Tipton Opposes Sub Treasury Bill in Senate Debate
In Washington on February 16 the Senate heard Mr Tipton oppose the sub treasury bill. He argued the bill worsens the currency and fails to deliver promised hard money and better circulation. Tipton favored restoring the current currency, denouncing experiments and warning the bill would lose broad public support despite some congressional backing.
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Baltimore American
Washington
U.S. Senate
Treron
O’colck
Wright
Rives
Indiana
Mr. T
Mr. Tipton
Iam
Affidavit in Corruption Case Involving Mail Lock Patents
The affidavit outlines alleged pressure by Senator Ruggles to secure a post office department contract for the mail lock. It states Jones met Ruggles at the patent office, discussed crafting a better specification, and that Ruggles offered influence in exchange for a share of profits. Jones refused to sign, later obtained a new specification independently and secured a new patent without Ruggles’s aid.
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Jones
Ruggles
Senator Ruggles
R. United
Post Office Department
J’s
W. Ruggles
Patent Office
Mr. R
Mr. Ruggles
John Ruggles
Thomaston
Maine
The Seat of Government Debate in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Legislature discusses moving the national seat from Washington to Pittsburgh or Beaver. Pittsburgh is favored for central location, but rapid western growth may push the seat further west. The article notes the west’s rising political influence in coming years.
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Pennsylvania
Karns
Washington
Pittsburgh
Beaver
Cleveland
Death of Ocean Ola chief Oceola details
The Charleston Mercury presents a public statement detailing the circumstances of the Seminole chief Oceola's last illness and death to quell circulating reports. The article promises a clear account of the causes and factors surrounding his demise.
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Charleston Mercury
Oceola
Fractured Narrative of a Fort Moultrie Medical Trial and Storm Escape
An officer recalls a January night Quinsy attack on a patient and the failed efforts to treat him, aided by Professor Strobel, with family pressure altering care. The narrative shifts to a powerful storm that wrecked a house belonging to Captains Maxwell and Nesbitt, uprooted a tree, and toppled a four-horse wagon, leaving Nesbitt’s family unharmed.
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Capts
Maxwell
Nesbitt
Capt. Nesbitt
Josiah Cowles
Controversy Over Medical Treatment at Sullivan's Island
Dr. B. B. Strobel records a visit to patient Occola at escala on Sullivan's Island in February 1838. Despite requests to scarify tonsils or apply leeches, the conjurer refused and the patient was left to his fate. Strobel agrees with Dr. Weedon's views and believes earlier intervention could have recovered him.
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B. B. Strobel
Occola
Terrible Tornado Ravages Surrey County
A severe tornado struck Surrey County near Hampronville on a sultry January 1838 afternoon. The cyclone uprooted oaks and pines, levelled a stable and corn-cribs, damaged multiple buildings, and narrowly missed the village as it passed from southwest to northeast, leaving a scene of destruction described by eyewitness Josiah Cowell of Hamptonville.
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Raleigh Register
Surrey County
Josiah Cowell
Hamptonville
Hampronville
D. Arnold
Isaac Cook
John Wright
British Army to Expand For Canada Campaign Report
News from New Brunswick via Frederickton describes British plans to increase the Army to fifteen or twenty thousand and the Navy to five to ten thousand. Sir Henry Hardinge is named Commander of the Forces in Canada as ships head to Halifax with Highlanders and Fusileers. Over six thousand new soldiers expected in Halifax by May or June. bounty offered in Limerick for Irish enlistment.
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New York
Great Britain
Frederickton
New Brunswick
St. John
Cork
Halifax
93D
Arthur
United States
Sir Henry Hardinge
Canada
America
Ten Mile Dash Express Rider John Mann Praised
The Eaton Register notes John Mann from Pennsylvania, 23, 136 pounds, carried Express Mail through frost rough roads. He walked ten miles in one hour fifteen minutes to deliver the mail, demanding commendation from Post Office officials.
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Noytable Express
Eaton Register
John Mann
Mann
Pennsylvania
Columbus (O
The True Story of American Pride and Decay
At a Philadelphia Sunday School Association meeting Dr. Tying laments debt to Europe banks and merchants and calls out luxury and vanity. He argues laborers suffer high costs while the rich revel, and the pride of life in outward show is the great sin of the American people.
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Sunday School Association
Philadelphia
Tying
Europe
Extorting Money from Governors Fraud Revealed
The Worcester gossips report Hollis Parker recently convicted in Worcester for trying to extort money from Gov. Everett by claiming a family conspiracy. He sent letters to others including Gov. Butler of South Carolina asking fifty dollars to stop incendiary publications and expose the plot. Butler was deceived and sent a check, but Parker is now restrained from further crimes.
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Worcester
South Carolina
Butler
Parker
Boston
Adv
Politics for Farmers and Public Service
A Silk Culturist Marsh essay urges farmers to study public policy without joining parties, avoid political scheming, and vote for aligning principles. It counsels resisting office-hunting, accepting only necessary roles, and embracing nonpartisan duty while considering public interests and personal sacrifice.
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John Wilkes
Wealth of the Oceans From Whale Fisheries Pointed Out
The article notes vast ocean riches from the sperm whale fishery and other sea fisheries. It cites 176 318 barrels of sperm oil imported to the United States last year worth about 5 009 000 dollars, mainly from the Pacific, and urges awe at divine providence for ocean wealth.
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Nantucket Inauker
United States
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Indian
Ribbon Grass Described By Abednego Robinson
In the New Hampshire Journal two essays by Abednego Robinson of Portsmouth detail ribbon grass, also called fancy or puzzel grass. The plant grows up to four feet, yields 3 to 4 tons per acre, and thrives on marshy land. It can be cut twice yearly and is amphibious, growing on dry soil or in bogs and even water. Propagation uses divided roots with 3 to 4 stalks per setting, two feet apart, and may sprout without roots according to Robinson’s experiments.
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New Hampshire Journal
Abednego Robinson
Portsmouth
Timothy
Robinson
Inventor P Williamson's Silver Corn Cups Aid Relief
The Pioneer publisher J P Williamson of 270 Division Street introduces a semicircular hollow silver cup device to cover corns without pressing on them. The vacuum mechanism protects the corn from shoe friction, ending the pressure that causes pain. He urges readers to apply for redress against corn pressure laws.
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NEW Invention
N. Y. Evening Star
Williamson
J. P. Williamson
Pioneer
Newuy Invention Corn Sappur
P. Williamson
Division Street
Gambling Houses in New Orleans Echoes of Ruin
A Knickerbocker writer laments the opulent gambling rooms in the south and west, noting luxury and vice. He recalls wrecked lives, ruined plans, and suicides as the scene’s glitter masks despair, warning that gamblers pass from splendor to doom while fate repeats.
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New Orizeans
Knickerbocker
Atlantic steam navigation nears reality with Great Western ship
Lieutenant J Hosken of the Royal Navy arrived from Liverpool aboard the Garrick to arrange reception for the Great Western steam ship. Built in London she nears machinery fitment and aims to sail April, leaving Bristol and New York as her places of departure. The vessel is about 1350 tons burden and will carry around 600 tons of coal.
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Atlantic
J. Hosken
Royal Navy
Liverpool
Garrick
Great Britain
London
Hosken
Bristol
New-York
N. Y. Cour. & Enq
Tennessee Legislature Bans Bowie Knives
The Nashville Whig reports the bill to suppress sale and use of Bowie knives, praised as a salutary act that will curb a bloody weapon. It states the weapon’s wearing or use becomes a misdemeanor and its sale a felony, reflecting broad support for public safety.
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State of
Tennessee
Nashville Whig
General Assembly
Two Sons of Hibernia Hunt Ducks Near Shore
Pat and a companion duck hunting when Pat spots a large bed of ducks near the shore. After leveling his gun for minutes, the companion asks why he does not shoot. Pat replies that he cannot choose one duck to fire at, for another swims directly between him and his target.
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Hibernia
Pat
First Poe Met with in this Murder in Country
A fragmentary line from a British region scene at St Sebaston shows an Irish sentry challenging a visitor with Who goes there and the reply A friend. Pat then orders the visitor to stand, claiming to be the first Poe encountered in this murder in country.
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St.Sebaston
Pat
Poe
Ice Chokes Navigation on Mississippi Near Memphis and Randolph
Heavy ice masses blanket the river around Memphis and Randolph blocking the channel. A bridge of ice spans shore to shore opposite Randolph risking loss of flatboats and danger to vessels like the Sultana and Splendid while Invincible lies ten miles above Memphis.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Randolph
New Orleans
Splendid
Plumb Point
Evasions of Law and Public Opposition
The piece laments clever evasion of laws by individuals driven by personal gain. It cites abuses such as paying for dogs and hydrophobia services, and notes authorities in Baltimore banning nine-pin alleys provoking a shift to ten-pin alleys defying the law.
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Baltimore
Economy and politics spark in scattered opinions
A fragment discusses frugality with Lord Bacon as an exemplar and notes that the Sub-treasury plan faces parliamentary resistance. It cites The Madisonian on party discipline and predicts House defeat by a wide margin, depending on voter will.
Maritime activity and curiosities dominate regional notes
The itemized survey shows 638 steam boats and 9000 flat and keel boats on inland waterways employing about 50 000 people. It notes Jerome Bonaparte’s death rumor, refiners in Salem, a New York indictment for stealing herrings, and various anecdotes from salt production to jokes about donkeys and tavern signs.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Dinner table remark with calve's head tongue quip
A couple shares dinner as the wife offers brains. The husband declines brains and jokes he has too much tongue, prompting a wry quip about his spouse’s use of language. The exchange hints at a strained mood in a domestic setting.
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Fort Moultrie
Sullivan’s? Island
Texas
Johnxsox
Lord Bacon
Rambler
Madisonian
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House of Representatives
Jerome Bonaparte
Paris
Milan
Francis Dixon
Salem
George L Sharke
Congress
Onondaga Co
N. Y
N.Y
India
Baltimore Transcript
S. America
Wayne Co
Ind
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