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Newspaper
Monroe Sentinel
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1857
Page
2
The article reports heated national and local politics with accusations of phonies and deceit. It references the Republican and American parties, calls for civil duties, and notes public figures like Spurgeon YBeine and Willis amid unrest and calls for investigation.
In a campaign note from Madison County, editors report near complete returns with Randall and part of the Republican State ticket winning. The piece condemns full ticket losses, urges home industry support, and highlights local business ads and lectures while detailing surrounding political chatter.
The passage explains Governor Bashford designating Thanksgiving for Wisconsin. It recounts early New England settlers urging divine aid amid hardships, deciding to observe a day of thanksgiving rather than a fast, to celebrate public happiness and God’s provision across business, industry, agriculture, and professions.
In Kansas the Free State men faced a pro slavery constitution after the convention. A Lawrence meeting debated calling Crow Walker to convene the legislature to organize opposition and arrange a popular vote on the constitution. Gov Walker’s possible call hints at legislative action, but its power remains limited over the constitution.
The Sacramento Age reports a Carson Valley interview alleging Mormon plans to gather 15 000 fighters with cavalry artillery and Indian allies to attack U S troops east of the mountains. It warns of massacres plunder and border raids if invaders reach Salt Lake and cites armed women and children as prepared in fearsome mobilization.
News from Nov 16 reports the screw steamer from Liverpool reaching New York, with freight and money markets tight in Liverpool as Borough Bank's collapse alarms investors. Reports cover Leviathan trials, Paris funeral for General Cavaignac, Piedmont tensions, Austria press restrictions, the Swedish Diet, Circassian coast blockade, and Canton evacuation orders.
A compendium of late 1857 dispatches covers a Paris concord on Austrian British protection in Italy, ship arrivals with California mails, notable passengers including Gen Lane and Commodore Merwin, a San Francisco Mormon suspension, earthquakes near Honey Lake, a shipwreck loss on Lake Superior involving the propeller City of Superior, and political shifts in Washington with bond measures and cabinet reshuffles.
England reports a fourteen day four hour passage amid heavy westerly gales. The Black Warrior from Havana on the 15th arrived. Havana trade is dull with declining sugar and small sales. In Missouri Lisbon riv er the Cataract burst its mud receiver killing five passengers and scalding fifteen, including William Brace of Martford.
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