Free soil movement and Cuban expedition dominate 1849 news
Our New York correspondent reports on the split within the Democratic Party between the Free Soil and pro slavery factions, planned Utica convention, and the Cuba expedition linked to Texas aims. The piece also covers Florida Indian wars, Hungary sympathy rally in the park, cholera declines, and a Maine home exemption bill as well as coastal codfish trade data.
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Florida
Hungary
New York
Democratic Party
Hunker
Sham Democrats
Barnburner
Liberty Free-soil Democrats
Rome
John van Buren
Utica
Cuba
New Orleans
Union
United States
Mexico
D la Texas
Sierra Madre
Texas
Congress
Free States
Kentucky
Virginia
Delaware
Missouri, &c
South
Rey
Havanna
Lake Superior
Atlantic
Europe
Louis Napoleon
Philadelphia
Ferdinand of
Austria
Haynau
Pennsylvania
Maine
The
Boston Journal
Pacific Coast
California
Britain
Chicago
Troy
W. G
Bathers and Receipts At Goulston-square Model Bath 1847–48
The Works Committee reports from July 26 1847 to December 31 1848 show bathers total 81 694 with receipts £914 19s 1d and from then to the 1st inst 82 219 bathers and receipts £1 058 1s 7d. Men 77 831 baths, women 3 187, children 1 201. weekly average 2 223 men, 91 women, 35 children. weekly receipts £30 5s 4d. Washing had 3 013 washers and 3 013 driers since April 30. hours washing/drying 10 005. no ironing.
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Wasunovuses
Goulston-square
Embezzlement and Bigamy Rumors at Central Court
At the Central Criminal Court William Isaac Fitch pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from Messrs. Morgan and Co and received seven years transportation. James Scotchmoore was tried on two indictments for bigamy and also sentenced to seven years on each count. Caroline Cook faced trial for the murder of her husband but was found Not Guilty after doubts about the case. The Literary Gazette bankruptcy examination noted sizable unsecured debts and limited assets. Nelson Webster sued over rail fare after a lost transfer and the railway company settled to avoid court action.
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Central Criminal Court
William Isaac Fitch
Messrs. Morgan and Co
Farringdon Street
James Scotchmoore
Scotchmoore
John
Literary Gazette
Ainsworth
W. H
Dickenson and Co
Old Bailey
Longman and Co
The
Union Bank of London
Saville and Edwards
Chandos-street
Stephenson
Parliament Street
Silverlock
Henry
Warneford
W. Strachan
Adam
Aberdeen
Plews
Nelson Webster
Huddersfield
Marsden
Leeds
London and North-Western Company
County Court
Coats
Leeds Times
Cholera Toll and Miscellaneous Notices
A Mississippi plantation owner Mr Duncan loses 91 enslaved people to cholera, cattle health remains. a Florence court to hear action against a printer who released an Italian Bible edition for Captain Pakenham. Cambridge tutor questions an Irish freshman about being his eldest son, the reply is I am. in Paris Bordeaux and Marseilles baths 16 218 subscribers, only two reportedly fell to cholera.
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F. Douglass
Duncan
Mississippi River
Paris
Bordeaux
Marseilles