosion. He notes the voyage was not a trial run for seafaring performance, cites speeds up to thirteen knots with favorable conditions and seven knots otherwise, and questions the safety of bulkheads and heater design as factors in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
New York Iimes
Great Eastern
London
Scott Russel
Inventor H I Lusher Wins Patent For New Harvester
The Warren Telegraph notes townsman H I Lusher fsq has secured June 7 1859 letters patent for a new improved Harvester with simple contrivances that raise and pass the sickle, adjust cutting height, and allow easy stowage on the machine. The patent grants exclusive manufacture and sale for fourteen years and the paper hopes for a substantial harvest of reward for his ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. I. Lusher
Fsq
Luther
Warren
Hartford Grand Jury weighs Joseph Wilson stabbing case
The Superior Court Grand Jury in Hartford, Donn., considered the Joseph Wilson case on Friday and Saturday. Wilson faces two indictments for murder and manslaughter over the August 31 stabbing of Charles W. Banks during the Seymour reception. The court ordered Wilson held at liberty after counsel requested release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcod
Sloop Abel Hoytstigot Rescue Turns Near Collision
The sloop Abel Hoytstigot towed the Curlew toward Newport after lifting its boiler from the deck. In a fog and calm off Brenton’s Reef Light ship the heavy beam toppled and dumped the boiler, nearly capsizing the vessel. the boiler sank to 15 fathoms while the crew escaped unharmed. The vessel reached Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel Hoytstigot
Tower
Curlew
Aunk
Point Judith
Newport
Dragons
Brenton
Nexport News
Disastrous incident sparks hidden communications
The London correap 2 tm notes suspicions around a disaster involving Russia and England. It mentions secrecy, early communications via Shanghai, and the possibility that Gabriel knew of the disaster weeks before public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
London
St. Peterabare
Petersburg
Paris
Shanghai
Gabriel
Fillibusters Turn Back After Landing at Southwest Bay
The filibusters failed to secure provisions and went down the river toward the bay. They attempted sea entry but landed weakly at the Southwest Page, while Col. Ligtch still refuses a clearance to the Philadelphia, casting doubt on the entire affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Yerwick’s Bay
Ligtch
Philadelphia
Oka
Hartford Phalanx parade preps for governor visit
The Hartford based PuyaN Phalanx military group under Civic leadership plans a parade with 96 muskets 25 swords and 7 pib rods. Members include H G Deng T M Allen former Hartford mayor J W Stuart and others as they dress in Continental uniforms led by Major Horace Goodwin in his 70s. Governor Buckingham and Mayor Exiour invited to visit Friday morning at Exiour's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connecticut
Buckingham
Sepcour
Russia
H. G. Deng
T. M. Allen
J. W. Stuart
Col. Colt
Ashmead
Hammersley
Horace Goodwin
Exiour
Phalanx
Proplence Journal
Sunday Law Enforce ment Causes Car Driver Arrests
The Mayor ordered officers to identify drivers of private vehicles on Sunday, sparking arrests and a crowd at the mayor’s office. Dr Lyman’s driver was named, but the driver’s employer argued a gardener drove the carriage, while McPherson from Baltimore created a local uproar before a postponed hearing and later release. The incident was reported by the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seisure
Richmond
Trinity Church
L Pastor
Dr. Lyman
Lyman
Richardson
McPherson
Baltimore
Sayers
M’pherson
Cervicé
Lynnan
Gardner
Pitsburg
Sale of Independent Church team near Christ Church Parish
An advertisement notes a Tuesday sale on the north of the Exchange in Christ Church Parish South Carolina. It lists a prime gang of teams skilled in cotton and provisions, belonging to the Independent Church in Christ Church Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolna
South Carolina
Independent Church
Christ Church
Burglar Ransacks Brooklyn Home Finds Grief at Scene
A thief entered Henry street residence through a rear window around midnight and trashed the lower rooms before ascending to the second floor. He found a dead child in the chamber and, after stealing valuables, quietly left the house as the mourning mother wept nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Street
Chile
Bela
Thethié
Brooklyn Star
Detroit jury awards James Corey damages in accident case
Mr James B Corey and his wife were driving in Detroit on November 1 when they collided with an open obstruction on Grand Tivet street. Ms Corey suffered severe injuries and has been bedridden since. The jury awarded £20000 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Corey
Detroit
Grand Tivet
Corey
Steady Outflow of Gold From U S Threatens Balance
In a Philadelphia Gazette opinion, the author laments the continued shipment of gold from the United States to foreign ports. He argues the gold is effectively lost to American industry as it heads to British fishermen, threatening economic equilibrium unless federal protection is enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Great Britain
Philadelphia
U.S
Encounter with English steamer Pluto off African coast
Captain Goodrich of the bark Hazard reports near-miss fire from a two masted steamer flying English colors about two miles away. The vessel fired a shot over the deck and sent a boat with officers who resisted the American flag and demanded papers before leaving. The Pluto belonged to the English squadron on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodrich
Hazard
Boston
Africa
Boston d Journal
Iag
Pluto
Metropolitans Teach With Pistols in Schoolyard
The Providence Journal notes a New York incident where a teacher, attacked by a former student and others at a school door, drew a revolver and fired at a former pupil. The piece questions whether city teachers routinely carry loaded pistols and whether such decisive discipline belongs in classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annep Tzatzens
New York
Lste
Gailerie
Provdence Journal
Mackerel Drove Large Hauls at Bur Harbor Nets
The Ellsworth American reports large mackerel catches in Bur Harbor and Bur Harbor weirs over the past week. Every resident aided in the haul with five barrels of fish netted at night, while hundreds of barrels were taken in a single night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bur Uarbur
Eden
Bur Harbor
Proscription at Tugz Navy Yard Sparks Worker Outcry
The Boston Journal reports intense indignation among ship carpenters and joiners from North End East Boston and Charlestown over alleged political proscription at the Navy Yard. Democrats allegedly dictated which applicants were hired for Minnesota work, favoring foreigners and partisan allies over American craftsmen, costing the government money and depriving skilled workers of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tugz Navy Yard
North End
East Stoston
Charlestown
Navy Yard
Minnesota
Hst
Democratic Party
Mada
Boston Journal
London bookseller George Riggs dies leaving large bequest
The will of George Riggs of London deceased leaves £70,000 estate. His wife receives £12,000, others £11,200, and numerous small legacies to assistants and Family Herald contributors. He leaves £500 to the Printers Pension Society and other charity funds, with the residue to the Printers' Almshouse Society for aged printers and widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Riggs
London
Printers’ Pension Society
Printers’ Almshouse Society
Beo Seen At Sea Near Watch Hill Montauk Claims
Captain Dyer of the schooner Caroline from Fall River reports sighting a large creature between Watch Hill and Montauk on Thursday. The observer estimated the as yet unidentified animal at about 100 feet long, speculating it may be a whale or similar species.
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Dyer
Caroline
Fall River
Fanett, L
Watch Hill
Montauk
Auction sale of Lane equine establishment evidences losses
The Fulton bank defaulter W. J. Lane Jr. saw his horse equipage dispersed at public sale. Carriages brought 217 and 330 dollars, a sleigh 112, four horses yielding about forty percent of cost, a roan 282, a dark bay 550, another 1100 for 590, and a best mare sold for 535. Harness items were part of the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Lane, Jr
Fulton Bank
Adelaide Briggs dies after clothing fire on lamp incident
On September 14 Miss Adelaide Briggs, age twenty daughter of Capt. Franklin Briggs of Frestown, was severely burned when her clothing caught fire while reading with a lamp. She died on Tuesday the 4th after being severely burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Briggs
Franklin Briggs
Frestown
Protestant Eni Convention Met in Richmond Virginia
The Protestant Eni assembled in Richmond with two houses the House of Bishops and the House of Claritas and Lay Delegates. Bishops elect from Ohio Bendell New Jersey Odenheimer Texas Gregg and Minnesota Whipple will be consecrated to the Episcopate at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House of Bishops
House of Claritas
Ohio
Gch
Bushups
Bendell
New Jersey
Odenheimer
Texas
Gregg
Minnesota
Whipple
Maryland clergyman elected at Episcopal convention
A Maryland clergyman was elected during the Episcopal convention. The parade and military display, including the Old Guard and volunteers, impressed spectators and drew praise in the Providence Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden
Sat
Episcopal
Howe
Norrow
Balch
Maryland
Surople
Providence Journal
Excirino Discussion on Slavery Trade at Mission Board
A heated session at the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Philadelphia on October 6 focused on memorializing Congress to suppress the slave trade. Dr Cheever urged urgent action while Dr Ghee venly led discussion. the issue moved to the business committee for return later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricay
Philadelphia
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Ghee
Congress
Sincette
Cheever
Boston Journal
Fall River Grower Reports Late Strawberries Finest Yet
Mr. Peckham of Fall River picks a second crop of ripe strawberries from his garden. The berries are fair sized, fragrant, and luscious, with others on the vines still green and blossoms present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Peckham
First Baptist Church of Chichga Faces Donation Shortfall
A fragment reports the First Baptist Church of Chichga suffering an apparent loss of 12500 with 1500 more at risk after a Sunday incident. The text mentions a jester beg to cancel the remainder as several friends were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Chichga
Fire at East Greenwich gas house causes damage
A gas house connected with a Providence Seminary suffered heavy roof damage from a furnace fire around dawn Wednesday. In Newport, the body of Ned Collins, killed on the schooner Rachel S Miller, was buried in a distant cemetery after a brief service. Captain Giford bore funeral costs and noted details of the victim’s identity and voyage plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Providence Conference Seminary
Fyxaran
Sizuz
Rachel S Milller
Writ
C. M. Malcum
North Baptist Church
Ned Collins
Gifford
Tie
Arvind
Point Judith
Hagbel
Snissing
Anese
Vegtor
Holland
Rachel
Denial of Opium Denial by Rochester Writer
A Rochester Democrat writer denies a claim about a man who renounces opium use. The subject, now elderly, has abstained from all forms of the drug for four years after a forty year habit. He began breaking free by reducing from eighty six grains daily, completing the change over about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriem
Rochester Democrat
Semety
Dr Wister Balsam of Wild Cherry Promises Quick Colds Cure
A medicinal claim praises Dr Wister Balsam of Wild Cherry for curing severe colds and consumption with its balsamic ingredients. Notices note Bristol address and endorsements, while another item reports Fall River fire department planning to hire Amoskeag steam engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wister
Bristol
N. N. Gieford
Debur B. A
The
Fall River News
Committee On the Fire Department
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co
Manchester
Kerk Hazard arrives with report of May 5 shipboard firing
The Kerk Hazard reached Boston from Africa and reports a British steamer fired on May 5. A boat was sent to board, but Captain Goodridge refused. the steamer departed without further incident. Also notes a young woman’s horseback journey from Brattleboro and Thanksgiving date set for November 24 in New York.
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Boston
Africa
Goodridge
Tsasg
Otp Fasmiox
Cosrow Rysturp
Brattleboro
Vermont
Providence Journal
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Bristol Vleens
Providence Tribune
Baek Se
Bes
Reading
Bridgeert
Serth
Bayor
Gudeell
Pancérat
Ain
Wm. J. Batt
Richae Eet
Quate
Andover
Evangasione Congregational Church
Stoneham
Manns
Eli Thurstod
Pell River
Thankegiving
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