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Newspaper
The Watchman
Location
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1822
Page
2
Reports from St Petersburg and Vienna describe wartime moves in the Turkish theatre and diplomatic secrecy. The Augsburg letter notes Janissaries refusal to join the army and Russian support efforts as Greeks advance in Thessaly.
In Rennes on February 17 authorities heightened security amid rumors of unrest. Military posts doubled, pass restrictions after six, gendarmes increased both in uniform and plain clothes, and officials probe for suspected insurrectionists and sedition reports from Grenoble.
The article notes increasing murders robberies and arsons in Ireland as government efforts fail to quell the outrages. Corks special commission ends with death sentences for thirty five whiteboys transportation for many others and no pardons unless public order improves. Three of the accused were urged mercy by the jury.
Reports say war between Russia and Turkey is likely with Vienna dispatches backing that view. Constantinople to Russian headquarters couriers run amid tight secrecy as Greece seeks Alexander I's help to shape its governments. Persia's war continues awaiting Russia's spring decision while letters claim Athens has fallen to Greeks and raised their flag.
News from Montevideo reports a clash among officers and soldiers of the Portuguese army under Gen Leco on January 7. Portuguese troops issued a manifesto threatening entry to demand back pay, prompting a levy on residents, mainly affecting foreign merchants. By January 14–15 funds were raised and order restored.
A letter from Aux Cayes dated March 9 describes a French warlike expedition of about 200 troops landed at Samana to fortify and retake Spanish St Domingo from Haitians. Three frigates and numerous vessels bombarded Samana after clashes, with Haiti’s force of about 1 000 men arriving later. The report notes embargoes and concerns of exaggerated claims and questions French authority.
A timid expedition to overseas colonies failed to deal a strong blow against revolted inhabitants, revealing the inadequacy of the harassing force and its limited impact on the colonial unrest.
This act empowers landowners, purchasers, creditors to seek a writ of estrepment to stay waste during court proceedings. It allows petitioning to courts in session or vacation to suspend waste when waste is threatened, with summary hearings and the writ’s possible dissolution or modification.
A farmer in Indiana pulled up a fine beet and neglected to fill the hole. His sixteen year old son fell in as the ground caved in and was buried alive. The item suggests Congress should curb unwar ranted beets. The piece also notes Potomac fisheries promising a plentiful season with shad selling at two dollars per hundred on the fish wharf, attributed to slow farmer supplies.
Col D Brearley agent of Indian affairs stopped in Little Rock on Wednesday with several Cherokee chiefs en route to a council with Gov Miller about tensions between the tribe and the Osages. A Fort Smith letter warns the Sacs may have joined the Osages, signaling potential trouble.
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