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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1850
Page
2
The Warren Mail reports that the Message has been sent to post masters in larger cities and will reach publishers today or tomorrow. It was printed in Freemasonry last night and will occupy eight or nine columns. The paper plans to publish it as soon as received.
The Philadelphia press lauds a major union demonstration while a northern observer questions its necessity and warns there is no real danger to the Union. They acknowledge disapproval of the Fugitive Slave Law but doubt calls for disunion will succeed or threaten the government.
Rumors of armed resistance to recapture fugitive William Crofts in Boston were denied. President Fillmore did not call out the military, and Attorney General Crittenden found no cause to censure or remove Marshal Charles Devens. The controversy faded without incident.
Engineers surveyed a Little Valley to Jamestown route via Erie line, deeming it feasible with a summit 18 miles from the city and a 40 foot per mile grade. From summit to intersection the line is flat and overall one of the cheapest paths, with further checks planned to reduce grade and crossing elevations. Engineer Swift's report will be presented to the NY and Erie Road board today.
The Warren Mail reports a public meeting denouncing the Fugitive Slave Act and urging immediate repeal of the 1850 act and its 93 amendment. Resolution leaders condemn slave catchers, call clergy to oppose the law, and request publication of the full proceedings in county journals. Signatories include Jerome Wright Elisha Flint Lucius Baldwin and others.
The Old School Synod of Pittsburgh faced criticism after adopting resolutions condemning Congress over the Fugitive Slave Law. The text notes the resolutions were misrepresented and records a 46 to 24 vote with an 18-member protest arguing the action inadequate to the crisis.
A 12 year old boy, son of Mr D Hirsch, was accidentally shot by fellow youth Wittier in a grocery on the Public Dock. The pistol, loaded with shot, killed him instantly as neither boy knew it was loaded. The incident serves as a warning against careless firearm handling.
A Telegraph Office has been established at Irvine in the store of Dr. W A marking a possible business venture. The text notes a proposed fine block by Davis Watson Co and comments on a chicken in the vicinity as a minor aside.
Book notice praising The Lives of James Madison and James Monroe by J Q Adams. States author’s merit, recommends the work, and lists publishers Geo H Derby Co Buffalo NY and Hazeltine Co Warren PA for sale.
The December issue of Holden's Magazine arrives with full merit and quality, superior to many costly rivals. Fowler and Dietz publish in New York, with a yearly advance price of one dollar.
The author argues the Post Office should self fund and cut high postage rates. It notes 9,000,000 in gratuitous government services and 1,000,000 accumulated last year. It calls for a low rate as beneficial to the department and people and promises reforms during Congress session.
Winter preparations rise with sleigh bells as Geer and NeSmith advertise a new Buffalo shipment of harnesses saddles valises and related trimmings. The shop promises ready service for harnesses and all sleigh equipment.
A reader dispute from the Elk County Advocate questions continued poor road conditions hindering elk transport and mocks previous statements about Elk presence, suggesting the animal may be a boar and not a true elk. The exchange implies persistent travel delays and skepticism toward the elk handling.
The piece extols hard work and perseverance as paths from obscurity to usefulness. It contrasts diligence with vanity and urges youths to aim high, endure criticism, and pursue noble goals, citing a fable of a squirrel and an anecdote about Richard Burke to illustrate resilience.
The column highlights Henry Clay's speech on the Omnibus Bill with its rising and final parts. It notes Clay’s explanation of how the bill originated and was defeated, and that the South gained advantages while he urges unity and warns against slavery agitation.
A French writer claims France has 360000 cabarets, outnumbering priests teachers and magistrates. He notes government revenue of 62 million francs from tippling houses and argues immorality and misery cost public and private charity twice that amount.
A Paris medical note reports a method to instantly cure sciatica by applying a small jet of fire to the ear of the affected side. Used historically by Scythians and Persians, now practiced in Corsica, with several Paris physicians noting astonishing success.
A speaker argues women gain discipline and power through scientific study not to become physicians or astronomers but to share ideas with husbands and raise well informed families. Ignorance is a torment, knowledge a tie, and women have a right to intellectual training to reduce folly and dishonor.
Early Monday a watchman heard cries of murder and found a man on the boardwalk bitten in several places. A tame fox escaped from a nearby yard, its chain snagging the boardwalk and tripping the traveler before the animal allegedly attacked him.
The Buffalo Express reports that forty seven counties show a nearly 30 000 majority against repealing the Free School Law with only seven counties left to hear from likely maintaining a hefty margin though not as large. The piece notes dissatisfaction with legislative actions but affirms the principle of free education.
The President approves mailing and telegraphic delivery of the Message to editors in principal cities. Palace ships Pennsylvania may carry goods to the World’s Fair in London. Copies for New York papers reach Postmasters next Sunday and editors by Tuesday noon if no accident prevents. A Scotch blacksmith defines metaphysics as miaphysics when listener and speaker misunderstand each other.
Mr. Clay declares he would never consent to dissolving the Union, argues slavery policy and colonization, praises Kentucky, and defends the Union party while criticizing abolition and shifting party lines amid fears of a split. He acknowledges mutual respect between Whigs and Democrats and calls for unity until the nation’s core bond remains intact.
Telegraph notes postmaster general declines uniform two cent rate for all distances, proposes three cents prepaid five cents unpaid, newspaper postage one cent, pamphlets two cents first ounce then one cent. California mail 90 cents. Halifax gale wrecks 20-30 vessels off Canso. South Carolina Governor Seabrook condemns California admission and urges arms depots as Union fractures progress. Public notices from Annapolis and Washington mention court, diplomacy, and ship Col. Ross ashore with nine lives lost in Columbus fire.
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