Cumberland Road Bill Passed in Congress on Jan 22
The Cumberland road continuation bill allocating 100000 dollars to Ohio Indiana and Illinois passed after a long session. Debate covered Cherokee subsistence and removal, abolition petitions, and reform proposals including President one term changes and Congress run treasury ideas. Swartwout Watkins and financial scandals were heavily discussed.
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Cumberland Road
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Graham
N.C
N. Carolina
Mississippi
Panenia
Adams
Texas
New York Senate and Assembly proceed amid petitions and tributes
The New York Legislature on Monday January 21 heard petitions from Buffalo and Western counties on alien law labor and canal routes and considered a bill to form a new county and to widen court structures. A death notice for Staren Vas RexsskvaEr and memorials for Stephen Van Rensselaer prompted mourning resolutions. the Assembly and Senate pledged honors and prepared funeral arrangements.
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Senate
Kip
Moseley
Jesse Peck
Buffalo
Committee On Manufacturers
Board of Supervisors and Common Council
City of
Recorder’s Court
Allegany Co
New York and Erie
Cayuga Outlet
Harmony
Chautauqua Co
Lake Erie
Allegany River
Rochester
Monroe Co
Erie Canal
Cayuga Marshes
Chancery District
Erie
Chautauque and
Cattaraugus
Allegany
Genesee Co
Attica
Supreme Court
Perry
American Atlantic Steam Navigation Company
New York
Staren Vas RexsskvaEr
Canal Board
Congress of
United States
William H. Seward
Jones
Stephen Vani Rensselaer
Great Britain
Davis
House
Stephen van Rensselaer
Messrs. Davis
T. Armstrong
Bruen
Lewis and Carver
Chautauque, Erie
State Printer Bill Sparks Partisan Debate in Legislature
A proposed bill to fix the State Printer’s term at three years and standardize appointment faced sharp opposition in the Senate after passage by the Assembly. Critics labeled it a press freedom threat and part of broader Whig schemes, while supporters framed it as a democratic reform.
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Bank
Biddle
Assembly
Senate
Albany Argus
Irreversible Republican Fear Over Debt Figure
The piece discusses taxation and a debt foundation of 100 millions. It notes 13 Senators joined to record their names against the measure, claims a higher court may reverse the party's decision, and calls for a fall election verdict from the people.
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Maore
Temperatures fall as Collins meeting recalls cold spell
Yesterday morning proved the coldest in winter with a zeroish forecast had the town meeting gone ahead. A list of Collins town officers was elected, including Supervisor Ralph Plum and Town Clerk Leman H. Pitcher, amid notes of local governance and nearby Ellicottville events.
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Collins
Ralph Plum
Leman H. Pitcher
Warren Tanner
Laos Southwick
Martial Judson
Benjamin W. Sherman
Asher Avery
Jebial Hill
Darius Crandall
Samuel Rogers
Israel Congdon
John F. Allen
Willaon Rogers
Thomas Russell
Leman HH
Pitcher
The Difference in State Finance and a Great Flood
A Albany correspondent contrasts Marcy and Seward loan plans, arguing the former benefited banks while the latter would fund internal improvements raising land value. The piece then reports a severe flood in Albany with Hudson ice breaking up, boats swept away, property losses, and city relief efforts.
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Albany Argus
Marcy
Seward
Albany Evening Journal
Hudson
Ics
North America
Lydius Street
Ico
Eagle Taverno
Columbian Hotel
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Washington
N.Y. Express
Talmadge
U. S
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
C. T
Swartwout
Watkins
Henry A. Wise
House of Representatives
Jackson
Avéra
Pennsylvania Avenue
Price
Gratiot
Legislature OF New-York
Martin
Albany
Congress of the United States
Board of Regents
Clinton and Morris
Champlain
Wager
Girard Insurance Company
U.S
N. Johnson
Messrs. Moseley
van Dyck
Freeman Amd Messemger
Persia
Lodi
Pike
Canandaigua
Irvine Hall
Eltiicottville
T. H. Peetes
Moses Leecher
Alton Leavenworth
County of Cattaraugue
Ellicottville
Lowel Courier
Gardner Hawes
Gen. Co
Daily Mercury
Buffaloman
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