Execution at Smethport and grisly grave desecration tale
A convicted murderer Uzza Ronarne was executed in Smethport, McKean County. The following day locals searched a nearby building and found the victim’s severed head hidden in a box among shaving shavings. Suspicion fell on Anna P Bannas, who fled before arrest. The report also recounts a Norwich boy's rescue after falling from a steamer, and several other crime and misfortune notes from the era.
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Uzza Ronarne
Smethport
M'Kean
McKean
Robbins
Anna P. Bannas
Canal Commissioner and State Officials Named
Canal Commissioner William T. Morison of Montgomery Auditor General Ephraim Banks of Mifflin Surveyor General J. P. Brawley of Crawford listed among state officials in a formal notice.
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WM. T. Morison
Montgomery
Ephraim Banks
Mifflin
J. P. Brawley
Crawford
Census declares city one of the healthiest towns
The city census reports a population of 6000 with 66 deaths in the past year, claiming the town is among the healthiest in the country. A neighboring town of equal size shows a higher mortality, highlighting stark differences in health outcomes.
Edenboro Plank Road Progress Report
In going out of town we observed contractors pushing work on the Edenboro Plank Road with shovels scrapers prong and teams. The Hill at Eagle Village was being cut down and contractor Mr Galbraith pledged to finish five miles by the Grat of January.
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Daniel F. Belknap
Honest
Mr. Belknap
Worcester Aeglum
Dedham
Eagle Village
Galbraith
Census figures from the Gazette show growth since 1810
Deputy Marsh Cavoury reports 5850 total foreign residents with 1063 Germans 333 Irish about 100 English and 74 colored. Among illiterate adults over 20 there are 100 and 200 who can read but not write. Yearly deaths total 66. Population in 1810 was 3419, up 2393 in ten years.
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Cavoury
Growth and Prosperity in Girard Village News
A visitor notes a new academy building rising from private subscriptions and slated to open this winter, a five storey three block of stores nearing completion, and plans for a Whig party paper. The Erie to Ohio road area gains a notable hotel by Winent and local improvements attract attention.
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Winent
Erie
Ohio Line
New York Democracy Nominees At Syracuse Convention
The united Democracy of New York nominated a ticket headed by Honatto Srysour of Oneida for Governor and Sayronp E. Scuuren of Orleane for Lieutenant Governor after days of seat contests. The convention endorsed Baltimore platforms of 1840, 1844, and 1848, praised congressional compromise bills, and pledged unity amid sectional tensions.
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United Democracy of
New York
Syracuse
Honatto Srysour
Oneida
Sayronp E. Scuuren
Orleane
Jens C. Matnen
Crames
Banton
Court of Appeals
W. P. Asaen
Battlefeld
Baltimore
Congress
Empire State
Democratic Party of
Democratic Party of the Union
Ihs
Galphin
Varin
Thought Better of It in Allegheny Seat
A Whig congressman Mosca Hampton from Allegheny planned to resign and back a successor. With Gen Taylor’s death and cabinet shifts, Fillmore kept the seat. The Whigs nominated Harmer Denny and Democrats Dr McClintock for the unexpired term, but Hampton reversed stance and refused to vacate, keeping the seat to himself amid gaining influence and payoffs.
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Mosca Hampton
Congress
Allegheny
Gen. Taylor
Fillmore
Accident at Dunkirk Damages Diamond Steamer Timber Run
The Diamond, a Cleveland Steamer, struck bottom near Dunkirk Harbor yesterday, injuring timbers but not causing serious damage. It stayed afloat after pumping, completed its trip to Erie Harbor, then returned to Buffalo for temporary repairs. Dunkirk harbor praised for shipbuilding potential.
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Cleveland
Dunkirk Harbor
Erid Harbor
Sesfield Messenger
Buffalo
Dunkirk
Triumph of Democratic Platform and California's Admission
The 1848 Democratic policy clears the way for California New Mexico and Utah territorial governments and settles slave issues. The bill passage and presidential signature bring broad national approval while Seward Whigs face criticism for obstruction. The proclamation offers a $1000 reward for Charles Bird’s killer as Philadelphia’s streets calm. Seward’s higher law amendment fails by a wide margin.
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Foote
Committee of Thirteen
Congress
Seward
Jeff
Davis School of
Ship of State
Atlantic
Alleghenies
Praries
Pacific
California
Maine
Massachusetts
Theira
New Mexico
Utah
Texas
Union
District of Columbia
Senate
Cass
Boston Post
United States
Mexico
Galphin
Non-actrox
Wilmot
Freedom
Louisiana
The Erie Congress District Campaign Copy
The piece attacks Watjes and his allies, urging Erie Warren Clarion voters to back Curtin. It denounces Whig Watjes for treachery and demagoguery, support for Banks and tariff demagoguery, and predicts Curtin’s election by at least five hundred votes. It targets James Tyrsox and John H Walker, urging Democratic unity across counties.
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Erie
Joan H. Wanera
Erie County
James Tyrsox
Cunris
Warren County
Watxes
Watein
Conrae
Bank of the United States
State Senate
Clarion
Warren
Jefferson
Forney
Dorney
Herod
United States Bani
John H. Walker
Jackson
Polk
Curtin
Information Wanted On President's Plan
A reader questions the status of the President's plan under Mr. Fillmore. Whig papers pledged support before, but none now. The writer asks the Gaselle or Chronicle editor for information, noting the editor's supposed knowledge of obscure languages.
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Fillmore
Newo
The
Chronicle
The Last Plank Removed in Tariff Debate
A Whig column mocks tariff alarmists while noting Toombs report opposing changes to duties on imports. It ridicules Gazette accusations of distress under the 1846 tariff and ridicules coverage of Galphin and population claims, with a jab at a rival editor seen in a barouche.
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Gazette
Curtig
Toombs
Committee of Ways and Means
Congress
Galphin
Maine Frontiersman Upholds Democratic Strength in Statewide Note
The piece extols Maine as a democratic stronghold with Hubbard ahead of Whig and Free Soil rivals. It notes both legislative branches Democratic and the outgoing congressional delegation as five Democrats and two Whigs. It critiques oratorical flourishes on national expansion and cites a Virginia Texas aid rumor as a hoax.
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Maine
Hubbard
Legislatura
Richmond Enquirer
Virginia
Texas
Omnibus Slave Trade Bill Passes House 124 to 47
The bill abolishing the slave trade in the District of Columbia passed the House on the 17th by 124 votes to 47. It forms the final piece of the omnibus package from Foote’s thirteen measures. The Democratic dissenters of the congressional district comprising Franklin Cumberland and Perry counties met at Newville Tuesday and unanimously renominated Hon. James McLanahan of Chambersburg Franklin County for Congress.
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Hinton
Weddel House
Centraltree
Pittsburg
Newburgh
Man
Wellsville
Virginia
Carpenter
Cleveland
District of Columbia
House
Foote
Franklin
Cumberland
Perry
Newestle
James X. McLanahan
Chamberaburgh
Franklin County
Nostalgia and History at Faneuil Hall in Boston
A 1850 Rochester Democrat survey of Boston landmarks describes Faneuil Hall as a cradle of liberty where leaders from Whigs to Abolitionists rally. It recalls the Hall’s austere galleries, gas lighting, and rostrum, and notes nearby Province House, South Church, Hancock’s Beacon Street home, and the State House with its dome offering panoramic views. The piece honors Revolutionary memory and the city’s historic sites, contrasting past pomp with present decay.
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Boston
United States
Feheull Hall
America
Faneuil Mall
Faneuil Hall
Washington
Peter Faneuil
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Gen. Knox
Com. Preble
John Quincy Adams
Maxi
Walla
Court
Old South Church
Milk and
Washington Streets
Milk Street
God
Joseph Eckley
New England
Beacon Street
Massachusetts State House
Hallie
Bay-State
Washiner
Siy
Chantry
Paris Letters on Weather Epidemics and Hospitals in 1849
Correspondent in Paris describes an unusually hot season, then heavy rain flooding streets and a public relief. He surveys Parisian hospitals and hospices, noting fourteen hospitals with seven thousand beds serving over one hundred fifty thousand yearly, and the Salpetriere’s shift to female patients. He praises the charitable system, doctor training, and free university education drawing students worldwide.
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Eric Observer
Paris
Frank
Hoya
Temporrary
la Salpetriare
Louis Atv
Walla
Paria
Gratis
Stueets
Velpean
Ricard
Jobert
Rous
France
Gabelins
Alfort
Globe
Royal Library
Napoleon
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Norwich Courier
Loomis
Knickerbocker
Saybrook
Connecticut
New London
Norwich
Harrisburg
Intelligencer
Gox. Johnston
Mitzen
Courier
Istamicipul
Sureiwea
Java
Barant
Canson Baran
Philadelphia
Hinron Bounn Oven
Hinron
Cleveland Plaindealers
Batinette Pilla
Cre Loeckly
Erie, PA
Carlton B. Curtis
Health of Erie
Edenboro Plank Road
Girard
New York Democracy
Charles Bird
American Republic
OGA
Charlestown
the Chronicle
ARA
Erie Observer
Rochester Democrat
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