California Statehood Debate and Slavery Vote Hopes Dim
A New York Herald–sourced summary reports California's push for territorial government facing opposition in Congress. Telegraphic letters warn that California may be remanded to territorial status, with a future vote on slavery rules and citizen qualifications. Reports of a fatal accident on a plantation and a child’s poisoning incident highlight ongoing southern violence and public safety concerns. The Abbeville Banner notes deadly labor accidents and dangerous plant poisoning among enslaved people, underscoring the era's brutal conditions.
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New York Herald
California
Washington
Feray
New Mexico
Congress
Speculitora
Congress Debates California Compromise and Slave Labor Views
In the Senate on Monday March 8 Mr. Clay reported the compromise resolutions after committee review. The census bill passed 61 to 1 with 9 yeas and 61 nays. Proceedings cover the President’s message on California’s suit and a Board of Accounts bill advancing in committee. Mississippi’s Jackson Daily notes California slave labor profitability, claiming slaves earn ten dollars per day in mines and urging irrigation and mining labor as profitable for masters, while telegraph confirms Henry Clay Jr. appointed a West Point cadet after Buena Vista.
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Senate
Clay
California
State of the Union
Winthrop and
Ory
Board of Accounts
United States
Los
Eulogy by Distriet Leader Praised in Columbia Papers
The senior class chose Mra LL Rion of his district to deliver a eulogy on Mrs Calhoun. The Columbia papers describe the address as an elegant specimen of composition with real effect and worthy of the occasion. A sidebar note mentions the Piketonian edited by a Mr Pike in Piketon, Ohio.
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College UX Natpion
LL Rion
Hla Distriet
State College
Calhoun
Columbia
Kissy
The
Piketonian
Afr
Pike
Piketon
Pike County
Ohio
Whistenant to Miss Kemly in District Match
On Thursday 7th inst Rev Philip Chambers assisted by Art Calloway Whistenant plans marriage to Kemly daughter of Jabel Carver all of this District.
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Philip Chambers
Art. Calloway
Kemly
Jabel Carver
Diep Obituary From Jacksonville Florida Notice
Extract from Dr Henry D Holland letter reports the death of J H Holland on the 28th April after illness. He died last Saturday and was mourned by many friends. The note praises the hospitality and love shown to him and mentions the burial at the cemetery on Sunday at 5 am.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Palmer
J. H. Holland
Negroes for sale in District in 185
Norton and Steele advertise enslaved people for sale listing nine young Negroes including a 12 year old boy and a 16 or 17 year old girl described as capable seamstress and skilled in weaving washing ironing with strong appearance. The notice is dated April 1, 185.
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Norton & Steele
Sherif IOS Sales Pickens District Notice of multiple land foreclosures
Writs issuing sale before Pickens Court House on the first Monday and Tuesday in June list 400 acres on Cana Creek adjoining Calhoun and Rusk lands, 140 acres on Concross with John Garner, 1000 acres with Col Jesse McKinney, 52 acres near Wilson and Smith, 60 acres on Saluda River near Wade and others, a negro boy Peter and other properties including 116 acres near Hunter, 500 acres on Siluda River and stills and stands. Purchasers pay for titles. May 10, 1850. Sheriff A Doyle.
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Pickens Distict
Jane Hext
Cana Creek
Chas, Calhoun
Mary Rusk
Joe Kelley
Thomas Alexander
Lama
Concross
John Garner
Jas. Saunders
Robt. Beattie
Mariaret Hays
Y. Whitefield
Peter
John Danseller
Bury Parton
Wm. Hunter
A. W. Holcomb
Thornton Benson
Cleveland
Jno
Letters Remaining in the Pickens Post Office
A list of names and dates appears as a damaged post office notice noting letters remaining unclaimed at Pickens. The fragment mentions aging mail and a March 1 1890 quarter ending deadline, with several listed recipients and initials, all part of a public postal record.
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Pickens
Post-Office Department
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Jas
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Wnt
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Wm. Wilson
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Spencer W. Nix
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Henry
A. W
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Sheri Haynes
Noa
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Piokena
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Missionary and Temperance Meeting
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Allen Keith
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Joel M. Keith
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Vlainuts
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