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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1853
Page
2
Franklin County records list Alex K. McLure as auditor general and Moses Pownall of Lancaster County as canal commissioner with repeated designation for McLure in Franklin County duties.
A partisan tirade claims Democratic leaders corrupt public works, led by Portage Railroad contracts. It cites overcharges and favoritism, urging voters to elect Moses Pownall Whig for Canal Commissioner to rebuke official corruption and replace officeholders with honest leadership.
A temperance meeting will convene September 5 with two delegates from each township to pick candidates for the Legislature. Horace Greeley spoke on education and Maine Law at Jamestown, praising temperance progress. Notices announce delegates to the Temperance League and Whig caucus details, plus local corrections and British trade notes. The piece also notes Lake N'Gami discovery and a Boston prohibition edict. Tennessee delegation to Congress split five Whigs five Democrats. Stanton and Jolson election outcomes reported.
A Warren Mail reader recounts a week in Deposit and a chaotic trip to the lake. He describes crowded ferry crowds, a stampede for seats, a six foot gauge change, noisy travelers, and a confrontational old woman, ending with a night at Oquaga house. Includes brief Mexico and national political notes and a dramatic obituary note on a remarkable 107 year old veteran.
The article describes the August ultimatum to Russia over the Principalities, the possible withdrawal of Russian forces, and the Vienna Conference's role in a potential treaty. It notes Allied readiness to act if Russia refuses, reports on Turkish fortifications and governance changes, and cities Syria and Persia facing disorder and cholera. It also covers domestic items from New York police murder to Democratic and Whig political standings and a Herald acquisition rumor.
The following tracts of land, bought by the Commissioners of Warre county for taxes and still unredeemed, will be sold at public sale on Wednesday September 7 next. Sale begins at 10 o'clock in the morning at the Commissioner's Office in the Borough of Warre with a Board of Commissioners in attendance.
The Trunting don Blair and Cambria district faces a decisive Senate race. The article argues corruption by the Bogus Democracy and Portage Railroad contracts, urging Cambria Blair and Huntingdon Whigs to unite to elect an honest Senator for Pennsylvania and the Union. It warns against district entanglements and money power, urging solidarity. A monkey eats a tiger tale from Cincinnati Gazette mixed with notes on Secretary Guthrie, San Francisco collector ship charges, and Col Forney as House Clerk candidate.
An advertisement touts Guysett's Extract of Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a purely vegetable cure and spring blood purifier. It claims to restore health for invalids, urging immediate trial and promising speedily improved vitality.
Report recounts a large clash near Kearney involving Sioux and Cheyenne allies against Paronies Jawas Sacks and Pottowatomies totaling about 8 000 on both sides with 500 to 600 killed. Accounts from Ixpepenvencr Mo Aug 12 and Wastmixeton Aug 14 note mining news and delayed action.
A concise listing of staple goods with prices and grades including rye buckwheat oats salmon trout white fish codfish per ewt mackerel no 1 hams per lb and butter, reflecting a mid century harbor or general store price table.
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