The Condition of Europe and Utah Settlements Described
A long excerpt outlines European political doubt and late Warshaw talks on German unification, with cautious hopes for peace despite Austria and Russia fears. It shifts to Utah emigrant reports about Provo and San Pete valleys, city plans, irrigation from City Creek, mineral springs, and a growing population aided by favorable climate and agricultural yields.
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Europe
Lonnox
The
Times
Germany
England
Austria
Frederick William
Prussia
Russia
Nichlas
Nicholas
Joseph
Warshaw
Frankfort
France
Dresden
Vienna
Schleswig- Holstein
Hesse Cassel
First Mormon Pioneers Establish Salt Lake City Layout
In April 1847 a group of 143 men, 2 women, and 2 children left Council Bluffs Iowa to blaze a new route via Fort Laramie and Oregon Trail to Fort Bridges. By July 23 they moved into the valley, began dam building, and planted five acres of potatoes as they laid out the city blocks and streets of what would become Salt Lake City.
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Great Salt Lake City
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Plati
Elkhorn
Fort Laramie
Oregon Trail
Fort Bridges
Rocky Mountains
Orson Pratt
Wradison
Brazil Enacts Law Against Slave Trade
The Brazilian law against the slave trade took effect September 4. Warships must seize slavers and hand crews to civil courts. Vessels and cargoes are auctioned. prize money is shared by captors. Denouncers receive a share. No Brazilian ship may clear for Africa without bond not to carry slaves. Introduction of slaves is punishable by death. a further law will set penalties.
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Uial
Africa
British Emissaries and British Gold
A NY Express piece claims Hon George Thompson, a British MP, was sent to the United States to split the Union by tying cotton growers to British manufacturers. It accuses him of receiving large sums of British gold and calls for his removal, denouncing him as an alien spy and treasonous agent seeking insurrection. It asserts Americans should reject foreign interference and avoid British voices in domestic quarrels.
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New York Express
George Thompson
Great Britain
Thompson
Gerrit Smiths
Douglasses
Ireland
Congress
England
Non-Intercourse Resolutions Adopted at Elon Meeting in Virginia
A 1850 Virginia county meeting chaired by Col. R. C. Shelton adopts resolutions urging a 100 tax on goods trading with Free States, aligning with Gov. Floyd and Rep. Paulus Powell. The group plans a memorial to Col. William Dillard and praise for allied representatives. Also notes the death of former Charlestown merchant Mr. Wm. Cleveland in California.
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Aailerst
Elon
Col. R. C. Shelton
A. F. Robertson
J. M. Robertson
North
United States
Wm. Dillard
John B. Floyd
General Assembly of Virginia
Alree
Virginia
Congress
Paulus Powell
California
Eebia
Texas
New Mexico
Our Patrons and The Register Ceases Publication
The Register in Shepherdstown Jefferson County announces it will cease publication with this issue due to insufficient support. The note thanks current supporters and states that Mr. Joseph Entler holds the books for settlement. December 3, 1830.
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Joseph Entler
Baltimore Census Totals Population 159125 in City
Baltimore city census returns show a population of 159125, an increase of about 67000 over the past decade in the 19th century record.
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Baltimore City
The Nicaragua Canal Favorable Survey Report
The Crescent City reports engineers surveying the Nicaragua Canal found a line only twelve miles long from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific with elevations never above sixty feet. The River was rising slowly as the Orus remained near the Lake awaiting high water, and many passengers prefer this route over crossing the Isthmus. A pamphlet by Mr. Bryan argues secession and notes Georgia’s slaveholding history, stating slavery helped develop the state's agriculture.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Denmark
Temple Block
Great Salt Lake
Gunnison
Utah Valley
Provo
San Pete
Greenwich
M. Holiday
Nicaragua Canal
Crescent City
Lake Nicaragua
Pacific Ocean
N. F. Tribune
Bryan
South Carolina
Georgia
Hichmond Ishig
Grand Deer Hunt and Washington Monument Plans
A Charlottesville hunting party in Augusta county killed twenty five deer near Buffalo Gap. The Charlotesville Jeffersonian notes the group meets annually for the chase. In Richmond, Washington's Monument plans by Mr. Crawford describe a $160000 project with a six ray granite block, an equestrian statue, and six colossal figures including Virginia and generals, with bronze casting possibly in Paris or Munich.
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Charlottsville
Buffalo Gap
Augusta County
Charlottesville Jeffersonian
Staunton Spectator
Charlensville
Washington
Richmont
Crawford
Virginia
Paris
Munich
Queen of the Belgians weakened. royal family gathers
The Queen of the Belgians wanes daily as she prepares a will and settles affairs surrounded by family. Ex-Queen Amelia travels from Claremont to comfort her daughter while King Leopold faces life without a partner. The monarchs’ mother remains in exile as memories of Princess Charlotte linger. Wood County census shows 9,450 people with 373 slaves, noting boundary changes since 1810. James J. Miller of Charles Town Va earns Paying Clerk post in the Indian Department at Westington with a salary of F1LAce.
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Tue
Fanny
Louis Panippr
Amelia
Claremont
Leopold
Charlotte
Wood County
Marshal Boreman
Ritchie
Wirt
Wood
Parkersburg
James J. Miller
Charles Joway Va
Howe Department
Westington
Indiana Rail Movements Seek Fast Westward Links
Indiana citizens press forward with railway plans across the state in a drive to complete the Terre Haute and Richmond line and connect Jeffersonville with Cambridge City. Meetings in Cambridge City and Falmouth urge extending lines, with contracts and bids shaping the 124 mile project valued at about 1.035 million dollars. The Lafayette and Indianapolis railroad progresses under contract, aiming to finish the entire line by July, while supplies move to New Orleans for roadwork, reflecting broad cooperation among Terre Haute and Richmond, Dayton and Western, and Jeffersonville interests.
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Indiana
Menta
Falmouth
Jeffersonville
Cambridge City
Terre Haute and
Richmond
Jeffersonville Road
Jeffersonville Railroad Company
Columbus
Terre Haute and Richmond
Deter ‘Sonville Company
Richmond Road
Dayton and Western Railroad Company
State Journal
Lafayette and
Indianapolis
Ierre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company
New Orler
Elopement among the Green Mountains in Vermont
A Boston Mail correspondent reports an elopement at Ludlow Vermont where Miss D and her suitor Mr G wed after her father opposed the match. The couple fled by rail to Rutland for the ceremony while a booted chase and heightened commotion erupted in town.
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Boston Mail
Ludlow
Vermont
Green Mountain
Rutland
Mr. G
Education of Idiots and a Boston Model
The article notes a state funded effort to educate idiotic children, with Dr Howe and Mr Richards overseeing about a dozen pupils at South Boston. It compares this to a harsh French model at Bicetre near Paris, described by the Providence Journal.
United States warship Yorktown crew rescued at Norfolk
The United States frigate Yorktown arrived at Norfolk on Wednesday from Africa carrying the wrecked crew. The Virginians and their friends pursued fugitive slaves to Morrisburg last August and were arrested for rioting. they were tried and all acquitted.
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John Adams
Powell
Norfolk
Africa
U. S
St. Jago
Cape de Verde
Morrisburg
Baltimore Mansion House suicide amid religious student
Richard 31, a divinity student from Virginia, supposedly committed suicide on a Wednesday at the Mansion House in Baltimore by ingesting poison. Officials say he seemed to be suffering temporary insanity as authorities investigate the case.
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Richard
Prierians Episcopal Civc
Virginis
Baltimore
Southern manufacturing surge reshapes supply lines warns Albany Argus
The Albany Argus notes Cotton factories rise in Georgia and nearby states while shipyards in Baltimore expand to supply Southern ports. It argues Southern independence from Northern manufacturers will cut demand for Northern and Eastern goods, harming labor in free states and provoking political tension. The piece cautions the North has already felt regional agitation and will face further effects.
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The
Albany Argus
Georgia
Baltimore
South
Free States
General Taylors Will Divides Wealth Before Monterey Battle
Washington report in New York Herald says Taylor prepared a will before the 1848 Monterey fight. He left his wife three storehouses and land plus bank shares and several slaves in Louisville. Richard Taylor received Mississippi and Louisiana plantations and twenty thousand dollars. Daughters Mrs Bliss and Mrs Weed got ten thousand each. a third unmarried daughter was to receive ten thousand plus negroes. Executor named Judge McGhee of Mississippi. He provided for a thousand dollar debt and pledged kind treatment for the enslaved people.
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Taylor
Washington
New York Herald
Monterey
Louisville
Kentucky
Richard
Mississippi
Louisiana
Bliss
Weed
Jndge McGhee
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Charlestown
the Register
Shepherdstown, Jefferson County
Green
Houston
Rusk
Au San Aggusine
Union
Ohio
New York
Republic
McDosoan Witte
New Orleans
McDoniogh
Conneil Johy
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