19 Aug 1856
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1856
Page
1
A Salem Register summary notes a political circular attacking Catholic influence and foreign voters, alleging deceitful Dem ocratic methods and urging caution. It also discusses claims about Mr Fillmore Fremont and Buchanan and reports fishermen seeing white water and sharks in the bay, with a note on scarce fish.
A frustrate fragment describes a large vessel with three propulsion types a nine eighth of a mile length. It lists six engines four cylinders and a 160 foot shaft weighing 60 tons. Also notes a musical invention placing a revolving paper frame above piano keys with weighted rods marking notes.
A Montreal letter in the Boston Bee describes a traveler and a young woman named Jane Pale veering toward adventure in a March trip to the United States. The missive notes lack of concealment and hints at social risk, with a cat mentioned alongside.
In a grim act at a public show a man traps a rat in a cage and forces a liquid from a phone into its throat. The audience observes in tense silence as the animal dies on the table, marking a disturbing display of cruelty.
The Golden Era notes that in late June six clippers carried about two thousand Chinese workers to San Francisco. The editor mocks their arrival as they parade through the streets, driven for sport by conspicuously loud drivers and the crowd reacts with jeers and taunts.
Readers from Kentucky Iowa Indiana Ohio Massachusetts and Illinois report strong Fillmore Donelson support. Letters note campaigns in Louisville Cincinnati Terre Haute Cambridge City and Jacksonville with citizens pledging votes, urging unity, and praising Fillmore’s honesty and constitutional fidelity.
The article notes Dartmouth College students formed a Fremont Club and invited President Lord to speak. He declined, and Professor Parker of Cambridge shared lessons from his experience with political clubs and ministerial conduct.
An accident at sea near Yarmouth Tuesday left several people missing and presumed drowned. John Brown and his wife survived after others were pulled from the water. a coroner’s inquest, led by Lewis, returned a verdict consistent with the events. Names listed include Alvira Brown about 24, Bowe about 18, Miranda J. Wins, Ella M. Winslow, Mary Bri Finan, and Phin.
In Staten Island near the Quarantine, yesterday saw no repairs to the torn barricade with boards scattered about. Two sentinels hovered at the hospital gate but allowed free ingress and egress. No Castleton Board of Health meeting planned to rebuild the barrier. Citizens doubt the need for a barricade as yellow fever cases at Quarantine Hospital do not increase.
Market reports show firm wheat and rice with steady whisky and sugar values. Oil and provisions move unevenly as foreign news unsettles buyers, with demand retail in character and prices drifting lower in some sectors.
The fourth trial of William Arrison for the June 28 1864 murder in Cincinnati opened in Butler County Court of Common Pleas. Prosecutors argued venue issues and the im not ial trial, with Judge Jimap Cisne presiding and legal debate continuing into the afternoon. The court scheduled a ruling for Wednesday morning.
Proceedings from Saturday August 16 report amendments and votes in the Senate and House. Key actions include adoption of a land mail amendment to San Francisco, passage of Portification and Diplomatic and Consular bills, revival and passage of Des Moines rapids and Patapsco river improvements, and adjustments to Kansas related allocations. The House and Senate dispute over the Army and Judicial Executive appropriations centers on Kansas. The day ends with the Kansas books amendment receded, narrowing the dispute.
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