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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1849
Page
2
A Plainfield Gazette editorial urges widespread distribution of property and knowledge to safeguard republican liberty. It warns against wealth concentration, monopoly, and aristocracy, citing Europe and England to stress the danger of concentrated power and the need for universal education and civic guardianship.
In a bid to align with official messaging, Mrs Partington requests a more formal government style from the public organ. She argues clear, authoritative tone will aid community understanding and trust.
The New York Chamber of Commerce endorses Asa Whitney's plan for a cross continental railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. It proposes setting aside 80 million acres for Whitney and associates, granting toll control after completion, and urges immediate adoption by Congress while warning against monopolistic power.
Reports from California confirm losses at sea with accounts of the Dol phin and crew from Newark including John R. Clark Samuel Crane and Charles Alston. Eighteen bodies found on the coast. The Philadelphia burned in San Francisco harbor, 543 tons, New York origin, chartered by Holl and Aspinwall, insured for 15000, to sail July 1 for Manila via the Sandwich Islands.
A reader urges Plainfield residents to pave the village to curb mud and wear on floors during winter. He argues better sidewalks would aid teachers, domestic staff, and property values, and warns of returning as a purchaser if the project is completed.
Gen Riley former New York State Temperance Society vice president urged 1000 attendees to hear the temperance talk. Rupert Gallatin dies at 88 as funeral set for Tuesday at 4. later, a Camden accident buries four workers, Levi Cool ed dead, others injured but recovering.
Citizens met at the American Hotel to select delegates for the Anti Monopol y State Convention in Trenton on September 5. An equal number of delegates from Whig and Democratic ranks was approved with named appointees listed. A resolution denounced free tickets to officials as a corrupting privilege and urged abolition of such exemptions.
The Pike County Democrat argues that withholding state laws from public view hid monopoly power. It claims nonpublication allowed monopolies to expand charters and privileges, deceiving citizens and enabling impositions until laws are made public in county papers.
Incendiary attempts fire three state rooms on the Steamer Whirlwind as she clears St Louis. McGuire’s saw mill burns, losses around six thousand dollars insured. Benton denounced at Palmira and Platte City meetings. Tamerlane reports deaths from cholera among Indians at the Yellowstone headwaters and inland conflicts on the Missouri. Meredosia to Quincy railroad sale for 1850. New York Free Academy adopts Phonography. Steamboat industry value in Pittsburg tops two and a half million with river-related commerce around forty million.
A speaker notes humans cannot gauge speculation, comparing it to counting eels in a river. The story mentions a farmer with a flock facing a mortality outbreak near a market one morning, highlighting local agricultural hardship.
The State of Iowa votes Democratic by a large margin with Minisots Sibley re elected to Congress without opposition. The Legislature is reported as nonpartisan. Nationally, North Carolina remains 6 Whigs and 3 Democrats, Kentucky shows a net Democratic gain, Indiana a larger Democratic gain with Free Soil support, Tennessee adds more Democratic seats, and the House may tilt Democratic pending remaining returns. The Tribune notes the Senate also leaning Democratic.
New York reports 105 cases and 41 deaths, Brooklyn 35 cases and 16 deaths, Philadelphia 17 cases and 10 deaths, Albany 56 cases and 11 deaths, and Boston 29 deaths in the last 48 hours ending noon August 13.
Gen. Taylor was taken ill on arrival at Cartisuiz, Pa. Prompt medical aid allowed him to proceed to Chambersburg.
During a severe gale on Lake Michigan on Thursday morning the steamer Empire State sprang a leak and, despite pumps, had to be run ashore below the Sleeping Bear. The vessel lies in nine feet of water and is feared a total loss. all passengers and crew were saved.
The pioneer California train reached Fort Kearney in ten days from Independence and may overtake the first train. Cholera subsides in most Missouri towns. Charleston shows a few cases but low fatalities. Rainy weather and a strong move to reestablish quarantine in St. Louis.
Cincinnati officials say the Health Department will move to tri weekly updates to monitor the city’s health status, replacing daily reports to streamline reporting and focus on core indicators.
In Cuarceston on Friday August 10 George Dye shot his wife near Feasterville and killed himself. Their children witnessed the fatal scene in this state.
A July 11 blaze in Plattsburg Vermont destroyed 65 buildings including 30 stores of Main Street merchants such as L Myres D Ketchum Vilas & Crosby and others. The Post Office and Bank burned as well. Losses are immense and much is uninsured.
Four men collapsed in a brick yard near Newburgh New York on Tuesday after strenuous sun exposure. They drank water then died within fifteen minutes, exhausted from labor and heat.
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In a 1794 journal fragment Rev Bigelow notes grape crop damage from insects. Modern reader recalls the owner’s general complaint about rose bugs affecting fruit trees and a Boston barber offering to share any item including the face of nature.
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