House of Representatives Elects Pennington After Lengthy Ballot
The excerpt details a tense legislative session with votes and blocs as the House and Senate debate speakers and committee aims. Pennington appears elected after dramatic exchanges, with McClernand and Davis figures involved and partisan reactions including applause and hisses. The scene shifts to Washington Senate actions on Territories and proposals regarding Dakota and Minnesota, amid debates on slavery and constitutional fidelity.
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M’clernand
Mr. Davis
Miss
Briggs
Pennington
M’olernand
Gilma
Penniton
Hindman
Messie
Bocock
Sherman
Speaer
Phelps
Senate
House
Rice
Committee On Territories
Dacotah
Grimes
Minnesota
Nebraska
Brown
Washington
Douglas
Hunter
North
Stanton
Messrs. Boyce
Stalworth
Sickles
Kunkle
Soule
Clarke B. Cochrane
J. Sherman
Viva Voce
Winslow
Smith
Millson
McClernand
Davis
Messrs
Mynard
N. C
Vance
Maryland
Ashmore
Gilmer
Scattering
Clark
New York
J. Hutchins
Mr. Gamilton
Mr. Morris
Morris
Mr. Keitt
Mr. Sherman
Republican Party
Helper
Giddings
Keitt
Pennsylvania
Clemens
Virginia House Resolutions Fear Direct Southern Authority
The Virginia House of Delegates introduces resolutions urging direct action by the Southern States authorities rather than a conference of commissioners. Democrats in caucus with no speaker chosen, plan to unite against Pennington, while Hyatt and Redpath refuse interrogatories in Harper's Ferry inquiry. Washington and New York reports note cabinet and committee movements with political maneuvering over speakers and railroad plans.
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Wasatheton
Virginia House of Delegates
General Assembly of
Virginia
Pennington
Clemens
Briggs
Smith
Thaddeus Hyatt
National Kansas Aid Committee
Mason
Harper’s Ferry
Mr. Hyatt
Massachusetts
New York
James Redpath
Walden
Mase
John Brown
the Tribune
Washington
Riggs
W.clemand
Pacific Railroad
House
McLane
Senate Committee of Investigation On Printing
Messrs
Wendell and
Powers
Tribune
Sherman
Grow
Hyatt
Wendell
New York Herald
Ennings
Sherman and
Hickman
Willard’s
Withers
H. Winter Davis
The Old Folks Room Keepsake Poem
A faded verse depicts an elderly couple by the chimney with a gray coat and silvery hair, a scene of quiet reflection. The old man leans on a stout cane as the wife smiles, and a plea to be kind to the aged frames the memory.
We Have Been Friends Together Poem Fragment
Fragment of a poem about friendship and distance. The speaker recalls shared warmth and jokes, noting a cloud over the beloved and the fear that a simple word might part them. The tone is reflective and sorrowful as closeness fades.
Glimpses of the Holy Land by Seward in 1859
Senator Seward recounts his Jerusalem visit from September 1859. He describes monasteries as safe pilgrim shelters, the degraded yet historic city, Mount of Olives and Kedron, Bethany and the Dead Sea, and the Jordan from Jericho to Bedouin camps, noting barren landscapes and scarce modern comforts.
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Seward
Jerusalem
Albany Journal
Palestine
Atlas
Judea
An al Robour
Jordan
Dead Sea
Sheroa
Mediterranean Sea
Bethany
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Mount Olivet
Flere
Seneca Lake
Moab
India
Life of Darius Nash through wrecks and ruin at Pemberton Mills
Darius Nash survived multiple shipwrecks and peril before the Pemberton Mills disaster. He endured bilious and typhoid fevers, lost family in the mill collapse, and once lost both father and brother to accidents. Despite years of danger, he stays hopeful and seeks only good health.
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Pemberton Mills
Iirthouse
New York
Salem
Nash
Orida
Pemberton Mill
Mr. Nash
Warning Card From Finchs About a Seductive Woman
A. S. Finch publishes in the Brockport Advertiser a caution to clergymen and the public about a woman he married last fall who deserted him. He describes how she pursued him at the Brockport Camp Meeting, claimed wealth, and induced marriage. He says she had harmed two other men in Belleville and Wisconsin and warns single clergy men to beware of such women.
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A. S. Finch
Brockport Advertiser & Card
Brockport
Jenkins and the Ghostly Encounter in a Stout Hearted Walk
A man named Jenkins bravely passes a ghostly scare staged by his wife’s brother. The specter blocks a forest path, but Jenkins speaks calmly and offers supper, saying if the figure is the devil he will invite him to dine with him instead.
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Jenkins
Pena
Manumission of a Beautiful Slave in New Orleans Probate Court
A young woman of almost classical beauty, about 18, is manumitted in New Orleans Probate Court by a well known local merchant. Described as nearly white with a hint of African ancestry, she is elegant, expressive, and spirituelle, with consumption affecting her cheek. her attire and demeanor suggest high fashion for Fourth Street society. The report notes the audience’s reaction and marks the event as a noteworthy social sight in Cin. Eng. on January 22.
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New Orleans
Teee
Fourth Street
Cin. Eng
The Canals of Ohio and State Revenue Debate
Editorial surveys the five Ohio canals and their finances showing deficits through 1859 and urging either sale or abandonment. The piece argues canals drain state resources, with Pennsylvania as a cautionary tale, and warns reform is urgent.
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Herald
Ohio
Miami and Erie
Ohio Canal
Hocking Canal
Walbonding
Muskingum
Walhonding Canal
Hocking
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Expulsion from Kentucky Over Slavery Opinion
Eighteen residents from Mason and Bracken counties Kentucky were expelled for differing views on slavery. They arrived in Cincinnati most yesterday with observers noting the political tension surrounding the move.
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Kentucky
Cincinnati
Mason and Bracken Counties
Mas Pantmnaron and Shakespeare Quote Controversy
A quirky note questions whether Mas Pantmnaron claimed Shakespeare said advertise ments are sweet, suggesting the line might be misattributed or invented by the author. No clear source details or dates are provided.
Republican Doctrine on Slavery in the United States
The New York Courier & Enquirer quotes the Republican stance that local institutions like slavery are sacred to residents and should not be interfered with by outsiders. It notes Northern abolitionist aims to prohibit slavery in new territories and aligns the party with constitutional methods dating to Washington Madison and Virginia’s northwest cession.
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New York Times
Raymond
John Brown
United States
Todeed
Fessener
The
New York Courier & Enquirer
Congress
Republican Party
6Th Avenue
Ashington
Jezr- Person
Madison
Virginia
Great Northwest
Ohio River
Pennsylvania Fires Back at Bowman Election Fight
The Cleveland Plain Dealer criticizes state political shifts and calls for restraint as it rails against Pennsylvania influences on federal appointments including the Presidency and Public Printing. The piece laments Democratic party disarray and cites threats of extending Old Buck’s term, urging steadiness.
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Pennsylvania
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bowman
Old Buck
Ministers of Grace
Commercial proscription and Northern business lists
The Washington Star condemns speculative schemes that publicly name northern and anti abolition businesses. It warns that such lists are often paid for and unreliable, with entries placed at will by suppliers and conductors. The piece likens the practice to knavery and calls it foolish in the South.
City of Manchester Arrives Short of Coal at St Johns
Foreign news from Europe reports the City of Manchester arriving at St Johns, N B, from Liverpool Jan lith, short of coal and due in New York about Wednesday. Paris reports rumors of Congress meeting Feb 15 and Antonelli's resignation. A France England commerce treaty is claimed. Lord Cowley not bringing missions or propositions. Channel Island France telegraph laid.
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N. B
City of Manchester
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New York
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Paris
Antonelli
Rome
France
England
Daily News
Lord Cowley
London
Channel Island
Southward Defense and Legal Questionable Bill
The passage quotes Mr Keitt urging Southern self defense against northern invasion with a bold though poetic stance. A separate courtroom moment questions the timing of a doctor’s visits after the patient was declared out of danger. The mixed text highlights political rhetoric and a court challenge to a medical bill.
Arrival of the America Steamer Reaches Halifax
The steamer America arrived in Halifax at 1 PM today after departing Liverpool on the 14th alt and Queenstown the next day. European affairs report Lord Cowley’s mission to London aimed at non intervention in Central Italy, with Britain reluctant to pledge action without Parliament. Garibaldi rumored in Sicily, and a successful Channel Islands France cable laid.
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America
Halifax
Liverpool
Queenstown
Lord Cowley
London
England
France
Count Walewski
Italy
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Paris
Post
Romagna
Begum
South American Ambassador Robbed in Port City
Gen Delzo, ambassador from a South American country, arrived aboard the Isabell and was robbed at his hotel of 2000 in Spanish coin 100 real pieces from 1859 1500 in Bank of England notes and various jewelry and honors totaling about 17000 in value.
Pennington Election Sparks Newark Festive Night
News of Mr Pennington's election brings general satisfaction in Newark New Jersey with the Mercury office illuminated bonfires blazing in the streets and one hundred eighteen shots fired in celebration tonight.
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Pennington
Newark
N.J
Mercury
Election of Ex Gov Chase to U S Senator on first ballot
Ex Governor Chase was elected U S Senator on the first ballot with 75 votes. Pugh received 54 and Corwin 5. Republicans fired 117 guns in the evening to honor Mr Pennington’s election.
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Chase
Cumvenant
U. S
Pugh
Corwin
Pennington
Explosion at North Fourth Street Distillery Kills Two
A dreadful explosion at a distillery owned by Polley on the corner of North Fourth and Fifth streets in New York this morning blew a large portion of the building. Two men were instantly killed and another worker in a blacksmith shop nearby died from boiler debris. Several men are believed buried in the ruins as rescue efforts continue.
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New York
North Fourth and Fifth Streets
Polley
Dayton and Michigan passenger train wreck near Tippecanoe
A Dayton and Michigan passenger train derailed eight miles south of Tippecanoe after a rail broke. Two cars fell into the canal but all passengers escaped serious harm, though soaked. The engine and baggage car stayed on track and ferried passengers to Dayton by nine this morning.
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Darren
Dayton
Michigan
Mering
Tippecanoe
Saco Delegates Chosen for First Congressional District
At Biddeford today the Republican convention selected R. Lyman and Augustus Haines as delegates to Charleston. One backed Douglas, the other supported the Administration. Douglas resolutions were defeated.
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Saco
Biddeford
R. Lyman
Augustus Hlames
Charleston
Douglas
Tragic Domestic Incident Cited in Court Record
A man suspected of fidelity issues confronted by a woman who returned in fear. She fired a shotgun at him, the blast fatally struck him. The incident occurred at a residence and led to the woman's imprisonment.
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