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Autumn Sulky Drive Through North Carolina Pines
A poem from the Raleigh Register narrates a sulky ride through pine woods in autumn. The verse follows a rider and horse from dawn to night, noting the rising sun, green forests, yellow leaves, and a long, swift journey ending at a resting place as the moon rises. Lorenzo signs off the piece.
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North Carolina
Hesperus
Lorenzo
Murder Trial Arrest in 1841 Franklin Case
Wm H Faulkner and Wm R Jones arrested for the 1841 murder of Thomas Bledsoe in Franklin. Maj James Thomas and James House with two Danville gentlemen delivered the prisoner to Franklin Sheriff for trial at the April Superior Court. The Strawway duel followed a gambling dispute over 24 cents in a Pittyl ania doggery.
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Wm. H. Faulkner
Eias
Wm. R Jones
Thos. Bledsoe
Franklin
Jas. I. ‘Thomas
James House
Danville
Col. Wilsons
Pittylania
Jones’ Hoor
Col. Wilson
Julkner
Biedsoo
Murder and bigamy tied to escapee Faulkner
Faulkner fled after killing Bledsoe who bore four fatal wounds from shoulder to elbow groin to knee and left side to heart. He hid as William Ro Jones at Mrs Warf’s house in Pittsylvania, marrying her daughter while living there and was arrested. He left a wife and nine children in Franklin, now charged with murder and bigamy.
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Ter
Bledsoe
Faulkner
Franklin
Great Excitement in Norfolk over Gardner Death Funeral Draws Large Crowd
The Richmond Star notes intense emotion in Norfolk after Mr. Gardner's death and his party troubles. Cooke's re-arrest cooled fears of violence. A Baltimore Sun correspondent describes the Norfolk funeral from the Baptist church in Portsmouth, with crowds and a long procession. A banner proclaimed the working man’s rights, and a large crowd followed to the cemetery. Patrons suspended business. the banner was displayed at service and procession. The incident spurred a fundraising subscription for Mrs. Gardner and her children, who face hardship.
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Norful
Gardner
Norfolk
Cooke
Baltimore Sun
Baptist Church
Portsmouth
Commonwealth
Gardorr
C. S
Mercer Acquitted in Woodbury Murder Trial
Young Mercer is acquitted of the murder of Haze elunson Heberton after a trial at Woodbury New Jersey begun March 28 and concluded June 6. The case detailed the slain man’s seduction of Mercer’s sister and the alleged plan and violence surrounding the crime. The testimony described Mercer’s alleged derangement and the painful court scenes involving Miss Mercer and her mother.
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Young Mercer
Singleton Mercer
Hazeelunson Heberton
Woodbury
New Jersey
Mercer
Noth
Heberton
Liithe
Triumphant Acquittal Sparks Wide Gratitude
News of Mer rer acquittal sparked strong displays of gratification in Woodbury where the trial occurred Philadelphia and other locations echoed the reaction with public celebrations and expressions of relief among supporters and observers.
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Merrer
Woodbury
Philadelphia
Great Robbery in New York
Jacob Shipman Jr a longtime confidential agent for New York and Philadelphia banks and brokers absconded with a large sum of funds. The New York Express notes he was least suspected and had survived many robberies while protecting property, with attacks that left him severely wounded.
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New York
Jacob Shipman, Jr
Philadelphia
New York Express
the Generis
Death of Judge George D. Anderson in Rome Georgia
The Hon. George D. Anderson judge of the Superior Court of the Cherokee Circuit died at his Rome Georgia residence on the first instant. He retired in apparent good health the evening before and was found dead the next morning.
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George D. Anderson
Superior Court of the
Cherokee Circuit
Rome
Georgia
Badt
Coldest March in 26 Years Reports From Boston and New Hampshire
A Boston paper notes March as the coldest in a 26 year span, while upper New Hampshire reports five feet of snow on average. Maine averages four feet, with fifteen feet fallen since cold weather began according to Brunswick professor measurements. An Auburn Journal figure cites twenty five to near forty feet depths on tracks near Auburn to Utica. A prairie emigrant family of eleven froze to death on a wagon trip, the mother surviving at the reins. Pekin Palladium.
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New Hampshire
Maine
Cleaveland
Brunswick
Auburn
N. Y
Syracuse
Utica
Pekin
Illinois
Palladium
Bread shortage sparks sermons in Philadelphia
The Rev John Street says hundreds in Philadelphia die for lack of bread. He distributed five hundred loaves in one day and received many unfulfilled calls. He contrasts current suffering with Whig promises of 1890 and questions the cost of misplaced confidence.
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John Street
Philadelphia
Death by Own Action Shocks New York Doctor
Dr William A Matthews a well known member of the bloods in New York cut his throat with a razor Friday evening at his brother’s house and died. No cause is given for the act.
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William A. Matthews
New York
Parricide White Sentenced in Le Roy New York
Benjamin J. White, convicted for murdering his father in Le Roy Genesee County, is sentenced to hanging on April 29. The Le Roy Gazette extra reports a pious father, the son’s hatred for his Christian faith and property, and a disputed March 16 murder scene. White spoke against Christianity and his father, showing no penitence and seeking to publish his deist narrative.
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Parricide White
Benjamin J. White
le Roy
Genesee County
New York
le Roy Gazette Extra
White
Horrible murder and escape tale from Arkansas and Mississippi
The article reports a sensational yarn about a man named Stewart in Arkansas who allegedly fed a wood chopper to ferocious dogs and then shot him, with neighbors later confirming bones scattered and a $1,000 reward for Stewart’s apprehension. It also covers the escape of Mississippi Treasurer Richard S Graves in disguise from guards after a visit to his wife, a $1000 reward, and his approximate assets of $140,000. The piece adds a digression of religious prophecy and political commentary from The New Orleans Tropic.
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New Orleans Picayune
Stewart
Mpress Bend
Arkansas
Columbus
Andy
Stewarts
Columbia
Helena
Ark
Richard S. Graves
Mississippi
Graves
King
Motil
Nee, &c
New Orleans
Jackson
Tucker
Buckner
Wandering Jew presents religious papers at New Orleans office
A cadaverous man about fifty entered the Tropic office with papers titled The Vision of Ahasuerus and The Wandering Jew. He spoke of salvation and annihilation of creation, claiming release and wisdom granted to Gentiles, and urged blessings for his creed's foes.
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Ahasuerus
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Abdication Proclamation From St Domingo President Boyer
Intelligence from New Orleans reports Boyer fled St Domingo with insurgents in control. Proclaimed abdication cites financial reserves and efforts to quell divisions, seeking Haiti’s unity and stability. Insurrection in Cuba notes a railroad strike by enslaved workers at Cardenas with troops suppressing the revolt. thirty remaining seized.
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Cuba
Charleston Mercury
Havana
Cardenas
Suyar
Starvation Destruction of Livestock in Northwestern Ohio
In a lament by the Columbus Journal editor, severe winter losses hit northwest Ohio. Putnam County alone reported 300 head of cattle and 6,000 hogs perished, with Van Wert and Allen counties showing vast numbers of dead and dying hogs along roads. Deer and wild game also suffered nationwide.
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Columbus Journal
Ohio
Putnam Ec
van Wert
Allen County
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