Texas and Georgia News and Military Notes from 1830s
Extract from a September letter by Gen Felix Houston to Col Louis P Cook discusses ongoing Texas Mexico hostilities, urging continuation beyond the Rio Grande and praising mercy and courage. Arkansas Gov Fulon calls for ten volunteer frontier companies. Report on emigrating Creeks to Arkansas, Georgia cotton crop ravaged by worms, Mississippi cotton prospects after rain, and a NY Star note on a law killing eight thousand dogs at cost of about four thousand eight hundred dollars.
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Texas
Felix Houston
Louis P. Cook
New Orleans
Mexico
Rio Grande
Gov. Fulon
Arkansas
Arbuckle
U. S. Army
N.Y. Star
Erie and Venango Rail Road Plans and Baltimore Investment
The Erie and Venango Railroad covers 23 miles with stock valued at 100000 dollars to be subscribed on the 17th at Erie. It connects with the Cassadaga and Erie Railroad of New York at Venango and may extend to Warren, Pennsylvania. The Maryland Treasurer, under legislative act, has subscribed 3 million dollars to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and Baltimore city matches with a like sum.
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New Yok
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington Rail Road
Blakeley Depot
Petersburg
P.M. Petersburg
Richmond
Washington City
Binkeley
Roanoke
Tome
Erie and Venanzo
Erie
Venango
New York
Warren
Penn
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
City of
New Engine Promises Service to Manufacturing Public
The Dunkirk Beacon reports a new engine for propelling machinery by Silas P Griswold and Richard Qoth oudt of Dunkirk. Built on pendulum and lever principles, its operation has been witnessed by many practical observers and is expected to aid industry.
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Dunkirk
Messrs
Silas P. Griswold
Richard Qothoudt
Artisans Seek Favorable Notice From Mechanics and Manufacturers
A fragment notes artisans concerned with securing a favorable official notice from mechanics and manufacturers regarding their work.
Slave Tom Scudder Buys Wife Then Sells Her in Georgia
A Darien Georgia slave named Tom Scudder bought his wife for 700 dollars but quarreling soon after sold her for 750. He could buy his freedom but stays enslaved, continuing as a shoemaker and paying his master two dollars daily for services.
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Darien
Geo
Tom Scudder
Curious Adventure Fourth Female Sailor
The Philadelphia Chronicle reports Miss Maria a seventeen year old from Wilkes-Barre who dressed as a sailor boy, obtained passage to a whale ship from New Bedford, and after three months returned to Philadelphia then vanished. Her sex was later discovered and she likely returned home. Also reports of African coast unrest at Luanda following governor’s death and a man dying in a Bradford snowstorm after a drunken night in a raisin.
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Philadelphia Chronicle
Maria
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Philadelphia
New Bedford
Palmer Thompson
Smithfield Township
Bradford County
Peon
Man in Army Amputation Cuts Off Own Leg
A humorous Eastport Sentinel note recounts Dr. G of the U S Army performing an amputation at the thigh and accidentally severing his own leg after opening the amputation case he sat down and sawed it off before realizing the mistake while attempting to walk.
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Eastport
G -1
U. S. Army
Challenge to race any horse over Augusta course for $20,000
Baltimore Chronicle reports John Bascomb offers to ride any horse over the Augusta Georgia course for twenty thousand dollars. A second item notes Post Boy will race any horse over any course north of Washington for twenty thousand dollars.
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John Bascomb
Augusta
Georgia
Washington
Baltimore Chronicle
Niagara Canal Project Cost Estimate
The projected ship and steam boat canal around the Falls of Niagara is estimated to cost between two and a half and five million dollars.
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Falls of
Niagara
Giant 30-Lock Canal Project Proposed with 300 Feet Elevation
Locks are planned at 200 feet by 90 feet each but usually not over 10 feet per lock. The ascent to be overcome is 300 feet, resulting in thirty locks. The undertaking is described as a gigantic project.
Prosperous New Orleans sees early fall trade revival
The uninterrupted health of New Orleans has caused an earlier revival of the fall trade than usual. Twenty-five steam boats, either loading or discharging, were counted at the levee on September 22, a much larger number than usual at this season. Buildings are going up everywhere and common laborers are in demand, earning two to three dollars per day.
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New Orleans
Hartford Board of Missions Yearly Meeting Summary
The annual meeting of the American Board of Missions opened Wednesday in Hartford and closed Friday. Total receipts for the year were 176000 dollars, expenditures about 235000 dollars. Operations have grown faster than means, with 23000 dollars subscribed mainly by Hartford citizens before adjournment.
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American Board of Missions
Hartford
Munificent Bequest to Found Boston Science Lectures
The Boston Centinel reports the late John Lowell Jr. of Boston died near Bombay leaving more than half a million dollars. He bequeaths half to trustees to establish an institution in Boston to deliver lectures on scientific subjects.
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Boston
John Lowell, Jr
Bombay
Elaby Kills His Son Then Flees After North Carolina Murder
Thomas C. Elaby of the Three Brothers on the Apalachicola River killed his son with a musket loaded with 24 buckshot. He acted brutally after the murder. Elaby had priorly murdered in North Carolina and fled, with a large reward offered. Sacrilege notes report St Marys Church break in during the storm, vessels and lace dresses stolen, silver sacraments hidden, censer removed.
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Thomas C. Elaby
Apalachicola River
Elaby
North Carolina
St. Mary’s Church
Phil
U. S. Gaz
Revolution in Portugal and Queen's Victory Reported
From Portugal and Spain via the Empress arrival from Malaga, reports detail another Portuguese revolution and a notable victory by the Queen's troops over the Carlists. Dissent against Minister Freire grew after opposition deputies reached Lisbon, prompting widespread demonstrations of approval as they landed.
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Portugal
Spain
Malaga
Freire
Duero
Upper
Beira
Portugal adopts new constitution amid palace turmoil
Night action by National Guards and line troops forces Queen to proclaim the 1822 constitution and dismiss ministers. Deputation to form a new ministry leads to palace window breaking. Ex-ministers Freire and arbudo vanish. Queen swears to the constitution after talks with the British ambassador and the Spanish minister protests. Carlist army defeated in Madrid. Cholera persists in Hungary and Bohemia.
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Duke de Palmella
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Arbudo
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Tagus
Corps Diplomatique
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Malaga
Madrid
Gomez
Alaix
Hungary
Bohemia
Locusts in Syria Reported by Ibrahim Pacha
Boston Advertiser files describe an immense locust swarm in Syria in early summer. Ibrahim Pacha ordered widespread destruction, with Aleppo and surrounding districts mobilized, yielding 427,160 ardebs cleared by troops and residents in forty days. Larger amounts were destroyed unmeasured in villages and districts including Killis Aintab Hanimah Marrah and Damascus.
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Syria
Boston Advertiser
Smyrna
Ibrahim Pacha
Aleppo
Ibrahim
Killis
Aintab
Hanimah
Marrah
Damascus
Army of Spanish Flies Invades Belgium Crops Damaged
An army of Spanish Flies, formidable as the locusts, invaded Belgian fields from southern France, causing great mischief to the crops.
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Belgium
France
Rio de Janeiro Treasury Robbed for 500 Million Rais
A heist at the treasury in Rio de Janeiro occurred between July 23 and 25, diverting 500 million rais, roughly 100 million dollars. Authorities seek suspects and evidence as officials confirm the loss and begin investigations.
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Brazil
Rio Janeiro
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