Delphi Town School Corporation Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the School Corporation for Delphi is set for the first Monday in April at 7 PM in the Court House. Citizens are urged to attend. J H Dunlap. March 21, 1854. Our agent reports success in Carroll county with new Dollar Journal subscribers and timely debt settlements, and will visit the South and East parts next week.
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Town of
Delphi
Court House
J. H. Dunlap
Carroll County
Dollar Journal
Editor’s Take on Sub Treasury Law Sparks Gold and Silver Debate
The Times editor insists the Sub Treasury and county Treasury mirror each other yet notes the Sub Treasury accepts only precious metals while county funds take paper from banks. He questions support for a law forcing tax payments in gold and silver across counties and urges adherence to the Democratic Sub Treasury amid ample silver change.
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the Times
Altercation in Centreville Courtroom Ends in Stabbing
In Centreville Iowa Geo W Julian ex member of Congress and late Free Soil VP candidate fought Michael Wilson lawyer. Words led to blows and Julian received a severe throat wound from a dirk knife. At last reports Julian survived but the wound was believed fatal.
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Centreville
Geo. W. Julian
Congress
Free Soil
Michael Wilson
Nick Surra Auctions Stoves and Tinware on Grand Prairie
EP Nick Surra offers a large sale of stoves and tin-ware at low prices with tin cups included. He travels to the Grand Prairie and is expected to return laden with select country goods. He is noted as a dead shot who shares game with neighbors, receiving quail fish and prairie fowl in return for favors.
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Nick Surra
Grand Prairie
Nick
Prohibition News and State Legislative Updates
The Maine Law faces defeat in Indiana while a Fort Wayne temperance paper voices strong anti alcohol sentiment. Mississippi passes DOPA Prohibitory Liquor Law but sends amendments back to the House. Indiana Medical Society begins its fourth annual session May 16 at Evansville. Grand Lodge plans a new hall in Indianapolis with contractor F Costigan. Judge Bronson opposes the ex‑collector of has.
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Mississippi
Senate
House
Indiana State Medical Society
Evansville
Turbulent exchanges era and rail venture stories collide
A letter targets the Rushville Jacksonian editor accusing him of publishing slander about Governor Wright and mocking a local paper. The piece denounces political birds of a feather in Indiana and ties to temperance, then shifts to railroad bonds and the Lake Erie Wabash and St Louis toledo line with details on mortgages, stock, and completion timelines.
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Rushville
Jacksonian
Turkey Buzzard
The
Times
Wright
Rashville
Crane
Eatla
Gen. Taylor
Indiana
Hargitt
Isaac Jackson
Sand Lake Erie
Ash & St. Pesree
Whitehouse
Wabash Valley
Toledo
Ohio
Tce
Illinois
United Capitals
First Mortgage
Farmer's Loan and Trust Co
Fort Wayne
Danville
Lake Erie
Wabash & St
Atlantic Ocean
N. Y. Tribune
Milwaukie Outcry Over Arrest of Fugitive Joshua Glover
A colored fugitive named Joshua Glover from Racine was arrested in Milwaukie by deputy Marshal Cotton and an alleged Missouri owner. He was beaten, gagged, and jailed, then freed amid mass protest as crowds gathered. a vigilance committee formed to ensure due process and return him to Racine for trial. Dr. T. Clarke, father of Grace Greenwood, died in Beaver, Pennsylvania.
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Milwaukie
Joshua Glover
Racine
Marshal Cotton
J. Garland
Missouri
Court House Park
Byron Paine
Gen. Paine
A. H. Biefield
Laver
U.S
T. Clarke
Grace Greenwood
Beaver
Tennessee Judges Embrace Temperance Age Motto
A Tennessee newspaper item proclaims that every judge in the state aligns with the temperance movement, framing the judiciary as loyal to the reform era's moral cause. The note highlights statewide unity among jurists in promoting abstinence and social reform.
Detroit Mayor Election Returns Highlight Hyde Victory
Detroit voters, birthplace of Gen. Cass, elected O. M. Hyde a Whig mayor by a 900 vote majority, over Patton who supported the Nebraska bill while Hyde opposed it.
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Detroit
Gen
Cass
Gen. Pierce
O. M. Hyde
Patton
Hyde
Virginia proposes compulsory removal of free Black residents
The ICA Bill moves through the Virginia Legislature to force the removal of free blacks living in the state. Officials estimate over 50 000 African freemen reside in Virginia.
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Virginia
Senate Nebraska bill substitute aims to end Missouri compromise
Washington reports a southern Democrat will offer a House substitute that mirrors the Senates territorial bill from 1850 to nullify the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Col Benton vows a lengthy speech beyond one hour, possibly in the rotunda, as press and papers weigh party lines and public sentiment. The Pacific railroad committee is expected to back three route options.
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Boston’ Transcript
North American Review
Lemuel Shaw
The
Commonwealth
Review
America
Nebraska
Missouri
Washington
Senate
House
Territorial Committee
Col. Benton
Union
Aif
Pacific Railroad Committee
N. Y. Herald
Europe on edge as nations rush toward war
The article describes a tense global buildup with expanding navies and advancing armies. Greece rebels against Turkey while Switzerland forms a league with France to gate Italy’s passages. Austria's stance could trigger Hungary and Italy’s rebellion as powers weigh Russia alignment.
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Europe
Greece
Turkey
Switzerland
France
Italy
Austria
Russia
Hungary
Asia
Caucasus
Tragic Descent of Deserters Aboard Open Boat
An account from a Barbadoes paper details three soldiers of the 6th regiment at Toronto and a black man who fled by boat toward Crab Island and America. Drifting for days without food, they chose to draw lots to kill one for sustenance, Buckley dying after bleeding himself, others drinking his blood, and a survivor, Lennon, steering toward survival after the wreck off St Domingo. The tale ends with Lennon reaching Jacmel and the British Consul before returning to Toronto.
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6Th Regiment
Toronto
Crab I Sland
America
Thomas Buckley
Buckley
Wm. Lennon
St. Domingo
Coast-Guard
Jacmel
Barbadoes
U S Steamer Princeton Prepares To Sail For Cadiz
New York March 14. The steamer Princeton has orders and sails ready at a moment's notice for Cadiz to implement the Black Warrior decision. Washington dispatches say a strong influence urged the President to reject suspending neutrality laws with Spain. Cabinet split with Marcy Cushing Davis Campbell for Spain Guthrie and McClelland in doubt. Providence reports an effigy of Senator Douglas found hanging on a Washington street tree.
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New York
U.S
Princeton
Cadiz
Washington
Times
Spain
Mr. Delane
Havana
Black Warrior
Marcy
Cushing
Davis
Campbell
Guthrie
McClelland
Providence
Senator Douglas
Washington Street
Extraordinary pistol challenge proposed in New Orleans
The Picayune reports John Travis a renowned pistol expert accepts a $1000 wager from Berlick F Rhodes. Within ninety days near New Orleans Travis must shoot an offhand pistol at an apple on a living man’s head from thirty six feet away with three shots to win. If he misses or harms the man Rhodes wins.
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New Orleans
Travis
Rhodes
Hardy
Arrival of Franklin Brings News from Havre to March 28
The Franklin arrives with dates from Havre to the 28th. British ships ordered to Tercera to suppress the Greek insurrection. The Czar's reply to Napoleon's letter published, stating conditions known to Vienna conference as base for talks. A major insurrection in Saragossa, Spain, saw a cavalry regiment seize a castle, later defeated and fled. martial law enforced, Madrid province under siege and fears of a broader uprising.
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Essax
Araba
Liverpool
Austria
Pacific
Danube
Asia
France
England
Russia
Times
Vienna
Bosnia
Servia
Brussels
Cronstadt
Baltic
Sweden
Stockholm
Charles Napier
Spithead
Franklin
New York
Havre
Tercera
Napoleon
Saragossa
Spain
Madrid
Sam Houston Reflects on Nebraska Bill and Congress
In a late speech on the Nebraska Bill, Sam Houston notes that out of 300 Congress members at his entry only three remained Benton Everett and himself. He laments aging leaders having nearly shuffled off this mortal coil and questions the purpose of toil amid fading fame and a looming afterlife. Hesitant to name others, the piece highlights a somber mood among old statesmen.
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Sam Houston
Nebraska
Congress
Benton
Everett
Grundy
Hugh I
White
Johnson
McDuffie
Hayne
Welster
Clay
Calhoun
Houston
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Jn- Times
Huntington
Wabash
Miami
Grant
Casa
Dr Carroll
Howes
Grand Lodge C. C. F
F. Costigan
Grand Lodge
Indianapolis
Judge Bronson
Has
Jefferson
Human Liberty
Democratic Party
Earth
United States
Africa
Ee of Democracy
Chi. Jour
Nebraska Palladium
D. E. Reed
W R. Hinglish
Bellevue
Nebraska Territory
Wellington
Toledo Blade
Victoria
State of
Tennessee
Walter KB
Franklin Hove
St. Mary's Parish
Edward Walxer
California
Janu Riley
John W
Janz
John Wright
Howert W
Thomas
Sarah A. Givans
Renerk Bottom Cihlairs
Mac
Smith Jolly
Lealing
Ca l. East
Lke
Sid Sand
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