Weaver and Sill Named as County Treasurer Candidates
Announcement from Warren resident J. W. Weaver seeks the county treasurer post at the next election subject to nomination. Also John Sill of Pleasant Township is named as a candidate for county treasurer at the ensuing election subject to nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma. Eptron
Lemuel Hoar
Youngsville
Eptron
Marshall Jones
Pine Grove Township
WM. Duncan
South West Township
J. W. Weaver
Warren
Eprron
John Siil
Pleasant Township
The Henry Clay Calamity Sparks Investigation
Coroner Lawrence had considered warrants for arrest of steamer owners and officers, but the plan was dropped. Westchester County authorities have taken charge and applied to a Supreme Court judge for arrest process to avoid retrying the coroner inquiry. The aim is a strict probe and punishment for recklessness to protect travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Westchester County
Supreme Court
Sunbury and Erie RR survey begins at Erie
From Dr W A Irvine we learn that engineers started surveying at Erie for the Sunbury and Erie Railroad and will extend toward Warren. Despite current difficulties, work will proceed as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Irvine
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Erie
Warren
Whig Caucus Chooses Delegates in Warren Borough
The Whig electors of Warren Borough will meet at I. M. P. Dunn’s house on Wednesday evening August 25 to select two delegates for the Whig County Convention on September 1. By order of the Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Warren
Warren Borough
I. M. P. Dunn
Railroad Meeting in Warren to hear Sunbury and Erie President
D L Miter Esq President of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad will be in Warren on the 26th instant. A meeting of the road’s friends will be held at the Court House that evening. All county residents are urged to attend for updates on the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Miter, Esq
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Friends of the Road
Court House
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company
Pittsburg
William F. Johnston
Joseph Buffington
Supreme Bench
Venango County
Weive
Franklin
Warren Whigs Plan Ratification Meeting September 8
The Scott and Graham Club of Warren announces a grand Ratification or Mass Meeting to be held in Warren on Wednesday afternoon and evening September 8. Distinguished speakers from abroad are expected, with timely notices to follow. Citizens of Warren County are urged to attend and show support for their Chief and the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott and Graham Club
Warren
Primary Meetings and Local Party Prospects
The weekly reprints town ship committee appointments from last year as the Whigs push for diligent primary meetings and timely delegate selection in Warren County. The column urges competent successors for sheriff, commissioner, treasurer, and auditor, notes internal party tensions, and warns against premature attacks on Mr Curtis while predicting a likely congressional bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Barns
Russel
Eldred
Warren
Fifty Dollars Reward for Largest Fib on Pierce Election
The Wooster Democrat offers fifty dollars to the Whig who tells the biggest fib on General Pierce as to Scott winning the presidency. The paper mocks rivals and claims Pierce was the unanimous Democratic choice, provoking sharper political banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Scorrt
Louisville Journal
Ratification meeting feuds over Pierce King and Cuban policy
A column rails at Stephen Douglass and the Baltimore Platform. It accuses the Democrat ally of Galphinism, slams Cuban annexation talk, and criticizes the party for mismanaging treasury funds and foreign policy while urging backers toward Pierce and King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fueso
Baltimore
Pierce
King
Stephen Douglass
Judge
Little Giant
South
N. Y
Rochester
Island of
Cuba
Fillmore
Galphinism
Treasury
Senate
Galphanism
Crawford
Congress
Milage
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
New Orleans
Dri
Secret Locofoco Order Allegedly Influencing Ohio Politics
Cincinnati reveals a secret Locofoco group with branches in Columbus Cleveland Mansfield Wooster Canton Coshocton Millersburg Sandusky Toledo Newark Mt. Vernon Lancaster and more. The Miami Tribe aims to control state offices, using secrecy to pack conventions and advance its members. The dispute over offices exposed the order, which holds meetings and initiates members to further personal aggrandizement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Locofoco
Ohio
Columbus
Cleveland
Mansfield
Wooster
Canton
Coshocton
Millersburgh
Sandusky City
Toledo
Newark
Mt. Vernon
Lancaster
Printer candidate for Treasurer proclaims honesty and humor
The writer, a printer by trade, declares candidacy for Treasurer and defends printers handling money. He jokes about campaigns, pledges, and party loyalty while praising the public and criticizing money rumors. He hints at paying supporters with printing work and signals a Scott favorable platform.
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Youngaville Express
The
Ledger
Scott
Formation of Scott and Graham Whigs Club
A large number of Whigs met last Sunday to form a Scott and Graham Club with H. Gillman as President and G. D. Woodin as Secretary. The next meeting will include a Constitution report and a S P Johnson address. The group will meet at Watson and Davis brick block Second story as Whigs Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott and Graham
H. Gillman
G. D. Woodin
S. P. Johnson
Watson & Davis
Whigs
N. B
Pierce and King
California Boys Letters From Fort Laramie Route Update
Letters from the California company confirm July 4 dispatch from Fort Laramie. They report 700 miles traveled, 2000 deaths since St Louis season, 40 000 passerby traffic, and double that on Council Bluff road. Cholera hits hard but Indians quiet, scenery praised, one company loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Boys
California Company
Davis
Fort Laramie
St. Louis
Fort
Council Bluff
Salt Lake
Various World News Bits and Domestic Notes
A broad mix of items from telegraphic news costs, scientific curiosities, and political chatter. Observations include a US Treasury balance of 16.3 million, Kossuth letters seized in Italy, and the Louisiana Convention’s stance on duelling. Also notes on Wheat varieties, New York crime and temperance developments, plus minor anecdotes and quotes from era figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Earth
Whitney
Niagara Falls
General T
Hardin
Mexico
Haynau
Hamburg
Winfield Scott
Senate
Locofocos
Pillow
Pierce
Wisconsin
Syracuse
Central Committee
John Morrison
Leicester
England
London Illustrated News
Rufus King
Baltimore
Douglass
Albany
Kossuth Fund
New England
King
Papineau
Canada
United States
George Little
Enineer
New York Sun
Cleveland
The
New-York Mirror
New-York
Tne
Pato
Edwin Forrest
Philadelphia
Magoon
New Bedford
America
Lincoln
Kossuth
Italy
Pavia
Milan
Brescia
Mantua
Verona
Trenton
New Jersey
Maine
York Gazette
George Austine
Windsor Township
R. Buchnan
Cincinnati
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Warren Mail
Cowan
Gen
William A. Graham
Jacob Hoffman
Berks CO
Armstrong CO
Aberandri E. Brows
Northampton
Janis Pottock
Northumberland
Samuel A. Ponviance
Butler
William Hegh
James Traquair
John P. Verree
Spencer Milvain
James W. Fuller
James Penrose
John Shaeffer
Jacob Marshall
Charles P. Walle
Davis Alton
M. C. Mercur
Ative Electors
New Middleeworth
James H. Campbell
James D. Paxton
James K. Davidson
John M'Cualloch
Ralph Drake
John Linton
Archibald Robertson
Thomas J. Bigham
Lewis L. Lord
Christian Myers
Dormon Phelps
John Edgar
Edgar
Powell
G. W. Scofield
Elk County
Frank Pierce
Jous Vax Burex Pear
Louis Napogon
Anv
H. W. de Puy
Phinny and Co
Buffalo
France
G. Merrill
Graham's
Graham
Mail
Free Soil Convention
Pittsburgh
John P. Hale
Geo. N. Julian
Indiana
Hale
Gar
C. B. Curtis
Mr. Curtis
MAKL
Warren, PA
Daniel
Nicaragua
Whig Party
Washington
Tuus
H. Bextox
Missouri
Home Matters
Bogart
G. H. J. Taylor
T. S. Messner
D. Greene
G. Stevens
Brown, Phillips & Co
J.D. Summerton
John Still
Russelburg
Hamilton
Agricultural Society
Geological Society At
London
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Europe
Birmingham
Great Britain
Staffordshire
Alvarado Hunter
Republic
A. M
Edward O'Leon
Southern Press
O'Leon
Boston
Loco Foco
Loco Focos
Gen. Scott
Mr. King
Sec. Webster
Mass
Dr. Gardner
Humphrey Marshall
China
Paris
Denmark
Rarelia
North Carolina
Golp
Jamaica
Kingston
Clarendon
Pearce River
California
Edney
Guatemala
Housse
Senator Dawson
Georgia
Ukraine
Virginia
Breeze
Antelope
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