Comets of 1832 Stir Public Fear and Facts
A Philadelphia audience hears a sober summary of comet expectations for Encke and Beila, detailing historical sightings, astronomical reasoning, and cautious cautions about potential Earth impact. The piece cites Lalande influence, Jupiter’s role, and notes limited danger from near passes, while offering a science-based take on orbital dynamics.
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Philadelphia
Encke
Beira
England
Phasnomenon
Andromeda
Venus
Mercury
Beila
Buila
Paris
Lalande
Legislature Rejects Lottery Ban Amid Legal Controversy
The House passed a bill fining foreign lottery brokers, but the Senate rejected it by a large majority. The paper notes the state’s lottery system remains legal and defends Yates and McIntyre as reputable figures who promptly pay large prizes.
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House of Representatives
Dunlop
Senate
Messrs Yates
Oz Mintyre
iInamers
Dia Cyith
The
Commonwealth
40 Acre Bill Aims to Help Poor Settlers in New States
The Washington Globe reports Senate concurrence on amendments to the land sale act. It limits parcels to forty acres or quarter sections and grants six months preemption rights to households, aiding poorer citizens and promoting sales of public lands. The piece notes the act’s origins with Mr Clay and warns of a cholera-like illness spreading near Niagara and Chippewa with extensive symptoms and closures.
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Washington Globe
Senate
House of Representatives
Clay
Alabama
Chippewa
Lundy's Lane
Battle
York
Chippewa and Lundy's Lane
Messrs Clark
Street
Buffalo
Major Leonard
Leonard
Chryasler
Lundy’s Lane
F. W. Porter
Sam
Congressional actions and misc. notices from Washington
In the Senate the Vice President presented the Master Commandants of the Navy memorial for higher pay and a Philadelphia Board of Health plea for quarantine jurisdiction to curb cholera. The House moved to create a Military Board for the Ordnance Department. bills aiding Jefferson College and Indiana District Court were passed. Reports on the District of Columbia were postponed to Wednesday. Other items include a murder confession in Danbury, emigration to Oregon, customs receipts for 1831, wool manufacture in Rhode Island, Britain’s 1832 population, a mad dog hydrophobia case in Carlisle, and various curiosities and notices from journals and newspapers statewide.
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Washington
Senate
Dallas
Philadelphia Board of Health
Delaware Bay
Committee On Commerce
Clay
Guatemala
Yeas
Nays
House of Representatives
Ordnance Department
Jefferson College
Mississippi
District Court of the United States
District of
Indiana
Storrs
Committee On the Judiciary
Wiscasset
Kennon
Ohio
District of Columbia
John Barnum
Danbury
Conn
Genesee Flats
Oregon Territory
Baltimore
Brigida
Boston
New York Custom House
R. Island
Great Britain
England
Indiana Journal
Indianapolis
Postlewait
Carlisle
Tom Cook
Phil i
Niagara Courier
Europe
Noah Webster
China
Jamaica
Long Island Star
Boston Post
Valley Falls
R. 1
William Harris
Independence
Missouri
W. W. Phelps
United States
Mexico
Debates on Internal Improvements and Pension Bill
The House discussed appropriations for internal improvements in 1832 and examined the general Pension Bill in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Johnson of Virginia spoke against the bill’s general principles. Amendments followed, the committee rose near midnight, and the bill with several amendments was reported and ordered printed before adjournment.
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Whittlesey
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Carson
Johnson
Virginia
Rose
Foreign news and European peace notice from Norwalk
Norwalk reports dated April 24 183% note received European dates up to March end. The peace in Europe seems unlikely to be disrupted and little dissension in France and Portugal is recorded. In Congress attention centers on the Bank tariff and appropriations under discussion. Overall political movements remain unclear.
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Europe
France
Portugal
Congress
Tarif
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Rative News
Mucke
Casayo
N. Y
Jlays
Messrs
Allen
Phillips
Long Tom Collin
Murray
Botany Bay
Smith
Justice Wopson
Mays
Ais
Green Bay
Amos B. Foster
Doyle
Lieut Foster
Sicul F
Bay
Buffalo Journal
Lowell and
Boston Ral
hLowell Mercury
Isaac Watton
Vermont
Platsburgh Repubs
S.C. Stambaugh
Lake Auron
Cire Bay
A. B. Poster
6Th Infantry
Foster
Boyle Tad
Aly Jr
Landy’s Lane
Falls of
Niagara
Clark
Bridgewater
Falls
Porsyth’s
Lindy's Lane
Battle Ground
Chrysler’s
Wreat
Niagera
Lundy ’S Lane
Alfa Male
Norwalk
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