Illinois Central Railroad Complimentary Dinner Highlighted
A dinner in Washington at Willard's Hotel honored the Illinois Central Railroad's progress toward its planned seven hundred miles of track in four years from Chicago to Cairo and beyond. Daniel Webster and other leaders praised the enterprise and its potential to unite states, boost land and mineral wealth, and shape national growth with strong support from lawmakers.
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Hiinois Central Railroad Company
Iinois
Congress
Willard
Goo
Griswold
Hiram Ketchum
Evy
David A. Neal
Morris Ketchum
Beq
Ilinois
Wasuinaton
Sint L
New York
Illiiola
U. S. Ing
Siliio’s
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois Railroad
Oliver
Daniel Webster
Navin A. Neal
Mr. Ketchum
Minos
Sen. Douglass
Dundas
Rtuckhollers
Mobile
Wen
J.J. Crittenden
Mon
Messrs. Ficklin
Rantoul
Allen
Notable 19th Century Scholars With New Publications
The late J Q Adams works will be issued by his son in twenty to twenty five volumes. Levi Woodbury pieces soon in four volumes. Bancroft History of the Revolution in three volumes to finish soon. Thomas H W Benton writes memoirs in several volumes. Edward Beevett to publish a work on international law with two memoir volumes. John Hamilton completes nine volumes of Alexander Hamilton works plus two volumes of his life.
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J. Q. Adams
Levi Woodbury
Mr Bancroft
Thomas
HW. Benton
Ilan
Edward Beevett
John ©. Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Multyrahes Council Pays Racial Paper Funds
The Common Council of Multyrahes approved twelve hundred and eighty dollars paid to the racial paper of the city in the past year.
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Multyrahes
Gateny and Chicago Railroad Third Division Bonds Offer
A New York party offers £150,000 of bonds for the Third Division from Rockford to Freeport, with a 3,000 ton iron supply on favorable terms. The line costs about $600,000 to build. a subscription push is urged as telegraph confirms, noting a prior committee chaired by H A Collins and others has yet to begin solicitation in Galveston.
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Gateny and Chicago Railroad
New York
Rockford
Freeport
H.A Collins
D. A. Barrows
D. A. Barrows, IT. Newhall, A. C G. Davis
G W. Campbell
James Carter
Wrench Dictator Allows No Real French Legislature
The piece argues the so called universal suffrage yields no true free vote as government machinery suppresses opposition. It portrays a pervasive police state guiding voters, banning printing for unfavored candidates, and elevating government nominees through constant canvassing and surveillance. The 21st December triumph is cited as precedent for elevating Louis Napoleon to emperor.
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Corps Legislatif
Couciergienie
Louis Napoleon
Wild game sold in markets as Cunard ships bring partridges
A Liverpool paper from January notes the regular sale of American wild game in markets. It reports Cunard line arrivals bringing partridges as large as grouse, wild turkeys, and canvasback ducks, with brisk demand and ready sales.
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Liverpool
Cunard Line
Flavolet Staged Kiss Reflection in Youth Satire
A fragment reflects on girls kissing, critiquing a restrained, clinical style. The lines mock a performative approach, suggesting kissing should be indulgent and lively rather than timid or halfhearted. The tone is playful yet pointed about social norms in affection.
Oldest Borbs Hold Nine Thousand Tree Rings
In Central Africa the Borbs stand as the oldest trees with trunks ninety feet in circumference and rings totaling nine thousand, marking their immense age and long life.
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Central Africa
Missionary executed in Cochin China for preaching faith
Intelligence from Amsterdam reports M. Schoeffler a young Dutch Catholic missionary in Cochin China was hanged on a tall gibbet for preaching Christianity. About 10,000 troops guarded the scene to deter possible Christian protests in Lue Pu as the execution proceeded.
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Amsterdam
M. Schoeffler
Cochin China
Lue Pu
Independence of Brussels presses French remonstrance
The Independence of Brussels reports that France has made an energetic remonstrance to the Dutch Cabinet over criticisms in the Irish press on Louis Napoleon. France demands restraint on newspaper violence. Cabinet councils meet to reconcile compliance with the law.
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Ier
Brussels
Netherlands
Iuiland
Louis Napoleon
Living Age publisher Littell praised in notice
The Louisville Examiner quotes praise for Littell the publisher of the Living Age noting his long run of popular periodicals. It cites The Museum as a former delight and calls The Living Age its successful successor loved by thousands.
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Louisville Examiner
Jurvisors Living Ack
My. Littell
Living Age
United States
Ld ‘Museum
Prominent Walworth Citizen Shoots Self at Geneva Store
The Milwaukee entine reports that Mr. Mallory, a prominent Walworth County citizen, deliberately shot himself through the head at his Geneva store on Monday. He was well regarded for his business, and friends cannot determine a motive for the fatal act.
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Milwaukee “Entine
Mallory
Walworth County
Geneva
Removal notice from The Journal Overs office
A terse notice states The Journal Overs has been moved to an office behind the Count House adjacent to Chas A Clark's Law Office. It invites friends to find the new location and train the future.
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Count House
Chas. A. Clark
Central Railroad to Galena and Freeport Soon
Local dispatch from Galena announces the Central Company will immediately build the segment between Galena and Freeport. Contracting firms with railroad experience and capital are traveling here from the east to press forward the work. Citizens of Freeport rejoice that the town will become the function point and gain advantages, despite opposition from Savanna interests.
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Central Railroad
Galena
Major Dowling
BG. B. Washburn
Central Company
Freeport
Chicago
Temperance Meeting at Court House Friday Evening
Reports invite all temperance friends to attend as measures will be enacted. Also news of John Place escaping Rockford Jail after robbing the U S Mail, with other prisoners breaking out. Republic anniversary celebrated at Rome despite police and French forces. Physicians of Freeport hold meeting March 16 752 at Court House to form Stephenson County Medical Society. April meeting date set. secretary tasked with publishing proceedings. officers elected.
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Court House
Friends of Temperance
John Place
U.S
Rockford
Freeport
County Medical Society
Buckley
Journal and Democrat
Charlton
School Exhibition Glows at Alida Under Miss Hype
Journal Ama Maroh 23 1852 reports a five month Common School term close in Alida. About forty five scholars aged five to fifteen attended an all day examination in orthography arithmetic geography English grammar philosophy history algebra astronomy. The evening featured original compositions and dialogues. Orderly conduct and good spirits prevailed, reflecting credit on the teacher and students.
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Ama
Edmund Burke Lecture on Early History of Ireland
A list of speakers and attendees for a lecture by Mr Edmund Burke on Ireland’s early history and its political and social impact. Names include J A W Doniho J B Hawley F Murphy C Betts and many others with one hundred seven more.
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Edmund Burke
Ireland
Great British
J. A.W. Doniho
J. B. Hawley
F. Murphy
C. Betts
D. Knight
T. J. Turner
T. Egan
J.C. Kean
Goodhue
C. A. Clark
J. A. Clark
J. W. Shaffer
Frederick Baker
L. W. Guiteau
A. McKadden
N. A. Sheetz
S.D. Clark
George Reitzell
I. W
Brawley
J. O. P. Burnsides
J. G. Bedee
Irish Exiles Memorial Meeting in Freeport 1852
A large Freeport crowd met at the Court House on March 20 1852 to urge loyalty to William Smith O'Brien John Mitchel Thos Francis Meagher Patrick O Donahue Kevin Izod O Doherty and John Martin and seek clemency from President Millard Fillmore for their confinement. A five member committee drafted a memorial and resolutions calling on the President to use constitutional means to secure release, and proposed forming the Irish Patriot Association of Stephenson County to back the cause.
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Court House
Freeport
William Smith O’brien
John Mitchel
Francis Meagher
Patrick O'Donahue
Kevin Izod O'Doherty
John Martin
Thomas Egan
Purim Logan
Joan O’connsr
Edwin Burka
Charles Betts
T& Memorial
U. S
Francis Murphy
Jared, Sheetz
J. C. Keene
William Glover
Lt. Bright
Wm. Smith O'Brien
John Mitchell
Patrick O’donahue
Kevin Izod O'Docherty
Smith O’brien
Smith O'Brien
Stephenson
Irish Patriot Association
Stephenson County
Thompson Campbell
Congress
United States
Afillard Fillmore
Ilinois
Said
Syeeport
Lairu O'Brien
Ifuman
Memorial calls for British action to free enslaved men
A meeting signs a memorial urging the British government to obtain the release from bondage of American men who loved their country. The document, adopted unanimously after motions to circulate across towns and forward signatures by April 15, 1652, was to be published in local papers.
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Danny Sneerz
Mosuxp Bune
L. WW. Gurreau
J. A. Chant
Dianies Berra
Edmund Burke
Jents Smiru
Freeport Journal
Prairie Democrat
Thomas Gan
M. Prue Hoax
J. O'Coxsell
Epxuxn Bers
Glaucus Burned at Montrose in Packet Run
Captain Griffith reports a telegraphic dispatch from Davenport stating the Glaucus was burned on Monday morning at Montrose. The fire started in the deck room with no freight or passengers aboard. The Glaucus belonged to Keokuk Packet Company and ran between Montrose and Rock Island last summer. Gaines Case gains new trial prospect per Washington correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser. A Montreal garrison race on snow echoes on February 20 saw a soldier win five dollars for a half mile in three minutes.
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Galena Gazette
Griffith
Wisconsin
Davenport
Montrose
Keokus Packet Company
Rock Island
Montreal
No Extra Session Hinted For June Legislature
The Springfield Register predicts no called session in June though previously expected. The Census law ties population reports to apportionment and Congress, with California data pending due to library fire losses. Debate over pay for California Oregon officers and Gen Lane’s mileage mirrors early political strains and public health tidbits emerge from Cincinnati notes.
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Springfield Register
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
California
Ga. Ade
Whig Supporters Band Together In New York
A sizeable group in New York keeps voicing support for Mr. Fillmore, though questions arise about motives and party loyalty as political winds shift. The piece references comptroller politics, fealty to friends, and suggests some critics call such alliances time serving. A humorous anecdote about a courtroom remark contrasts with broader political maneuvering. The Galena Jeffersonian notes plans for a fifty mile railroad bid from Freeport to Galena with Mr King overseeing ground work.
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New York
Fillmore
Boia
Mottune
Galena Jeffersonian
Carson
Freeport
King
Galena
New Congress to Carry Mails Via Steam to San Francisco
New Rovre Lewis H Corntiel and partners of New Orleans plan a Congress route to speed mail delivery from New York to San Francisco in fifteen and a half days and from New Orleans to San Francisco in twelve and a half days. The scheme outlines rapid legs from New York to Vera Cruz 1800 miles then to San Francisco, with a river route to Zacatula and on to the Pacific. If realized, most bills drafts and passengers would travel this route, cutting transatlantic and overland times.
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Lewis H. Corntiel
New Orleans
N.Y
Francisco
San Francisco
New York
Vega Cruz
Ver Cruz
Puebla
Zacatula
Liverpool
Atlantic
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