Land Surveyor General Candidate Urged for Public Office
The Surveyor General post should go to a man of proven practical skill and integrity. The Warren paper endorses Hon. Richard Irwin of Venango County, a forty year surveyor aligned with Whig and Republican principles, as best fitted for the duties. It also notes local court and licensing matters, political comments, and brief items on other regional concerns.
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Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Richard Irwin
Venango County
Irwin
Knox
Supreme Court
Osborne
Holmes
Pike's Peak
Worth of the teacher and the Westminister College note
Gov Packer vetoed a bill to educate select teachers at Westminister College. He argued the teacher’s worth as the system’s hope and urged proper preparation respect and support for teachers as essential to the common school. The piece also previews magazine notices and political briefs from the era.
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Packer
Westminister College
Pungent House remarks on negro equality spark protest
Owen Lovejoy in the House denounces the slavery party and Black Republicans while lampooning their views on equality. He paints a visceral portrait of black Americans from infancy to political power, alleging derision toward freedom and urging racial justice amid heated rhetoric.
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Owen Lovejoy
House of Representatives
Fathers of the Republic
Congress
Jurors Fine to Fifty Talesmen Called in Washington
In Washington on April 5, after the court session jurors were summoned to complete the panel. No new juror was accepted or sworn until the twenty fourth name was drawn. A disqualification cited opinion formed from newspapers or witnesses as impairing impartiality. Talesmen continued but the fiftieth was only then called.
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Wasshington
Lepot
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the Ledger
Cowan
the Mail
Warren
Ihon
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O. R. Powers
Emery Taunt
Johny Hall
Kelly Weaver
Ellen Rathbun
Flora Axtell
Gertrude Henry
Justice Court
Boozle
Falista Pilkins
Henry Thomas
Hezekiah Bulliphant
Wm McLane
Joel Jeminison
Burton Rogers
Falista
Iky Turtle
George McPherson
Charity
Sile Bates
Ice
Boogle
Fausta
Sonora Brown
Josephine Jonson
Seth Boles
George Wetmore
Eunice Grimes
Sile
Fatita
Washington
Little Miami
Broadway
Louisville
New Orleans
California
Cincinnati Gazette
Postmaster Brown's Predition and the Death of Morron
A Baltimore Sun correspondent recalls a late event in the Post Office Department. Brown warned Morron his house would be in order or they would have neither habitation nor name, remarking on congressional defeats later that day Morron died four weeks after the warning. The note ends with reflections on American youth and trade.
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Baltimore Sun
Brown
Marron
Mr. Brown
Morron
M. M
Mr. Morrow
Congress
Connecticut election yields Republican sweep and fraud claims
The Connecticut election held yesterday produced a Republican sweep with all four congressional nominees and the state ticket victorious, and a Republican majority in the Legislature. An election contest in Detroit cites alleged fraud favoring Democratic nominee Cooper, possibly enabling W. A. Howard’s re election. Also noted are a $10,000 side bet match race between Nicholas and Tar River and troop relocations to the New Mexico border.
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Connecticut
North
New Yor
Congres
Westimoney
Detroit
Cooper
W. A. Howard
New York
Democratic parties vary to fit many goals in 19th century debate
The excerpt cites how Democratic positions shift by region from protection to free trade and different state priorities, then reports a Sumner county Tennessee meeting decrying secret orders like Odd Fellows for political influence. It also notes a barrel found with two disfigured bodies, likely from a dissecting room, later reburied, and references flags and tariffs tied to party power in 19th century press.
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Georgia
New
Stampshire
Michigan
California
Pacific Railroad
Sumner County
Tennessee
Odd Fellows
Democratic Party
Masons
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Druids
Good Fellows
Red Men
Sons of America
Tereabout
Sixth Street
Cincinnati Engirer
New York Market Prices and Commodities Report
Market report from New York dated April 6 1859 lists flour prices for superfine and extra State, dull wheat, lower corn with 12000 bushels sold, dull oats, moss pork and lard sale notes, butter and cheese demand, and multiple produce and commodity prices including potatoes hides wood salt and various grains with regional price ranges and quantities.
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