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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1856
Page
2
The Lambert sisters from Warren will give a concert at Johnsons Hall next Wednesday evening. Miss Fanny plays piano while the other two provide vocal accompaniment. Doors open at 7, admission 25 cents, children half price. They soon depart for Tennessee to teach music and French. A gentleman is expected to assist.
An evening gathering by the Goop for Exx group on Quaker Hill drew “friends of Free Kansas.” A Buchanan-aligned chair vote failed while Fremonter ejected. Geo. F. Dinsmore’s rebuttal damaged Buchanan interests and prompted a adjournment attempt that fell through. Circus hype and Warren references follow.
Lieut. Gov. Roberts and Col. Holliday spoke at the Warren County Court House amid rain. They urged freeing Kansas, Free Speech, and Free Territory with Fremont as the path to liberty, praising Columbus and its women for backing the candidate. Two to three thousand attended, crowd praised the Free State cause.
Crowds fill Columbus streets with Fremont banners and a Fremont Pole as E. Cowan and others organize a mass meeting. Col. C. K. Holliday delivers a forceful speech on Kansas outrages while Lt. Gov. Roberts criticizes Buchanan administration and presses for Fremont. The crowd cheers as the event echoes 1840s fervor and calls for Union unity.
In a terse reply the Ledger disputes neighbor Thomas Clemons claim that a balter’s hand has edited its editorial pages. The paper pledges to call a witness if needed and asserts no bolter’s hand has penned editorials in six years.
The Ledger criticizes the Fremont editorial stance calling it bully and praises a neighbor for avoiding false stories. It asserts Foote struck Fremont in a dispute over abusive language and urges readers to consult impartial accounts rather than Pittsburg Post reports.
The September issue of Godey’s Lady’s Book is on hand and promises unusual attractions for the new year. It remains full of fashions and agreeable miscellany as in prior years.
A political notice recounts a claim that Col. Fremont struck Senator Foote in the Senate ante-chamber, parallels to Brooks, and notes Foote’s late session retraction for insulting Fremont over costs of California Mining Regulation. A Pennsylvania report claims Philadelphia Republicans will back Fremont.
A Pittsburgh meeting of the German Song Societies last Saturday voted for Fremont over Buchanan. The report mocks heated action and favors quiet patience, noting the old guard may react after the river has run by.
A memory of Noble a clever dog in Lenox who chased imagined red squirrels through a wall hole as the N Y Express defends Fremont and denounces a false Catholic charge. The tale blends dog devotion with political sting and a self aware canine stubbornness.
Edward Hope of Charleston suffered severe scurvy with a widespread eruption. After trying many remedies with no relief, Trolloway's Ointment and Pills produced a rapid improvement and Radically cured him after eight weeks of treatment.
A private letter from California reports San Francisco Republicans forming a Bear Flag Club to energize the campaign. They adopt a Bear Flag banner once used by Fremont to defend settlers and press Alta California by force of arms. The British squadron arrived too late to seize the prize. The California Banner will be sent east by the near steamer Hoch Dem.
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