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Newspaper
The Watchman
Location
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1822
Page
2
The narrator recalls landing at Burdraux and witnessing a public last confession as a convict reveals a past plot. He explains a tied scandal involving Chaubert, Lewis's father, and a poisoning plot to murder a rival, ending with a repentant plea at the scaffold.
A British sloop of war arrived from Portsmouth to pursue a navy purser who fled England with 20 to 59 thousand pounds. Capt Burroughs and a police officer secured the delinquent in New York, recovering nearly the entire sum. The British king’s return from the continent is noted along with France’s chamber session and steady foreign relations.
Paris reports new dispatches from Constantinople detailing political moves and military posture amid rising tensions in the Ottoman capital. Officials in Paris await further confirmations as events unfold.
Reports recount Persian hostile moves toward the Turks. A Scah son leads 60,000 against Baghdad's Padala. Advices from Trieste claim Tripolian capitulated to insurgents. Vienna reports ongoing diplomacy with Russia over the Porte demands and guarantees for Garecians. Dispatches note grain, industry, and colonial concerns amid unsettled European affairs.
Vienna reports an important resolution prohibiting Turkish soldiers from leaving their corps and returning home for the winter. The order affects Asiatic troops at Constantinople under the Brussa pacha and cites Russia as a reason. The Brussa army is said to advance toward the Danube.
The notice states that the subscriber continues in the former premises of Dr John M Dowell and remains ready to accommodate customers who favor him with their custom. January 2, 1822.
Abstract of the annual Treasury Report shows revenues for 1818 1819 1820 and 1821 totaling millions with year end balances and expenditures. A Cork fraud involved individuals obtaining coffin orders by claiming paupers were dead then selling the orders to a coffin maker at half the parish charge.
A list of letters remaining in the Danville Pennsylvania post office dated 1821. Names include Mathias Appleman Peter Appleman Elizabeth Appleman Henry Albright Ao lexander Best John Bowyer Daniel Berrey Barney Banghar Aaron Blew Henry Bickley James Cook Jehan Cocker John Carr Henry Kirett Jacob Kailwai Thomas Giles Eleanor Gray John Mute chier Josiah M Clure Esq Marts McAla laster James Madden Elizabeth Pringle Daniel Phillips Jun Abia Philips Jacob Pursley Joseph Prutzmansq 2 Jonas than Reve Rudolph Sechler Esq 3 John Skinner Abraham Scott George C Serls Andrew Straup Christina Schneider Solomon Smith Mr Thompson Andrew L Thompson James Woodside Chester Whitaker Jacob Woit 8 James Loughead P MI
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