Whig Convention Debate on Slavery and Henry Clay
Remarks from a Salem Register report cover a Massachusetts Third District Whig meeting. Speakers debate resolutions on oppression and slavery, praising Henry Clay while weighing concessions to advance liberty and national interests amid fears of compromising principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Massachusetts
Slussey
Society of Friends
Cley
Hussey
Lynn
Henry Clay
Servile Insurrections in the West Indies and Slander Claims
An 1830s press digest outlines West Indies slave uprising plots against whites, naming leaders including Placide and Coqui. It details a plan to seize arms, burn plantations, and march on Matanzas with 3000 forces, plus a staged royal figure Turnbull. The text contrasts this with US political chatter about Oregon and Locofocoism.
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West India Islands
St. Domingo
New Orleans
Coqui
Havana
Turnbull
Council of
England
Jamaica
Placide
Matanzas
el General
Guamatas
L. Boque
Artemiza
Caninge
Soledad
Corral Falso
Cardinas
San Guardia
New Providence
Great New Orleans Fire Destroys Mass of Property
Extracts from the Tropic recount a massive New Orleans fire on a Saturday near Royal Street and the depot area. The blaze destroyed about ten city blocks and 240 houses, with widespread ruin and loss beyond previous conflagrations.
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New Orleans
Royal Et
Ee Vane
Dhotna
Ranklin
Gott
Ering
House property notice unclear reading
Damaged OCR fragment hints at a house property matter with unreadable names and details. Unable to extract complete entities or actions from the text.
Burned house tragedy Kirn Street Jackson Street
A six year old white girl perished in a fire on Jackson Street with the house unapproachable from the heat. No other major casualties reported though minor injuries may have occurred. A Whig meeting raised about 170, and provisions and clothing were collected and sent to the affected families. The school house at Common and Treme streets was turned into a depot for receiving aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jommon
Jacksonad Combe Housing
Meee
Franklin, Claiborne, Canal and
Common Ats
Dr. Stone
Maison de Santo
Canal and
Claiborne Streets
Treme
Gommon
Canal Street
Jackson Street
Common and
Treme Streets
Tornado and storms lash Northern Ohio and Lebanon tragedy
Reports from The Democratic Mirror describe a violent May 11 storm at Sardusky City Ohio, toppling chimneys and roofs, injuring one boy, with $1500 to $2000 property damage. Wider impacts include forest destruction, fence damage, and livestock losses across northern Ohio. Separate notes report a lightning strike near Lebanon killing four Harner daughters, the Frelinghuysen defense link, three drowning deaths on the Ohio river, and mourning at Mt. Vernon Times for editor James Cunningham.
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The
Democratic Mirror
Sardusky City
Ohio
Trumbull Chronicle
Lichtnine
Henry Harner
Hamilton Road
Lebanon
M. E. Church
Zeb. Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. M. Gest
MR. Hussey
Clay
J. FV. Tribune
New York Evening Post
Snyder
Columbus Jour
Odu Paerene
Baltimore
Washington
van Buren
Capitol
Congress
Pat
Mr. Clay
Missouri
West Indies
Oregon
Atherton
Senate
Locofoco
Theodore Frelinghuysen
New York ‘Tribune
Frelinghuysen
West. Star
Ohio River
Smithland
Tradewater
Zon. Journal
Mt. Vernon Times
James Cunningham
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