Discontent in Pike's Peak Gold Rush Mines
From the Chicago Journal correspondent in Mountain City. After weeks of rain and a rough season, settlers expect sun until September but warn quartz mills near Boulder show scant profits. Most mills fail to pay dividends. rumors of rich gulches fade. Many miners plan to return east, while wages run low and live costs high. The piece also notes political fusion between Douglasism and Know Nothingism, predicting confusion and party betrayal across states.
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Chicago Journal
Mountain City
Chicago
St. Louis Democrat
Boulder
Col. White
Denver
St. Joseph
Snowy Range
H. C. Burrixatox
Edward Jones
Edward
Minnie
Mr. Jones
Epward Jones
Rayson, Tyler & Co
Tolbox Cigars
The Railvord Conductor and the Stephen Tour
A set of vivid vignettes contrasts a model railroad conductor with a surly one amid rail travel woes. Next, Stephen travels from New York toward his mother, repeatedly betrayed into speeches across New England towns and finally rests near Rhode Island as he plans another tour.
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Stephen
New York
New York State
New Haven
Guilford
Hartford
Boston
Worcester
Albany
Saratoga
Rutland
New England
Eneas
Manchester
Nashua
Providence
Rocky Point
Rhode Island
Lincoln and the Mexican War speech examined
A condensed review of Lincoln’s July 28 1858 House speech on the Mexican War contrasts his stance with opponents. It notes how he framed opposing the war and honors Whig veterans, and cites figures from Clay to Webster, plus local political shifts in Scott County and New York from the era.
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Natural History
Lincoln
Clarion
Sevarrer
Freeport
New Orleans
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Clay
Webster
Marshall
Morrison
Baker
Hardin
Buena Vista
New York Correspondence on Politics and Science in 1860
A 1860 New York letter discusses heated political strains as Democrats split and Republicans gain, notes the Great Eastern ship case, and mentions the Newport science meeting and the Prince of Wales visit plans. It also contains a critical, satirical debate about the Herald and Lincoln era rhetoric.
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New York
Great Eastern
Annapolis
England
Cape May
Jincolt
Canada
St. George's
Hoboken
Long Island Sound
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Newport
Prince of Wales
Washinton
Whig and Republican discuss May 1852 railroad bill
Col Richardson withdrew a proposed amendment to a Missouri railroad bill after pressure from Missouri members over a political maneuver. Quincy sought to connect its road with the St Joseph and Hannibal line, but bonds were issued to Palmyra and the state cannot link with Hannibal and St Joseph. The public questions Richardson's motive amid Douglas nomination considerations and Missouri influence.
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Missour
Col. Richardson
Hall
Missouri
Quincy
St. Joseph and
Hannibal
Richardson
Bissell
Palmyra
Hannibal and
St. Joseph
Douglas
Looker On writes of a Republican meeting in district No. 1
The Quincy Herald in the Aug 18 issue notes a Beverly event where Looker On reports a Republican meeting in school district No. 1. He mocks a one headed Democratic drum and a fife player, describing a crowd of Douglasites and 150 to 200 Republican wagons led by a flat boat singing Lightly may the boat row that Old Abe Lincoln's on.
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Beverly, Til
Barron
Quincy Herald
Herald
Looker
Beverly
Democracy
Prom Fowler
Fower
Evitor
AL Williams, Jr
Quincy
Stewart
Williams
Lockley
Douglas
Carlin
John Carlin
Kat
Douglas Bolters
Gaza
Abe Lincoln
Meeting of Lima law and order citizens adopts resolutions
A Monday meeting at the Lima school house appointed a three member drafting committee to express the group’s sense. Resolutions pledge to ferret out perpetrators and help legal officers, with a five member committee tasked to lead investigations. Proceedings to be sent to the Quincy Herald Whig and Republican for publication.
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Lima
Law and Order
School House
Jacob Burger
John Brothers
Grayson Orr
Wm. Clyne
James W. Hutchinson
Henry R. Baily
Archibald Clark
Charles Atkinson
G. W. Kirkpatrick
J. M. Kirkuk
James Gallaher
Alexander Goodwin
Henry Ireland
F.M. Darey
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Jacob Sawash
Charles Stone
Joseph Ireland
Daniel Ketchum
J. Conover
John Pawl Smith
J. ¥. Brothers
J. M. DeBall
John Harkins
David Comuores
L. Bo Parker
Jacob Clapper
Thos. Killawn
D. Carpenter
Wiseman -Scott
B. J .Kirkpatrick
Joseph Shields
Lewis V. Selby
Wm. H. Wright
J. A. Selby
J. B. Weaver
Robt. Conover
Wm. M- Kirkpatrick
John D. Starr
Jamez Stoker
John M. Selby
D. H. Burt
A. B.conover
Lewis Selby
Joseph Weaver
Quincy Herald
Whig & Republican
Ridiculed Statement Prompts Challenge to Virtues
A neighbor claimed the public statement was a product of a vivid mind and ridiculed as absurd though repeated. The author notes the neighbor says he corrects misstatements, but argues the article was false from start. It questions whether he will practice claimed Christian virtues.
Half in and half out: a Solomon like trial tale
A California trial at Yuba City on a miner dust theft shows Dunks reaching half into a tent, a verdict split by body half guilt. The judge orders two years for the guilty half while the not guilty half may be cut off at the prisoner's discretion. A Worcester liquor case yields a juror’s spirits joke and dismissal. Brownson critiques cooperate sovereignty with Douglas, noting misstatements on Grow’s homestead bill and political postures.
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California
Dunks
Yuba City
Jim Buller
Bill
Council
Jupee
Solomon
Worcester County
Eliot
Grow
Douglas
Springfield
South
Douglas Ahead in Arkansas Race Says Old Line Democrat
The Old Line Democrat reports from Little Rock that Rector leads Douglas by 3,667 votes with an expected state majority around 5,000. The piece suggests Douglas appears secure in Arkansas as in North Carolina, noting early returns and party alignment.
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Doucas
Messrs. Peck
Doctrice
Little Rock
Rector
Douglas
Arkansas
North Carolina
Republican meetings draw thousands across several states
Richmond and Richviest report large turnout at Republican gatherings with Gov. Chase Judge Morton and Carty of Ohio speaking. Mashville hosts speakers including Richard Yates with about 5 000 attendees. Rumor links Gov Banks to Illinois Central Presidency and possible Massachusetts governor decline. Nixon and Johnson named for Congress in New Jersey and Missouri districts respectively.
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Richmond
Bid
Gov. Chase
Morton
Boston
Banks
Illinois Central Railroad
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
New Jersey
John F. Nixon
Rockland
A. M Johnson
Congress
E. Smith
Report Corrected Post Master Workman Defalcation Rumor
A correction reports that Samuel Workman, Iowa City postmaster, was not a defaulter. The rumor claimed a $10,000 government defalcation is untrue. Workman is away on private business, and his last quarter accounts show a balance due him.
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Samuel Workman
Iowa City
Workman
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