House votes favor Sunbury and Erie Rail bill progress
The Warren Mail reports the bill for selling public works to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad has likely passed the House and may reach the Senate. Debate focused on price increase from 3.5 to 5 million dollars with votes showing a solid House majority and expectations of final passage. The text notes supporters and opponents and mentions a Chester Normal School opening led by F A Allen and details of a local physician visit.
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Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
House
Senate
Philadelphia Orth American
Sunbury and Erie
McClure
Calhoun
Struthers
Messrs
Nill
Jenkins Chase
Hodgson
Mr. Chase
Lecompton Debate Moves to Final Consideration in Senate
The Kansas admission dispute intensifies as Mr Crittenden seeks to empower the President to admit Kansas by proclamation upon evidence of a submitted state constitution. Republicans split with anti Lecompton factions. Mr Stephens proposes the previous question to force a vote. dissenting Republicans object to the plan, warning it could validate the Lecompton fraud by treating the state as organized law. Governor Robinson supports the compromise, while fears of prior traps loom over the process.
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Mr. Crittenden
Senate
Kansas
Giddings
Edward Wade
Leech
Michigan
Crittenden
Robinson
Dunn
House
Young man hurt as wagon wheel runs over Emmett Russell
Emmett Russell son of John Russell of Russellburg was leaving town with a wagon load of raftmen when he suddenly fell from his seat last Friday and a wheel passed over his body. He was badly hurt and for several days his recovery was doubtful.
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Emmett Russel
John Russel
Russelburg
River rafting hampered by lack of rain in the area
Freshes moved quickly through the river with no rainfall and water at a good stage for a few days. Lumber in small streams was scarce as rafts starting late became trapped on bars and islands. Farmers await rain to release the logs.
Union School to Close This Week and Reopen Soon
The Union School ends this week with a two week gap before the next term begins. The closing exercises are not fully described due to press timing, so details are limited.
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Union
Weather hints at early Spring and dry roadway conditions
A regional forecast notes drying roads becoming passable with frosty nights and clear sunny days. Garden activity and leisure time have begun, signaling an early spring pattern.
Tragic Cottage Fire Claims Child In Glade Township
A little daughter of Henry Shhroeder in Glade township died last Friday after her clothes caught fire while playing beside a leaf and brush fire. The note also mentions upcoming sociable and mite society meetings at local homes and a basket of parsnips measuring up to two feet three inches.
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Joseph Henry
F. Henry
Henry Shhroeder
Glade Township
Mr. Fern
Plank Walk Proposed Before Residence by Dr Invexx
A citizen notes Dr Invexx plans a substantial plank walk in front of his home and wonders if neighbors with dilapidated paths will follow suit. The remark questions streetscape upkeep and local example setting.
Public Lectures Praise Dr Barrett in Younsville
March 25 1858 residents of Youngsville express thanks to Dr Clement B Barrett for his lectures on anatomy physiology and health. The statement, approved by community leaders and published in the Warren Journals, lists Philip Mead as president and other signers.
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Younasville
Clement B. Barrett
M. E. Church
Barrett
Youngsville
Dr. Barrett
Warren
Philip Mead
Prest
J. T. Currie
Ladies of Youngsville Thank Dr Barrett Dear Sir
The undersigned ladies in Youasville express heartfelt thanks for Dr Barrett Dear Sir s lectures on the Laws of Nature and health preservation. They wish Heaven s blessing on his missions to aid suffering humanity and hope he receives rich rewards for his good works.
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Yourasville
Barrett
Youngsville
Trial of new arms at Georgetown orchard meet
Col. Roberts U S A conducted a public trial of new arms at his Georgetown residence orchard. Notables present included Secretary of War Floyd Gen. Ter sifer F. Smith Col. Roberts Col. May Major McCulloch and others. Floyd scored five striking 300 yards. Roberts led the day with top marks and hit the white.
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Col. Roberts
U.S. A
Georgetown
Floyd
Tersifer F. Smith
Col. May
McCulloch
Sharp
Colt
Gould
Navy Yard
Kansas Agitation and Kansas War Talk In 1858
From Herox March 12 1858 the letter discusses Kansas political strife with Gov Denver alleged interference in militia Maj Gen J H Lane and Lecompton politics. It notes Whitfield resigning to avoid decapitation and critiques Buchanan era espionage and tyranny in party officers.
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Herox
Kansas
Denver
Washington
J. H. Lane
Lawrence
Redpath
Lecompton
Whitfield
Kickapoo
Buchanan
J. H. Martin
Delaware
Calhoun
Revival in New York Opens with Beecher Sermon and Loud Attendance
The Tribune reports a packed audience at the old Theater in Chambers Street for a Beecher led revival. Hymns, Luke 15, and prayers drew thousands as secular papers highlight broad spread across churches in New York and beyond, with revival intelligence becoming a national feature.
Arrival of Moses Taylor from Aspinwall sets speed record
The steamer Moses Taylor arrived from Aspinwall in twenty days and fourteen hours with 1.4 million dollars in cargo. Principal consigners included Wells & Fargo and American Exchange Bank. Other items note California politics, to has-been embezzlement acquittal, and various regional news from Nicaragua to San Francisco.
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New York
Moses Taylor
Aspinwall
St. Louis
Wells & Fargo
Howland Aspinwall
American Exchange Bank
Dunnan, Sherman & Co
W.T. Coleman & Co
California Senate
Bates
Lanier
Nicaragua
Urisarri
Washington
Cary Jones
Jerez
San Carlos
Susquehanna
San Juan
Pera Vivanco
Arica
Apernac
Vivanco
Iquigne
Lima
Lieut. Cohen
Com. Long
Merrimac
Calloa
Grass Valley
Michael Brennan
Mount Hope
San Francisco
China
Napoleon
California
City of
St. Marys
Honolulu
Sebastian
Democrats try to bridge Lecompton split in Washington caucus
In Washington on March 28 1858 a Democratic caucus sought to bridge a chasm over Lecompton policy. Mr Stephens urged Anti Lecompton members to save the party, while Mr English proposed a ten man Lecompton committee to meet an equal number of Anti Lecompton men and reach a shared basis. The move drew thin attendance and produced little effect. English remained unreliable and unlikely to win converts.
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Washington
English
Stephens
Boston Charity Fair Nets About 15000 Dollars
The charity fair in Boston closed on Saturday evening with net receipts around 15000 dollars, marking a successful fundraising event for local causes.
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Boston
General Appropriation Bill for 1858 Passed in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the General Appropriation bill passed the House with praise for J. K. Calhoun as chair of Ways and Means. The abstract lists allocations for public printing, schools, state debts, peniten tiaries, canals, apparatus, and various departments totaling 3,361,215 dollars, with notable increases in canal funding despite reduced revenues.
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Harrispure
J. K. Calhoun
Armstrong
Committee of Ways and Means
Supreme Court
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Institute For the Blind
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
House of Refuge
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
Western Penitentiary
Delaware Division
Legislature
Daredevil orange-shot wager by Captain Travis in Louisville
John Travis, famed for a thousand dollar bet, plans to shoot three oranges balanced on a boy’s head and hands at thirty feet. The ten year oldLouisiana boy trains under his mother’s watch as locals call the stunt the most dangerous ever attempted in the country.
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John Travis
Travis
Saratoga
Louisville
Lousiana
Albany Knickerbocker
Striking reunion as three Scottish brothers meet in Charlestown
A Boston Ledger report tells how two strangers traveling from Portland aboard the steamer Anglo Saxon and then by rail discovered they were brothers. After lodging in the same hotel, a city trip led them to the same Charlestown street, revealing all three brothers had lived abroad or in distant lands.
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Mr. Beecher
Portland
Astern
Charlestown
Egypt
East Indies
Scotland
Boston Ledger
TRUE DIGESTIVE FLUID ADVERTISED FOR INDIGESTION
SPECIAL NOTICES Suc is Tue TRUE MEANING of the word PEPSIN and its Greek roots. The TRUE DIGESTIVE FLUID or GASTRIC JUICE is prepared by J S HOUGHTON of Philadelphia for cure of Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Nature's own remedy for an unhealthy stomach. It renders GOOD EATING healthy. See advertisement in another part of this paper.
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J. S. Houghton
Philadelphia
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