Editorial Correspondence on Greely and Texan Boundary
Wann Staines reflects on the New York Tribune and Horace Greeley in hostile terms. The piece attacks Greeley for supporting Fillmore’s Texan boundary policy, argues the president violated the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty, and condemns Free Soil agitation as a path to civil unrest and abolitionist aims.
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New York Tribune
Free Soil
Free States
South
Tribune
Fillmore
John Adams
Mr. Greely
Congress
Mr. Fillmore
New Mexico
Texas
Kearney
Mexico
Gen. Taylor
Guadaloupe Hidalgo
United States
Gen. Taylor, &c
San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Marcy
Cramford
Horace Greely
Free Soilers
Paris
North Carolina Senate and House results show historic Whig loss
The North Carolina Standard reports a Democratic sweep with the Senate 27 to 23 and the House 63 to 55, yielding a fourteen vote Democratic majority on joint ballot. Col Reid's tally exceeds past figures by about 3,300 votes, Gov Manly by about 1,000, signaling a historic victory and larger overall turnout than 1848.
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North Carolina
Senate
House
Col. Reid
Manly
Caldwell
Col Reid
Yancey
Gates
Gov Manly
Guv Manly
Mr. Clay
General Taylor
Reid
Public meetings push for Santa Fe take over stance
Fort Bend county on the 20th adopted resolutions approving Gov Bell stance on Santa Fe and urging prompt measures to seize the territory and quell insurrection. Leon county on the 4th July backed an extra session to assert rights by force if needed. Tyler county backed Austin resolutions and opposed selling only north of the Missouri Compromise line for settlement costs. Galveston News report.
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Texas
Fort Bend
Tyler County
Ouranta Fe
Austin
Galveston
Statement of Mississippi protest against Foote over Texas and slavery
A Mississippi letter to Senator Henry Foote protests his support for the Thirteen Club’s Compromise bill, arguing it destroys slave rights and Texas boundaries. It demands a Senate condemnation and vows unity against federal overreach, warning of possible disunion if Mississippi’s demands are ignored.
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Southern Press
House of Representatives
Coleague
Senate
Henrys. Foote
Thompson
Hotty Strines
Mississippi
Henry
United States
Marshall County
South
Committee of Thirteen
Confederacy
Texas
the Neuces
Taylor
Mexico
Hidalgo Guadeloupe
Senate of the United Oiis
Foote
J-H-R Taylor
T B Walker
Cox
DB Molloy
P. Jones
L B
Yancy
E B Kilpatrick
A M Patten
John Gibbons
Weo Scott
First Cotton Bale Arrives in City From S Davis Plantation
The first bale of new cotton in our market arrived on the 12th from S Davis's plantation near Oglethorpe in Macon county. It required 250 acres to pick twice to obtain a 285 pound bale of middling fair quality, sold at 13 cents per pound. The previous year’s first bale arrived August 13 from J B Ross's plantation in Houston county, of good middling quality, sold at 10.4 cents.
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Houston County
Macon Tribune
Battle of Idstedt: Danish forces retreat after heavy losses
The account describes a sharp Danish breakthrough at Idstedt, followed by a orderly retreat led by Gen Willison and Col Von der Tann. Danish losses are heavy. Schleswig Holstein forces report strong resistance with reports of 38,000 to 50,000 Danish troops and 28,000 Schleswig Holstein troops. Willisen commanded the center, Von der Tann the left, and Von der Horst the right.
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Willison
Itsel
Fis Geo
Eave
von der Tann
Schleswig-Holstein
Baudission
Schleswig
Eckernforde
Schleswig Holsteiners
Willisen
von der'I'ann
von der Horst
War in Denmark Holstein battle and exile of Smith O'Brien
England debates Baltic trade policy while Denmark and Holstein clash at Adsted in July with 40 000 Danes and 30 000 Holsteiners, an eleven hour battle ending in Danish victory with seven thousand dead. Smith O'Brien to be moved from Maria Island to Hobart Town for confinement. American residents in Liverpool mourn President Taylor upon news of his death. Russian destruction reported in dispatches.
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Willisen
Idstedt
Schleswig
Willison
Rendsburg
Hamburg
von Willisen
Hamburg Borsehalle
Schleswig Holstein
Chaussee
Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Wallison
Role Mmre
Naval
Patriica
Miscet Lanrovs
Holstein
England
Baltic
Denmark
Duchies
Adsted
Smith O’brien
Maria Island
Hobart Town
New Holland
Taylor
Dent Meritsi
Russia
Destruc
Fire Devastates Sa Maria City Ruins Hundreds of Structures Lost
A massive blaze destroyed Sa Maria city, leveling thirty three stone buildings and four hundred eighty wooden structures, including all public edifices and one hundred twenty six corn magazines. The flames left the area in ruins and caused extensive damage to key public facilities.
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Page
Smithsonian Institution
Flo
Sciene
Professor Page
Samaria
Protest over California statehood and slaveholding rights
A Senate protest condemns admitting California as a state, arguing it undermines slaveholding states’ rights and constitutional safeguards. Signatories warn against territorial expansion bypassing law, census, or proper representation, and oppose exclusion of slavery from new territories, urging journalized record of opposition.
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Hunter
California
The
Senate
Congress
Confederacy
United States
Saison
Saba
Union
J. M. Mason
R. M
Virginia
A. P. Butler
Barnwell
Carolina
I. ‘Turney
Tennessee
Pierre Soule
Louisiana
Jefferson Danis
Mississippi
David R. Atchison
Missour
Jackson Morton
D. L. Yulee
Florida
Clemens Voices Opposition To California Bill In Senate
In a prepared protest Clemens argues the California admission bill is invalid without a census, a territorial government, and clear boundaries. He contends executive usurpation, slave clause concerns, and unequal interests threaten constitutional rights, urging restraint and adherence to proper law.
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Senate
California
Congress
New York
Seward
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Jetter
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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T F Webster
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