State Central Committee Calls Harrisburg Convention
The Whig State Central Committee meeting in Harrisburg resolves that Pennsylvania friends of national and state administrations select delegates to meet August 16 at 1 AM in Harrisburg to nominate a canal commissioner and handle related public business. The committee lists officers and several members.
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Whig State Central Committee
Harrisburg
Friends
Pennsylvania
Goat House
HW Patrick
Sam's W Pearson
Alex. W. Taylor
Whig County Committee Calls Meeting for June 18
The Whig standing committee members, previously published, are urged to assemble at John Wert’s public house in the borough on Monday, June 18 at 2 o’clock to organize the Whig party and plan for the upcoming contest. The piece extols unity and vigilance and warns of a decisive Waterloo defeat for the opposition.
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Whig County Committee
Whig Standing Committee
John Wert
Whig-pary
Whig Party
Harrisburg
Pitt Street
North Street
John A Humrich
Pennsylvania Whig Mercy: Bright Future Under Johnston
The speaker asserts Pennsylvania’s finances will improve as revenues exceed expenditures, due to a sinking fund and new policies. The Whig administration under Governor Johnston is praised for debt reduction and rising public credit, promising lighter taxes and renewed prosperity for taxpayers and farmers alike.
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Cfl
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Merinessi
Gov. Johnston
Reaverioy
State Dept
Johnston
Commonwealth
Cholera Reports Rise in Philadelphia and New York
Three fatal Asiatic cholera cases were reported in Philadelphia on Wednesday evening. A New York outbreak caused multiple cases and deaths across Friday to Thursday, including Lawrence Hill, a long time flour merchant.
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Philadelphia
New York
Trenton
Port Richmond
Lawrence Hill
Brooklyn
Board of Health
Princeton
Liverpool
Extraordinary escape and famed centenarian featured in Boston meeting
At the Anti-Slavery Society of Boston, a fugitive slave named Brown was shown in a box three feet by one by two feet, transported through slaveholding lands to Philadelphia where he emerged to applause. The report also highlights Geo Buckart famed as the oldest man alive, claimed to be 114, living in Kentucky in a hollow sycamore home with his family, and described by Bible Society observers.
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Allen
Locofoco
James M. Allen
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Boston
Brown
Richmond
Philadelphia
Igall
America
Geo. Buckart
Harlin County
Bible Society
Germantown
Pennsylvania
American Bible Society
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Swith
Cman
Tata
Mexico
Coloriel
New England
Locolocos
Free Soilera
Connecticut
Delia Avery
Empire
Preston
Wright
Anly
United States
Wintian
Watani
Charles Ogilby
Gala Agant
Carlisle
Ganeral
Land County
American Museum
New York
Naturaliata
Cain
Lecrone Roux
Thecir
Edward L. Walker
Lames
Creipnen
Myn
Andrew Faroe
Pomfret
Enat
Bedeford Street
Pomfret Street
Chapel Alley
B. Parker
R Chambers
ERB
Ogilby
East Main Street
Freedoor
Fragments on Slavery and Northern Sentiment in Connecticut
Fragmentary excerpts debate slavery's fate and Northern opposition in the United States. The text cites Connecticut legislators and a reader’s note, condemns glorified sacrifice, and discusses slavery defenders from Kentucky and Virginia with critiques of abolitionists and political motives.
Beale brings gold and reports from California andWest
Lieutenant Beale arrived in New York from California via New Orleans and Charleston after leaving San Francisco April 11 on the Oregon and reaching Panama May 10. He describes abundant gold, a shipload valued around $120,000 to $1500 for a sample, and notes about San Francisco society, crop rotting at Sutter's Fort, and harsh punitive practices. Emigrants cross the country toward the West gold region amid transport and government concerns.
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Beale
U S. Navy
New York
California
New Orleans
Charleston
San Francisco
Oregon
Panama
Lieut. B
Placers
Capt. Sutter
Sutter
Se‘yern
Mobile
Vera Cruz
Mr. Par- Fett
Mazatlan
Washington
Californias
Parrot
Congress
Slavery, cholera reports and political notes from June era
A collage of brief items notes Sen Benton’s slavery speech and Wilmot proviso stance, cholera case tallies and shipboard deaths, Post Office appointments, river flooding near New Orleans and Jefferson City discourse. Also reports Delia Avery’s death in a steamer sinking, Treasury clerks reassigned, market summaries and divorce trends.
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Sr. Loms
Col. Benton
Jefferson City
Fragments on Europe and Rome in unrest amid wars
The article outlines European crises including discussions in Britain on Lord Elgin, French elections showing a moderate lead, and a looming struggle around Rome with Napoleon and Oudinot's forces. It notes Hungary’s fighting near Vienna, Russian troops en route, and rising insurrection in Sicily, plus domestic notices on remedies and local commerce.
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Ireland
England
Canada
Lord Elgin
Bal Grey
Liverpool
Cambria
France
Rome
Oudinot
Times
Finimiso
Pius
Ryans
Naples
Oudinus
Papacy
Tiber
Vatican
Sacerdota
Hungary
Vienia
Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Gallacia
Bem
Germany
Dusseldorf
Rhine
Frankfort
Scicily
Iron and Coal Wealth of Pennsylvania
The article estimates Pennsylvania coal and iron output at 20 million dollars annually now, rising to 50 million in ten years. It argues such growth will make Pennsylvania the richest state in the Union through its mineral production.
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Iron and Coal of
Pennsylvania
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