Electro magnetism as a motive power
Professor Page reports no doubt of using electricity as a substitute for steam. He demonstrates a magnetic bar lifting, moving, and flinging with force around three hundred pounds per inch. A one ton bar and a six to twenty foot stroke engine are discussed along with a zinc powered one ton battery engine producing 114 strokes per minute.
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Page
Smithsonian Institution
Forte
Professor Page
Nat. Intelligencer
Note Denomination Ban Under 5 Dollar Banknotes in Pa
The General Banking Law limits issues under five dollars to non Pa authorized banks. Violations by corporations incur 500 dollar penalties, by officers 100 dollars, and by private individuals 25 dollars with half to the informer and half to the county. funds may be used in debt actions in the Commonwealth.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Webster Replies To Mann On Unanswered Letter
A Washington letter reprints Horace Mann’s new letter and Daniel Webster’s response. Webster notes he will not answer Mann and cites St Jude and Archbishop Tillotson to illustrate restraint in railing. The exchange is set against the political editorial tone of 1850.
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St. Jude
Michael
Moses
Tillotson
Archangel
Daniel Webster
Revents of Gex Tayion's Ewpan- BaseMENTS Comraptorep
Messra Mom sell White and Son of New Orleans, agents for General Taylor for twenty years, deny reports of pecuniary embarrassment. They claim he left in bank stocks and other property a total of 2000000 and that he never gave a note, dying debt free.
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Gex
Tayion
Burglars Rob Lewis Dewart House in Local Nighttime Looting
The house of Lewis Dewart, Esq. was entered through the cellar door on Monday night and robbed of several hundred dollars in cash, gold coin, a gold watch, gold spectacles, and silken handkerchiefs. They opened the desk and paper case, took deeds and notes, while also pocketing Mr. Dewart's handkerchief, and fled by a front window. An additional attempt was made at the nearby residence of County Treasurer George B. Youngman the same night.
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Lewis Dewart
Dewart
Youngman
George B. Youngman
Cameron Township Created From Coal Township Bound by Mahoney Mountain
A new township named Cameron is formed from the southern portion of Coal township, bounded by Mahoney mountain. It honors Gen Simon Cameron, reflecting his strong local ties and political influence in the county. The split preserves the mountain as the natural boundary and leaves Coal township largely coal rich.
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Cameron
Coal Township
Mahoney Mountain
Cameron Township
Simon Cameron
Railroad Reopens After Interfreshet Repairs
The railroad from this place to Shamokin, damaged by the interfreshet, has been repaired. The Segelys, who led the repair with their miners and laborers, began work last Tuesday and are now ready to resume coal train trips and supply the trade as usual.
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Shamokin
Segelys
Cass Pushes Suspension of Diplomatic Ties with Austria
General Cass introduced resolutions early in the session to suspend relations with Austria over oppression of Hungarians. He delivered an eloquent speech in support. The Washington Union publishes a letter from Hungarian leader Louis Kossuth thanking Cass for advocating the measure.
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Congress
Cass
Washington Union
Lews Kossuta
Austria
Battle at datedt Gives Denmark Victory Over Schleswig Holstein
Late European accounts report a bloody clash at datedt where Danish forces defeated Schleswig Holstein troops. The battle produced 7000 men killed wounded or missing amid a desperate fight.
Union County Democratic Convention at New Berlin
Delegates met to nominate Congress candidates John Cummings Jr and Issac Slenker. Cummings won on the first ballot amid secessionist protests. A people’s meeting was urged for September. Also notes on California and New Mexico bills, Page’s electromagnetism engine, and bank counterfeiting measures.
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Union County
New Berlin
John Cummings, Jr
Issac Slenker
Slenker
Cimbings
Mr. Slenker
Slavery Crisis Sparks Outrage in Washington and Maryland
Reports of slave escapes and a sensational capture in Maryland and Washington spark political alarm. Gen Chaplin of New York aiding Toombs and Stevens escape leads to arrest and trial. A slave trader abducts the Williams family from Washington to be sold in New Orleans, prompting fundraising efforts by President and lawmakers.
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Washington
Baltimore
Gen. Chaplin
New York
Toombs
Stevens
Congress
Georgia
Maryland
South
Columbia
Union
United States
William Williams
Polk,Taylor and
Fillmore
New Orleans
Williams
Webster
Gen Scot
Corcoran
Comn
Patterson
Gen. Townsend
Nomination and political notes from Union county
John M. Baum is nominated for the Assembly by the Democratic Convention in Union county. Jons Wants is named as delegate to the March convention. Remarks praise Mr Walls as a steadfast Democrat. Counterfeit notes concern York Bank fives and tens and arrests in multiple counties. Captain Emmons completes his 168th voyage across the Atlantic. A defense against a venom poison discusses rapid circulation blockage.
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John M. Baum
Union Times
Assembly
Union County
Friend Baum
Old Union
Jons Wants
Lewisburg
Walls
Kossuth Letter to Cass Praises American Support
Hungarian leader Louis Kossuth writes from Kourtaiya to General Cass praising U S Senatorial support for liberty. He recalls exile, gratitude for American protection, and asks continued backing for Hungary's cause as he weighs future action.
Senate tenure list and large California shipment
The article lists U S Senate terms expiring in March 1851 for Democrats and Whigs, naming many senators such as Hannibal Hamlin Dickenson Bright Yulee and Rusk. It notes four more appointments, plus an executive appointment until the next legislative session. Also reported are forty six rebates arriving at San Francisco from Adelaide on June 23, the largest shipment of that article to California by single bottom.
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Asirep Soares
United States
Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
New York
Dickinson
Jesse D. Bright
Virginia
Jas M. Munnon
Pennsylvania
Daniel Sturgeon
Tennessee
H. L. Tormey
Missouri
T. H Berton
Wisconsin
Henry Dodge
Florida
David L. Yulee
Texas
Thomas J. Rusk
Michigan
Lewis Cass
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Connecticut
B.S Haldwin
Massachusetts
RK. C. Winthrop
Vermont
Samuel 8. Phelps
Rhode Island
Albert C. Greene
Delaware
John Wales
New Jersey
Wm. L. Dayton
Maryland
Thomas G. Pratt
Ohio
Thomas Ewing
San Francisco
Adelaide
New South Wales
California
California Bill Passage Sparks Senate Debate in 1850
The Thirty-First Congress session reports the California bill passing the Senate with 34 yeas and 18 nays after heated debate. Senators Davis of Mississippi Clemens Houston Barnwell Ewing and others address fears of Union dissolution and Wilmot Proviso echoes. The bill moves to govern California while New Mexico territorial status is debated for a future vote.
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Texas
Senate
California
New Mexico
Avery
House
Mr. Davis
Mississippi
Clemens
Congress
Union
Houston
Nashville
Barnwell
Ewing
Berrien
Messrs
Davis
Miss
Cass
Wilmot
Yous
Ballwin
Bradbury
Bell
Benton
Bright
Chase
Cooper
Mass
Dickinson
Dudlge
Wis
Dolne
Jows
Douglass
Felch
Greene
Hale
Hanlin
Jones
Miller
Norris
Phelps
Seward
Shields
Smith
Spinonece
Sturgeon
Underwood
Upham
Wales
Walker
Winthop
Whitecomb
Nas
Meesra
Atchison
Barwell
Butler
Clumets
10 Copies for No Within and 1 a 2 iS a 6 oo Bs
Unclear OCR text presents scattered numerals and letters. No coherent event or names emerge. Cannot determine a readable news item or identify entities for a proper summary.
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TEE American
Sunbury
H. J. Masser
North
William T. Morison
Montgomery County
Ephraim Banks
Mifflin County
J. Porter Brawley
Crawfont County
Northumberland County
G.M. Yorks
Samuel Ent
WM. B. Kipp
Samuel Lantz
Reuben Zartman
WM. Wilson
Eold Roubert
Kossuth
General Cass
National Institute At Washington
Science
American Law Journal
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Bank OF Northumberland
Mackey
James Armstrong
Lycoming
Col
Eli Slifer
Jenny
Liverpool
Fansens Bank of
Arapinc
Farmers Bank of Reading
State of Pennsylvania and
Reading
York Bank
Bucks
Lancaster
York
Jobo Ballito
Jonathan
Tu Srea Menie Pacuric
Turnsweep Toss
Union of Saturday
Louis Kossuth
U.S
Kourtaiya
Asia Mixon
Venice
Rialto
Free America
Broussa
Hannibal
Providence
Tam
Europe
America
Asbury
Hungary
Mr. Foote
Ain—Susanna
Zephyrs Nts
Aes
Peter Tian
Peter Hileman
William Weaver
Shamokintown
Tees
Shamokin Creek
Maid Town
Jacob Hoffa
Charles Weravdr
Scientific American
Ite Vali
Arta
Srivnees
SCC
Iso
Munn & CO
Pylton Street
New-York
Dsat
Kowil Fallin
Ait Kogetitt
Elliot Wintierig
Sccofland
MJ Ach
Philadelphia
Guy Oiler
Uwlted
Lee
CIA
M. M. Noata
Nenaese
Hoeptlind
Openitao
Kecchilin
Wilhelm Hoofand
University of Jena
Prumin
Germany
Howlag
Medicior
Sonchefon
Cevernt
Editora
Tapees
le CM. Deeba
Arische Wies
Arische Wies Alfther
Philtuelphin
United
Eites
Dr. Hoofiund
Gerry Hitters
Arch Street
Masaan
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