Plank Road to Wadpan Proposed for Fond du Lac Area
The Fond du Lac Journal reports a Rosendale meeting to advance a Plank Road from Fond du Lac through Rosendale to Ripon. It criticizes Oshkosh for lack of support, praises Oro for building roads to Liberty Prairie, and urges securing a legislative charter for a Fond du Lac Waupoon plank road to dominate regional trade.
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Fond du Lac
Rosendale
Ripon
Iva Lue
Oshkosh
Waupoon
West Fond du Lac
Bodge
Sonddu Lac
Algoma Plans Plank Road to Liberty Prairie
Neighbors in Algoma announce plans to build a plank road to Liberty Prairie, seen as a needed improvement for the town. The notice suggests Oshkosh should align with Read to Wanpun for related interests.
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Libery Prairie
Oshkosh
Wanpun
New Route Sought From Lake Champlain to New York
A reposition aims to open a ship canal from Lake Champlain to New York to allow lake vessels access to the St. Lawrence. The plan is considered feasible by proponents.
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New York
Lake Champlain
St. Lawrence
Planking Ferry Street Could Cut Town's Street Costs
The author urges Meadville residents to plank Ferry Street arguing it would solve mud and nuisance on the main street. Cites Meadville example where tax-payers on a plank road were exempt from road tax and overall costs were lower. Notes southern state snow reports and local lack of snow for sleighing.
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Ferry Street
Van
Meadville
Editor in Fix Threatens Flogging Over Subscriptions
A western state editor reports a subscriber dodging payment and being threatened with flogging for stopping the paper. In Oshkosh, a brother threatens flogging to enforce paper delivery. The writer laments a lack of resistance while noting a large newspaper presence in Wisconsin.
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Isinady
Detroit Advertiser
Brother Dosxone
Oshkosh
Green Bay
Indignant Editor Attacks Abolitionist Principles
The Democrat editor denounces abolitionist motives as indecent and unmanly, claiming conscience guides actions like breeches that slip for lewdness. A Republican note calls such views hellish and warns against tolerating them in a peaceable community. The Republican plans to deliver a lecture on Polite Literature to the Young Men's Association Monday evening.
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The
Democrat
Dean Swit
Qsabkash
Young Men's Association
What Col Benton will Do
Washington correspondent for the New York Evening Post predicts that if Benton is not re-elected to the Senate by Missouri lawmakers, he will run as an independent anti caucus and convention candidate for the Presidency. He is said to be likely to carry more states than any similar candidate.
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Washington
New York Evening Post
Benton
Senate
Missouri
Delhi Grows Into Flourishing River Town Near Waukau
A reader notes Delhi, three miles above Dinro on the River and two miles from Waukau, has rapidly developed from prairie to a thriving village. A post office with W B Miller as postmaster, three groceries, two hotels, two steam saw mills, and a large riverbank warehouse are described. The town is said to attract trade and provide crucial river access for Waukna and surrounding areas.
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Dinro
Waukau
Delhi
W. B. Miller
Waukna
Duty of Officers of Public Meetings
A local newspaper explains it did not publish the records of two past Public Meetings on the Fugitive Slave Law and Lumber Interests because the secretary failed to provide copies. The editor accuses J D Ayman of withholding the Lumber Meeting of the other paper and declares the paper’s duty to publish only when furnished. The piece defends the paper’s reputation for timely news and calls for proper fulfillment by secretaries.
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Edward Edwards
J. D. Ayman
Hyman
Private Bunterprize and the President’s Message
A fragmented note criticizes government delays in delivering President Fillmore’s Message. It claims the Boston Chronotype had private expresses distributing the document in Portland Maine and Providence Rhode Island before official government dispatches arrived, questioning the use of federal funds for such express distribution.
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Sam
President Fillmore
Boston Chronotype
Portland
Maine
Providence
R. I
United States
Debate on fair reporting and political exchange
A 1930s letter page defends press openness and permits respectful political debate. The exchange involves a Wisconsin county Whig delegate and a Democratic journal editor. The writers challenge censorship and defend fairness amid partisan rhetoric.
Notices of Publications and a National Police Gazette
Notices describe Usirra States Menary Law Magazine edited by John Thivingston at 54 Well Street New York and the National Ponce Gazette a weekly by George Wilkes 103 Nassau Street New York. The entries praise the law journal 140 pages at 5 00 a year and cite the Gazette’s crime reports editorial stance and reform philanthropy. Prize 2 000 year.
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Usirra
John Thivingston
Well Street
New York
U. S
National Ponce Gazetty
George Wilkes
Nassau Street
National Police Gazette
Whigs in Winnebago County Support Cass and Dickinson
A brief note from Hoping that you will find room for this letter in the Republican columns. The writer, Hasewon Reep, asserts Whigs of the north back Cass and Dickinson & Co. and claims not to have misrepresented their sentiments on the occasion. Respectfully yours.
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Newsan
Duxenoan
Waupun
Corven‘tion
Ito
South Carolina
Quattlebang
Casa
Dickinson
Dodge
North
Republican
Cass, Dickinson & Co
Hellish orations and academic moves in Black scholars
The Chronotype notes W. G. Allen a law student in Boston connected to Ellis Gray Loring is named Professor of Greek and Rhetoric at Central College Mt. Granville. An ad in Boston promotes Br. C. J. Peck a Black physician giving a Mind over Matter lecture. Montreal Gazette praises his teaching and oratory.
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W. G. Allen
Ellis Gray Loring
Central College
Mt. Granville
Iyman
Boston
Br. C. J. Peck
J. P. Gaz- Legian
Pittsburgh Medical Society
Pittsburgh
Montreal Gazette
Br. Peck
The Higher Law Abolitionism Debate in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin newspaper argues against misrepresentations of the Higher Law and Abolitionism. It defends Seward’s position as not advocating disregard for the Constitution and clarifies that abolitionism means no federal expansion of slavery and no new slave states.
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van He Seward
Wisconsin
Congress
1620s News Gleanings and Congressional Notes
A compact summary of scattered 1850s era items includes maritime ventures and prices for Farmers Almanacs, newspaper notices from Philadelphia and Boston, and remarks on journals Graham’s Magazine and The Fond du Lac Journal. Also included are brief reports on Wisconsin, Illinois, and New York developments, and consecutive congressional sessions with votes, appointments, and remarks.
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Wadpan
Aloma & Liberty Prairie Plank Road
New Houte
Fix
Col. Benton
Notices of Publications
Wascoxsa Farmera
Mark Miller
Ragine
Michigan
Sheboygan
Watertown
UY Bupulioe
Banxer
Tay Ustox
Philadelphia
Wm. Bullock
Odd Fellowship
Dick Street
Graham
Bostos
Mass
Geo
Re Graham
Tova
Uiat
England
Icannot
G. P. R. James
G* An Qhio
JG the
Buffalo Lake
Marquette Bounty
Brown
Williams
Tlawitt
Peoria
Antoinette Douglass
Mobile
Rhode Island
Lupatic
Agusta
Bis
Matowee
Madison
Chicago
New Orleans
Arkansas
Milwaukee
Bargam
Jonny Lind
John S. Jenkins
J. C. Calhoun
Allman
Buffalo
New York Canal Board
Congressional
Wastuxarox
Cobb
Millard P. Filmore
Conkey
Crommey
Circuit Court of
Kenosha
McCafferty
Neland
Lalling
Dubuque
Salt Lake Valley
New
Mexico
Great Britain
N. Y
Lunafic
Opal
Tribune
Dodge County
Fair
Milwaukee Railroad
South
Indiana
Albany
Voorhees
Chicago Harbor
HOUSE
Me. Gurley
Hale
Secretary of War
Fort Constitution
Portsmouth
N. H
Chandler
Chester Butler
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Hannibal
St. Joseph’s
Great Swamp
Cape Girardeau
Cooper
Butler
Robinson
Giddings
Judiciary Committee
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