California News of Gold Rush and San Francisco Growth
The Cherokee arrives with 1.16 million in dust and 81 passengers from California. Reports detail rising trade, new mines, and abundant gold yields peaking like 1848. San Francisco expands with churches, immigration, and many new towns while Sacramento flood control plans cost a million dollars.
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Passenger ship Hermann arrives with 70 aboard in New York
Telegraph report notes the Hermann reached Buffalo with 70 passengers and a valuable cargo of French German and Swiss goods. A Fort Snelling letter mentions Commodore Moore's exploration from Bhering's Straits to McKensie River and questions about Sir John Franklin. The piece covers Senate debates on California admission and slavery, and remarks on cabinet reorganizations and election results.
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Ewing
California riches refute whig arithmetic and endorse democratic policy
The piece mocks Daniel Webster and Whig forecasts on California, citing incoming gold shipments from the Cherokee Empire City and the Georgian. It argues Democratic policy has developed California, forming its government and constitution and will make it a Pacific commercial hub, urging readers to recall these facts when Whigs praise policies.
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Urea
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Butler King
The Webster Trial Verdict Debate Divides Boston Press
The Webster trial sparks public debate on verdict fairness. The Boston press largely supports the jury’s justice, while some critique the outcome as unwarranted. Commentary points to trial intricacies, names Col Baker and Gen Wilson, and notes political shifts following stumping.
Steam boiler disasters and misreports in early river trade
A historical note disputing earlier steamboat accident claims. It cites the 1830 William Peacock accident near Buffalo with fifteen killed, the Commodore Perry blasts in 1895 with six deaths, and the Erie boiler burst of 1840 with six fatalities, while denying an Erie boiler explosion and a pinson head injury.
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Unclear legislative sentiment cited amid minority veto rhetoric
The piece weighs the general merits of a bill, noting the minority’s disappointment and harsher tone. It suggests the anti veto Governor is urged to veto, quoting a French remark and urging readers to be patient amid political calculations.
Connecticut Victory Urges Pennsylvania to Stand by Union
The article argues Connecticut’s 1848 results show the danger of free soil and Taylorism, urging Pennsylvania Democrats to reject sectional issues, uphold national principles, and rally to the Union banner in October for victory.
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Report on Railroad Link to Boston and New York
W Matror Rozents Esq Chief Engineer discusses a railroad continuing a great chain from New York and Boston to the Mississippi valley at St Louis. He cites Boston Albany Buffalo Piermont Dunkirk Erie and Cleveland links and predicts completion within three years to connect to Boston and New York.
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The Other Side: Jones Responds to King on California Report
William Carey Jones, who went to California with Mr King, prepares a report but will not print it soon. In a letter to Washington papers he corrects King’s errors and asserts King’s examination was shallow. The article hints at presenting the other side of the California story.
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Not Abandoned The Panama Railroad Work Continues Despite Rumor
The New York Courier confirms the Panama railroad is not suspended. Totten and Troutwins advance plans, bringing native labor to the Isthmus and starting at Navy Bay due to river navigation costs. Directors adjusted site choice to Navy Bay to lower provisions and transport challenges.
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Board of Mabsters Elected by Fredonia Company
A Fredonia readership note reports the Stockholders meeting at the Reed House electing John Galbraith as president and Smith Jackson, Wm. Lane, J. Campbell, Wm. Proud, T. D. Chellis as managers with P. Arbuckle as secretary treasurer. The article defends previous misinterpretation and praises the new board’s energy to advance work.
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