Kansas Territorial Convention Calls for State Move Amid Invasion Fear
A Kansas Territory address from the Big Springs and Topeka conventions repudiates Missouri invasion and calls for a State Constitution. It urges unity across parties, warns of fraudulent elections, and asks Missourians to refrain while Kansas seeks peaceable statehood.
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Wreck of the Central America Statement by Childs
The statement by Henry F. Childs recalls the voyage on the steamship Central America from Tavana to New York on September 8, a severe gale and escalating storm. He describes powerful winds, heavy seas, rain, and the ship taking on water as passengers formed lines to act after the leak was discovered.
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Aveviia
Henry F. Childs
Tavana
Central Armorica
New York
Aspinwall
Javana
Sailors' Struggle for Survival After Ship Goes Down
A voyage tale recounts gale conditions, loss of the vessel, and 400 to 450 souls cast adrift. Survivors endured near disaster, with boats saved, women and children rescued, and roped boardings to Norwegian bark for refuge. Provisions scarce, but aid arrived from two vessels and an American bark.
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Batize
Honduras
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England
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Savanah
Benevolence tale and Havana wrecks headline
A moral tale of charity among West Indian missionaries ends with a moral on true benevolence as a rich man pays a costly pledge. The Havana dispatch reports the brig Black Squall rescuing three survivors from Albion Cooper, and a murder aboard the vessel. Slavery cargoes seized indicate continued illicit trade and slave shipments near Cardenas.
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Black Squall
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Albion Cooper
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Payana
Cardenas
Matanzais
Great Limrse Rehibition at Kil Infre
About 20,000 spectators witnessed Flora Temple Laneet Miller's Damsel and Red Bird compete in mile heats with three prizes of 2000, 1000, and 500 dollars. Flora Temple won first, Lancet second, Red Bird third. Miller's Damsel withdrew after the second heat. Fast times noted as 2:26, 2:27, and 2:25, claimed as the fastest in the United States aside from Flora Temple’s Union Course trot. Exhibition deemed successful.
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Know Nothings Cross Support Contested Letter Note
L W Kennedy a Know Nothing leader advocates Cross over Randall amid party tensions. Letter shows KN sympathy with bogus Democrats and party realignment toward Cross while denouncing Randall. Also reports Jersey City locomotive works suspending 300 jobs due to payment issues from western railroad customers amid financial strain.
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