Southern Elections Show Split Along Slavery Lines
Southern states shift Democratic gains while Kansas and Missouri show anti slavery sentiment. Governor rolls in Missouri and Wilmot in Pennsylvania emerge as possible turning points. Texas reports U S Senator Rusk’s suicide. Know Nothing ties surface in Wilmot debate and press disputes.
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West
Kansas
Missouri
Rollins
North
David Wilmot
Pennsylvania
Leavenworth Mob Executes Baize and Quarles After Murder
Kansas correspondence from Leavenworth City dated August 1 1857 reports a night time murder for $108 by Baize the saloon keeper and accomplices Quarles Knightson and others. A mob dragged them toward a riverbank tree and Hanged Quarles after a partial confession by Baize. Knightson died after the mob violence. the crowd sought further retribution amid chaotic scenes and political commentary. The episode linked to local disorder and broader national tensions with Judge Lecompte attempting to restrain the mob.
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Leavenworth City
Mr. Forror
Baize
Quarles
Knightson
Stevens
Kansas City
Bill Wood
Taylor
Convivial
Bachanalien
Missouri
Pierce
Democratic Party
Leavenworth House
Stephens
Dieser
Senate
Lecompte
Scroggs
Buaize
Leavenworth
Kansas
Calaboose
Myself
Brother
Tragic Mob Action Reported in Kansas Disturbance
A letter describes a violent mob attempting to gain entry, breaking a door, and a man named Baite hanging a pale corpse. Knights son, Brown, and Taylor were reportedly removed to a fort to avoid a similar fate, as the writer contemplates abandoning Kansas but plans to send fuller details later.
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Ter
Baite
Knightson
Brown
Taylor
Kansas
H. H. Moore
American runners Pryor and Pryoress lose Goodwood Cup
At Goodwood Cup on the 30th tilt fourteen horses started. Pryor and Pryoress, both American, finished fifth and sixth as Pryor slid to fifth and Pryoress sixth behind the winner, with Pryor and Pryoress among the early leaders before fading.
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England
Pryor
Pryoress
The Bogus Burden Baby and Dr Catlin's Affidavit
Dr Catlin, in New York, testifies in a sworn affidavit about Emma Cunningham known as Burdell and the alleged pregnancy. He describes examining Cunningham, the claim of a child, and the discovery of a nonpregnant state, with details of the incident at Bond Street and the aftermath including bloodied sheets and a newborn claim.
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Catlin
City and County of
New York
Samuel HH. Catlin
Davison
Brooklyn
Court-street
Emma Augusta Cunningham
Burdell
Tombs
Harvey Burdell
Bondstreet
Wa. S. Davison
Samuel H. Catlin
Hall
Dr. Catlin
Justice Davison
A. O. Hatz
J B Clay Elected Master of Ceremonies in Ashland District
J B Clay is elected as master of ceremonies representing the Ashland district. The result confirms Clay will preside at district events and coordinate official proceedings for the upcoming term.
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J. B. Clay
M. C
Ashland
Balloon Ascension Delights City Crowd and Steiner
A large crowd gathered last Saturday to watch Mr. Steiner’s second ascent with his balloon Eric. He rose at about four thirty, drifted toward Wattsburg, landed near Manly’s Tavern on the Wattsburg Plank Road four miles away, despite a balloon leak delaying inflation. The feat earned much admiration and blesses Steiner’s reputation as a daring aeronaut.
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Steiner
Eric
Wattsburg
Manly’s
Wattsburg Plank Road
Hrie Gazette
Proclamation in Warren County Divorce Case 1867
Notice to defendant Cuartes Hunter in Warren County Common Pleas No 81 March Term 1857 alias subpoena in divorce writ returned Nihal. Appear before the court on the first Monday of September next to answer the bill and complaint. Witness my hand and seal at Warren this 10th day of August, 1867.
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Pmisna Hunter
Warren County
Court of Common Pleas
Tome
Warren
Pittsfield Township
Brokenstraw Creek
Mullengar Bridge
Mullengar Road
Atinka Road
Meadville Road
Meadville
A. & J.D. Patch
Prothonotary’s
A. & J. D Patch
Moses Andrews
Alonzo Patch
C. V. Kinnear
Smith
Causes At Down For Trial September Term 1857
List of cases scheduled for trial on the September Term of 1857. Names include Owen and Waterman with Blake, Howe and Co. against Morse, Weaver, Allen, Lacy, Bynd, Graham, Hazeltine. Deming against Duncan, Zentz and others. Enos versus Jones. Grier and Co. against Strothers, Freeman, Shipman. THOMAS and others. Prothonotary's Office, Warren.
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Owen
Waterman
Blake, Howe & Co
Morse
Weaver
Allen
Lacy
Bynd
Graham
Hazeltine
Deming
Duncan
Zentz, Et al
Enos
For Use
Jones
Grier & Co
Strothers
Freeman
Shipman
Thomas
Millie Fot Uy Ar
Millie Fot Uy Ar appears in a brief item with limited readable details. The note references a person named Millie and an unidentified event or location, but the fragmentary text provides no clear outcome, date, or organizational context to expand.
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Pine Grove Township
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Jamestown
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AISO
Deerfield Township
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Tradt
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Kinzua Township
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Courson
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Huidekoper
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Page & Burroughs
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County of
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Warren and
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Pleasant Township
Mead Township
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Irvine
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ALSP
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Pittsfield
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Creon
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Boon Mead
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Lewis Arnett
Eddy & Hook
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John T. Shepard
Thomas Struthers
Sugar Grove Township
James Jagger
J. Hamilton
D. Jagger
Griswold & Co
Nalso
Freehold Township
Wm. Seeley
George Lott
Union and
Daniel Lott
Mortimer H. Lott
Alfred W Steward
Sonny
ALSU
Kinzan Township
Warren Road
Charles McGill
J. English
Robert Tuttle
R. Tuttle
James Walsingham
J. Walsingham
Anthony Courson
L. L. Lowry
Glade Township
Allegheny River
Andrew Irvine
Zachariah Edy
Zachariah Eddy
Glade Run
Oren Hook
G. B. Walker
Short
Short Street
Inlet No
Zachariah H. Eddy
Chautauque County Bank
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Preston & Bristol
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Niet
Crystal Palace
Watson's Brick Block
Smith & Messner
Warren, Pa
ORR & Henry Ave
A. M. Warren
Dennis
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J. M. Turner & CO
Burnett
Asia
Broadway
New York City
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Verback’s
ORR & Henry
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