Books on American history and Popery receive praise in Plainfield notices
The Plainfield Gazette notes new works from the same publisher including 1776 a faithful chronicle of the war for independence and The History of Romanism by Rev. John Dowling D. D with engravings. It also comments on the Scarren journal and local ads for merchants, craftsmen, and postmaster contention in Plainfield.
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Edward Walker
Fulton St
N. Y
John Dowling
Philadelphia
World’s beauty and God’s purpose amid wealth and want
The article argues against viewing the world as worthless. It emphasizes a divine purpose in creation, noting a beautiful earth and regular seasons. It contends wealth disparity harms the poor and calls for contentment and reverence for God’s design.
If We Live By Kindness The Earth Proclaims Goodness
The writer exhorts living in kindness toward others, arguing that rivers of conflict fade when love guides actions. He urges appreciating nature from woods to seashore as evidence of divine benevolence and happiness for those in harmony with the creator. A.J.
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A.J
Coroner's Jury Blames Empire Negligence in Steamboat Disaster
The Coroner's Jury censures the Empire for neglect and poor judgment after the wreck. At Fishkill another coroner's inquest is set for tomorrow morning as counts rise. Seventeen bodies have been recovered, with five more identified including the Ladd brothers family remains. Raising the wreck is delayed amid public concern and survivor search.
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Ladd Brothers
Fromington
Conn
Ing
Ladd
California Emigration News and Riots Across Cities
Reports from California detail a planned Legislative Assembly in San Francisco with fifteen framing laws and three judges to be elected. News from New Orleans and New York covers cholera deaths, the Sauve crevasse, and the Astor House riot with arguments for civil rights and lawful protest.
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Talcahuaca
California
May term Essex County Court opens with Grand Jury list
The May term at Court House in this city opened Tuesday morning with Hon. Jos. F. Dolph of the Supreme Court presiding. The Grand Jury Foreman was Sam H. Pennington and includes J. Henry Clark Edward Doughty Oliver Bonnel Theodore Weld James B. Laing James B. Pinnes John Chadwick Jacob Giiger Henry Donnington Isaac M. Waid Cyrus Townsend Caleb S. Davis Charles Smith Daniel D. Reynolds Samuel Smith William Parsel Isaac H. Pierson Josiah Speer Levi Clark David M. Fitzgerald Ed G. Faitoute Andrew Teed Elihu Day. The Civil list contains nine Supreme Court issues including two of the famous New York cases on 22 Circuit. Prisoners in jail to be considered by Grand Jury include J. C. Cowan for murder and other assaults.
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Sam’ H. Pennington
Foreman
J. Henry Clark
Edward Doughty
Oliver Bonnel
Theodore D. Weld
James B. Laing
James B. Pinnes
John Chadwick
Jacob Giiger
Henry Donnington
Isaac M. Waid
Cyrus Townsend
Caleb S. Davis
Charles Smith
Daniel D. Reynolds
Samuel Smith
William Parsel
Isaac H. Pierson
Josiah Speer
Levi Clark
David M. Fitzgerald
Ed. G. Faitoute
Andrew Teed
Elihu Day
Supreme Court
New York
Grand
J. C. Cowan
Newark
Deaths in New Orleans total 9236 with cholera deaths
A Charleston Courier correspondent reports that New Orleans recorded 9236 deaths in the year ending May 1 with about 4000 attributed to cholera.
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New Orleans
Charleston Courier
Destructive Fire Rips Through St Louis City
A massive blaze in St Louis on May 7 8 7 Friday leveled 418 houses including five banks and every insurance office. Twenty seven steamboats burned, the Telegraph Office consumed, and about 20 people are believed dead. Loss estimated around 6 million with Levee and Market Street fronts heavily damaged.
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St. Louis
Our City
Locust
Chestnutts
Market St
Messrs
Doenich & Valloux
Thomas B. Targee
Frightful Progress of the Crevasse
Baltimore reports from May 11 New Orleans steamers note the Dryades Market area flooded by rising waters. Crevasse breaches near the canal cause water to backflow six to twelve inches, threatening Dryades Benton White Hercules streets. Guards set along the bank but breaches allow rapid water flow, with back streets not yet relieved.
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Baltimore
Southern Mail
New Orleans
Dryades
Benton, White
Herculus Sts
Ireland in distress likened to Algiers and Punjaub
Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Commons, compared Ireland's condition to war torn Algiers and the Punjaub. The piece notes papers may exaggerate and urges caution, citing recent arrests and attempts at jail breaks as signs of unrest amid widespread hardship.
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Robert Peel
Ireland
House of Commons
Algiers
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