House Debates Franking Abolition and Interior Inquiries
The House discusses suspending rules to consider a bill to abolish the franking privilege and cut half-ounce postage, with a plan to free newspapers within 80 miles of publication. Also debated are a nine member select committee to probe Thomas Ewing regarding secret claims and appointments.
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Seadon
Wasuierow
House OF Representatives
Conger
Committee On Post Offices
Richardson
Thomas Ewing
Secretary of the Interior
G.W
W. G. Ewing
Treasury of
United States
Ewing
Office of the Interior
Department of the Interior
James
Virginia
Clair
Pension and General Land Office
Gentry
Morehead
House
Mr. Richardson
Meade
Mr. Gentry
PROM HALRISBURG A Farce in the House of Representatives
A crowded House of Representatives drama unfolds during the final passage of the Apportionment Bill. Cessna of Bedford denounces Westmoreland members accusing them of private interests while Guffey sits unresponsive and Laird signals a defensive retort amid the hooting and volleys of the chamber.
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House of Representative
House of Representatives
Cessna
Bedford
Westmoreland
Guffey Savors amiable defiance in heated floor scene
The crowd erupts with chants of Guffey as he responds to Little John Cessna, praising his own stance and mocking rivals. He forecasts Cessna as a passing ripple, notes his ally Laird backed the motion, and pledges to vote against it. Laughter and applause follow until order returns and the scene closes with veiled Bedford and Camberry references.
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Cessna
Coleague
Laird
Cesena
Guffey
Little John Cessna
Mr. Guffey
Goffey
Little John
Corcus
Bedford
Camberry
House Debates North Branch Canal Funding Disputed
The House debated appropriations for the North Branch Canal with a 44 to 49 vote against a 300000 allocation. Other provisions include a 45000 grant for Western Reservoir and 1500 for an engineer, plus a 250000 addition to prior canal funding under 1849 act terms.
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North Branch Canal
Yeas
North Branch
Appropriation Bill Advances with Rail and Canal Provisions
The House approves a 100000 appropriation to avoid the Inclined Plane on the Portage and Allegheny Railroad and adopts a tax on coal bound for the New York State line. It authorizes Canal Commissioners to sell surplus property including the Columbia depot and Schuylkill Bridge assets to fund depots and track work, with strict minimum sale prices and new engine purchases.
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Portage and Allegheny
New York State Line
North Brineh Canal
Treasury
Commonwealth
Columbia
Canal Commissioners
Schuylkill Bridge
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad
Pennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum
Publication notices and a Kentucky steamer disaster report
The issue features publisher notices for the American and related works, subscription offers for Genny Lane's Book of May, and details on the Cherokee history register. It reports the Belle of the West steamboat fire near Warsaw with about 100 deaths and 400 aboard, plus a lengthy General Banking Bill with issuer liability and charter terms.
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Stryker
Register
Manorsox, (Ltd
Wisconsin
Warsaw
California
Daguerreotypes and musical talk from the State House room
Mr Fetter continues taking daguerreotypes in the State House room as pleasant weather returns. A Lewisburg visitor describes Mr Sharpe’s unique tones blending musical souff box like highs with bass clarionet style accompaniment. A muffled escape case is noted as Charles Gearhart, once jailed for Danville post office robbery, is recaptured near Bellefonte after fleeing toward Williamsport. A Ledger correspondent reports phonographic guide boards on a Harrisburg to Pine Grove mountain road with curious wording.
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Fetter
State House
Lewisburg
Sharpe
Charles Gearhart
Ohio
Danville
Howardville
Centre County
Lock Haven
Bellefonte
Williamsport
the Ledger
Harrisburg
Pine Grove
Schuylkill County
Big Dam
Rise of Western Emigration and California Gold Rumors
A major wave of emigrants floods western cities as steamers fill with hopeful settlers bound for California. Reports describe crowded hotels and outfitting points at Joseph and Independence with plans to move vast cattle, horses, and cash. A Missouri letter notes Col Benton’s hard stance against disunionists and Calhounism amid party splits.
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Gal
California
Joseph
Independence
West
Missouri
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
St. Louis Intelligencer
St. Lowes
Union
Transatlantic Telegraph and Other News Items
Roebling in Trenton details a feasible transatlantic telegraph line using insulated twenty-wire cables laid on the ocean floor with $1,300,000 estimated cost and high expected dividends. Also notes a New Orleans burglary with a kissy thief, searches for a sledge hammer linked to Webster Parkman case, and Spain’s Queen event rumors. Cholera among Havana troops, Powers' Eve lost at sea, and Virginia mines sale to New York firm for $10,000.
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John A. Roebling
Trenton
N. J
Journal of Commerce
Atlantic
Roebling
Montour county proposed by splitting from Columbia
House of Representatives resumes consideration of Senate amendments on the Montour county bill. Debates over lines, exemptions for Northumberland, and referenda to Columbia County voters. Other items include Delaware Division canal improvements and the apportionment bill. Also notes on peculiar Stratford Connecticut disturbances and various local quips.
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Hannissone
House of Remesextatives
Senate
Montour
Columbia County
House
Fotiner
Packer
Northumberland County
Yeas
Mr. Fortner
Committee On
Delaware
Pennsylvania Canal
Messrs. Porter, Williams and Beaumont
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St. Louis
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Masser
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Appleton & Co
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Northumberland
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Darlington County
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Orreaid
Matthias Reed
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