Election Results and Civic Shifts Across Several Cities
In the Worcester district Shales Ajlon leads by about 50 votes for Congress with modest support in the Ild and VII Vistricia. Cincinnati reports a razor-thin city election with likely Whig mayoral win and a near-tie council. Opposition claims eight of ten city supervisors, multiple aldermen, and a capital gun salute marks their win. Other notes include canal funding, telegraph trust laws, and infrastructure worries in various towns.
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Huston
Vth
Worcester
Shales Ajlon
Mpson
Wise
Palfrey
Cincinnati
Annany
Perry
Supreme Court rules for plaintiff in cargo loss case
In Burrazo New York April 11 the Supreme Court held that Morse a contractor with lines for transporting goods could recover value of lost property when goods moved via Buffalo and then shipped on a schooner to Milwaukee. The defendant a canal line argued its liability ended at Buffalo but the court sided with the plaintiff awarding $962.62 and costs.
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Burrazo
N. Y
Supreme Court
Charlee L
Morseagt
Lewis Evane
Albany
Buffalo
Leronant
Empire
Milwaukee
Morse
Plaintif
Boston Flood Tops Previous Records Amid Unyielding Storm
New York reports a relentless storm as Boston endures record tidal flooding. The tide overwhelmed wharves and cellar stores at the customs house area, with Broad Street similarly inundated. Concerns rise over damages and disrupted navigation as authorities brace for continued storm effects.
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New York
Boston
Custom House
Broad Street
Islapa
Paesta
Acapulia
Boston Fugitive Slave Arrest Draws Sharp Clash
A Boston arrest of another alleged fugitive slave by a U S marshal sparked clashes as the detainee stabbed an officer. Abolitionists Wendell Phillips and Theodore Parker urged resistance while police and troops guarded the court, and a hearing before Commissioner Curtis debated the Fugitive Slave Law's constitutionality. Lawsuits were filed against arresting officers and the fugitive’s supporters seek to delay removal pending a constitutional ruling.
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King's Chapel
Savanah
Boston
Boston Common
Wendell Phillips
Theodore Parker
Court House
U. S
Curtis
Friends of Simms
Simms
N. F. Tribune
To the work and duties of a new year
A reflective exhortation urges citizens to labor earnestly in the new year. It stresses personal responsibility to build character, support education and religion, uphold public order, and strengthen community and state. The piece urges leaving dull routines behind and tracing worthy footsteps for future generations.
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Nature
Webster supporters in uproar over bribery claims
A partisan dispute flares as a press attack on Daniel Webster is dismissed as envy of the Whig leader. The piece defends Webster, notes Subscriptions for his finances, and extols his eloquence. It also records shipping news and literary reflections, with a local notice about a Cambridge figure Mannion and a Webster family visit to Fayal.
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Tse Haizep
Vinch
Daniel Welster
Whig
Daniel Webster
Webster
Zien
Danté Web
Sterno
Fayal
V. F. Tribune
Michigan
Barry
Ballyback
Kelamazoo Gazette
Afi
Sentinel
Depere Meeting Resolves Sabbath Observance Plan
Citizens at the Court House in Depere form a plan to strengthen Sabbath observance along the Fox River. Delegates are chosen to attend a Neenah convention on the 29th inst, and a vigilance committee will press business leaders to halt Friday and weekend commerce on the Sabbath.
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Depere
Iaid
Nevash
Fox River
Wilcox
A. C. Stewart
J. A. Jackson
J. C. Knapp
Citzens
J.C. Knapp
R. Wilcox
R. L. Hammond
Committee of Vigilance
D. M. Loy
K. L. Hammond
T. C. Morgan
Ray
J.G. Knapp
L. ©. Merril
Sabbath Convention in Neenah Pushes for Quiet Sabbath
Northern Wisconsin Friends of the Sabbath convene at Neenah on April 29 to seek public support against boat travel on Sundays near the lakes, inviting local leaders across Oshkosh Pepere Appleton Fineland Neenah Menasha Green Bay and Melham to join the discussion and express opinion on the issue.
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Indiana
Kaukanna
Green Bay
the Friends OF the Sabbatis
Wisconsin
Neenah
Fursday
Oshkosh
Hiram Freeman
Jos. Jackson
W Wright
de Witt
C Ticks
J Brown
JH Weed
W Gumarr
Clark Dickinson
H E Raymond
L P Crary
Pepere
D M Loy
E Baldwin
HE Shreve
J LG Stewart
R Wilcox
C R Merrill
TC Morgan
Kelloge
Monroe
F Packherd
Fineland
D Murry
J. Lindsley
LH Jones
JB Hamilton
P Yall
A H Cronkhite
A M Robertson
H Sherry
C H Lindsley
Moores
E G Pugsiey
C L Adams
O P Clinier
N Aldrich
Heeler
E P Dean
D Z Bromley
H Moores
H Adbright
C Smalley
Whitney & Co
J Whitney
Phite
Buller
Robinson & Bro
Wheelock
W Colburn
A H Peake
Suydam
A Kendall
G O Haywood
Rev. Heamon
W JF Mathews
T Penh
Heda L& Augur
H D Shoels
Mills and dam improvements on the river described
The article discusses dam location and river banks favorable to mills, with multiple saw mills and a planing operation. It notes a bridge near the dam, timber quality, and the potential for extensive lumber production from pine, beech, maple, and oak. Also mentions a Cincinnati theft case, resulting lynch fear, and local crime notes including a dog tax proposal and a schooner voyage.
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Alveyt
Wilcox & Co
J. P. Cox Esq
Pnr
Tex
Tathewa
Goodwiller
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Detroit
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