Texas and Mexico battle reports spark regional alarm
Reports from Texas and Mexico recount a sharp clash near the Rio Grande with Federalists routed and Mexican forces pursuing. Col. Fisher in San Antonio awaits instructions as Arista’s force may threaten Texas, prompting cautions of a broader invasion if conditions shift.
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Mexico
Texas
Arista
Canalez
Zapata
Mier
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Col. Fisher
Burleson
Austin
United States
New Orleans Bulletin
The
New Republic
Bicknell
Kentucky Anniversary Observed in Louisville for State History
The Kentucky Historical Society assigns Rev. Robert Davidson of Lexington to deliver an address at the Kentucky settlement anniversary in Louisville. The Louisville Journal lauds the effort to collect and enshrine early state history and praises the chosen speaker’s scholarship on heroism, enterprise, and frontier adventure.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Robert Davidson
Lexington
Kentucky Historical Society
Occavion
Union
Daniel Bonn
Historical Society
Information from Capt Pearson on Tort Panning express
From Florida comes word via Capt Pearson of the Isis that telegrams reached Black Creek on the 16th from Tort Panning. It states that on the 13th an ambulance returning from Fort Griffen, escorted by a non commissioned officer and six privates, was involved in an incident.
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Black Creek
Tampa Bay
Tattoo
Hospitalki
Taylor
Georgea
Florida
Pearson
Isis
Fort Griffen
Regu
Decision on Sabbath Work Suit Delays Horse Injury Case
Judge Stroud rules a new suit must be filed because contracts to perform work on Sunday are not legal, affecting the Berrill versus several young men case over a horse loss and injury. Also notes an 1840 Boston agricultural pamphlet praised for its Britain versus US farming comparisons and Webster’s remarks.
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Armer
Silliman
Mr. Webster
England
Flanders
National Agricultural Society
Mann
Stroud
District Court
Wm S. Berrill
Philo. Ledger
Fanmens
Boston
Dane Wrarren
Woorisson Simman
Henry Couman
Decatur and the Sailor Reuben James Reward Tale
A Knickerbocker excerpt recounts Commodore Decatur praising sailor Reuben James for his devotion in battle with Tripoli. James received a pension, while Decatur joked about hammocks, humor, and the freedom of the city granted in New York, illustrating naval camaraderie.
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Commodore Decatur
Decatur
Tripoli
Reuben James
Jack
New York
Work and Wits in a Jersey Clergyman Tale
A New Jersey clergyman owns a enslaved man named Squash who resists labor. After a dispute about head work versus bodily toil, Quash fools the master by claiming head work. He explains by a riddle about pigeons on a tree, then corrects the master that the birds flew away.
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New Jersey
Quash
Indian Disturbances Report From Early Kansas Frontier
The Gazette notes rising hostilities south of the Missouri with Ottoes from the Big Platte crossing into the state and levying on whites. A letter dated the 14th reports attacks, thefts, and extortion of stock grain and even a threatened killing over a keg of whiskey. A second letter dated the 21st references further incidents near the Narrows of the Anishnabotany.
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St. Louis
Republican
Fort Leavenworth
Gaz
Missouri
Buchanan County
Col. Kearny
Big Platte
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