New Magistrate Act Details Powers and Estray Rules
The document outlines duties for Magistrates including bail, commissions, estray appraisals, lease disputes, and lunacy referrals. It details procedures for estray adver tisement, sale, and costs, plus provisions for freeholders in land disputes and slave or free person trials. It also covers coroner duties, public notices, and transitional changes from Justices to Magistrates effective March 1841.
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Court of Common Pleas
Court House
St. Philip and
St. Michael
Justice of the Peace
Georgetown Gazette Notes Mail Changes and Treasury Bill
The Georgetown paper reports mail schedule changes after February and discusses the sub Treasury Bill. It critiques the plan to keep and disburse government funds from Washington with sub treasuries in Boston New York Charleston and St Louis and a Mint in Philadelphia.
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Senate
Treasury
Washington
Boston
New York
Charleston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Piegset
Fragmentary Editorial Note From The Columns
An unsettled fragment references a promised law and follow up in today’s columns. The text suggests continuation of a prior promise and a continuation of word by word reporting.
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Law
Ces
Caution Against Forged Bills T: Merchants Warned of New York Forgery Scheme
The Southern Patriot reprints a caution urging merchants to beware forged signatures on Bills of Lading and fictitious invoices from New York. Several local merchants report receiving such documents and advance requests, prompting alertness under the Act and Legislature.
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New York
Extraordinary Fastine Calvin Morgan of Groton
Calvin Morgan of Groton Connecticut began a 40 day fast from food on November 23 taking only about half a pint of cold water daily. The abstinence left him feeble with a pulse of 40 to 50 per minute. He began eating again on the 10th and was visited by his physician. religious motive and faith supported him throughout. Morgan, a Methodist, is noted for piety and probity.
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Calvin Morgan
Groton
Gonn
Morgan
Methodist Church
Odd tale of love and resurrection in early drama
A rich Parisian daughter dies after marriage against her will. Her lover arranges to revive her, sparking a landmark legal dispute over marriage rights. The unnamed first husband claims her, while the revived bride’s second suitor argues death ended ties. London and Paris references appear in a parliamentary register outline.
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Paris
Willy
Saya
England
Leizing
Box _ cacho
Lurberville
Pie Union Bank Scheme Revealed In Straumne
A report alleges the Union Bank of Straumne adopted a plundering plan with large deposits held in its own paper. The bank allegedly claimed access to funds at will and refused to release any money until a future date when deposits mature, prompting concern over banking practices.
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Union Bank
Straumne
Meyabl
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Court of Com: Pleas
Nofi
Court of Sessions
Georgetown
U. S
Mark
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