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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1847
Page
2
The Statesman piece rails at farmers selling flour and urges timely sales, cites Whig conventions and taxes, and laments Eastern capitalists while praising Henry Clay. It notes road projects, rail schemes, and political tensions as the party eyes a Whig presidential outlook amid Civil War era speculation.
Pembroke Maine August 3 147 letters discuss weather heat and health with speculative telegraph routes to Halifax and Boston. The writer describes regional agriculture potash fields near Mesquite and Irish immigration via Saint John New Brunswick with fatal sugar trade and fish impacts. Legislative shifts in Maine favor railroad and bank charters amid a Mexican War view.
Traveler recounts the Champlain Canal journey from Whitehall to Troy, noting steamboat and canal travel, hotels and streets in Albany and Troy, passes through Waterford and Lansingburgh, and reflects on the death of Hon. Edward Bracey while describing the busy late 1840s northern New York scene and transportation networks.
The Orleans arrived at New Orleans with news from Vera Cruz Tampico and Mexico City detailing troop movements guerilla skirmishes and desertions. Reports include President Santa Annas strict army orders American troop actions and the Yellow Fever toll in New Orleans and Charity Hospital.
Important war dispatches note Galvestuigs arrival at New Orleans with Puebla advices. Gen Scott at Puebla with marching orders for seven divisions including Twiggs, Quintun, Worth, and Pillow. Pierce arrived at Puebla. losses of maps and soldiers recorded. Santa Anna rumored with 15000 troops and 50 cannon near Vera Cruz. Also municipal and state political notices from Whig conventions and county delegations dated Aug 24, 1847.
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