Deadlock in Congress Over Direct Tax Bill
Debates over the August 1831 direct tax bill continue as Republicans push to bring it to a vote in the House. Democrats from the South filibuster while supporters claim the measure would free treasury funds and shape tariff reform, with states awaiting refunds or payments already made.
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Committee On Rules
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Kansas
Ikentue
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Minnesota
Misson
Ohio
South Carolina
Nebraska
Deadlock Breached as Cox Moves to Adjourn
Sunset Cox moves to adjourn the House at 11.45 but Republicans vote nay. The chamber heightens as the 30 to 13 party lines fail to adjourn, with cheers from Republicans and a Bedlam-like scene in the corridors. A Democrat, Sawden of Pennsylvania, urged reconsideration but failed. A Boston daily declares Job Irish.
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Wasatxaron
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Canona
Bedlam
Mr. Sawden
Pennsylvania
Speaker Carlisle Decries Direct Tax Lobbying Letter
The letter to the New York Herald quotes Speaker Carlisle criticizing lobbying for the direct tax law. He notes a single meritorious Senate provision allowing refunds to some taxpayers, citing Beaufort South Carolina, while most states see funds go to treasuries. He questions the Judiciary Committee’s amendment removing the Senate proviso and warns against contracting attorney or agent influence.
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The
New York Herald
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Judiciary Committee
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Western farm mortgage burden shocks system
A government inquiry reveals Western farms carry $3.422 billion in mortgages across ten states led by Ohio with $701 million. Michigan shows half its farms mortgaged, totaling $350 million. Annual farm earnings run 4 to 5 percent while mortgage costs range 7 to 9 percent. Hartford insurers hold $70 million, Boston town companies $76 million.
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Ase Alpermene Ua Agciulture
Ohio
Michigan
United States
Hartford
Clemson Bequest to State for Agricultural College
Laurensville Advertiser reports Capt. Gt. W. Shell of Laurens cites Dean Bin that Mr. Clemson died last night and left real and personal property to the State for an agricultural college. About $80,000 will be available if accepted. trustees listed and six more to be appointed. If rejected, trustees will carry out wishes. Letter dated April 7 1888 signed D K Norris.
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Orangeburg
B. KR
Tillman
R. W. Simpson
Myself
D, K, Norris
The Negro in the Church Plan of Settlement for Anderson
A South Carolina diocese consideres a plan to resolve church split over race. Delegates urge separation of colored clergy into a missionary jurisdiction while preserving appeals and revising Canons. Committees propose a commission to draft constitutional amendments guiding a future race-based division.
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Anderson
South Carolina
Protestant Episcopal Church
Council of
Virginia
Questions on Virginia Canon No 13 Addressed by Southern Churchmen
The Virginia Canon No 13 inquiry asks if it covers colored mission churches and whether white ministers or colored missionaries attend both councils and convocations. It asks if organized colored parishes have lay delegates in the Diocesan Council and whether their delegates would shift between convocation and council, and whether the canon references colored rectors and delegates.
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Virginia
South Carolina
Diocesan Canon Debate On Colored Ministers And Representation
A correspondent asks about the Virginia Canon and church structure. The plan from the Episcopal Conference is discussed, noting no colored parishes and limited lay representation. The letter insists congregations under the miscoen churches canon have no lay seats and that Canon 13 has not been convoked.
Winter Grain Farm Animals In USDA April Report
The USDA April report notes winter grain conditions across regions. Seeding was long in the South with uneven early cold, drought in some areas reduced germination, but overall plant vigor remained. southern rains improved prospects and California reported favorable seeding. The present crop status is unfavorable as spring lags, with averages by state listed and rye notably higher. Farm animal health is relatively good, with disease losses among horses, cattle, sheep, and swine quantified per thousand animals.
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Oregon
Texas
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New York
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Michigan
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Tennessee
Deadly spring pneumonia grips officials and judge
The article describes a dangerous spring lung disease croupous pneumonia seen as swift and deadly, noting its contrast with other infections. It cites cases affecting Chief Justice Waite and Governor Dorsheimer, and discusses its infectious nature and disputed causes, alongside a separate Atlanta prison tale of a juror refusing to swear.
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Augusta
Passage at Marion Attacks Confederacy and Jeff Davis
The Marion Index reports a Columbus Buggy Co representative Dan Rutherford verbally abused the South and Jeff Davis last year in Marion. He provoked a near-violent response at a depot and was safe only because trains arrived. The piece warns such conduct harms firms and asks readers to identify him. An unrelated advertisement for pants from the New York Standard Pants Co. closes the note.
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Sawera theory links 1755 1884 1885 quakes to Arctic ice buildup
M Sawera posits that abnormal North Pole ice accumulations deflect the Gulf Stream away from Europe, triggering major climate shifts and slight seafloor disturbance, possibly causing local fractures along weak lines.
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Post Mortem Eulogies and Wartime Memories
A collection of satirical notes on funeral oratory and clergy, with anecdotes from rural and Western districts. The piece retells mismatched funeral rites and includes the dramatic account of The Last Victim of the War, detailing the 1865 execution of Thomas Martin near Cincinnati and the political meddling surrounding it. It closes with etiquette reflections on how presidents’ wives addressed their husbands and the evolving norms of polite speech.
Lucky strike makes James Bailey heir to English fortune
James Bailey of Shamokin to receive 1 600 000 left by Wm C Munson of Newport England. Bailey, a former Philadelphia and Reading striker, lived in poverty with wife and seven children after a January wage strike. He learned of the inheritance by letter from an English attorney and plans to travel to Bu land to claim the estate next week. He is described as intelligent, 56?8 years old, in good health.
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England
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Bu Land
Presidential election and the electoral college paradox
The Florida Times Union notes Lincoln's victory despite 4 185 658 votes for others and cites Tilden Hayes and Cleveland as examples of popular majorities not aligning with electoral wins. It discusses proposed constitutional changes to elect by direct popular vote and predicts failure due to resistance to changing the organic law.
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Youngsville pupils turn penny into profit during Lent
Superintendent Connor of the Episcopal Sunday School in Youngaville Va begins Lent by giving 33 scholars aged seven to ten one cent each to reinvest until Easter. The group earns 76.25 dollars in total with Flossie Davis nine turning her penny into twenty and selling pen-wipers. She receives an encouraging reply from Mrs Cleveland who praises children helping others and signs as Pranogs I OuEv2uANp.
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Thepiscopal Sunday School
Youngaville
Flossie Davis
Rattlesnake Bite in Cabages. Child Survives Miraculous Return
In Atlanta, Georgia, M B Smith was bitten by a rattlesnake hidden in a crate of cabbages from Jacksonville, Illinois. Dr Gaston treated him with a panang antivenom compound, and he is recovering at home. Also reported is a dramatic revival of a Nebraska City child believed dead from typhoid pneumonia and a closing moral: a girl should marry for protection, not revenue.
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