Execution of Cuantes A Grim Rape Case at County Court
An immense crowd attended the Friday execution of Cuantes, a enslaved man of George B. Beart, Esq., for attempting rape. He sought an hour on the scaffold to confess more crimes, prayed with clergymen, then died on the trap after a formal last farewell, with the Sheriff delaying the drop to ensure a full, quiet death. The event, the second in six months in the county, sparked reflection on capital punishment and public order.
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Charles
Cuantes
George B. Beart
John W. Rowan
Ife
Jefferson
Hail Storm and Foreign News in 1854 Baltimore issue
On January 12 a very heavy hail storm covered ground with large hail and thunder. Reports from Canada note England and France declaring war on Russia, with Palmerston returning to cabinet, while other dispatches reference a peaceful approach by Russia and Turkish sovereignty concerns.
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Canada
Halifax
Europe
Sinope
Persia
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Russia
France
England
Black Sea
New York
Lord Palmerston
Baltimore
New York Fire Ravages Metropolitan Hall and LaFarge House
A major blaze in New York destroyed Metropolitan Hall and the LaFarge Hotel fronting Broadway, with walls collapsing and interior flames turning the site into a fiery furnace. Estimates put property loss near half a million dollars amid looting fears and insurance claims.
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New York
Metropolitan Hall
Car Street
Fes
Mercer Street
Broadway
LaParge House
Bond Street House
America
Jenny Lind
Tragic infant and emigration notes amid NYC cholera era
A man recalls a girl found dying near a cemetery, tending a newborn, while New York emigration records show 984 045 aliens arrived by sea with Irish and German majorities. A sober warning on liquor’s harm follows, recounting a bottle sold to a drunken man who abused his wife as a starving child watched.
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Donerarios
New York
Commissioners of Emigration
Lige
Hisport
Noonan
Brooklyn
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Fredericksburg
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Loudoun County Agricultural Institut
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