Rumors of Cushing Appointments and Caribbean Turmoil
Rumor places Hon. Caleb Cushing for a high cabinet post as tensions rise in the Atlantic. New York groups push to bolster the American fleet in Chinese waters and address mutinous seamen while Mexico Spain war fears ease per English French mediation. Walker in Nicaragua reportedly victorious then contested. slave certificates revoked in Havannah. two New York slavers sold. Pacific steam ship New Granada seized by Peruvian revolutionaries. cargo looted. British protest lodged. possible British action against the rebel flotilla.
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China
Caleb Cushing
New York Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Buchanan
New York Herald
Mexico
Spain
England
France
New Orleans
New York
Central America
Senate
New York State
Supreme Court of the Union
Dred Scott
America
Walker
Nicaragua
Napoleon
Havannah
Concha
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
New Granada
Strachan
Huanchaco
Revolutionary Party
Peru
Paita
British Demands in China and Copenhagen Treaty News
The Pays reports Britain’s proposals to renew eight Chinese ports, establish a Pekin legation, and set military posts with forts at Canton Shanghai and Hong Kong. Other items note the Sound Duel treaty in Copenhagen, Russian Neva ice, Polish governance shifts, Greek finances, Danish politics, and a wrecked emigrant ship Martin Luther with 550 aboard.
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China
London
Lord Elgin
Great Britain
Lst
England
Pekin
Russia
Canton
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Pays
Lei Hoa
Yellow Sea
Pei Hoa
Kohoo Tehi
Whampooa
Copenhagen
Council of Ministers
St. Petersburg
Athens
Financial Commission
Poland
Michael
Toddleben
The
Alma
Sebastopol
Frankfort
Mentz
Kvasth
Calcutta
Bengal Harkara
Denmark
Scheele
Danish Constitutional Party
Hitler
Andrae
Plesse
Peninsular and Oriental Company
Plymouth
Martin Luther
Liverpool
Ushant
Prince Alfred
Geneva
Gotha
Schloss Rosenau
Bonn
Christchurch
Germany
Prince Albert
Prussia
Times
Canadian News
Canada
British Empire
Upper
Lower Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward’s Island
Appointment surge as 200 plus apply in Washington mix
More than 200 applicants appeared in Washington for a Mila appointment in the gift of the Administration amid a broad screening process.
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Washington
Mila
Gossip From Italy Reflects Turbulent Politics and Rail Plans
From Rome, April 4 1857, a correspondent notes Austrian distrust and Italian party rivalry as Turin and Vienna sever relations. The piece details Piedmont's strong government, rising railway schemes from Rome to Civita Vecchia and the Venetian frontier, and Rome's political shifts including potential Easter amnesty and cardinal promotions. It reports railway disputes with French and English contractors, and assassinations in Ravenna and Marino.
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Rome
Turin
Vienna
Italy
Piedmont
Church of Rome
Republican Party
Europe
Naples
Papal States
Civita Vecchia
Bologna
Ancona
Frascati
Sacred College
Church
Monsignor Matteucai
London
Ravenna
Marino
Alban Hills