Liberty and equal rights urged in Essex County notes
A Plainfield Gazette excerpt urges voters to weigh measures by their impact on liberty, equality, and happiness, tying education to liberty and condemning privilege. It lists Essex County convictions and sentences, notes a Democratic County Convention in Newark for September, and reports Jenny Lind concert ticket sales and a railroad collision near Elizabethtown with no passengers harmed.
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Essex County
City
Newark
Planfield
Palmfield
California Utah and Texas Boundary Bills Passed
Reports state that California Utah and Texas boundary bills won final passage in Congress with strong margins. California approved 150 to 57 Utah 97 to 8 Texas boundary lines set 36 30 north latitude and Rio Grande as limits with Texas receiving bonds worth ten million dollars and five million to pay public debt. New Mexico and Utah organized as Territories and California admitted as a State with two Senators. California senators and representatives to take seats after signing.
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California
Utah
Texas
Senate
U. States
Mexico
Greenwich
Rio Grande
United States
New Mexico
Salt Lake Region
Great Central Basin
Territoris
Congress
Wasnmertex
Fillmore
Gavirosyta
Missouri Congress and State Legislature Outcomes In 1840s
The Missouri return shows Whigs winning five of six congressional seats and the legislature split 12 to 13 in the Senate and 56 to 41 in the House with Bentonites and Anti Bentonites. tariff discussions follow with votes on modifying revenue laws and iron duties. an ad promotes the Planfield Gazette urging subscriptions.
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F. Darby
Gilchrist Portes
John G. Miller
Willard P. Hall
John S. Phelps
Benton
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Committee of Ways and Means
van Dyke
N. J
Preston King
N. Y
King
The march of mindt and the fight for truth and liberty
A Middletown Banner editorial denounces despotic rule and ignorance, praising intellectual courage and the spread of knowledge. It laments persecution of advocates for liberty and warns that oppression warps both the oppressed and oppressor, hindering universal understanding across generations.
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Scannell
Charmpion
Middletown
Empire City Arrival With Gold Dust and Cholera Reports
The Empire City arrived from Kingston with 186 passengers and substantial gold dust, while the Panama brought 2.3 million in gold dust on its voyage from San Francisco. A cholera outbreak is reported aboard the Panama with about 60 deaths.
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Calife
Empire City
Wil
Kingston
Jam
Em Riley
California
Panama
Sanfrancisco
P. Teft
preWia
Cruces
Chagres
Bospire City
Bain
Sacramento Transcript
el Dorado
St. Mary's Ri
Workingmen's Rise Through Education and Action
The Camden Democrat urges working men to unite through action and education to secure their rights. It emphasizes self-reliance over bloodshed, warns against political manipulation, and calls for study of laws and history to inform voting power and national influence.
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Sgi
Hercules
America
Camden Democral
Public prejudice on Harlem car ride sparks moral debate
A caller recounts a copper colored woman being denied passage on a Harlem car, blaming racial bias by con ductors and society. The writer condemns anti black prejudice in churches and politics, urging public sentiment and railroads to treat all passengers equally, and cautions against organized anti slavery agitation.
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Harlem
Perenne
New Dayland
New York
Virginia
New York Tribune
Tammay Hall
The
Tribune
Death of a Distinguished Missionary
News notes report the death of Rev. Tr. Judson at sea aboard the French bark Aristotle on April 12 while en route to India from Bourbon. He was buried at sea that evening near latitude 13 N longitude 83 E after three years as a missionary.
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Hibernia
Tr. Judson
Aristotle
Bourbon
N. Lon
Obituaries detail multiple deaths from dysentery
Emily Lucy Feckrell aged 18 years 3 months died Saturday September 7 in this place from bilious fever ending in dysentery. Mary W Dunham aged 7 years 10 months died Friday September 6 from dysentery. Catherine Danama or Danama, a one year old child of Morton and Edwira Danama, died Monday September 9 from dysentery.
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Essex
Rody Hensey
Charles Freer
Daniel Buckman
John Cuney
Theodore Sailor
Dan’l Gorman
John Davis
Mos
Elizabeth Haryson
Mary Jackson
Edmund Ogden
John Miller
Altes
Charles Johnson
John Dehart
Isaac Dunning
Jacob Starr
Jeremiah Looby
Emily Lucy Feckrell
Mary W
Alexander Dunham
Catherine
Morton
Edwira Danama
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Gwinn
Barnwell
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Jefferson Davis
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Missouri
T Dom
M. E. Church
J. B. Wakeley
Wanlaif
Mulberry
Malerryst
John Runk
Hapkensen
Ji Whig Gomines
New-York
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Met
By & Trong
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Carpornis
Stockton
Charleston
Californis
Jackson (Ultra) Mississipian
J. B. Brown
Plainfield
Peterson & Humphrey
Madison
Axminster
Brussels
Washin Valley
Jacob Wiggins
Casuas
G. W. Debruyn Kops
Washington Valley
Sept. T
Ingrain
Amer
Braseels Saad
Anderson’s
Anderson
Bowery
Market St
OHN Mills
Broad St
Fatnsterer
Newanx
Iran
D. L. Vail
He Canen
Rachos
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LY Vail
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