Runaway Couple Sparks Canal Boat Pursuit in Cincinnati
A canal boat from Dayton to Cincinnati carries a dramatic runaway match. A father chases with pistols, the lovers flee ashore through a woods path, pursued by crew and passengers amid cheering. The outcome remains unknown as authorities await.
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Arion
Danter
Claiion
Dawter-Hunter
Cincinnat
Garmany
Sind
Dayton
Hamilton
Vere
Tamilton
Fourth of July and political exchanges in Fort Madison
The Fort Madison crowd celebrates Independence Day with toasts led by J. G. Edwards praising Black Hawk and friendship with white neighbors. The piece then criticizes a Columbus Statesman Address by Calrin B. Tannax, condemning its strict construction views and attacks on Jacksonian figures, accusing the paper of demagogy and Federal overreach.
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Iowa
Black Hawk
J. G. Edwards
Filusrus Guet
Black Wawk
Rock River
Keokuk
Tam
Mississippi
Aristocracy of Chin-who are theyls Loncofien paper
In a Columbus Journal snippet the Whigs are praised for Farmer Vance the Whig Governor and Marnel White hill the Whig Treasurer of State occupying central offices, while Locofocos attack the administration with Lawyer Bryan the Auditor and Lawyer Tiarlan Secretary of State. The piece urges agrarian voters to consider these power dynamics and reforms.
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Virginia
State Rights
Wilsox Sitawnon
Ivery
Columbus
State Rights Party
Kentucky
Jefferson
Shannon
Union
Supreme Court
Jackson
Martin van Buren
Secretary Vanman
Congress
Loncofien
Vance
Marnel Whitehill
Bryan
Locofoco
Tiarlan
Columbus Journal
Absconder in Van Buren Fund Scheme Named in Helena
The Tennessee Review reports Little Barry Hawkins, a money receiver for Van Buren’s circle at Helena Arkansas, absconded. He bonded for 20,000 to the government, leaving a remaining balance of 95,402.91 to be settled. The incident underscores a defaulter amid Democratic political backing.
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Lexington
Tennessee Review
Littlebarry Hawkins
van Buren
Helena
Arkansas
Gellar” JL
Sailor’s Prayer Sparks Prize Money Quarrel Aboard
During the Constitution engagement with the Guerriere a sailor knelt by a gun to pray. An officer interrupted, asking what he prayed for. The sailor replied that he prayed for the enemy’s shot to be distributed as prize money, among the officers before others.
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Duncan
Garland
Treasury
Dasserte
Bond
Constitution
Aclson
Tack
Train mishap ends with unlikely feat of survival
The New Orleans Bulletin reports a boy riding near Carrollton was thrown onto the tracks as a train passed. The engine could not stop in time but the boy was not injured. He rose, scratched his head, and quipped that the train cannot kill him, addressing the engineer.
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Tovan Nicenr
New Orleans
Carrollton
Ingine
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