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Newspaper
Richmond Mail
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1854
Page
2
The Richmond Mail announces growing reach with a large daily city and country circulation and a sizable Semi-Weekly country edition. Advertisers gain exposure across editions, with the note dated Saturday morning June 3, 1854.
After a slow drawn out struggle the law in Boston prevails. The writer mocks Bostonian sympathy for Burns and suggests he should return to the Old Dominion to pursue a simpler vocation, viewing the delay as ridiculous.
A meeting of the city’s principal merchants and manufacturers is set for Metropolitan Hall on Tuesday to organize a Board of Trade. Signed by leading local business figures, the call urges a large turnout for a successful formation and beneficial results.
The anti fillibuster proclamation is praised as moderate and prudent, likened to a past response to the Lopez expedition. Critics condemn a Boston mob and the Free Soil convention led by Hale and Giddings, arguing abolitionists oppose Nebraska high stakes while fearing future states and Cuba.
The speaker argues that if a number of individuals proved to act treasonously within the constitutional meaning, and a dozen or two were hanged on Boston Common, it would be the best thing for the country in many years.
A Mexico summary praises Santa Anna for clinging to a bright side and celebrating supposed victories. It notes his escape in a recent clash with Alvarez’s forces and mocks his alternating of triumph and defeat. The piece urges Congress to send Gen. Gadsden with rainy day funds to avert catastrophe and provoke a real Mexico fight between Santa Anna and Alvarez, aided by Guthrie and Marcy.
Engineers on the New Kent route place the road within a mile or two of New Kent Court House while the King William route team reaches the Pamunkey River crossing. The Geodetic and Hydrographic party under Col. Claxton continues river surveys to Capahoosick, ten miles above Yorktown. Merits and survey results are not yet public and will be reported to stockholders about the 1st prox.
The trial of Lewis Montague for the murder of G. G. Thompson nears its end in Petersburg Circuit Court. Opening addresses by James Alfred Jones for the state and Tim Rives for the defense are reported, with Montague accused of shooting Thompson after a quarrel over business matters and a partnership dissolution. The piece notes the bill of costs for detaining a Boston slave in jail will exceed thirty thousand dollars and mentions local events including the Rappahannock Agricultural Society meeting and a horse named Black Prince dying of bowels inflammation.
Norfolk items note a Methodist Protestant Church fair in Norfolk raised over $1009 for a new church. The Argus reports beef prices in decline with poor cuts, and a fish market praised for variety. The Herald comments on daily fish as standby. Hydrophobia fears grow as dogs roam the city, with night-time howling described from dawn to dusk.
A moral tale contrasts a boy’s experiment with falling bricks to a father’s lesson that bricks and people alike knock others down but do not lift them. The father notes that human beings, like clay, may cause harm without aiding each other, while the first brick may symbolize Adam. The piece closes with a broader reflection on social behavior and self-reliance.
A late June dispatch from the steamer Asia notes Liverpool dates of May 20 while the Arctic is refloated after a Tuscan Rock strike. Reports describe Russian deployments from Helsingfors to Cronstadt and Greece’s subvention terms. Turkish and Austrian actions frame a widening alliance conflict with Italy and movements across the Baltic and Black Sea. News include naval actions, revolts in Montenegro and Salonica, fires at Constantinople, and evolving diplomacy among Prussia Austria and Britain.
Russia orders 70000 troops to border between the Sereth and Pruth as Austria posts 20000 in Transylvania Gallacia and Moravia. Reports claim Renel captured by allied fleets. Spain wary of American policy toward colonies. Napoleon condemns opportunistic expansion. Germantown demands prisoners from Express at Falkland Islands, sparking diplomatic exchanges.
The June 1 Washington scene centers on Congress recess and the Boston fugitive case as a Nebraska Bill test. Municipal election chatter grows with Maury likely winning Catholic votes against Powers and a large poll anticipated. The President appoints consuls Matsell to La Union Saint Salvador Day to Lyons and Derwin to Montreal.
Boston June 1 United States troops guard the Court House as special guard for the alleged fugitive Burns. State militia withdraws from city hall leaving one or two companies at armories. Decision in the case expected tomorrow morning with excitement. Reported that the entire first brigade of Massachusetts militia is ordered under arms for tomorrow.
Oswego June 1 The Times reports three fugitive slaves were stopped on the steamer Ontario with the owner in pursuit failing to obtain detention papers. He telegrammed Sacketts Harbor to stop them. Cholera in Tennessee Louisville Rome Nashville May 30 cholera breaks out with fifteen deaths reported, Rome and most residents flee Rome Tenn.
A marriage in Suffolk Virginia unites John L Collins of Louisa with Harriet Corbell of Suffolk on May 29.
A notice records the deaths of Numphrey Gwynn aged 27 months and 9 days son of J and FG Lyell, and Alexander M Brooks aged 11 months, infant son of Alexander and Mary Jane Brooks. It requests friends to attend the funeral at Broad and 17th streets at 4 PM. Also notes the death of Abil B Billings aged 42. Copy requested by Hartford papers.
Boston on June 2 reports the surrender of Burns to his owner amid mass demonstrations. Stores close, black flags flown, and militia deployed as 150 troops guard a central wharf where Burns is taken toward a ship. By June 3 Burns is escorted to the vessel by about 1200 troops and sent to Norfolk aboard the Mor ris cutter with no reported violence.
Markets across New York and Baltimore show gains in staples. June prices advance Wheat and Corn by several cents, Flour climbs to around 8.6 to 8.7 dollars, while Southern Flour trades near 9 dollars and grain remains firmer.
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