Boston Riot Vigilance Committee Targets Outsiders
Reports describe a city alert as authorities seek suspects in a kidnapping conspiracy. Warrant issuance followed legal process in circuit court with Chief Justice Tuney’s endorsement. Detained are W.H. Hewes and Knight after a court appearance, bail set high while crowds gathered but no violence occurred.
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Ubonrhaut
V Vigilance Committee
Chas. G. Loring
Boston
Mum
Georgia
Willim II
Hughes
U. S
Wim. Immilton
York
Negroes Sonmetinovs
William
Ellen
Massachusetts
Tuba Knight
Alfred Bent
Norfolk
Mermxciene
Grubts
Big Wife
Tuney
Circuit Court
Jugs Sprague
Dadge Woolbury
Corr
Knight
City
Hews
Macon
Knights
Hughes Agaist
W.H. Hewes
Sheri Coburn
Wm Crafts
Court Square
Maghes
Koteht
Cratis
Hamilton Willis
Hamilton Willis, Esq
TP. Riley
McCoburn
Poisoned by Eating a Worm in Monet Orchard
A boy in Monet was poisoned after biting an apple containing a worm, described as the thousandleg worm. He died within two hours after starting to swallow, despite neighbors noting the fruit tasted odd. Parents later found the worm in the apple, but the precise cause and details remain unclear.
Election Returns and State Results Across the Nation
The Elyria Courier reviews recent election outcomes with a Whig tilt. New York’s race remains unsettled. early returns show Whigs with 18 of 84 Congress seats, Michigan gains two of three, New Jersey leans Democratic, Wisconsin supports Duckoe and Eastman, while Dickinson’s fate draws note. The paper promises more details next week and laments Governor Hunt’s fate amid party strife.
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New York
Congress
Empire State
U. S
Dickinson
Hunt
Michigan
Crss
Buel
Wolverine
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Wiscosary
Duckoe
Doty
Eastman
P. S
Munt
Mrs Jones Lectures Conclude This Thursday
Community readers praise Mrs Jones lectures for punctuality and importance. Hosts regret absence from her introductory talk but affirm the lectures’ high quality and announce the series ends on Thursday next. The Swiss Dell Ringe band performed in Cleveland Thursday evening, impressing with a seven member ensemble and forty seven bells across four octaves, though they cannot return due to eastern engagements.
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Cleveland
Village fountain and water works project announced
A plan for a stone fountain in the Public Square is described with a forty five foot circumference, three foot depth and a central water shaft. Water will be supplied from the river via a hydraulic bar, promising to ornament the village and improve arrivals of the Iron Horse next summer. Also notes bank resignations and college institutional statistics for 1850 1, with no troop deployment for the Fugitive Slave Act.
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Ilo Ny
Tribane
Calhoun
Johnson
Islip
L. L
Elizabeth
Whipple
Rei Mill
Michigan election brands Liberal third party rebuke
The article reports on a Michigan district election where Cass defeats the pro Fugitive Slave Law supporter by about four thousand votes. It critiques Democratic support for the law, praises the People for rebuking pro slavery positions, and notes editorials in the Free Press defending the law while opposing amendments. It also mentions the Junction Rail Road work beginning and progress.
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Michigan
Cis
Democrata
Cuss
Phim
Lnv
Lore Fueint Penniman
Casa
Dovilface
Pan
Cass
Townshend
Our Book Table and New Publications Highlight
The author Henry B Mactarnriy provides a bound copy of a comprehensive manual of Eluciation with prose and poetry for public schools and academies, priced 75 cents. Graham's Magazine advertises its ten volume prospectus and the December number. A book titled Letters from the Backwoods by Rev J J Hramer, 106 pages, with 15 letters describing Yankwoods scenes and incidents, has been sent by the publisher.
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Henry B. Mactarnriy
Parsons & Co
Elyria
Rev
J. J. Hramer
Mendley and Parson era magazines featured in New York
The text notes Mendley’s notable style and anticipates copious extracts in future issues, listing John S. Taylor as publisher and Parson & Co. Book Store as the November sale point. It mentions Sartain's Union Magazine with its November issue, including 17 engravings and original plates, plus a geographic sketch of Washington Iaving with fine portraits.
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Mendley
John S. Taylor
New York
Afarper
New Magazine
Parsons & Co
Sartain
Union
Washington
Letters from the Argus and a Californian voyage story
A reader letter from LeGrand Byington praises Vincent Trots as Argus editor and notes surge in original material. Charles Claney recounts a distressing steerage voyage from New York to Chagres and onward to Panama and California with vivid detail of sea sickness, river travel, and early hardships.
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Tha Gourley
Mn Wasinoay
The
Argus
poor _ Barrell
Puck
Guiltave
Vincent
Burrell
LeGrand Byington
New York
Cheroker
California
Gulf
Chagres
Lic
Eback
Chagras
Chinsares
Gorgana
Brasos
Gergana
Moral character dispute at Oberlin Post Office
Sept. 26 1850 report from Cleessant Plain Deater notes Ste vens family wars over the Oberlin Post Office cabinet gainsay. Gravi asserts he never sent Washington any certificates about Stevens and denies forged or genuine claims, recounting prior moral character certificate handling and dismissing charges as misused by Stevens.
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Yiiia
Gravi
Oberlin
Stevens
E.L. Stevens
Ife
Mas
Harve
Washington
Steven
El.wl Stevens
N. W. Stevens
Tam
Uhey
Banda
Ezraca Stevens
Brewster Pelton
Oostlander & Co. Sunes
Pricipal
Algo
Lig
WTHM
Wis
Plumb
Sonusstoner
Duecomls
Charles G. Finnney
J. Connaure
Gherlin College
W. Stevens
Maila
Gasinuss
B. L. Stevens
Lelef
Obany Tee
Price
Citivens
Ilave
Dr. Steele
M.re
Curntis
M. Ti Waarar
E. L. Stevens
Weir
Alex. Steele
Oberlin Controversy Over Stevens Appointment Sparks Protests
A Washington and Oberlin dispute over postmaster H. W. Stevens triggers large public meetings and petitions. Local merchants and faculty denounce his fitness, citing alleged moral lapses and mail fraud, while a Washington inquiry and letters from supporters Perry Steel and others seek removal.
Arrangements for Regular Steamship Sailings from New York
Dowland and Aspinwall of New York announce regular sailings from San Francisco to Panama on the 3rd and 15th of each month. The Tet will touch Acapulco San Blas Marathon San Diego and Monterey on the 18th at Acapulco only. Atlantic connections by Empire City and Cherokee with departures from New York on the 23rd and 25th monthly.
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Dowland
Aspinwall
New York
San Francisco
Panama
Acapulcoy
San Blas
Marathon
San Diego
Monterey
Acapulca
Atlantic
Empire City
New York Custom House Accounts and Adjustments
The Collector at New York reported payments into the Treasury from July 1, 1849, to June 30, 1850 totaling 821,000,824 dollars. Accounts have been adjusted at the Treasury to that date with no discrepancy. Disbursing agents’ accounts from June 1, 1839, to March 1, 1850 were likewise adjusted without difference, amounting to 880,506 dollars 6 cents.
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New York Custom House
Hina
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