Opinion of Judge Kane in Passmore Williamson Case
The piece outlines Judge Kane's opinion in the Passmore Williamson abduction case involving slave Jane Johnson and her two children. It explains the arguments about slaveholders' rights to move property through free states and the habeas corpus, detailing Pennsylvania's evolving slavery laws and the non divestiture of rights by transit through the state.
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Williauson
Wheeler
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Eard Williamson
Williamson
Ile
Great Britain
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America
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Williames
Boston
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Abduction, Habeas Corpus and Know Nothingism Debate
The article covers habeas corpus history from Rome to America, recounts Williamson’s abduction case, and details judicial response. It criticizes Know Nothingism, condemns attacks on judges, and contrasts Fred Douglass’s role with political activism and race relations. It also notes Democratic convention dynamics and suspicions about Know Nothing influence in party delegations.
Greensboro Bank Again corrected by local director
A Greensboro Maryland reader disputes a Centreville Times report and Baltimore dispatch about the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Greensboro. He asserts the bank remains in operation, redeeming its paper in specie, and requests a publication correction to counter the false statements.
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Surgical Operation for Eye Fistula in Dover Patient
On the 11th an extensive eye fistula operation was performed for Joux M. Doxsixe of Dover. A new tear passage into the nose was created with a silver or gold tube to keep it open, the procedure proving exceptionally difficult due to bony canal contraction. Dr. Crs. D. Gnesy of Philadelphia assisted.
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Descriptions of French General Pelissier in Crimea
The Newark Mercury quotes a private letter detailing General Pelissier in Crimea. It notes a stout figure with a white beard and ornate uniform, contrasted with fearsome greys and Arab attendants, plus a comparison to other chiefs. Also mentioned are a Thursday night burglary at Mr Tessa’s and a man found injured at Beating Creek.
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Newark Mercury
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News items on war losses and global events
A Paria letter writer estimates Allied losses at Sevastopol around twenty thousand. French harvests falter, with U S supplies key. Fraud alert on altered Burlington Bank note. Potatoes damaged by rats but large crop. Malagan rumors, vultures in Crimea, and notable deaths and incidents across the Atlantic and Europe.
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Indian hunter k a bears heart after short struggle near Castor river
A large black bear weighing over 700 pounds was killed by an Indian on the 14th near the Castor river head. Despite wounds, the hunter closed in and struck the bear’s heart with a knife during a fierce struggle, breaking his own arm in the process. At Anticosti bears are said to be numerous and hunters rarely survive a wounded bear encounter.
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America
Poisoner Confessed Murder Ring In Columbia Trial
A letter in the Columbia South Carolina Times reports a woman named Clarison found guilty of murder by poisoning a child of Mr. Wilson. She confessed to poisoning two children of Mr. McCulty, one for Mr. Marshall of Newbury, and one for Mr. Berry, plus poisoning attempts on Mrs. Wilson three times. She claimed there is now a poisoner in Columbia she named who is bedridden from her poison, and derides herself as a devil on earth. The note ends noting the poetice advertisement for Buchu and Sarsaparilla tonic by H. T. Helmbold of Philadelphia.
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