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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1850
Page
2
Plainfield Gazette page notes Albert D. Drake is authorized to receive subscriptions and ads. It advertises prompt printing services for cash and emphasizes every description of job printing completed at the office.
The editorial asks which candidate will promote general education and equal rights under a republic. It denounces special privileges and favors a reform aligning New Jersey law with universal rights, urging unity to elect a governor who supports these democratic principles.
The Empire City reached New York on Tuesday morning bringing San Francisco news to April first. It left Chagres on the 27th alt and connected with the California at Panama on the 23d with 420 passengers and $1,700,000 in gold dust. Business mood remained low with several failures, including Frank Ward & Co of San Francisco. Miners plan summer work. over 100,000 are at or en route to the mines. Mr W Ritchie was found dead in Broad Street Newark likely from intoxication.
The column surveys events in Rome, Paris, and Britain with notes on the Pope's reception, rumored German revolutionary links, and a looming Greek question. It also reports a deadly bridge collapse near Ansiers and a telegraph scheme to California, plus a new cemetery branch railway line serving visitors and funeral trains.
The Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland totals 18 738 members with 5929 males 10 141 females. England has 25 quarterly meetings with three large groups 2000 to 2400 members. others are small 100 to 300. Of 13 733 members 1504 are under five 5175 between 5 and 20 9424 between 20 and 60 and 2630 above 60. Under 18 6679 36 percent. Active 20 to 60 total 7529 with 3388 males 45 percent. Also notes strong influence of the Society in Britain.
A Jersey town letter urges residents to uphold the golden rule, pay debts, and avoid exploiting neighbors. It cautions against intemperance, prejudice, and lawsuits, linking crime to covetousness and deceit while calling for mercy and communal duty. The text references local officials and moral expectations in civic life.
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