Sheriff candidate Noah Allebaugh announced
We are authorised to announce the name of Noah S. Allebau gh, 130 candidate for Sheriff at the August election. Also Nathan O. Ross, Esq. of Miami County as candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the South Judicial circuit and David M. Dunn Engg. of Cass County as candidate for Prosecuting Attorney in the Eighth Judicial Circuit.
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Noah S. Allebaugh
Nathan O. Ross
Miami County
Sth Judicial Circuit
David M. Dunn
Engg
Cass County
8Th Judicial Circuit
August Election Rumors From Washington and Cabinet Stand
Rumors list for local offices Samuel Sample Coles Reed Leonard Ove fre es Kinworthy Mend enhall McGuire plus hints of Pickens Calhoun ambassadorship. The cabinet seals to resist Peel Mexico and Brazil threats with unity as Congress funds defences and navy readies for action. canal work and naval inspection planned.
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Pickens
England
Calhoun
Robert Peel
Mexico
Brazil
Congress
Lagro
Carrollton
Sland
Gen
Cin Gazette
Opinions on Methodist split and slave issue stir public concern
Letters from 1845 reveal Henry Clay urging reconciliation to keep the Methodist Episcopal Church united amid slaveholding tensions. The missive warns division could threaten national unity and political stability, while noting ongoing anxieties over the Upper Missouri drought and the Frolic grounding.
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Asuiano
Mr. Mitchell
Frankfort
United States
Temperance lowers sea losses says Sailors Magazine
The Sailor's Magazine notes fewer ship and life losses as temperance rises. In 1842 loss was 380 vessels and 602 lives, 1843 saw 404 vessels and 642 lives lost, while 1844 reports only 208 vessels and 165 lives lost, credited to seamen's increased sobriety.
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Sailor’s Magazine
Destructive hurricane hits Chicago and Michigan area
The hurricane near Chicago caused wide damage in South Western Michigan with ruined houses and barns, heavy property losses, large hailstones, and many livestock deaths. Timber suffered. the storm also affected Northern Indiana. Separately, several New York gentlemen traveled in St. Louis en route to the Rockies, and a New York paper notes Van Buren declining foreign mission offers.
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Chicago
Michigan
Indiana
Miami County Democratic Convention Nominates Ticket
The Miami county Democrats met in Peru on Saturday the 17th to form a ticket for August election. Nominations: Benjamin Henton for Representative Wabash and Miami, Nathan C Ross for Prosecuting Attorney, John Clymer for Sheriff, James Tillett for County Commissioner, Lico Cook for School Commissioner, Reuben Harrison for Auditor, Robert Watson for Assessor. Ticket supported by 18 citizens. proceedings published in State Sentinel Peru Observer and Democratic Phoros.
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Miami County
Peru
Wabash & Miami
Benjamin Henton
Judicial
Natian C Ross
John Clymer
James Tillett
State Sentinel
Phoros
Jas. Douglass
Can
Joan M. Wirr
Secy
Convention Aims to Split South Church Government
A large Methodist Episcopal Convention in Louisville Kentucky gathers from slave-holding and non-slave states to consider dividing church governance between the South and Southwest and the North and Northeast. Letters have been sent to Mr Polk regarding the matter.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Polk
Mr. Clay
Phila. Ing
Methodial Episcopal Church
Union
Louisville
South
Southwest
North
Northeast
Polk
Loss of a steadfast ship worth more than others
The narrator recalls the ship as a trusted steed that carried her through perils and stormy seas. She mourns the loss of the vessel with deep affection, noting its buoyancy, strength, and unyielding nature in the face of a tempest.
Debt Cleared for Clay Models Generous Public Support
A Lexington letter reports Mr. Clay, long indebted on behalf of a relative, had nearly $30 000 cancelled after his political friends secretly funded the relief. The notes were returned to him, and he learned who paid through the canceled instruments. The piece notes the public act and defends it against journalistic speculation.
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Lexington
Mr. Clay
Clay
N.Y. Tribune
Texian Congress convened to decide on annexation
President Jones proclaims June 26 as the Texian Congress date to address annexation. The piece also notes quips about speech and manners, a census statistic from Indiana, Peel's abolition stance, and Dan Kelso’s appointment to a western Indian Agency.
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Trxss
Jones
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