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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1850
Page
2
Plainfield Lyceum members meet at W W Dinviton’s school house on Tuesday at seven to debate whether capital punishment should be abolished. Ladies and the public invited. Subscriptions and advertisements handled by Albert D Drake as authorized agent.
Fire swept the Public Free School House in the village this Wednesday morning about 8 o'clock. The blaze started in the garret and the building was mostly consumed. Loss estimated at 3,000 with 2,000 insured in the Pisinfield Mutual Insurance Company.
Editorial remarks critique Mr Webster s stance on slavery extending to new territories. It argues the Proviso should be upheld, warns against racial and climate justifications for exclusion, and contends slavery is a political force sustaining minority rule. It condemns fugitive slave return as incompatible with moral law.
The piece discusses opposition to slave catchers and slavery in free states, urging no compromise for freedom, praising the Union’s endurance, and warning against extending slavery to districts like Washington and West Point. It includes notices on advertising, portraits, horse remedies, and a Newark Union weekly edition.
The steamship Empire City under Capt Wilson sailed Saturday afternoon from Chagres via Kingston Jamaica. It carries over 100 passengers and about half a million dollars in gold dust on freight, with no later news from California.
Bishop Hughes presided at the dedication of St Patrick's, a new Catholic church in Newark, on Sunday. New York town elections this spring show large gains for the Democratic party.
A late session list shows numerous acts and joint resolutions including church name changes, incorporations for railroads and banks, road and plank road projects, public schools in Newark and Morris, and various county and municipal governance provisions. Also noted are amendments to liens, insurance, and factory regulations plus relief acts for individuals.
A page lists proposed acts and resolutions including charter extensions for banks and corporations, amendments to court procedures, and authorizations for ballots in townships. Items cover incorporation of merchants, temperance divisions, railroad stations, school district funding, church name changes, and finance reforms.
Report of the steamer St Johns destroyed near Bridgeport Alabama with heavy loss of life and wealth figures. Passaic Grand Jury indicts John Johnston for two murders. Senatorial debate features Mr Seward on California slavery and Proviso. Fremont family travels to Washington amid illness. New Jersey Peace Convention scheduled in Newark.
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