Observations and Political Notes from The Observer
The 1844 issue notes postponed US Senator election to the 30th instant and a postage rate reduction resolution in Ohio. A South Carolina bill seeks to repeal current elector selection law. The Warsaw Signal editor is indicted as an accessory to Joe Smith’s murder. The President Elect plans to leave Tennessee for Washington by mid January.
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South Carolina
Warsaw Signal
Joe Smith
Baltimore Republican
Tennessee
Washington
Oregon Occupation Bill and South Carolina Mass Fracas
Dr. Duncan's bill to occupy the Oregon from the Mexican line to latitude 54 north faces House action. Massachusetts appoints Samuel Hoare to Charleston to pursue suits. South Carolina orders him expelled amid alarms over abolitionist interference and a tense clash over free persons of color.
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Columbia River
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Samuel Hoare
Charleston
Hoare
Committee On Federal Relations
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Indiana Senate and House Debates on Canals and Reforms
Legislative items across Dec 12 to Dec 18 show Indiana senators debating judiciary inquiries on recorders fees, abolishing docket fees, and toll reductions on Wabash canal boats. measures include new notes, voter safety bills, wolf scalp premiums, and a joint resolution urging support for national war effort, with adjournments and memorials for Noah Noble.
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Senate
Moore
Committee On Judiciary
House
Tingley
Treasury
Judiciary Committee
Sec
Pettit
Leslie
F. Lucas
Wabash and Erie Canal
Congressional Action on Naturalization and Elections
Senate debates naturalization laws and election fraud measures. Benton calls for inquiry into Texas land speculation by government officers. House passes Duncan bill establishing a uniform presidential election, enabling territorial government in Oregon. Nebraskee bill from Douglass and DC slave trade abolition talk appear. tariff debates ongoing. Postmaster General reports 1844 year receipts 4.24 million, expenditures 4.30 million. 19 hundred mail depredations prior to Oct 12 1644. 100 depredators arrested. McDurrix pushes Texas annexation in Senate.
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Benton
Committee On Foreign Relations
Texas
House of Representatives
Duncan
Oregon
Daily
Douglass
Territory
Nebraskee
Giddings
District of Columbia
Tip. Journal
A Speck of War
A Washington informant for the New York Herald reports that Minister to Mexico Wilton Shannon has left Mexico in high dudgeon and will return to Washington via New Orleans. The move is seen as ending negotiations and signaling possible Mexican declaration of war. Almonte’s absence in New York implies letters of marque may be issued in Havana.
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Sullivan
United States
Indiana
Wilton Shannon
Mexico
Dudgeon
Washington
New Orleans
Almonte
New York
Carlton House
Havana
Notice of Surveyor proceedings and land certificate loss
David Mount and Samuel Rance publish notices in 1844 1845 about a Miami county survey to mark the line between northeast and northwest quarters in section 3 township 28 north range east with favorable weather. They also announce loss or misplacement of Wabash and Milne canal land certificate No 17sl for WASW ar section 15 township 28 range 8 and intent to reprove to obtain a new certificate.
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David Mount
Miami County
Samuel Rance
Alexander McLain
James Avaline
Peru
Dee
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