Local notices and business moves in Delphi journal
The Delphi Journal notes Gilliford and Freel expanding bi daily service to Brookston with forenoon and afternoon runs and points readers to their advertisement. Spears Case & Co relocate to a new building on the Wabash front, promising ready service. The commissioners appoint Dr. E Walker liquor agent under the new Prohibitory law with salary of 150 dollars. Dr. Dunlap offered but not promoted. Geo H Chapman retires as editor of the Indiana Republican. Jas Pummil takes over the editorial charge. the Republican remains a coop paper with assurances of continued quality under new printers.
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E. Walker
Dunlap
Geo. H. Chapman
Indiana Republican
Jas. Pummil
Republican
Lafayette Trials Killers Vie for Death and Life
The Gazette reports the Tim. Driscoll jury found him guilty of murder and sentencing to death. Abe Rice’s new trial motion was denied by Judge Pettit. Thomas Longly pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to life in the state prison. Additional remarks claim three other defendants were not guilty.
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Lafayette
Tim. Driscoll
Abe Rice
Pettit
Gazette
Pigaps
E. A. Greene
Mr. Naylor
Greenlee
Fahrenbaugh
Jo Wit
Privett
Chapman
Jenkins
David Clark
Brackett
Gregory
Teria
Slavery Debate Complicates National Convention Split
Northern members push for Missouri Compromise restoration while Southern factions demand territorial sovereignty and Kansas issues be settled peacefully. The midnight compromise pledges free states north of 36 30 and allows southern admissions, amid sharp clashes and calls for national platform repudiation.
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Cupied
Kansas
South
North
State Convention Finalizes Widespread Platform
The Know Something State Convention met at Dunveann with Mr. Stebbens of Rochester elected president. Delegates from every free state, Kentucky, Senator Wilson, and Philadelphia participants were present. The platform opposes slavery, backs Missouri Compromise restoration, favors internal improvements and protection of American industry. The Lafayette Courier reports the India Liquor Law constitutionality will be appealed to the Supreme Court this week, with full gear prepared for a decisive legal battle and publication of results.
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Dunve.ann
Jane
Stebbens
Rochester
Free State
Kentucky
Wilson
Philadelphia
Lafayette Courier
Supreme Court
Eminent Elder Campbell Dies in New Orleans as Ohio Convention Opens
The aged Bethany Virginia scholar Elder Alexander Campbell died suddenly in New Orleans on the 27th. The Ohio State American Convention sits in Cleveland with about 400 delegates. the Leader reports 1,150 Councils in Ohio and 130,000 members. A platform supports religious freedom for naturalized citizens, limits on foreign influence, opposition to foreign-only groups, and calls for reform, with slavery policy opposing expansion and Missouri Compromise repeal redress. The Union should endure under the Constitution, with retrenchment, public schools reform, and improved internal infrastructure.
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Cleveland
Ohio
American Party of Io
United States
Kansas
Washington
Lottery Swindle Alert From American Eagle Notice
The Cleveland Express reports a paper titled American Eagle published in Cleveland advertises Morris & Co lottery schemes. No such firm exists in the city and senders risk swindling. The Express calls it robbery and urges swift penitentiary action.
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Lorreny Schnoters
Cleveland Express
American Eagle
Cleveland
Morris & Co
The
Express
France and England Charter Over Twenty Five U.S. War Ships
France and England have above twenty five American ships under charter to convey troops and munitions of war to the Orimes. The arrangement indicates Allied use of U.S. assets for ongoing war demands. The report notes the scale of shipping and strategic coordination between the two nations.
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France
England
Orimes
Locomotives Run From Chicago Across Multiple Railroads
Two hundred sixty engines operate from Chicago on various railways centering in the city. The movement highlights a major rail traffic pattern as lines converge and depart from Chicago.
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Chicago
First case under new law heard in Lafayette
Martin Hughes, who runs a dogery on Wabash Street near the Hur y House, was arraigned before the mayor yesterday on a complaint by Richard Miller for violating the new law. He was fined fifty dollars and costs, and an appeal was taken.
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Martin Hughes
Wabash Street
Hury House
Richard Miller
Kansas Governor Reeder Likely to Resign Under Slave Pressure
Washington dispatch reports Gov. Reeder of Kansas may resign as demanded by the Administration and the South. He refused to aid violence for extending slavery, risking removal if he does not adopt a pro slavery course. Stringfellow or a similar ally is expected to replace him to secure Missouri line repeal aims.
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OCA
Washington
Reeder
Kansas
South
Missouri
Stringfellow
S. B
Madison grows from 1500 to over 7000 residents
In 1852 Madison Wisconsin had fewer than 1500 inhabitants and today the city counts more than 7000 residents.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Allies claim multiple victories in the Crimea surge
Reports from the war front describe three Allied successes: French forces holding a crucial Sebastopol position after fierce twilight fighting, rapid Russian line retreat on the Tchernaya, and a secret Allied possession of Kertsch with fourteen Allied steamers in the Sea of Azof. Russians burned forts and ships as they withdrew. Paris rumors speak of Pellissier and Gortschakoff accounts and Raglan notes.
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Kertsch
Sea of
Azof
Adeussian
Alma
Sebastopol
Tchernaya
Sea of Azof
Varna
Tschergonn
Belgium
D’armes
Pellissier
Gortschakoff
Kamiesch
Paris
Pellisser
Liprandi
Canrobert
Raglan
Brown
Admiral Lyons
Arabat
Galatz
Ismail
Reni
Een Reish
Mne
Seba
Roeth
Pas &c
Sepastopo
Nvuon
Prisoner Digging Escape Tunnel Foiled in Cell
A prisoner attempted to undermine his cell by digging an underfloor tunnel towards the east half of the cellar bone. He progressed noticeably before discovery. Fellow inmates had earlier created noise to mask the operation, including singing and chatter.
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Tim
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C. M. Jaciore
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GEO. Gilliford
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Benkel
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