Cambridge City Rail Road meeting backs a $100,000 pledge
Citizens of Cambridge and vicinity meet on the 22d to urge the Wayne County board to subscribe 100000 dollars to the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad and to hire an engineer for surveying. A five member committee is to confer with Centreville and Richmond and solicit subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Vicinity
Wayne County
Terre Haute
Jacob Matthias
Cincinnati
Eaton
Richmond
Knightstown
Edinburg
St. Louis
Ilinois
Terre Haute and Richmond
Oflinois
Missouri
Vandalia
Illinois
Mississippi
Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company
Sud
Casper Markle
Centreville
County of
Wayne
John Townsend
John B. Dinsmoor
W. D. Schooley
E. Dorsey Sprigg
John W. Bewris
Hamilton Ohio
A. W. Ray
Indiana
Jas. Rariden
Meredith
Thomas Tyner
James H. Hunt
F. Matthias
Chir
Hugh Divoin
Jesse Hiatt
Milton
Henry Peel
Jacob Rieman
Henry Shisler
Germantown
John H. Hutchinson
Austin Claypooly
Amos Luce
Dublin
Pressant Johnson
Isaac Myer
Joseph Stratton
Jacob Vore
Edmund Lawrence
Lewis Humston
Henry, Halcock
Marion
Jus
H. Hunt
A.W. Rays
Janes
Terre Haute Ind
Joseph P. Stratton
Mississppi
Prequant Johnson, Esq
Commissioners
Dublin Rail Road Meeting Sets Plan to Fund Route
A February 23 1850 Dublin gathering urged Wayne County support for a Richmond to Terre Haute railroad under Indiana charters. Delegates were chosen to Cincinnati and Indianapolis to promote surveys and stock subscriptions, with committees to secure funds, publish proceedings, and correspond with western interests.
Epistolary satire paints Bachelor's Island in caustic tone
An old bachelor’s manuscript, reprinted to boost fortunes, mocks a fictional Bachelor's Island. The piece describes a desert isle ruled by Affectation, Vanity, and Fear, with a harsh climate and inhabitants prone to madness and deceit.
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Bachelor’s Iland
Bachelor's Island
Bachelor's
Sikité
Bathelor
Dream of Calhoun Foretells Union's Dissolution
Washington correspondent recites a dream about John C. Calhoun predicting the dissolution of the Union if civil war looms. Calhoun describes a spectral visitor showing bones of Isaac Hayne and a black ink blot on his right hand as a warning, prompting contemplation of national crisis and religious liberty.
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Washington
Wasiixcton
D. C
John C. Calhoun
Old Hickory
United States
Calhoun
Toombs
Congress
Georgina
Mr. Calhoun
Mr. Cathodn
Mr. Culburn
South Carolinia
Buuth
Ashington
Catalinia
Benedict Arnold
Isaac Hayne
Charleston
Eloquent Civil War Echoes From Webster Speech
Fragment of a 19th century debate with Col Haines on Foote's resolutions. Daniel Webster's patriotic lines praise the Union and Liberty, calling for a united republic undivided by secession and civil strife. The text mirrors era rhetoric on national fate and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
Col. Haines
Foote
Ejraiga
Republic
Sheriff Loses Hold As Steamship Flees From Dock
A New World steamship seized for a $50,000 claim to Mr. Furnace slipped from the dock on a Sunday voyage. Captain and crew faced Cunningham and deputies with weapons. they were forced into a boat and rowed to Staten Island shore. The episode ends with the ship steaming toward California and the officials marooned three miles from the ferry.
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New World
California
Furnace
Cunningham
Mr. Cunningham
North
Cungingham
Aida
Staten [Sland
New York
Chorze
J. ¥. Herald
Abolish the Grand Jury Says Reform Advocate
A reform-minded speaker argues for constitutional overhaul as a convention nears. The Grand Jury is condemned as secret, biased, and damaging to innocent reputations, with claims that open judiciary processes better protect fairness and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
England
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Cambridge Reveille
Cambridge City Railroad Meeting
Pleasant Johnson
P. Witt
William Hollingeworth
Edmond Lawrence
James Vanuxen, Jr
Isaac Myre
William Hollingsworth
Indianapolis
Henry, Hancock
James H Hunt
Jas
Vanuxen, Jr
Jesae Myre
Jacor Vore
Josefa P. Steatton
Roman
Stara
Earth
Heaven
Siors -Coluils
Arguin
Jentigig
New Orleans
Parapman
Maopet
Atfirat
Jove
Bea
Leonse
Naragfer
State Sentinel
Sia
Mee Rugg
Dani Dad
Erick
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