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Tarborough Press
George Howanp
Democratic Rally Message From The New Era
The New Era in New York calls Democrats to rally with a fiery, urgent exhortation. It denounces traitors and tyrants, pledges to defend liberty, and urges unity against corrupt legislation as it appeals to history and national pride. The tone is partisan and militant, urging action at dawn.
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Cartmans
Van Buren replies to Pennsylvania State Convention
Mr Van Buren argues his integrity and independence, praising Pennsylvania democracy while underscoring unity among friends. He reflects on 1840 and 1844 contests, defends means used, and warns against populist manipulation, urging rational, virtuous conduct to sustain republic values.
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MR. van Buren
Pennsylvania
van Buren
President candidate letter from Morrisburg meeting
Lindenwald responds to a Democratic mass meeting held January 17 at Morrisburg that unanimously named him as Pennsylvania’s presidential candidate. He expresses profound gratitude for the delegation’s action and notes accompanying circumstances merit closer attention.
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Lindenwald
Morrisburg
Democratic Party of
Pennsylvania
Judge Porter Leaves Large Estate to Mr. Clay Friend
The Louisville Journal notes that the late Judge Porter of Louisiana bequeathed a substantial portion of his property to his close associate Mr. Clay. The amount is reported as 3840 or about 50,000 dollars, reflecting Porter’s lifelong loyalty to Clay.
Loss of the Albion ship on the Irish coast
Ballad recounts the April 1 sailing from New York aboard the Albion and a storm by April 20. Most passengers and crew were lost at sea off the Irish coast. The tale invokes Neptune and a mournful chorus as sailors plead for pity.
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Albion
New York
Neptune
The Albion Sunk in Tempest and Rescue Fates
Reports detail the loss of the Albion after a gale near Cape Clair, with 54 aboard and only nine survivors. Captain perished. Misa Powel among those lost at sea while others fought to pump out water amid wreckage and chaos. A separate New Orleans Bee note recounts a wooden box with a white infant recovered from the river.
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New Orleans
Lafayette
Julia Street
Baptism by Ice Hole in Mormon Rite at South Mill Pond
Two young women were baptized in a three foot deep ice hole at the South Mill Pond. An administrator in ordinary dress performed the rite, assisted the women from the ice after immersion, with preliminary remarks and likely prayers held out of sight. The report also notes Millerist fervor, a widow’s suicide linked to Millerism, another suicide in Philadelphia, a railroad accident near Freshpond, and Michigan’s new seduction law.
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Mill Pond
Salem
Mass
Desperate Affray at Springfield Ends in Double Slaying
A private letter from Springfield Alabama describes a fatal duel over a horse race quarrel between Meadows and Crawford. Crawford shot Meadows in the lungs, Meadows' brother killed several in a rush, then stabbed Crawford. Crawford died. the attacker was at large. Ohio Abolition Convention nominates Birney for President and Morris for Vice President Leicester King renominated governor.
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Springfield
Green County
Ala
Meadows
Thomas Crawford
Durin
Crawford
Mobile Herald
2D Inst
Ohio
Columbus
J. G. Birney
Thomas Morris
Leicester King
Imprisonment Case Over Slave Return On Vessel
A Norfolk to New York packet captain William Powell reports being arrested by Abolitionists for returning to Norfolk in February with two slaves found aboard the Empire. He posted bail of one thousand dollars as damages for false imprisonment of steward James D. Lane, who allegedly hid the slaves. The steward was later convicted in Norfolk and sent to the penitentiary. Also noted is the death of a Holland king with a sixty five million dollar fortune and reflections on royal wealth and public welfare.
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Union
Pennsylvania
Penn
Vivant
United States
M. van Buren
James Ross Snowden
Jidd
Tillery
Barbarine
Judd
Sury
Brooklyn
New Brunswick
Brooklyn Advertiser
Patterson
Church of Brooklyn
Newark
William Powell
Norfolk
New York
Scir. Empire
James D. Lane
Powell
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Poltry
the Democratic Rally
Liberty
Cate
From
the Globe
Vfalsclaulany
Cape Clair
Mizen
Misa Powel
Elon Galusha
Galusha
Miller
Baptist Advocate
Norridgeweek
Workingman
Solomon Luce
New Vineyard
David Pratt
John Hill
Philadelphia
Richardson
Woburn
Freshpond
Cambridge Mass
Michigan
Holland
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