Disaster of the Pacific Steamer in Sea Aboard
Reports from Port Townsend and San Francisco recount the wreck of the wooden sidewheel steamer Pacific after leaving Victoria, with about 100 cabin passengers and officers lost. Sole survivor Henry Jelly describes the final hours, lifeboats swamped, ship sinking near Cape Flattery, and later salvage efforts by the Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Vrancroo
Port Townsend
J.P. Gelkey
An Francisco
Cape Flattery
Ao Pilot House
Henry Gelly
Pacific
Victoria
Jelly
Pasengers
Puget Sound
Grant
Howell
J. D. Lowell
A. N. McDonough
A. Wells
J. A. Lewis
O. Hite
Try
Goodall
Goodall, Nelson & Perkings
San Treancisco
Cal
Mlenry I. Jelly
Neighbor repays debt with land and wagon gift
In 1834 Peter Logan owed George Longcor 2300 in Athens county Ohio. After decades of absence, Longcor tracked him to Shelby County and received full repayment: eighty acres of land, a fine wagon, and $25, plus an offer to buy another eighty acres. The tale underscores neighborly honesty and a long awaited settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Logan
George Longcor
Athens County
Ohio
Longcor
Longeor
Ironcy Creek
Togan
Peter
Longcore
Shelby County
Jows
Secret church trial opens as court weighs records
At 11 o'clock the court, led by President Dimmit, began a private inquiry into church matters. A. I. Kumler acted as secretary pro tem while defense counsel urged a private, sealed trial and exclusion of most participants. The panel examined church records and noted B M Prentiss listed as ex pected for six months, prompting Prentiss to object to admitting the records. The session adjourned to 2 pm with J N Carter barred from prosecutorial counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Q. Hoffman
Lighth Street Methodist Church
J. 2. Dimmit
Quincy
S. 8. McGinley
M.D. Tawse
Second Methodist Church
Springfield
Curtiss Powell
Chalsea
W. W. Mellroy
Champaign
Geo Stevens
Jacksonville
Ry. EH. Clark
Winchester
A. J. Kumler
Saybrook
J. P. Orr
Uillsborough
Peter Wallace
J. N. Carter
WI. O. Hoffman
Dr. Davies
Mattoon
Hoe
Davies
H. O. Hoffman
Wallice
Hawse
Carter
B. M. Prentiss
W. A. Williamson
Dimmit
A. I. Kumler
Gen. Prentiss
Earthquake Shocks Rattle Augusta City
The Augusta Chronicle reports a May evening earthquake striking the city at 9:57. Shocks were three in rapid succession from east to west, causing desk tremors, rattling windows, and fear among residents and lodge members. Authorities note uptown and riverfront areas felt strong tremors and crowds rushed outside to seek the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Constitutionalist
Vd Inst
Broad Street
Warren Black
Webb Lodge
A. M
Arrest of Colored Boy William G. Cosby for Theft
A youth named William G. Cosby, under 20, was arrested after police traced a series of thefts from offices and residences. Missing items include shirts, neckties, socks, handkerchiefs, a white velvet necktie, a coat, and various small goods. Cosby, who lived with his mother at 620 York Street, acknowledged taking other items such as champagne and cigars. He appeared before Judge Morton and was bound over for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G
Cosby
York Street
Samuel Lesem
German-Armerican Bank
Lesem Hans
Lesem
Sam
Breck Morehead
Union Bank
Morton
Hog disease in Guzxn traced to worms not cholera
Correspondence from the Whig reports reports of hog deaths blamed on a feared cholera but investigators say the fatalities result from worms. Local hog raisers compare symptoms with past years and conclude many past cholera attributions were due to worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guzxn
Wee Wura
Missouri
New York Notes on Tammany and Reform Victory
A verbose historical sketch traces Tammany’s rise as a political power in New York, its disciplined committee system and grand sachem, and how Kelly’s one man rule was challenged in the latest election. It contrasts the anti Tammany triumph with Moody and Sankey’s Brooklyn evangelism and notes dull business prospects as autumn ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yeas
New York
Tammany Hill
Kelly
Irvings Hall
Anti- Tammany Party
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Tammany
Tammany Society
Columbian Order
William Mooney
Lhe Order
Mooney
Aston Burr
Waa
Hamilton
Society of the Cincinnati
New York City
Jefferson
Burr
United States
Murr
Cammany
Clinton
Democratic Party
Washington
Fernando Wood
Sweeny
Tweed
Wood
John Kelly
John Morrissey
Morrissey
Seymour
Tilden
Wolfman
Word
Connolly
Friends
Moody
Simton Seaky
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Wrc
Bteamer Pacific
Wattoosh Island
Vancouvera Island
Hansay B. Sey
Vannie Marston
Los Angeles
New York Times
Wistehorter
Westchester
Honest Farms
Ralway Company
Westchester County
Darling
Westeleuter County
Correspondencoe
Kronor Jaxerton
Ghorgta
NEW York Notes
The
Tammany Organization
Nusinesa
Prerno
Krasnoiarsk
Gazette de la Bourse
St. Petersburg
Yeniseisk
Nordenskiold
Yenisi
M. Larkine
Society For the Encouragerment of Commerce and Industry
MM. Noudenskiold
Sundstrom
Sturburg
Sweden
Siberia
Eussia
Europe
BM Lstkino
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