Nebraska Bill Rally and Madison Railroad Celebration
The piece extols Congress passing the Nebraska bill with the Clayton amendment removed, denounces abolitionists, and predicts Nebraska will become a free state soon. It then reports a Madison celebration for the Mississippi Railroad completion with a large turnout, speeches, a procession, two Milwaukee fire engines, a banquet, and a grand ball, noting logistical excesses and gratitude to organizers.
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Nebraska
Congress
North
South
Sentinel and Journal
California
Union
Platte Valley
Madison
B. B. Bird
A. Finch
Milwaukee
Capitol Park
Souss
Fairchild’s Hall
Dwinell & Co
Baraboo
Merchants face delays as goods ride eastward by canal and rail
Merchants report delays from ships and Express Companies as 93 cases of goods reach Chicago while lines struggle to move freight. Kirks and others waited days after March shipment as Milwaukee meeting denounces express firms. Railroads plan large issuances to fund expansion amid public- receipt concerns. Port Townsend Bank in Colusmra County opens with capital 25600 and leaders Marshall and Haskell. U.S. Haven Madison advertises the U.S. Hotel for visitors seeking lodging and meals.
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Chicago
Argus & Dem
New York
Express
Milwaukee
Colusmra County Baxx
Portegs City
Capital
Sam’j. Marshall
Madison
H. S. Haskell
Timber trespass policy provokes violence fears in state
The General Land Office orders agents to seize timber on rivers and mills, forbidding compensation to trespassers. Reports claim violations by agents, sparking hostility from lumbermen and fear of further clashes. A deputy agent was shot near Dubuque on the Mississippi while enforcing possession, escalating demand for government action.
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Argus & Dem
General Land Office
Pinery
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Temperance Riot in Baraboo Ends with Riot Act Read
The Baraboo incident began when townspeople including many women destroyed liquor in saloons. Sheriff read the riot act. crowds dispersed as a committee planned measures against liquor traffic. The paper questions tactics and warns of lasting division in the town. Also notes Old/New Orleans actions and a Mint defalcation rumor with Revolutionary soldiers referenced.
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Elouss
Wiscousin
Basrela
Phis
Peter
Chose
Baraboo
Philadelphia
U.S. Mint
Passage of Nebraska Bill Tie House Amendment
The report covers legislative proceedings on the Nebraska bill and a tie house amendment with multiple motions, adjournments, and votes. It notes exchanges among Waxson, Campbell, Richardson, and others, the bill's readings, engrossment, and final passage, plus a later adjournment and a scene with Lord Eomn in the lobby.
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Minetora
Camp Becy
Ohio
Mr. Walsh
Ar Oe Wasueven
Maine
Campbell
Richardson
Senate
Clayton
Dean
New York
Enerrtoan
D&c
Mein
Quencen P. M
Mr. Richardson
Millson
Virginia
Matteson
Lord Eomn
Atelock
Gallary
Hiss
Maritime War Reports and Agricultural Society Notices
Halifax reports the America entering port as global maneuvers unfold with potential French and British moves in the Baltic and Black Sea. Obscure dispatches note Russia British and French actions. also elected state officers from Wisconsin's Agricultural Society and a Washington note on the Nebraska Bill and a Daguerreotype etiquette query in a Meeting House debate.
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America
Halifax
Stea
Long
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Yessul
Turkey
Black Sea
Odessa
Terrible
Imperial Mall
Baltic
France
England
Austra
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New York Central Railroad Co
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Aadison
U. S
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New Orleans
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Alvarez
Santa Anne
Beriah Brown
Madison Angus and Democrat
Washington
J. A. Noonan
Lowell
John P. Bale
Glover Use
U.S. District Court For
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Minnesota
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Ohio River
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Edward Everett
Massachusetts
Bank of Saugatuck
Westport
Connecticut
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Elisha W. Edgerton
Waukesha
James Burling
Marquette
Samuel W. Joiner
Iowa
Nathaniel B. Clapp
Kenosha
Albert C. Ingham
Samuel Marshall
Samuel S. Daggett
Richard Ella
Racine
H. N. Smith
Sheboygan
A. F. Cady
Jefferson
Mark Miller
Rock
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George O. Tiffany
Argus
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Samuel P. Huntington
Herkimer County
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Wis. Sauk Co
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Yigtory
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