Wealth, Wives, and a Wrecked Fate in New Orleans
A dramatic tale unfolds as Chandler aids his poor friend’s family. A widow, a detective thread of a wreck, and letters from a long lost relative reveal a hidden kinship. Chandler’s generosity and a planned marriage stir tensions in a parlor courtship set in New Orleans.
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Chandler
Edgar
Mix. Cavilton
Mra. Cavilton
Mra
Preston
Avalante
Mer Chandler
Sr Chandler
Budgie
Chan- Miler
George
Maria
Mara
Tig
Tephaw
Elgar
M.L. Preston
Aaid Hagar
Holbrook
Caundler
Milgar
New Orleans
Rio Janeiro
South America
Mr. Chandler
Scrublow
Charlotte Preston
Embardi
Mr. N
Agnea N
Agnes
Indies
Hare Watti
Rhode Island Legislature Opens Session in East Greenwich
The Rhode Island General Assembly convened at East Greenwich with the House orderly at 10 AM. Clerks and officers were sworn in, debates on school law and militia bills commenced, petitions were read, and a railroad charter from Fall River to Providence received approval. The Senate led by prayer, members debated procedural reforms, and adjourned after a day of routine business and petitions.
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East
Blagd
Methodist Church
Gidgan Moxie
Charlestown
Israel Saunders
Sciuate
Scituate
Saunders
Senate
House
Do'clook
Sherman
North Kingston
Newport
Providence
Whipple
Coventry
Alou
Tourtellut
Glocester
Randall
Warren
Bristol
Baverel
U.S
Simmons
John H. Clarke
State House
George Pearse
Bosworth
Warren Artllery
Fenner Brown
Warren Artillery
Mer. Bullock
Daniel Barney
Bristol County
Babbitt
Commercial Bank
Fall River
Warren and
Bayrington
Bennett
J. Munry
Weeden
Massachusetts
Transa
Rhode Loess Historical Society
Deri
Durfee
Phi Baia Kappa Society
United States Senate Hopefuls Debated and Clarke Elected
In a crowded State House, John H. Clarke was elected to the U S Senate over Thomas W Dorr with 69 votes to 34 and 6 scattered. The session included a private Bristol annexation petition, and updates from Mexico citing Santa Anna near Saltillo with 20 000 troops. Temperance meetings were planned in Fall River led by local ministers and speakers, and a Norfolk Almanac for 1847 was advertised.
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Bullock
Bosworth
Warren
United States
Senate of the
Simmons
State House
Gov. Diman
Rhodes
Warwick
John H. Clarke
Providence
Ballow
Cumberland
Thomas W. Dorr
J. Manchester
Portamouth
Manchester
Ballou
Messrs. F. Brown
Cranston
Tourtellot
House
Thomas W Dorr
Clarke
P. Drown
Coomer Haile
Bristol
Robbins
Patten
Sherman
North Kingston
Messrs. Whipple
Coventry
R. W. Greene
J. M. Blake
Messrs. Patten
Senate
Mexico
English merchant adapts New York bread trade shift
An English merchant in New York reports a trade shift toward American barrels for flour and says orders of fifty barrels a week now come from dealers who previously did not sell flour. Sixteen weasels ashore between Montreal and Quebec after a late gale on the St. Lawrence.
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New York
Montreal
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Expeditionary Movements Under Wool Near Monterey
The Telegraph reports Gen Wool’s advance from San Antonio de Bexar toward the Presidio Rio Grande with 1500 troops on September 25 and 3500 on September 29. The move appears aimed at joining Gen Taylor near Monterey or San Love de Potosi, though routes to Chihuahua suggest possible western objectives. Cavalry from Kentucky transfers to Port Lavaca. Camargo line to be reached in 8–10 days. Blake and Mitchell escort specie to San Antonio. 45 volunteers discharged. A detachments from Jefferson Barracks under Lieut Kearny head to the Rio Grande, a tall, uniform mounted force.
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New Orleans
U. S
Telegraph
Port Lavaces
the &H
Galveston
Woal
Chihuahua
Presidio de Rio Grande
San Antonio de Bexar
Presidio i
Monterey
Presidio
Jon Gen. Taylor
San Love de ‘Potosi
San Antonio ‘de Bexar
Rio Grande
Taylor
Kentucky
Port Lavacoa
Bay
Camargo
Jap. Blake
Dragoons
Samuel Mitchell
San Antonio
Arkansas
Point Lavace
Dickey and Doane
Reed and Kellogg
U.S. A
Wool
Jefferson Barracks
Lieut
Kearny
Commercial
Despatches from Mexico and Havana mention Santa Anna move and Vera Cruz attack
The New York papers report from Philadelphia October 26 that General Santa Anna is marching on Monterrey with four thousand troops while a decree reduces duties on imports by 50 percent. Paredes is in Havana exiled awaiting European recruitment. Commodore Sloat sails from Havana to join Stockton and Taylor forces at Monterey. A Vera Cruz attack is anticipated, with orders to prepare ships for sea.
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Mexico
Rae Pacific
New York
Havana
Philadelphia
Elizabeth J
Vera Cruz
Santa Ansted
Monterey
Javier
Paredes
Santa Ana
Europe
Commodore Sloat
U. S S
Pacific
Perry
Norfolk
Charleston
Congress
Stockton
Mexican brig captured by US vessels at Mazatlan port
A letter from Mexico claims the Mexican brig Malek Adhel was seized at Mazatlan by the US sloop Warren. Five launches went in to capture the anchored brig, crew fled in boats, two officers Rego and Cililio and several sailors were taken prisoner as the Americans dispatched for the frigate.
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Carrune
Ete
Mexico
Mazatlan
Warren
Rego
Cililio
N, Y, Jour
Com
Naval Movements and a Mysterious Meteor Sighted
The Water Witch Stenmar at Washington is ordered to sea toward the Rio Grande. Frigate St Lawrence to be launched at Norfolk for immediate readiness. Ships Pennsylvania and Delaware to be fitted out and joined the Vera Cruz squadron. A meteor was seen from the Observatory at 4 24 AM with moonlike brightness lasting an instant, leaving a reddish train and a tracked path. Observations note star positions and a new planet seen on several evenings in October 1846.
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Navay
Stenmar
Washington
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Vera Cruz
Quadrante
South Dee
South
Lamb
Canbig Observatory
Boston Transcript
City Health Alert Reports Rising Disease Cases
In the Marine Hospital area on ices street under Dr. John J. Ker disease is spreading through the lower city. Weekly death notices show an uptick with 80 last week and 9 the previous. Strangers are advised to avoid contact as a guard against spread. Weather is noted as more settled after October 17 in Jeffersonan.
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Marine Hospital
Ices Street
John J. Ker
Satan
Jeffersonan
Trial concludes as jury acquits after tense courtroom drama
In a crowded Richmond court, the trial ended after 1 PM with the jury delivering a verdict of not guilty. Spectators erupted in applause, reflecting the town's intense response to the case and the emotional closure of a lengthy legal proceeding.
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Richmond
Metarde Bight
Mesars Lyons
G. A. Myers
Scott
Naj Hittal
Court of Justice
Great Fire Destroys Large City Block
Apalachicola reports a massive blaze that began on Commerce street and spread through nine blocks. Firefighters labored for over four hours to contain the inferno, consuming three houses and numerous stores from Commerce to Water streets and ending with widespread ruin.
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Ain
Commerce Street
T. L. Mitchell
Commerce
Chesnut Streets
Floyd's
Simmons Corner
DB. Ellison & Co
FB. B. Whitmarsh
Water Street
Hak
Green & Connery
Apalachicola Commercial Advertiser
Treasury deposites worth three millions at 5.25 percent
Treasury notes authorized October 22 1846 to raise three million dollars in specie deposits. Payments at 1000 dollar minimum, bearing 5.25 percent interest per year. Deposits payable to named treasurers in Boston New York Charleston St Louis Philadelphia or New Orleans. Notes dated with deposit date.
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Tacasusy
Treasury
United States
Boston
New York
Charleston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New O Rleana
R.J. Walker
Secretary of the Treasury
New Coal Mine Found at Valley Falls
Rosa Express reports a new coal seam at Valley Falls R1 four feet thick lies fifteen feet beneath the surface and mining will start early next week. Also noted are meteorological bottle messages from 1846 found on North Carolina beaches and a recruitment note describing 100 dragoons under Col. Kearney arriving from St. Louis with superior horses for the Rio Grande assignment.
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Rosa Express
Valley Falls, R. 1
Lyanscript
Annivatoy
Dragoons
St. Louis
Rio Grande
Kearney
New Orleans
Indignation Over Lapan Indian Child Trade Report
A Camp Patterson correspondent recounts a scene where two young Spanish girls were offered for sale by an old Lapan squaw after the Indians murdered a nearby family. Texans seized the squaw and, with 15 to 20 others, were detained for further investigation by order of Gen. Wool.
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Vicini
Rio Grande
Wool
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Ae Speer
Neeport New
Urbtol
Saterday
Court of Probate
Roxbury
John W. Hawkins
Moses Grant
Stnagogu
Monteney
Washington Union
Atone
Barnere
Barrman
Union
Vera
Hato
Eric Wasnixetos
Allen Drinkwater
Nagehead
Currituck County
North Carolina
Coast Stavey
Eric Wasmerer
LP. M
Mirane
M. Bache
Cape Hatteras
Poland
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