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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1849
Page
2
A Plainfield Gazette column laments uncaring officials and wealthy citizens amid cholera fears. It urges genuine charity rather than mere abstention, citing Isaiah’s teaching and describing slum housing, hard labor, and sick poor as the real test of a true fast.
Fire torn frame houses and three brick buildings along Lumber Street between Centre and Water in Albany cause heavy losses. Estates of Tennis Van Vechen Winne and George Caser listed as losers with J P Williams and J P Romaine among insured claimants. amounts reach thousands of dollars. A Hungarian veteran’s battlefield memory closes with a fiery Hungarian Hussars tale.
The Spar tanburg dispute centers on an Indiana Free Soil activist Barrett accused of agitating white non slaveholders. Court actions include arrest of postmaster Legg over a John Edward Thomson letter, with threats of severe penalties if convicted. The Tribune notes alleged government pressure and warns of fatal outcomes if slavery presses legal limits.
New York cholera figures for last week reach 1352 deaths, only 57 less than prior week, with indications of decline as cases concentrate above 14th street. Sanitary report notes 189 new cases and 81 deaths in 24 hours, while Pinttapeepura reports 39 cases and 13 deaths since last update. Carl Parpenbury died in prison of cholera. The market remains unchanged.
Reports from California describe steamer traffic to New York and San Francisco with gold freight totals around 231000 and 500000 in dust. The Alta California notes a mass meeting in San Francisco on June 12 urging California to form a state government and elect delegates to a constitutional convention while miners in the camps number twenty to thirty thousand with many foreigners.
An article criticizes the Queen's visit, exposing Irish anger at British rule. The editor denounces privilege and famine imagery, urging readers to greet royalty with solemn silence and to identify supporters of the crown as potential census takers of Irish slavery.
The British ship Sarah Crisp, Captain Taylor, was wrecked after a plank started. Thirteen crew members perished from starvation after twenty seven days on the wreck. Nineteen survivors were rescued by the Emma Sherratt, including Captain Taylor, the chief mate, and 17 seamen.
A lightning strike destroyed the America brig Othello upstream at Tabesca, leaving the vessel completely wrecked and likely lost with no survivors.
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