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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1854
Page
2
Names listed include Governor candidate James Pollock of Northumberland Canal Commissioner George Darsie of Allegheny and Supreme Court Justice Daniel M Smyler with no further details provided.
The piece reports Rhode Island’s Whig victory and majorities in both legislative branches, noting nationwide Democratic defeats and predicting a larger overturn in the next presidential race. It also mentions local council meetings and various notices and anecdotes from Philadelphia and surrounding areas.
Connecticut voters repudiated locofoco policies and elected a Whig governor, legislature, and a Whig US senator. The piece praises the shift toward liberty and Northern interests, cites national tensions, and notes editorials on Sunbury and Erie subscription and Philadelphia council actions.
A reader letter pak analyses the value of local advertising for Warren’s Mail and Ledger, urges robust merchant ads to boost perception, and mentions community figures, temperance groups, and a playful jab at an editor. It reflects town pride and nostalgia with light personal anecdotes about river travel and social clubs.
John Hoge died near Morgantown, West Virginia, on the 26th of an unspecified month from apoplexy. While passengers landed to walk to town due to steamboat delays, he collapsed after a hill ascent saying God bless me. His body was identified in Morgantown and sent home, with his funeral held yesterday and well attended. The record notes a related murder at Coventry, R with liquor sale involvement.
Bursett Hover reports from Cincinnati on the Buckeye State voyage describing a bustling river city, new stone buildings, the Spanier House, Mt Adams tele scope view, and contrasts between river towns and inland progress. He notes fashionably dull places, evolving commerce, and railroad impact on river trade.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin notes the amicable settlement of the Cutting versus Breckinridge dispute on the House floor. It also reports a March race wager involving a Kean County couple, and criticizes Philadelphia Council actions delaying the Sunbury and Erie Railroad subscription. The piece contrasts New York projects with Philadelphia delays and defends the Sunbury and Erie railroad effort amid factional opposition.
The Sunbury and Erie railroad preserved key protections in the Venango contract, granting it favorable terms for westward and eastward freight and passenger movements. Proponents say the arrangement strengthens Sunbury and Erie while limiting Venango’s control over fares and routes.
Reports from Prussia draft boys for long service. Paris hosts a famed woman visiting thrice weekly. Defoe descendant aided by London literary fund. Otto Goldschmidt cites Jenny Lind concert changes. new Paris carriage with horses behind. Gunpowder seizure in England. French frontier troop totals. Cambridge student stakes an 80 mile wager. Turkish service generals named Arslan Shahin Toufau Pacha. Uhland rejects Russian order due to political persecution. Dargan to lose 100000 but gain lasting honor. Victoria to have a huge steam yacht built. Austria's wary position in Europe. Sweden and Denmark advance new machinery. Sailors scarce in New York. New Orleans theatres curtail dates. Richmond railway buys depot land. Erie Canal cleanup planned. Galena Wisconsin hotel complex fire destroys fourteen buildings.
Observations include Panama Railroad cost estimates near 1.5 million dollars, California insanity notes, Abington Va hail damage to ten thousand panes, Cincinnati peach blossoms, Black Hawk horse sales at 2000 dollars each in Montpelier, Delaney Carr’s death in Charlottesville, Va, New Orleans election unrest with three deaths, a Santa Fe execution, a Charleston theater price for Mrs. Mowett’s performance, Louisiana treasury borrowings, Fox River Bank in operation with Lawton as president and Desnoyers as cashier, Enzelbaum emigration trend, a Bath England hay drying patent, Rousseau on Russia’s imperial ambitions, Norwicht Conn education fundraising, and assorted cultural commentary.
The Conneaut Reporter records the February marriage of Elias Jones and Delia Swap at Conneaut, recounting their long history since a shared wartime courtship, a secret remarriage, separations, and later reunion with their two sons. A second item offers a runaway enslaved woman advertisement praised by a New Orleans paper, prompting a sharp critique in the New York Tribune.
All persons interested will attend the Paws and Slips of the first Presbyterian Church to bid for seats for the ensuing year. The auction will be held at the church on May 1 between 2 and 4 PM. By order of the Trustees S. P. JOBNBON, Clerk.
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