Foreign birth share defies western assumption in census
An 1850 census table shows Western states not richer in foreign born residents. Michigan has about 54,428 foreigners in a population near 400,000, while Massachusetts has 160,000 in under a million. Irish remain the largest group, with distribution varying by region and state.
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Detroit Democrat
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Rhode Island
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Georgia
Florida
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Ohio
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The Murder Case Verdict and National Insurance ruling
The jury found Christian Allman guilty of Manslaughter with ten months and twenty two days confinement. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld Callender v Keystone Life Insurance, ruling misrepresentation or concealment material to risk voids a policy, even if the applicant lied about occupation. A Marion County Me meeting formed the Marion Association to pursue escaped slaves, organizing a patrol and slave-property listings for identification.
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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Important Europe Dispatch Arrives as War Fears Rise
Telegraphic dispatch notes Europa arriving in New York on Friday and war partly commenced. Bread prices rise with flour six pence, corn one shilling, wheat one penny. Local notes honor madder cultivation by Messrs Hanna with praise from Oquawka Plain dealer. Book copy of an able author praised as in demand. Whig ticket wins in Pike county, Democrats carry McDonough Hancock and Schuyler. Fire in St Louis damages block near Bacon Hyde Oil Mill, losses estimated 60k to 70k, insurers 53,500. Bank failures reported in Buffalo and Peru Indiana.
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St. Louis
Spruce Street
Bacon & Hyde
Union
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Danube
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Widen
London Times
Russia
the Times
A Prairie Plan and Other 1848 Topics
Horace Greeley reports on H. L. Ellsworth's new enterprise using peach stones to grow fruit and dry it for sale while renewing fuel from root growth. The Cincinnati editor praises Illinois stock, Illinois prairie land, and a St Petersburgh surgeon suggests freezing for amputation.
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Horace Greeley
Indiana
H. L. Ellsworth
Mr. Greeley
Large Apples Reported in Newspapers Across Town
The Quincey Whig proclaims the largest apple at 29 ounces, with other papers noting apples from 22 to 27 ounces. The Warsaw Express records the largest fruit at 23 ounces, reflecting a flurry of notable fruit sizes in local reports.
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Quincey” Whig
Warsaw Express
New York Elections Show Mixed City Party Results
Eighteen wards elect two Whigs two Hards four Reform and Whig four Pure Reform one Reform and Soft two Soft and three Hard and Reform for Council. In Kings County Hutchins Democratic Senator elected. Buffalo Democrats favored. Poughkeepsie Whig majority over Hartle and Lofts. A Hardshell senator wins third New York City district. Whitney Whig in fourth. Brooke Whig in eleventh. State ticket unclear. New Jersey results muted. Camden Maine law ticket shows Ruggles and Davis Democrats. Judges of Appeals split. rest of Democratic State ticket defeated. Comptroller Cook Whig and Gardner Canal Commissioner lead. Hard and Soft trailing. John Becher killed near Tammany Hall. Chevalier Martin Celi dies in city. In Camden NJ Whig majority 600. Surrogate race undecided. Gloucester County Whig majority 625.
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Maine Law Legislative
Camden
Ruggles
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John Becher
Tammany Hall
Martin Celi
United States
Gloucester County
Wisconsin election expected Democratic landslide in Milwaukee
Milwaukee reports suggest the state will go Democratic by about ten thousand votes. Philadelphia notes November payments to dry goods houses exceed three million dollars with no failures. Pittsburgh records a death by own action as Richard McKim Duncan, son of the late Reverend John M. Duncan of Baltimore, died yesterday by taking laudanum.
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Pittsburgh
Richard McKim Duncan
John M. Duncan
Baltimore
Powder Mill Explosion Kills Five At Spencer Mill
Boston November 5 A powder mill owned by Mr Bemus of Spencer Massachusetts exploded yesterday killing five men four Englishmen and one Irishman The dead are Henry Avis foreman 22 Richard Avis 33 wife and child Robert Perkins single George Swallow 25 wife John Laughlin 25 Irish teamster About sixty kegs of powder exploded
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Mr. Bemus
Spencer
Mass
Henry Avis
Richard Avis
Robert Perkins
George Swallow
John Laughlin
Market Notes From St Louis Flour Wheat Prices Climb
St Louis Market on November 11 reports flour and wheat activity with prices rising. Wheat sales ranged around 10 to 115 with strong demand while flour moved steadily near 500. Market chatter notes red and white varieties holding higher than previous day and steady gains in grain futures.
Hog packing season begins as hogs arrive in Cincinnati Price Current
The Cincinnati Price Current notes the pork packing season starting with hogs arriving and about 1500 slaughtered Monday. Prices: first lot at 6.25 per 100 pounds net, green hams 7.74 to 7.9 cents, sides offered at 5 cents with no buyers, shoulders inactive.
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Cincinnati
Calaveras Trees Described By Visitors Near Mammoth Tree
A party reports on the standing trees around the mammoth tree area, naming Father Pine and other giants with measurements. The account notes hollow trunks, water-filled cavities, and sections taken from the Father Tree. The landscape is praised as scenic and sublime along the road.
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San Francisco Herald
Calaveras Trees
Mammoth Tree
Guardian of the Times
Anar
Abolition Satire From Cincinnati Atlas On Secretary Guthrie
A playful yet pointed jab reports Secretary Guthrie sending a clerk to fetch a servant who arrives by boat, but the girl abandons the journey amid travel discomfort and company worries. The item critiques political and personal missteps, linking to broader news about the New Orleans election and a Whig majority forecast in Congress.
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Guimmre
Guthrie
Washington
A Tuaxysotynic Turkey turkey trick in old tale
An amusing tale recalls a sly plan to obtain a Thanksgiving turkey without labor or money. A clever resident used a red yarn tag on a gobbler’s leg to claim the bird, fooling a neighbor and ending with the rightful owner inviting him to share a feast. The piece blends humor with rural quirk and a note on honesty.
European War News and Global Tensions Chronicle
The Franklin brings 162 passengers and their dates to the 26th. Reports describe a tense military buildup as Omar Pacha directs Danube operations and Turkish troops occupy a bridge near the Wedden and the Islands. Russians mass near Wedden while Paris cites a hostile Russian Manifesto. public opinion in Paris and London doubts a full outbreak of war yet. Winter quarters form in Bucharest as Danube navigation reportedly closes. British merchants hear assurances of protection from the Emperor, with no plan to detain ships if hostilities begin. Rumor circulates that the French emperor recalls his Naples minister over a perceived insult. News from China notes a growing revolution and uprisings at Amoy as a French squadron gathers at Odessa to seek redress.
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Porte
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Amoy
Odessa
Dispute Over Extra Session Coverage and Local Post Flub
The piece rails at St Louis papers for bias in Illinois extra session coverage and cites a list of papers opposing the session. It relays a Springfield post office blunder tale and recounts a Glena railroad incident where a worker was severely injured amid drunken clashes at a dock, with police unannounced arrests.
Failures Hint at Reform for New York Safety Fund Banks
A digest of recent failures queries the stability of the New York Safety Fund Banks under the Banking Law framed by Van Buren, suggesting they are shaky and may cease. Acknowledge John H. Williams for providing evidence notes from murder trials, praising accuracy. The telegraph notes that the Turkey Russia war has partially commenced with expert Col. Charles F. Henningsen lending light on Turkey’s defenses and resources. Raleigh Star reports a silver mine discovery in Stanley County with a vein three and a half feet wide containing abundant ore worth about $1.50 per eight pounds.
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Lopez
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Woodworth
Goodyear India
Tehuantepec
Santas Anna
New York
Fugitive slave case heard before Judge Thompson
Philadelphia reports a fugitive slave case as the abolitionist enticed away a slave from Edward Huddeford of Gerzia. A writ of habeas corpus was issued, the master claiming the slave was sick and not under his custody. The court ruled without ruling on constitutional questions. A Vermont choir incident is noted, and a Boston publisher replies with a quip about binding the devil.
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Thompson
Edward Huddeford
Gerzia
Vermont
Boston
Indictments for murder head New York court docket
The Docket of the Court of Oyer and Terminer for the November Term lists multiple murder indictments including Thomas Kine for Catherine Kine and Louis DeCorn for Eugene McTville. Others named are Cornelius Colline Timothy Hogan James McArdie Albert Bogart for kills at French's Hotel and more. An excerpt notes Dr Beecher correspondence with an anxious enquirer about family ties and Beecher’s reply confirms he married his sister.
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Court of Oyer and Terminer
Jefferson Co. N
Mr. Beecher
Berkshire
Anxious Enquirer
New York Independent
Democratic Governor candidate leads by three to five thousand
The Democratic candidate for governor has won by a margin between 3,000 and 5,000 votes as the Legislature remains controlled by Democrats.
Milestone outcomes noted on election and Texas report
Milwaukee voters support the Democratic State ticket by 3000 to 5000 in the latest returns. The Maine Law carries by about 2000. From New Orleans reports Texas mail dates through November 1 indicate the epidemic subsiding and Galveston health returning to normal as of early November.
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O Donohue Silenced at Irish Association Lecture
Baltimores November 8 report says O Donohue the Irish patriot was not allowed to speak before the Irish Association in Baltimore last night. He became so excited and violently denounced that society officers silenced him. Also notes Supreme Court term in Springfield open January first Monday.
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Cranberries Move Fast in Boston Market
The Boston Bee reports twelve thousand bushels of cranberries arrived Saturday and nearly all sold immediately to a provision dealer for about $1.75 per bushel.
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British Plot to Cuban Apprentices Debunked
A Washington Union scare alleging a treaty and slave apprenticeship in Cuba is labeled a political ruse. The piece argues the alarm aimed to distract from New York dissensions and notes British Minister Crampton has told the President there is no truth to the rumors.
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Mississippi Election Sees Democratic State Victory
The State adopts a Democratic majority on the State Ticket by 5 to 8 thousand votes. Democratic members of Congress are elected. The Legislature also holds a Democratic majority, likely defeating Gan Roota fay for United States Senate. The result signals a shift toward Democrats rather than Whigs.
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Roota Fay
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New York Election Results And Local Notices
The Tribune reports New York election totals with Whigs leading in Senate and Assembly, plus a small Softs and Free Democrats showing. Other items note patents issued, a proposed single cent postage plan, a Circuit Court verdict, a Cleveland postmaster note on bank bills in remnant mails, comments on a newly elected senator’s intelligence, Morgan County rail funding approval, Lexington hail damage estimated at $100,000.
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the Tribune
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Assembly
Telegraphic Dispatches From The Danube News
The Quincey Whig reports telegraphic dispatches from New York and Liverpool dated November 12 detailing Russian forces forcing Danube passage near Bucharest, Turkish fort fire, and casualties. Reports mingle with unconfirmed armistice rumors, Turkish moves, and suggested negotiations. riots in Wigan, Spain reception of Mr Soule by Queen, Tunis consul Peake’s death, and market notes on wheat flour and commodities.
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