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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1858
Page
3
A damaged report describes the steamboat Fanny Kern exploding a boiler near Cincinnati. Captain Woodward is missing, First Clerk Alfred Rogers badly burned, and a mother and child drowned after leaping from the boat. Fourteen lives are lost or harmed, with courts and insurance actions noted.
Fragmentary notes depict heated rhetoric over secession, abolition, and state elections. Mentions a Calhoun veteran, warnings of a Southern army marching with sword and Bible, and accusations of coercion, manipulation, and impending conflicts as the nation nears a pivotal vote.
From Kaneas St. Loum Jan 28 Kanass correspondent of the Democrat states the Territorial Legislature will enact a broad set of laws, resisting Topeka government arrangements and opposing the Constitution protest. Colin Clarkesn with the Tabcelpent Constitution departed for Washington. Osborn Lecompte and Pate expected to arrive tomorrow.
From Havana Cuantaster Jun 28 the Isabella arrived bringing no sugar change while molasses declined. Colonel Anderson six officers and thirty men reached Key West and were ordered held for trial in the District Court of Louisiana. In default of bail they remain in custody.
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