Steam on the Canal prompts noted inventor trials
Correqndence reports attempts to move boats by steam on the canal. A working model by a patent applicant demonstrates a wheel mechanism that displaces water to propel a craft, with experiments described and attention from canal interests and observers.
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Borron
Sant Tel
Canale
Chesapeake and Ohio
Counnercoat Canal
J. Newton Harper
Alexandri
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Senate Passes Board of Accounts Bill Amid Debates
The Senate moved a bill to establish a Board of Accounts to settle claims against the United States. Debate spanned much of Monday through Thursday with 86 yeas to 8 nays. House discussion centered on Vinton amendments to expand membership to 200 and allow executive action if a census fails. Reports on California mint plans and President Rifiey’s authority feature in daily notes. The Atlantic steamer pace out of Sandy Hook promises swift ocean travel, potentially shrinking transatlantic time to under a week.
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Lanter
Canacti
Clay
Cour Promise
Mijor ‘Poshuan
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Rifey
California
House of Representatives
Vinton
Steassam
Sandy Hook
N. York Tribune
New Yor Pool
Asia
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Clyde
England
Factokirs Suspexpixe and industrial shifts in 19th century mills
From the Howard Advocate: Granite Factory at Ellicott's Mills will halt operations for about a month then reassess. Union Factory cuts wages 20 percent yet keeps full-time run. Pitapseo shifts to halftime. Thistle expected to retool to halftime or wage cuts. High cotton prices and bulky English and French imports drive the adjustments, with stock losses. Also: murder in Delaware. Wind sor, aged about seventy, killed his wife and attempted suicide after jealousy claims. jailer reports arrest. Georgetown advises factories nearby cut hours due to cotton costs.
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Ellicott's
Wilmington
Del
John Windsor
Middleford
Sussex County
Delaware
Alexander Osborn
Windsor
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