Spain Should Sell Cuba and Pay Its Debts Now
The text argues Spain could gain two thirds of the island price to fund railroads and debt relief, turning Cuba into wealth for Spain. It warns Spain faces heavy deficits and volatile credit, while U S buyers could acquire Cuba with a high price, avoiding future crises. It notes a Cuban revolt could trigger American intervention.
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England
France
Cuba
United States
Spain
Cortez
Havre
Marseillies
Varenciennes
Sirsbourg
Paris
Madrid
Seville
Cadiz
Malaga
Portugal
Europe
Potatoes and Barrel Trade Hints From Louisville and Boston
The Louisville Courier reports Henry Murray purchased two crop barrels of potatoes for shipment to New Orleans at 3 per barrel. St Louis sources note a fine crop with prices 172 and 2 per barrel for shipment. American mackerel fishers used British barrels this year with 1900 empty barrels imported into Boston from Halifax under a 30 percent duty.
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Louisville
Ourier
Henry Murray
New Orleans
St. Louis
Oston
Mast
Halifax
Real Issue at Pine City The Union and Liberty
A Bristol Phenix-style editorial argues the central issue is resisting a corrupt party pursuing anti constitutional public acts. It links Kansas violence, the Brooks outrage, and slave power expansion to a defense of American freedom and constitutional rights.
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Free States
Buchanan
Kansas
Oder
St. Sul
Friends of Freedom
Out of
Republic
Spain
Honsas
Engiant Aid Society
Lrs
North
Political ascendancy and Brown University commencement note
A period piece discusses party ascendancy in the republic and public compacts. It reports Brown University’s 87th Commencement in Providence with commendations for the orations and student conduct. It notes 39 people used free passage to attend a Mass Meeting and may have attended the exercises.
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Pegale
Newport
Bristol
Providence
Brown University
Old Brown
Governor Johnson Declines Nomination
William F. Johnson of Pennsylvania has officially declined the nomination for Vice President. Sir Cobb, president of the Fremont American Council of Massachusetts, calls a state convention in Worcester on the 16th, the same day as the Republican Convention.
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Gov. Johnson
William F. Johnson
Pennsylvania
Sir. Cobb
Fremont American Council of
Massachusetts
Worcester
Tunesary
Connecticut
American Council
Woodstock
Conn
Fillmore
Buchanan
Fremont
September term opens in this county church dedication planned
The September term of the Supreme Court for this county starts Tuesday morning in this town. The Methodist Episcopal Church on State Street is to be dedicated on Wednesday the 17th. Further notice of the exercises will appear in the next issue.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Cal
C. A. Greene
Kentish Guards
East Greenwich
Cameron
Sherman
Supreme Court
Methodist E
Oxen Hit by Train in Providence Incident
A team of oxen were struck by a locomotive near the Providence railroad line. One ox fell into the water and the other down the embankment. Both were severely injured and had to be slaughtered immediately.
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Providence
Justices Court Arraigns Disturbance On Sabbath
Justice Munro sentences James Hughes to five dollars in fines after pleading guilty to a Sabbath disturbance. Harrington Prentis from Providence fined eight dollars plus about twelve dollars costs for quahog thefts and flight from town. Thomas Whitington is discharged for not participating. Provisions reference a Democratic Mass Meeting in Providence with large crowds and mixed reports on attendance and reaction.
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Justices Court
Munro
James Hughes
Hughes
Jemmy
Court—street
Harrington Prentis
Providence
Thomas Whitington
Prentis
Good Advice Poem Set to Appear in Next Issue
The poem titled Good Advice is slated for publication in our upcoming issue. It promises reflective lines and a measured pace characteristic of the section.
Vermont Election Results Favor Republicans by Large Majorities
A Montpelier despatch reports the Vermont state election on Tuesday produced a sweeping Republican victory. The entire Republican ticket for state officers was elected by about 20,000 votes, with three Republican congressmen chosen by majorities ranging from 3000 to 7000. The Republican State Senate was elected in full and the House is reported to be nineteen-twentieths Republican.
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Montpetier, Vt
Senate
Four new yellow fever cases at Fort Hamilton and Governor's Island
New York dispatch notes four new mild yellow fever cases at Fort Hamilton and two at the military hospital. Additional cases have appeared at Governor's Island with previously reported patients improving. Troops will be moved temporarily from the Island. The Ericsson arrived from Liverpool on August 20.
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New York
Fort Hamilton
Military Hospital
Governor's Island
Ericsson
Liverpool
Quaker Letter Urges Voting for Free Kansas Fremont
A Cincinnati Gazette letter quotes a Quaker urging fellow Quakers to vote this fall. The writer claims many in the sect have not cast ballots for ten years but now stand for free Kansas, freedom, and Fremont, arguing the issue is clear.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Fremont
Teen Col. Fremont Confirmed in Church and Election Referenced
A fragmented note recalls Col Fremont being confirmed at sixteen in the Episcopal Church, running away with Jessie at sixteen, a sixteen year marriage, and election by the electoral vote of sixteen states, per Lowell News.
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Sweet Sittsty
Col. Fremont
Episcopal Church
Jessie
Lowell' Netos
Fremont and Free Schools Flag Sparks Town Turmoil
In Phenix a school yard controversy erupts as a flag inscribed Fremont and Free Schools is hung from the Academy roof and later removed by residents amid charges of anti democracy. The dispute splits families and pits Union supporters against a pro slave state stance in a tense civic moment.
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Phenix
Preemont
Union
Providence Post
Hoya
Freemont
Liberty
Friends of Union
Roger Sherman
Fremont
Free Schoolz
Territories
Uncle Sam
Ylich
Inscription Seen as Prophetic on Free Schools Debate
The passage argues against free schools in states with slavery and contends that political coercion harms youth more than schooling. It notes that many readers find the inscription proper and fitting for boys benefiting from current education, praising their intelligence and thought.
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Sillmore
Fillmore
Daniel Webster
Haya
Petition for temperance urged to Bristol readers in 1856
A Bristol letter from August 29 1856 appeals to a local newspaper to denounce drunkenness and urge temperance. The writer pleads with clergy and citizens to support moral reform, comfort families harmed by alcohol, and publish the appeal to galvanize public action.
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Adenire
Bayley
Bristol
Yellow fever deaths and cases report in New York area
New York reports two yellow fever deaths in Brooklyn and two at Fort Hamilton plus one at Governor's Island and five new cases. The illness is mild and not expanding beyond prior limits. A Nicaragua letter denies Dr. Livingston’s execution rumor and Havana letters claim about 14,000 Africans landed in eight months. The Academy of Music opened with Maz Maretzek amid large crowds. Signor Tiberini debuts Wednesday in Lucia di Lammermoor.
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New York
Brooklyn
Fort Hamilton
Governor's Island
Nicaragua
Livingston
U. S
Leon
Rivas
Havana
Academy of Music
Maz Maretzek
Signor ‘Tiberini
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Porter
Wm. T. Porter
New York Spirit
Times
Spirit of the
Provedence Journal
Exchange Place
Waterman Grove
Philip Allen
the Grove
Vermont
Arabia
Blonde Rock
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Martinsburg
Paul Oliver
Narrows
Dr. Vollam
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