Salix's Hard Times and Govt Change Rumors
Fragmentary reminiscence of hardship and debts followed by a dense report on political resignations and cabinet reshuffles. The narrator recalls peppy social life, loans, and poverty, then shifts to Sir Robert and Queen Victoria amid ministerial turmoil, with names like Melbourne Russell Morpeth and Durham cited as potential cabinet moves.
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Sir Robert
Times
Robert
Duchess of Sutherland
Countess of Burlington
Lord Morpeth
Charlemont
Marchioness of Normandy
Melbourne
John Russell
House of Commons
House of Lords
Standard
Lord Palmerston
Spring Rice
Lord Durham
Charles Buller
Poulet Thompson
Thirteen Days Passage Great Western Arrives Quarantine
The Great Western capt. Hosken returned to Quarantine last night after a Bristol to New York crossing in thirteen days eight hours the shortest western Atlantic passage on record. London papers reach May 17, Liverpool May 17, Bristol May 18. News includes a Paris riot and government upheaval with the Whig ministry's fall, cabinet changes, and clashes near the Louvre and in the streets, with injuries and arrests reported.
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New York
Great Western
Hosken
Bristol
Atlantic
London
Liverpool
London Herald
Cottenham
Melbourne
Lord Normanby
Lord Melbourne
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
House of Commons
Robert
Treasury
Exchequer
Lord Lyndhurst
Duke of Weillington
Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Stanley
James Graham
Friay
Peel
New Mineral Spring Discovered Near Ballston
Ballston residents announce a successful perforation near the Washington Spring site. With Mr Hall, they claim to have secured a mineral water akin to the Washington fountain, tapped at solid rock 90 feet deep, yielding a carbonated spray and containing ladine as a tonic. Rail routes from Troy and Albany to Saratoga Springs pass through the village, aiding visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballston Gazette
Washington Spring
Hall
Low
Washington
Troy
Albany
Saratoga Springs
Bank Reform and the Small Note Law in Ohio
Feven the Ohio State Journal analyzes the 1831 small note law and its clash with New York banking, arguing the reform movement was political demagoguery. It contrasts Ohio and New York measures, warns readers about demagoguery, and reflects on the rise of bank notes and the impact on Ohio bankers and the public. A brief note mentions a disturbance at the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road Bank in Adrian, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Ohio
van Buren
Mim Proruz
Democracy
Locofoco Bank
New York
Troy
Bank Row
Adrian
Michigan
Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road Bank
Keys, &c
Virginia Election Returns Highlight Locofoco Decline
A distressed Virginia election report describes early returns showing Whigs gaining ground while Locofocos face a waning influence. It notes anticipated Whig and Conservative majorities in Congress, with detailed tallies and district outcomes from Richmond and Cleveland sources.
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Virginia
Cleveland Herald
Jung
Viraenta
Tonger
Wood
Tea Ph Mond Enquirer
Rives
Andrey
Richmond
Congress
Camden
Johnson
Harrison
Barton
Frederick
Messrs
Wise
Hunter
Tallaferro
Mercer
Botts
Hy Goggin
Garlang
Locofocos
Molleman
Jones
Dromgoole
Coles
Banks
Craig
Dierne
Samuel
Steinford
Philadelphia U. S. Gazette
Gazettes
Elec Whigs
Celebration at Fairfield July 4 1833 in Great Detail
The Mayfair celebration outlines a full Fourth of July program in Fairfield led by J Baker and Marshal West. A flag raising ordnance fire and drumbeat inaugurate events at Baker’s Hotel with a procession to the meeting house. Music, prayers, and an Independence reading follow, culminating in a dinner, toasts, and cannon fire. Separate notices announced William B. Van Hook named Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary and reports on Iowa marble discoveries and brick prices in Burlington.
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Fairfield
J. Baker
A. Baker
G. R. West
Samuel Wadsworth
Doct F
Ford
Char
Aaron Abbot
Dorner
Remy
Josefh K. Owes
Samuel Moors
Vice
F.S. Ford
Sec'y
William B. ‘van Hook
Ohio
N. Medbury
Iowa Marine
Iowa Territorial Gazette
Des Moines River
Burington
Burlington
Iowa
Nicholas Bacon
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Leas
Ras
Salix
Firat
Paris
Express
Paria
Tuilleries
Vincennes
Galignani
National Guards
Mesers
Lepage
Rue Bourg P Abbe
Saucede
Iotel de Ville
Place de Chatelet
Palais de Justice
L. Philippe
Pelion
Cucheres
Places Des Italiens
Bulin
Ductland
Notel de Ville
Duke of
Polytechnic School
Vaudrey
M. Kersansie
Thhose
Emeise
Court of Peers
Moniteur
Marshal Soult
Council
M. Duchatel
Interior
M.cunin Gridane
General Schneider
M. Villemaine
France
M. Teste
M. Passy
M. Duperre
M. Dufaure
Worvath
Ae BG
Conservatives United
Ted
Loecfocos
Wwe
Senate
House of Delegates
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