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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1849
Page
2
Essex County Conventions Dates Announced
The Anti Monopolists hold a county convention at the Park House Orange on Saturday October 13 at 2 oclock. Democrats of Essex meet at Seiple s Hotel Elizabethtown on October 27. The Whig Convention meets at the Park House Orange on October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Park House
Orange
Democrats of
Seiple’s
Elizabethtown
Georgia Election Returns Show Democrat Majority in Senate and House
All counties tallied with three remaining pending results indicate the legislature will be Democratic with 25 senate seats to 24 for Whigs and 67 house seats to 63 Whigs. Towns, the Democrat, wins the gubernatorial race by about 3,300 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Senate
Towns
Maryland Whigs Lose Two Congress Seats in Apathy Battle
The contest is over and the Whigs are defeated with two Congressmen lost to unaccountable apathy. The V.V.Y. Tribune notes the outcome as a glorious defeat and signals the party’s setback in Maryland elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
V.V. Y. Tribune
Monopolies debated as inalienable rights in New Jersey
In Wasurscron on October 6 a public address condemns the Camden and Amboy Railroad monopoly. The piece argues against exclusive rights across New Jersey as a violation of inalienable rights, warns of charter forfeiture, and urges defending equal rights and republican principles against private power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Stockton
New Jersey
Camden and Amboy
Delaware and Raritan
Kings of the Earth
United States
Commodore
Injury from loaded pistol injures Frazee Cole in Plainfield
The Plainfield Union reports Frazee Cole Esq of this place injured Saturday when a pistol discharged while he was firing it. The blast damaged his left hand, likely costing his forefinger, though the incident could have been much worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazee Cole Esq
Plainfield Union
Fire destroys Rosendale lime plant in Newark
A Friday evening blaze consumed the new Rosendale Lime and Cement Company building near the gas works in Newark. The structure was reported fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Rosendale Lime and Cement Company
Camden and Amboy Company Reduces Fares to Two and Half Cents
The Camden and Amboy Company cut their rates to two and a half cents per mile on both lines and plan to issue season or commutation tickets between New Brunswick and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden and Amboy Company
New Brunswick
Philadelphia
Newark Daily Advertiser
New Jersey Anti Monopoly Fight Sparks State Debate
A New Jersey Herald style piece condemns rail monopoly lanes and calls for public oversight. It highlights Commodore Stockton and the Anti-Monopoly movement while accusing joint companies of overcharging and evading reports to stockholders and citizens alike. The piece notes proposed reforms and a Working Men's Convention platform advocating shorter workdays and homestead rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Herald
Commodore Stockton
New York
Philadelphia
Bordentown
Burlington
Monmouth
Camden
Compion
Trenton
Commodore Stock
New Jersey
Stockton
Wnl
Morristown
Jerseyman
Elizabethtown
Jeran
Privieges
Cap’n
New Jer
America
Demegogues
Albany
Commonwealth
Europe
Pennsylvania and One State Elections for Legislature
On October 9 voters face Pennsylvania and another state election day for legislative seats. Officials urge turnout as campaigns focus on local races and policy issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Debate on National Railroad Scheme and Whitney Proposal
The convention discussed a clean ticket and failed to secure support for Asa Whitney's plan to fund a national railroad. A resolution condemned Whitney's scheme as corrupt and harmful to the Republic, with estimates of steamboat production from 1524 to 1848 and current building rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wert
Pacific Railroad
Whitney
Asa Whitney
Lakes
United States
Population Compactness Fact At One-Mile Square
A science note asserts the US population could fit into a one mile square with 15 inch square spaces per person. It computes 4224 persons per row and 17842576 total to fill a square mile, citing Scientific American. The text also mentions Elizabethtown Dairy Sranpaap service delivery to residences via Gazette contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Scientific Aimerican
Hiainfield
Elizabethtown
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