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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1855
Page
2
Fragmented prose recounts a violent slaveholding scene near Baltimore and Cookesville, with women harmed and a fugitive pursued. The piece shifts to a Newark like call for prohibitory liquor, then broad political venom about Kansas, Missouri, and Northern Democrats. Strong rhetoric links crime, poverty, and temperance to national conflict.
A fragmentary 19th century note discusses Mr Harnog and a forthcoming paper under new conductors. The piece speculates on whether the Quirer Democrat and Telegram will align with the Republicans, expressing cautious hopes for fair representation at the capitol.
The report describes cold weather delaying farming tasks with plowing and corn planting underway, fields still green but not fully, blossoming fruit trees, and gardens backward. Potatoes from Bermuda and assorted produce arriving as a warmer trend promises better growth later, though spring remains backward.
Reporter claims mobs destroyed the Parkville Luminary after publishing a controversial excerpt condemning abolitionists and nullifiers. The piece cites threats against officials, calls for firm action, and quotes from the Nebraska-Kansas dissent and the National Intelligencer while noting government inaction and public anger.
Fragmentary telegraphic dispatches describe British actions in the Crimea, French operations, and Russian positions around Sebastopol, with casualties and bombardment data. Reports also cover parliamentary debates, financial measures, colonial events, and legal rulings in the United States, including a San Francisco case on slavery and various domestic political developments.
Boston May 19 report that new Liquor Law goes into effect tomorrow and the day before a wave of wholesale and retail activity may delay enforcement with a public meeting of liquor dealers planned at Faneuil Hall. May 12 note on Rev Theodore Parker address in Boston praising freedom against slavery drew a large audience. New York reports include steamship Hermann sailing with passengers and $281,000 in specie. Baron von Groit aboard. The Ariel carried 183 passengers and $126,338 in specie and a California nugget valued at $40,060 for World's Fair exhibit. A suspect on the Baltic robbery case fled with a dressing case containing diamonds worth about $30,000. Also Erie Railroad Locustacken Ridge fire caused over $20,000 in loss. transit disruption expected for two weeks.
A long letter in the St Louis Democrat claims Mimouri figures Atchison and Stringfellow organized a secret alliance to threaten members and destroy rival business as part of a plan to drive free labor from Missouri. It alleges plans to terrorize hotels in Kansas City and Lawrence and to discredit rival parties while awaiting protection from government leaders.
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