05 Sep 1856
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1856
Page
1
A discussion notes a $50,000 deduction on a single claim and outlines how awards were guided by disinterested testimony. It references five claims certified by Col. Fremont totaling $154,455 with $63,975 deemed fully paid and questions the capacity and election implications.
The Piscerville American reports the first wagon from the States this summer arrived in the city on Monday. John G. Hoskins with wife and four children, Edward and Thomas Patton from Illinois, left Fort Leavenworth April 25 guiding a wagon train via Little Blue river to Kearny on the Platte. They crossed to the north bank twelve miles above the fort and confirm the same road feed and Indians conditions described by earlier packers.
The delay in passing the Army bill has led to requisitions totaling about 1,500,000 being drawn and will be transmitted. The Ordnance Department has ordered the resumption of work in armories and arsenals where operations were suspended.
Autron Loos. A young German sadler of St Louis named Eggers and member of the Turners Society took his own life last Sunday by shooting himself in the head. He had been engaged to marry a young lady whose change of heart followed by a message ending their relationship led him to ascend stairs and die by his own hand.
The colored steward Jim Friabee recounts the wreck of the Nautilus, describes clinging to debris and raft, two days adrift with a delirious companion, and his rescue by the steamer F. M. Streck after drifting on a panel door. Letters from A J Martens note aid delivered from New York to St Vincent and praise timely relief saving many lives.
A San Francisco letter describes active rise of Vigilance Committee forces in the city. It notes 140 men under one commander in the third company and 5000 well armed followers with cannon and ammunition. The writer asserts strong popular support and readiness to act to determine California’s future, promising continued action and order.
A report describes an 18 an ascent of Mont Blanc by a new party at eight in the evening and by lanterns, reaching the summit by ten and returning to the base by seven. A fourth woman participated, amid praising voices, while the event is hailed as a valley wonder and noted for its daring speed.
The Hamburg News reports a Berlin letter dated the 4th provides the following intelligence.
The New Or found to the amount of $5,000 or $6,000. Ameenog the bodies which were found were recognized those of Ustain Gesper Hatier and Attakapar.
A New Orleans woman, daughter of a Sinew, carried $5,000 in diamonds and perished when the hotel wreck occurred. Her fiancé survived with a fractured arm while pirates looted corpses from the water. A black and a white man were seen near the wreck waving gold bundles as thieves attempted to board, restrained by the captain.
The Elmira Gazette reports on a murder case with jury deliberations, a prisoner named Ruloff refusing to speak, and a sheriff’s interview revealing $1,000 in bank bills. The piece mentions a potential abduction charge and contrasts courtroom indifference with the broader mystery surrounding the defendant. Also referenced are chemical experiments and a plan for a Mexican railway route with Ramsey’s company and free duties for road materials.
Late Mexico dispatches report continued unrest as Gen Yanez and Gen Gandara clash with authorities. Revolt spreads from Alamos to nearby towns with arrests, flight, and frontier insecurity. Liberalism and despotism cited as drivers while residents observe royal and religious processions amid turmoil.
Thursday afternoon a Rev Mr Van Meter led a mixed group of six to fourteen year olds on a short excursion from Five Points toward the West. The lively crossing by rail and scene in New Jersey stirred observers with youthful energy and curiosity. A separate note reports a Lisle commune resident who bore five children after two sets of twins, with all infants healthy. The mother’s pregnancy reportedly caused objects before her eyes to appear repeated for two months, a phenomenon that ceased after delivery.
A telegraph letter describes a mysterious island noted as New Nantucket, said to be over two miles from land with no chart depiction. The report mentions rainless conditions, a round level island about three miles wide, and shows a tense secrecy around the discovery. Groundbreaking today began for the North wing of the Patent Office with about fifty laborers at work.
A convention notice from the Fremont American Council to be held at Worcester on the 1th of [month unreadable] ground that Ex Gover nor the North American candidate for Vice President has given notice that he shall attend. The Republican State Convention and the electoral treeal have met the same day at the same place.
A large assembly of Odd Fellows gathered September 4 to lay a corner stone for a memorial building from neighbors and townspeople. Speeches were delivered in English and German.
The steamship Daniel Webster, which sailed for New York recently, came back to port in distress after encountering a hurricane. She lost both wheel-houses during the voyage and awaits further assistance.
Fire last night gutted Melodeon Hall and several adjoining structures in Beber Run New York area causing an estimated loss of 815000. No injuries reported and fire under investigation by local authorities.
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