Political notices and industrial hopes in Elk County
The piece cites James Pollock for governor and George Darlie for canal commissioner plus Daniel M Smyler for supreme court. It notes high river levels delaying raft runs while Jamestown N Y boats flood the Tidioute market with chairs and furniture. It argues for local manufacturing, cites Arnold Plumer on the Venango Railroad, and includes editorials about Whig nominees and local political rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
N. Y
Warner
Tidioute
Hon James Cooper praised for railroad stock efforts at Philadelphia
The article lauds Hon James Cooper president of the 8. and Erie Railroad for pushing stock procurement to support a Philadelphia subscription. It notes eighteen years of delays due to officers and celebrates Cooper’s renewed momentum linking the Atlantic and the Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
West
James Cooper
8. & Erie Railroad
Philadelphia
Cooper
Lakes
Warren Mail Responds to No Nonsense on Presbyterian Customs
The letter defends standing during prayer and sitting during singing as common in Presbyterian churches and questions why whispering or vocal focus during prayer would be less respectful. It rebuts "Old Fogies" label and suggests calling church authorities "Young Americans" for abandoning the long-standing practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mail
Messrs. Eorrors
Warren
Old Fogies
B.R
George Sanders
London
George
America
Washington
Treaty prospects and political maneuvering under 1854 tensions
Washington notes indicate optimism for a treaty passage while James of Rhode Island seeks reconsideration. Douglas boasts of defeating Angel as Honolulu counsel and shifts allies in the House. Cuba policy remains status quo but a harsh audit of Spanish authorities is planned. Forney may face arraignment. Bell’s Gadsden amendment to recognize the Seo grant could salvage the treaty. Bahamas duties shift. flour 50 cents, beef and pork $1 per barrel. corn peas beets poultry game fresh meat fish turtle raw hides and other items admitted free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James
Rhode Island
Douglas
Angel
Honolulu
Senate
Forney
Bell
Bahamas
State Department
Islands
Indian Troubles and Public Grievances in Texas News
From Texas advices the Indians are troublesome near San Antonio and Laredo with robberies and murders feared. Webb county citizens meet at Laredo to press the governor for inquiry into Indian guilt and a mounted force. The rest notes include bequests by John Noble, life insurance rates, Gen Edwin Polk, iron building patents, Liberia emigration aid, the Kentucky Colonization Society, decline of the National Road, treason conviction history, Racine and Kenosha elections, English emigration orders, Vermont Festival notes, and guano used on Louisiana sugar lands increasing yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Laredo
Citizens of
Webb Co
United States
John Noble
New York
New York Bible and Prayer Book Society
Protestant Episcopal Tract Society
Diocesan Missionary Society
Institution of the Deaf and Dumb
Orphan Asylum
Flaff Orphan Asylum
Life Insurance Companies
England
Edwin Polk
Tennessee
Ezekiel Polk
Polk
Senate
A. Saxon
Illustration of Slavery and a Free Man's Rescue
Edward Davis a free colored man from Philadelphia aged about 34 fled to Maryland where a law barred free blacks from settling and he was jailed sold to pay fines. He endured bondage for months, escaped to Savannah, hid on a steamer, was imprisoned in Newcastle, and was freed after witnesses proved his freedom. advocates condemn the slave system and urge Northern vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Davis
Philadelphia
Hollidaysburg
Havre de Grace
Maryland
Davis
Bell Air
Baltimore
Washington
Charlston
South Carolina
William Dean
Macon
Georgia
Savannah
Keystone State
Newcastle
Delaware
Bradford
New Castle
Dimond
Martha CG. McGuire
John H. Brady
Pennsylvania
Dean
Samual Guthrie
U. S
North
V. Y. Tribune
Navies Brace for Baltic Conflict Amid Broad War Rumors
The article reports no battle yet in the Baltic as Russian forts are dismantled on Aland and Napier's fleet remains at Kingl e Bay. Dispatches state allied fleets head toward Varna and hostilities are anticipated, with Vienna and Berlin tangled in diplomacy and potential war developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
Aland
Napier
Kingle Bay
Revel
St. Petersburg
Chas. Napier
Varna
Moscow
Danube
Dobrudscha
Bessarabia
Odessa
Sebastopol
Tragan
Paris
Uchakoff
Nicopolis
Rustehuck
Austria
Napoleon
Balkans
Prussia
Prince George
Mecklenburg Sterlitz
Berlin
Vienna
Britain
France
The War Duration in Europe Discussed by Officials
New York Journal of Commerce correspondent quotes a Paris senator and a British cabinet view on war length. They note expectations vary for a six month end, with France and Britain aiming for decisive, rapid action while Russia could sustain a protracted resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Walsh
New York Journal of Commerce
Palais Royal
London
Russia
Samson
San Francisco Population Estimated at Fifty Thousand
A dispatch notes the population of San Francisco at about 50 000. Nearby reports mention Brooklyn influentials pursuing a city university, Portland Maine sustaining 24 public schools at roughly 25 000 yearly, and a West Point court martial adjourning sine die. Senator Douglas is said to be hung in effigy at Dedham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Brooklyn
N. Y
Portland
West Point
Douglas
Dedham
Massachusetts
Northbush
Erie County
New York
New Jersey
United States
Couniy
District of Columbia
Japan Squadron
Rynders
Democratic collapse abroad and a memory feat in Boston
A New Hampshire editor laments Democratic decline under the Pierce administration across northern states from Maine to Vermont and forecasts failing reelection prospects. The Pittsburg Union warns the divorce bill may drive crime, while a Boston Cryptic notes a clerk memorizing a long page of the New York Journal of Commerce and reciting poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire Register
General Pierce
Democratic Party
Maine
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Mason
Dixson
Pierce
New York Journal of Commerce
Boston Transcript
Southern Conventions Fail To Yield Practical Gains
A reader finds the Southern Communican Convention at Charleston unproductive, dominated by regional politicians, with scant concrete outcomes despite calls for ocean steamers and factory growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sothern
Charleston
Pollock Nominated Commander of Public Support
The piece defends Mr. Pollock after his nomination, citing his wartime vote to raise volunteer pay in the Mexican War and praising his patriotism. It claims his opponents’ criticisms miss the record and predicts a broad, cross party backing, with further attacks promised as votes and speeches in Congress are released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Parmire
Harrisburg
Pittsburg
Pollock
Congress
Milton
James |Ollock
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Bill Bigler
Bill Nebraska
Friends of Freedom
State Reform
Mexico
Russian Dialects and Alphabet Challenge Language Mastery
The Russian tongue presents major hurdles for learners with an alphabet of 46 letters in older Slavonic form and 35 in modern usage. Peter the Great reformed letters around 1704 1705 while Amsterdam printed the first Russian book in 1666. Russian dialects include Moscow St Petersburg Malo Russian and White Russia with Polish influences from Lithuania and Volhynia. The language is praised for euphony and vast expressive capacity though difficult to master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Peter the Great
St. Petrsbore
Tolland
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Empire
Red Russia
Hungary
Gallicia
Lithunaia
Volhynia
White Russia
Skylight Daguerrean Rooms Open for Likenesses
Prof. M. Curtis announces Warren county residents that his Skylight Daguerrean Rooms are refitted and open for taking life likenesses with late improvements. He plans to leave soon for a few months and urges quick calls to secure the shadow before the substance fades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Curtis
Warren County
Warning against neglecting cold ends in consumption cure
A periodical alert warns that neglecting a cold leads to consumption with chest pain hoarseness and blood tinged sputum. It urges immediate use of Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry claiming rapid cures and premier status for influenza and other ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wistar
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James Pollock
Northumberland
George Darlie
Allegheny
Supreme Court
Daniel M. Smyler
Arnold Plumer
Venango Railroad
Pandimonium
J.T. Conrad
Judge C
Jordan
Elk County Advocate
Messrs
Rann & Cowan
Buffalo Rough Notes
Whig
Warren, PA
Coudersport
U. S. Senate
C. B. Curtis
House
Columbus
Nebraska
Justice
Editorial Gleanings
Charles Henderson, Esq
Danville
Liberia
Kentucky Colonization Society
Kentucky Colobination Society
Newburyport Herald
Supreme Court of the United States
Chase
John Fries
Fries
Elder Adams
Racine
Wisconsin
Kenosha
New York Courier
Oliver M. Whipple
Lowell
Boston
Southwick
Louisiana
Pittsburg Union
Epaminondas
Thebes
Senor Mota
National Guards
Cherubusco
Santa Anna
Alvarez
Mota
N. York
Heidleburg
Vesuvius
Louisville
Hartford
Cincinnati
Ohio
Buffalo
Africa
Everett
Hulseman
Webster
Indianapolis
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