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Newspaper
Californian
Location
Monterey, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1847
Page
3
Readers rally against a slanderous charge over General Scott and the Army of Occupation. The city denounces the insinuations, praises Scott’s restraint, and honors him as a brave veteran in a strong public display.
The text notes that Randolph became regent in 1329 after the act of settlement and maintained public order with strict justice. It cites a bold case where a man who killed a priest sought absolution from the papal court and returned to Scotland. Randolph had him tried and executed, asserting civil punishment despite papal absolution.
The Western Railroad freight train arrived with about twenty tons of silver and copper ore from the Pittsburg and Copper Harbor mines on Lake Superior. Buffalo papers estimate its value at three hundred fifty thousand dollars. Western ore shipments are expected to boost Worcester and Western road freight receipts as Pittsburg company already outputs about a thousand tons.
The Washington Union prints a correspondence between Baron Gerolt the Prussian minister and Rev Albert A Muller pastor of St Paul Lutheran Church in Washington. Gerolt’s letter came with a silver communion service gift from King William IV and Queen Elizabeth of Prussia with an inscription praising the Evangelical congregation. The Gothic church in Washington is described as an ornament when completed.
Fragmentary OCR note reports a Texas representative election in the House yesterday. The imperfect text hints at choosing a candidate from the first district but lacks clear names or outcomes.
Report from the South African Commercial Advertiser recounts the murder of Rev. Scholte of the Berlin Society mission near Port Peddie, Kaffir assailants killed him as German missionaries slept. Earlier, three or four natives approached their camp on Fish River heights. The lieutenant governor seeks the murderers. The notice also discusses Commodore Crane and his death, noting his service in Tripoli and actions on Lake Ontario and in the Chesapeake incident.
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