Pike County Road Bill Arguments For and Against
In the Illinois House debate on a Pike County Railroad Charter the movers argued the route offers local and state benefits, urging completion to Meredosia while asserting the Quincy company has faith and public interest requires not delaying the project. Opponents cited existing commitments, state policy, and the need to protect investments, with emphasis on Quincy’s rights and anticipated connections east and south aided by completion and competition among routes.
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Pike County Railroad Company
J . Goeg
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Moat
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Quincy Company
Meredosia
Mr. S
Stephen A. Douglas
Congress
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Moses
Quincy Road
Pike County
Meredecia
Brown County
Stoses
Brown
Morgan
Brown and Morgan
Quincy
Terre Haute
Illinoistown
Alton and
Alton
Thia House
Linds
Meredouia
Quiney
Meredocia
Meredueia
Central Railroad
Clayton
Military Tract
Hannibal
Galesburg
Northern Cross Railroad
Sangamon and Morgan Company
Sangamon and Morgan Railroad Company
Atlantic
Pike
Illinois River
Meredaocia
Great Western Railway
Ulingis
Messrs
Manly and
Johnson
Starbuck
Senate
Atlantic and Mississippi Railroad Company
Jacksonville and
Carrolton
Hodges
Ar. Brown
Buckmaster
Donio
Springfield
Denia
Letters from England to Italy in 1850 by Mrs A T J Bullard
Readers receive anecdotal letters from England France Germany Switzerland and Italy 1850 praised as entertaining and instructive. Notices announce forthcoming reprints via Dayton and Missouri Republican praise. Also includes local items on a 850 pound Irish hog exhibition plans and legal banking and tax title decisions and a London widow seeking funds.
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England
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
A. T. J. Bullard
Missouri Republican
Dayton
Opposition to Wiggins Ferry monopoly powers
A Belleville Advocate excerpt objects to a proposed charter for the Wiggins Ferry Company to expand to a million dollar capital and own extensive property on Bloody Island, including ferries and a city, arguing it would create a perpetual monopoly harming St Louis and Cairo. The piece urges opposition in the Senate House and veto by the governor. It also notes various crime and legal items from New York and New Jersey reports.
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St. Louis
Blosdy Island
Cairo
Senate
Snyder
Matteson
Belleville
Senate Debates on Railroads and Territorial Bills
Washington reports detail Senate debate on a warehouse bill and a right of way over Tehuantepec, with emphasis on a Rush amendment to connect the Mississippi with the Pacific by railroad and magnetic telegraph. House actions include electoral vote counting, Nebraska territorial organization, and land grants for railroads. Minnesota news notes hunters’ journey via snow, Pembina snow depths, and party switches after election results.
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Tehanatepec
Downs
Senate
Mesico
Garay Grant
Seward
Pacific
Rush
Mississippi
Richardson
Committee On Territories
Nebraska
House
Dunham
Iron Mountain
Wisconsin
Bennett
Peupina
Kittson
Gingrais and Rolette
Crow Wing
Old Teton
Pembina
Pierce
King
Minnesota Democrat
Excitement in Quincy over shin plasters and coin
From the St Louis Daily Herald comes news of Quincy Illinois facing a currency scare. Shin plasters poured in for redemption with large sums from nearby areas totaling about 70000 dollars. Agents debate coin drafts, mocks of the banking house Flagg and Savage, and alarm over illegal currency.
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Quincy
St. Louis
Flagg & Savage
Herald
Quincy Bank
Effects of Gold Mine Boom on England's Money Power
The Buffalo Express notes English writers disagree on gold increases, while the Bank of England struggles to control rates. It warns the gold boom will inevitably destroy old monetary power and cites doubt, alarm, and shifting supremacy in London's finance scene.
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Allison
London Shipping Gazette
London Journal of Commerce
London ‘Limes, &c
England
London Times
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London
Buffalo Express
Tua
Washington
N. ¥ Express Asys
Gen
Pierce
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Mohican Scout and the Ambush at Plattsburgh 1812
At Plattsburgh in 1812 a Mohican guide led nine soldiers through woods to a creek crossing where seven Hurons approached in war paint. He killed them with a swift bow shot cascade, while another Huron perished rescuing their camp. The approach of regular troops later forced a retreat. Stockbridge Hank vanished and reappeared boasting scalps. The episode fueled army fascination for years.
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Saranac
Cen
Brisbane
Piattsburg
Beckmantown Road
Mohican
Stockbridge Hank
Tee
Nong
Plattsburg
Canadas
Stockbridge Hawk
Fire at Cardenas and Gulf Storms Hit Shipping
New Orleans reports the Black Warrior arrives from Havana with January 30 data. a massive fire at Cardenas destroys the Custom House Theater and warehouses, with $500,000 in losses. Severe Gulf weather drives many steamers back to Havana. Cayenne in port at Ensenada. Senate discusses warehouse and Navy reforms. House debates Army and Pacific Railroad bills. In Washington, Peabody of London pledges $10,000 to the Grinnell Arctic Expedition. Also noted: a jail escape in Louisville and Andrew Job, a Maryland Pennsylvania hermit, age about 80, long beard and ragged blanket life.
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Cayenne
Gulf
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Andrew Job
Maryland
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