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Newspaper
Erie Observer
Location
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1850
Page
2
Reports from the Pacific coast describe growing mining operations aided by machinery and rising wealth in placer fields. Yet violence erupts in Sacramento with squatters clashing with authorities, killing Mayor Bigelow and others as troop and naval forces move in to restore order.
Gen Lewis Cass is acknowledged as a winner. James Thompson and Hon DS Kauffman will accept thanks for valuable public documents.
The Erie paper lauds the Democratic county slate as talented and fully capable, contrasts them with the Whig ticket crowned for party service, and urges voters to support State, District, and County nominees. It condemns a Dunkirk harbor piece and defends Erie Pennsylvania rail policy against New York interference and gauge disputes.
The item denounces John H Walker during campaign stops in Clarion and Jefferson counties. It mocks his anti tariff rhetoric and accuses him of insulting the Democracy with vulgar epithets while claiming hidden support from tariff supporters. The writer predicts voters will reject him on election day.
A formal letter defending residents against false imputations and condemning meddling by the Journal. It asserts the community’s integrity and calls for fair treatment in public discourse.
A letter-writer denounces the Gazette for flip flopping on tariff 42 versus modification. The author endorses Judge Thosrox and Mr. Cratis, defends voting flexibility, and argues Clarion voters favor Mr. Curtis’s iron modification stance over John H. Walker’s rigid 43 policy.
A satirical piece questions the adage nine tailors make a man arguing that Justice’s shop across the road can fashion men cheaply to suit any “pile.” It mocks snobbery and notes the editor’s shift on Peter Parley’s Geography being defunct.
The article notes New York factories produced about fifty thousand pianos in the past year with another fifty thousand in the rest of the United States. Imports are small due to climate. A separate report describes Peter Pierce being assaulted on Sth street near the Canal Bridge by four men, who took his watch but later returned it. two were bailed, and the assailants blamed intoxication. The Chronicle editor defends Mr. Walker amid party hostility toward the United States Bank.
A reported incident in the city describes a man connected with Crane and Co's Circus attempting to violate a 6 or 7 year old girl on Monday night. Authorities failed to detain him and no arrest was reported. The piece notes fears after the Fugitive Slave Bill and mentions missing hotel servants and other local peculiarities. It also reports Mr. Sibley’s reelection and a Democratic territorial legislature majority.
Delegates gathered at Brown's Hotel hall to nominate a Democratic slate for county offices. The ticket includes Gee I Curtsy for Assembly, C M Tinuats for Assembly, J Brayley for Surveyor General, and nominees for County Treasurer Auditor and other posts with resolutions praising Congressmen Thompson and Guthrie and endorsing constitutional reforms. A vigilance committee was appointed and a central county committee formed to lead into the coming election.
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