Railroad Meeting for a Little Valley to Erie Line
A Jamestown meeting of Chautauqua Cattaraugus and Erie counties residents chose Joseph Watt as president and T S Suesspon as secretary. They endorsed a railroad from Little Valley to Erie via Randolph Jamestown Ashville and Panama and formed a ten person committee to pursue surveys and contact rail partners and to publish the report in regional papers. A fundraising committee was later named to finance the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Cattaraugus
N. Y
Erie
Jamestown
Joseph Wait
T. 3. Sheldon
Randolph
Messrs
R. P. Marvin
Robi. Owen
A. Hazeltine
Samuel A. Brown
Chas
New York and Erie, Railroad Co
Little Valley
Ashville
Panama
Samuel Ewing
Robt.Owen Jr T
Blistdon
Randopl
A. Crown
Jones
Chag. Williams
Daniel Williams
A. Lewis
Erie County
Chautauque
New York
J. H. Wiliams
Johny Galbraith
The Hoomed Men Faces Death In New Haven Jail
The New Haven county jail contains Henry Leander Foote and James McCaffrey, both convicted of murder. McCaffrey is set for execution on Wednesday October 2 for killing an elderly man and his wife after a dispute at a Boat Rock hovel near New Haven. Foote, condemned for murdering his adopted sister, taunts observers from his cell as the jailer allows public viewing for a small fee. He has spent his time drawing pictures from magazines to sell to visitors and has dictated an inscription for his tombstone. A separate item recounts a deceptive suitor and infant concealment incident on a western carriage journey, ending in exposure and abandonment. Additional notes mention a failed Wall Street land speculation tied to a Mobile and Chicago railroad bill and a Washington corruption critique regarding a new democratic newspaper venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Leander Foote
James McCaffrey
New Haven
McCaffrey
Smith
Boat Rock
New Iiven
Foote
Hart- Lord Daily Times
Butlilo
Albany
Nick
Campaign ends as readers gain general news focus
The Gazette reports the political campaign for an Amendment to the Constitution is nearing its end and cautions election boards against assuming the amendment must be voted on a separate ballot. It notes Johnson and Reid support voter option to place the amendment on the same slip as state and county tickets.
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Vhia
The
Gazette
Johnson
Reid
Old Project Revived A Jamestown Rail Route
A Jamestown meeting last week discussed building a railroad from Jamestown through to Little Valley to connect with the New York and Erie line. The project, though old, is seen as feasible and beneficial, potentially opening a large region to an easy market if right of way along the shore is secured. The movement should not be allowed to sleep.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Little Valley
New York -and-Eyre Road
New York
Erienet
Dunkirk
Erie
New York and Erie
Adjournment of Congress A Warning
A political pamphlet pleads that Congress closed after ten months with limited legislation. It blames the era’s agitators and argues for Democratic unity, urging voters to back C. D. Curial over Julio H. Walker to preserve the Union and end agitation between north and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cass
Saylor
Cass’ Nicholson
Julio H. Walker
Snd
Thompson
C.D. Curia
Tarifa
Banka
Elso
Union of the States
Wright's Block Earns New Name in City
The Flem ing Block has been purchased by Mr. C. Bow Wright and renamed Wright's Block. The new owner, Mr. Wright, has visibly enhanced the exterior, including gilt lettering. The article praises local enterprise and taste, noting hopes for further property improvements in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming
Whig Address in Frio County Sparks heated debate
An unsigned whig address urged protection for manufacturers seen as aid to farmers, labeled as a federal scheme to enrich the rich at the poor’s expense. The Chronicle criticizes the piece, notes iron and furnace concerns in Clarion County, and questions John H. Walker’s stance on river improvements, slavery, and national policy.
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Sjtel
Clarion County
England
Messie
Vincent, Himrod & Co
Ohio
Acme
Europe
Justee
Curtis
Walker
Democratic Party
Congress
Pennsylvania
Coopsa
Senate
John H. Walker
Jawl
United States Bank
Thaddeus Stevens
The
Chronicle
Slax
God
Mammop
Whig Party
Louisiana
Whig Party Critique in District Campaign Speech
A political confrontation criticizes the Whig Party over expansion and state policy. It names John J. Walker as a Whig opponent, accusing him of protectionism, bank advocacy, land sale distribution, and internal improvements by the general government. The speaker argues Walker opposes Texas New Mexico California annexation and describes him as a sectional fraud.
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Florida
Whig Party
Texas
Whig
California
New Mexico
Europe
John’t J. Walker
United States
Whig party fractures in New York over Seward Fillmore split
The New York Whigs, torn by internal rifts between Seward and Fillmore factions, fail to unite at Syracuse. A split leads to two conventions, one led by Frank Granger and a Fillmore loyalist bloc bolting to form a Utica state convention on October 8, likely dooming the Whig ticket and risking Dickinson’s return to the Senate.
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New York
Whig Party
Hunker
Barnburner
Seward
Fillmore
Universal” Party
Empire State
Friends of Seward
Friends
Frank Granger
Dickinson
U. S. Senate
Opportunity for labor to California on Pana ma rails
A public notice advertises Wm Truesdall of this city as superintendent for twelve miles of the Panama railroad construction. Workers are promised free passage or cheap steamer return, six months of liberal wages, and free medical care if sick, with options to return home or proceed to a steamship at small cost. The plan targets unemployed laborers seeking profitable work and notes health assurances and stationing at Navy Bay and Gorgona. Also mentions Holden's Dollar Magazine October issue and publisher Wm H Deitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Truesdall
Panama Railroad Company
California
Chagres
Mr. T
Navy Bay
Gorgona
Erie County Agricultural Fair Fleeting, Fairground Criticisms
Chronicle denounces the Erie County fair as a failure with inadequate premiums and weak showings across departments. The piece calls for managers to reform practices and urges readers to seek root causes, while taunting a rival editor for egotism and sharp wit in a facetious tone.
Whigs Cancel Election Meeting at Eleoboro
A Whig political meeting in Eleoboro was to be addressed by John H. Walker last Saturday but he did not appear and the public did not attend. David Wilmot declines renomination to Congress and backs James Lowrey, with Mr. Grow now supported by Wilmot and Lowrey factions, making his election likely.
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Eleoboro
John H.walker
John
David Wilmot
James Lowrey
Grow
Wilmot
Lowrey
Certan
Boston in 1850 The Custom House and Harbor Feature
Boston writer extols the City’s architecture and public works. Noting the Custom House completed 1849 by Ammi B. Young at 1,076,000 dollars, plus the Post Office, Merchants Exchange, Athenaeum, and Cochituate water works, the piece praises the harbor and shipping, with remarks on public offices, social life, and the city’s economic vitality.
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Boston
Ammi B. Young
Uncle Sam
Congress
Republic
Model Republic
Grosn
Boston Custom
Donjon Keep
United States
Sammy
Merchant's Exchange
Wm. B Hayden
Boston Atlas
Boston Post Office
Mariner
Merchants Exchange
Mercantile Intelligence
Boston Athenseum
Athens
America
Beacon Street
Cuchituote
Long
Cochituate
Brookline
Beacon Hill
New York
Na ‘Ture
Mystic
Charles, Neponset
Manatticut Tivels
Governor's and
Castle
Fort Warren
Fort Independence
Jonathan
Union
Cunard
New England
Cas
What a Humbug Editor Attacks Furnace Wages Row
A Gazette piece accuses the New Furnace company of wage cuts amid foreign competition and tariff claims. It asserts the editor and readers have not seen an imported stove, calling the piece medacious and laughable in a sharp counterpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Ssgn
New Furnace Company
Europe
The
Gazelle
Paris Correspondent Discusses French Political Turmoil After Death of Louis Philippe
From Paris letters the writer surveys a France roiled by the death of Louis Philippe and a rising republican current. He notes factions of Orleanists Legitimists and Imperials, the challenge to Gen Chaparnier over Paris troops, and the weak hold of the presidency. He also mentions Bonaparte family hopes and public reactions to Louis Napoleon.
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Erie Oteerrer
Paris
Frank
Laula Phillipe
Orleanists
Count of Chambourd
Fleury V
Chaparnier
Changasinier
National Assembly
Moountain
France
Louis Philippe
Chambord
Louis Napoleon
Orleans
Sefert
Clerbourg
Probaly
On Ee
Lyons
Strasbourg
Bhattae
Havre
Enye
Monsieur Poitevin
Monsieur Long Ears
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Railroad Meeting
Wall Street
Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Washington
Artica
Douglass
General Land Office
Winois
Pee de
Pepeae
Journal of Commerce
Sat
Beaton
St. Louis
Pwr
Edmund Burke
Overton
Ritchie
Carlton B. Curtis
Warren County
WM. T. Morison
MonTgomery
Ephraim Banks of
Mifflin
J. P. Brawley
Crawford
Geo. H. Cutler
Girard
M/ TIBBALL
Eric
Henry Allison
Fairview
Benj. Grant
Trairer
Henry Gadwel
Henry Gingrich
Millcreck
Maj. A. Mallory
Springfield
Irvin Camp
Wright
Frio
Observer
Noto
MEN and Things
Wwe
Eric-Observer
Parig
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