Oregon Treaty and Tariff Debates Stir Washington News
A June 1846 Washington letter reports Mr. Allen resigning as Foreign Relations chairman amid Oregon territory tensions and a Whig shift on the 5440 line. It notes the Oregon treaty ratified by the Senate, Polk's stance, and tariff turmoil as Congress debates revenue and compromises.
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Lied
Committee of Foreign Relations
Washington
Orgon
Hone
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Allen
United States
McDuffie
Sevier
King’s Tool
The
Union
Leis
Secretary of the Treasury
Lewis
Treasury
New York
Pennsylvania
Gaines
England
Oregon
Pakenham
Mexico
McLane
Robert Peelsas
Coateryenay
Poe
Tragic Stabbing Murder Shocks Town and Quebec Fire Tragedy
A brutal feud ends in the death of Franxuin Banker Ese Barker at Rost Bow Lane with a knife attack by Robert Rowland. Barker dies after 30 hours, buried with Odd Fellows honors as the community mourns. Also report a devastating fire at Theatre Royal in Quebec, claiming up to fifty lives as camphine lamp ignites the curtain, with emergency crews and police containment.
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Franxxuin
Rost
Bow Lane
Hns
Mr. Barker
Plymouth
Odd Fellowship
Rowland
Mansfield Shield and Banner
Quebec Gazette Extra
Atre Royal
St. Louis
Harrison
Canada West
Remarkable Richmond Disaster of 1812 Visitors
An excerpt recalls a deadly crowd disaster in Richmond Virginia on December 26 1812. Six hundred attendees were present seventy perished including the state governor and the city mayor.
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America
Richmond
Virginia
Abolition Meeting Sparks Slanting Critique of Governor Candidate
The abolitionists met at the Court house with Samuel Lewis as their gubernatorial candidate. The speaker blasted both Whigs and Locofocos, defended black laws, and urged repeal, while accusing the North of enslaving the South and denouncing annexation as tied to slavery. The piece portrays mixed attendance and harsh partisan rhetoric throughout.
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Thia
Samuel Lewis
Lewis
North
Henry Clay
Ohio
South Carolina
Reserve
Locofoco
Texas
Union
Free States
District of Columbia
Mr. Lewis
Macbeth
Banquo
Regimental Elections in Ohio Volunteers Camp Washington
The Ohio Volunteers at Camp Washington elected regimental officers. First Regiment: Colonel Alex M. Mitchell Cincinnati. Lt. Colonel John B. Weller Butter co. Major Thomas L. Hamer Brown co. Second Regiment: Colonel Geo. W. Morgan Knox co. Lt. Colonel Wm. Irvin Fairfield co. Major Wm. Wall Athens co. Third Regiment: Colonel S. R. Curtis Wayne co. Lt. Colonel Geo. W. McCook Jefferson co. Major J. S. Love Morgan co. Curtis led narrowly over Gen. McTaughlin of Mansfield. Curtis is a West Point graduate and well versed in tactics. The selections are regarded as good overall.
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Ohio Volunteers
Camp Washington
J. S. Love
Morgan Co
Samuel R. Curtis
Wooster
McTaughlin
Mansfield
Curtis
West Point
The Whig Vindicator Campaign Paper Begins
A new small Whig campaign paper issued at Milan announces continued print in next election. It promises to uphold Whig principles at a reduced price of 374 cents per copy or 3 for $1 and calls for immediate subscriptions. The county court declines tavern licenses, framing it as a duty upheld by judges.
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Milan
Court of Common Pleas
Ratification Vote on Oregon Boundary Treaty by Senate
The Senate on the 13th ratified the treaty with Great Britain for the Oregon boundary after a 41 to 23 party split with 14 dissenting Locos. Assent was given by Mr. Jarnagin. The Statesman accuses Ex Senator Tarzan of profiting from mineral specimens brought to Washington by the exploring expedition, claiming he took only items permitted by the committee of trifling value.
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N.Y
Jenness
Senate
Oregon
Buchanan
James K. Polk
Ritchie
Cone
Frazer’s
Messrs. Polk & Co
Polk
Dallas
Texas
Baltimore
Great Britain
CaledonIa
Lott
Boston
Liverpool
Halifax
Great Western
St. Petersburg
Russia
Europe
Portugal
Prince Louis Bonaparte
England
The
Downs
Mexico
Persia
India
European Times
London
United States
Times
London Standard
London Mornin Herald
Pakenham
Washington
Orecon
Hume
Congress
Oregon Territory
R. Peel
Algiers
Abd-el-Kader
Marshal Bugeaud
France
Louis Phillippe
Lanpsistre Untrep Srates
Thomas Ravelings
New York
Emgrant
Rawlings
America
Western
Virgina
Bokhara
Herat
Meshio
Caspian Sea
Teheran
Ispahan
Odessa
Tiflis
Caspian
Black Seas
Orenbourg
Ural Mountains
Volga
Casan
St. Petersburgh
Ayrs
Messrs
Archer
Ashley
Bagby
Barrow
Benton
Berrien
Calhoun
J- N. Clayton
T. Clayton
Colquitt
Corwin
Crittenden
Davis
Dayton
Dix
Evans
Greene
Haywood
Houston
Huntington
Johnson
Lewis
McDuffie
Mangum
Miller
Morehead
Niles
Pearce
Pennybacker
Phelps
Rusk
Sevier
Simmons
Speight
Turney
Upham
Webster
Woodbridge
Chalmers
Yulee
Whigs
Locos
Allen
Atchison
Athertor Breese
Bright
Cameron
Cass
Dickenson
Fairfield
Hannegan
Semple
Sturgeon
Westcott
Assent
Jarnagin
Tarzan
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Capitol
Hungerford
McKay
Locofocos
Messrs. Calhoun
D. H. Lewis
N. C
White House
Quebec
State
HURON
William Bebb
Butler County
Norwalk
Huron County
William Bhbb
T. Worcester
C. A. Preston
J. N. Campbell
Edward Baker
Jairus Kennan
Tiffin
Lower Sandusky
Wednessey
Toledo
Maumee City
Perrysburgh
Il Defiance
Section 10
Whig Central Committee
Akron
Trumbull County
Patmetal Tool
Old Huron
Beon
Thomas Ewing
Bartley
Cincinnati
Locoloco
Flinn
Gallagher
Reemelin
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