Emigrant Letters Describe Platte River March to Fort Kearney
A dusty overland account from J P and H C Ladd details a transport train moving toward Fort Kearney on the Platte. The narrative notes water scarcity and thirst, miles traveled per day, cattle fattening, and a growing sense of progress, with references to Pawnee and Sioux peace talks and a caravan of wagons, including incidents of a gun misfiring injuring a grafter and multiple trains seen along the route.
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Platye
Fort Kearney
Ke. J.P
H. C. Ladd
Platte River
St. Louis
Chas
Bryant
South Pass
Kansas
Rosda
Moinet
Marshall
van Brunt
Plymouth
Ypsilanti
Mr. Graham
Hem
Fort Laramie
Tom Menser
Ranaan
Mega
Cholera Reports Across Cities Reflect Heavy Toll
Dispatches from Buffalo Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburgh and others detail cholera cases and deaths over 24 hours. Journal notes sanitary calamities, prison hospital conversion in Cincinnati, and a minister's death after cholera attack. Debates on postal rates appear amid unrelated text.
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Pittsburgh
Cindionatti
Lord
The
Congregational Church
Columbus
Arrival of the Niagara at Halifax and New York visit
The Niagara steamer arrived at Halifax yesterday and will reach New York Saturday afternoon. She carries 81 passengers. London money market is easy with breadstuffs in demand. Provisions calm. Liverpool reports buoyant business in the past week and steady manufacturing cheer. National securities firm, funds duller on Niagara news. War outlook discussed in Paris with Oudinot’s terms, Rome fighting Garibaldi, and Italy policy contentious. A new press law in France targets clubs and temporary journal suppression.
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Niagara
Halifax
New York
London
Liverpool
Trate
Wweek
Oudinot
Assembly On Foreign Affairs
Italy
Rome
Garibaldi
M. O'Dillon
Louis Philippe
Annexation talk across journals and Canada’s fate
Leading Canadian and English journals debate annexing Canada to the United States with calls for peace, friendship, and possible statehood. Editors note potential shifts in public sentiment and the North American union, while observers weigh consequences and how residents might view joining as new states. A separate item notes notable interest following the arrest of Mr Kaul and related wealth claims in an unrelated local case.
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Canada
England
United States
London Examiner
Timea
Powerfully plain spoken quotes reveal public character
A column of varied excerpts shows political consistency and hypocrisy by turns, scenes of public manners, and moral reflections. It cites Westan's Inventions court testimony in Woonsocket, a Bermuda smallpox alert, cholera on a ship, and New Hampshire’s gift to the Washington Monument with a $300 appropriation, plus harvest notes and market chatter.
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Westan
Woonsocket
R. I
Locofoco Candidate for Governor Robert McClelland
Monroe politician Robert McClelland is described as the shrewd bold Locofoco frontrunner for governor. The piece portrays party tensions, quotes past policy shifts, and notes Democratic hopes to defeat him amid recent state and national political upheaval.
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Robert McClelland
Monroe
Locofoco
W. I’. Howall
Locofago
Washington
McCrolland
Caan
McGleland
New York
Asghat
The Power of Affection in Emersonian Thought
In Emersons Essays the effect of benevolence and affectionate exchange elevates life and intellect. Meeting strangers reveals social bonds, transforming house, conversation, and memory into a cordial exaltation. The writer gratitude to friends, nature, and virtue, and the vision of a shared, noble human relation, are celebrated.
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Laveth
God the Beautiful
Itma
Apollo
Emerson
Gen Taylor Gratitude and Civil War Proscription Debate
Contested charges argue Union memory of Gen Taylor blames veterans who served under Scott in Mexico and Rio Grande for civil ostracism. Paragraph cites McClaug, Mitchell, Crittenden, Belt and others as examples of battlefield heroism met with political rebuke.
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Taylor
Union
Gen. Taylor
Soldieya
Rio Grande
Scott
Mexico
Lndemana
P . Wea Uot
Alexander McClaug
Bolivie
Monterey
Col
Mitchell
Murelall
Minnesota
Moutereys
Crittenden
Bacon
Visut
Peyton Bijaister
Chili
Gen
Worth
Bishop
Gala
Payne
Calhoun
Gellainly
Col Belt
Amare
Arkageie
Cusa
Butler
J. Bigaces
Reyptta
Legal Reform Plea Against Law Farce In Local Debate
A Pittsburgh newspaper take on a Public Press debate about legal reform cites a century old quip on law and court delays. It argues against overextended legal procedure and warns of the dangers of lengthy suits over railroad damages. It references Dean Swift and Hudibras to lampoon lawyers and judges.
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Avision
Central Railroad
Dean
Michigan
I Brooke
Brocky
Y Pierce
Pounder
Cams
Siamian
Mora
Wight
Dean Swit
Shadow of an Ass and the Megara Shadow Anecdote
A fragment from Demosthenes recounts a traveller in Athens who rides a donkey to Megara and uses its shadow to trick the owner. The dispute escalates into a legal action, prompting commentary on lecturers and auditors who question the judge’s reasoning.
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Athens
Megara
Demoathenes
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