Penitentiary plans urged for 500 convicts on Ohio river
A legislative committee urges building a new penitentiary on the Ohio river between Portsmouth and Cincinnati to house 500 convicts under solitary confinement. They cite improved surrounding channels and national road access providing materials and demand, while criticizing the current credit system and fire losses. The Senate also passes bills on records preservation, state roads, judicial reforms, and municipal name changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caonl
Columbus
Auburn
Baltimore
United States
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Legislature debate over circuit limits and county bills
Lawmakers discuss reducing judicial circuits from eleven to nine while amending the bill to equalize President Judges across circuits. Senate amendments on Justices of the Peace duties and state officer roles are considered. Petitions on Vermillion county creation and Norwalk bank incorporation filed, with committee referrals and readings through January 15 to 18.
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Willey
Committee On the Judiciary
Medina
Elsberg
Joint Committee of Revision
Mason
Olds
Middletown
Franklin
Circleville
Scioto River
Heaton
Congress
Connecticut Western Reserve
Shelby
Thornhill
Licking County
Licking
Ohio Canal
Patterson
Edwards
Messrs. Rice
Stoddard
Bebec
Walke
M’causlen
Hinkson
Stone
Davenport
House
Senate
First Presbyterian
Charles H. Olmsted
Bentley
Richland
Wayne
Lorain
Huron
Vermillion
Rice
Medina County
Livingston
Pickaway
Regular Baptist Church
Warren
Baker
Bank of
Bank of Sandusky
Messrs
Heney and Sedges
Odlin
Miller
Beebe
Anthony
Mess
Stodard
Yeas
Treat
Treat and Baker
Ituron County
Norwalk
National ships on foreign stations listed in Senate report
Senate shows a War Department report detailing active ships on foreign stations in the Mediterranean West Indies Brazil and the Pacific. Vessels include Java Brandywine Ontario Boston Concord Fairfield Erie Peacock Natchez Grampus Shark Porpoise Madison Vandalia Gardiere St Louis Dolphin and others with recent sail dates noted. Congress debates constitutional amendment limiting presidential terms and measures on printing and mileage rules as House and Senate sessions proceed.
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Senate
Secretary of War
Mediterranean
Java
Brandywine
Sloop of War Ontario
Boston
Concord
Fairfield
West Indies
Sloop of War Erie
Brazil
Madson
Vandalia
Pacific Ocean
Garriere
St. Louis
Dolphin
Relief bill on James Monroe stalled in House session
The Senate spent most of the day in Executive business and adjourned until Monday. The General Appropriation Bill moved from the Ways and Means Committee while the House, after petitions, resolutions, and bills for engrossment, resolved into a Committee of the Whole to consider the Monroe relief bill but reached no decision and adjourned.
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Java
Mediterranean
Pacific Ocean
Dickerson
Senate
House of Representatives
U. States of America
Congress
United States
Meredith
Wirt
Baltimore
U. S
Charles 8. Hempstead
Edward Charless
Wharton Rector
Lawless
Upper
Louisiana
Morales
Buchanan
House
Cloward
Maryland
Committee of Commerce and Manufactures
Indiana
Burnet
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Military District
Virginia Military Reservation
Ohio
Wayne
Howard
Drayton
Chilton
Wickliffe
New York
Monroe
Committee of Ways and Means
Mercer
James Monroe
Execution of J J Knupp Jr in Salem prison yard
The execution of Joseph J Knapp Jr occurred in the Salem prison yard shortly after dawn. He remained calm and composed through the death warrant, aided by Rev Cleaveland, while his wife and father mourned. Reports note penitence in recent weeks and a solemn crowd including few women observers.
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J. J. Knupp, Jr
Cleaveland
Salem
Boston Palladium
Joseph J. ‘Knapp, Jr
Frank
Knapp
Horrible Newey House Fire Reported in Harbaugh Valley
A Harbaugh Valley dwelling owned by Mr. Newey burned Wednesday night. Inmates included Mr. Newey, his wife, two children, Mr. Tressler, and a bound boy. The scene revealed multiple fatalities and a pregnant Mrs. Newey survived only partially by the fire.
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Mr. Newey
Harbaugh’s Valley
Tressler
Mrs. Newey
Mutilated murder report and river trade totals in early papers
Two stabs linked to a possible murder with inquest notes and strong suspicions surface amid fragmented reports. The Buffalo Journal reprints Western trade data: prominent lake commerce, wheat and flour totals, and a long list of Wested goods received at Black Rock and local warehouses.
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Buffalo Journal
Black Rock
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Canal Fund Commissioners
Kilgore
Blackburn
King
Canal Fund
Union
Pike
Olsted Library Company
Cuyahoga
Medical College of
Howell
Luesday
United States’ Road
Erodelphian Society
Miami University
Mouse OF Representatives
The
New York Spectator
Toer
Geteysburg Pa
Muffling Township
Penn
William Denning
Middlesex
Mount Holly
Holly Forge
Carlisle Barracks
Battle O Brandywine
Tower of London
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