Ballots stall in Speaker race as Banks leads in the House
Washington dispatch reports steady voting with Banks at 105, Richardson 74, Fuller 41, and growing scattering. Anti Nebraska caucus backs Banks, delaying the election but signaling resistance to a party slate. The piece notes historic protracted contests and hints at Gov. Pollock’s Message and Baker Poole murder case coverage.
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Washington
Banks
Richardson
Fuller
Robert C. Winthrop
Howell Cobb
David Wilmot
Free Soil Caucus
Winthrop
Wilmot
Cobb
Kansas
Whitfield
Gov. Pollock
Banking Houses Open In Warren Area With New Structures
Augustus N. Lowry opens Warren Banking House two doors below Carver House. Chapin Hall starts C. Halls Bank in Johnsons Building with a fine Western Pennsylvania office. Warren Bank occupies a new Water Street structure praised for design by architect J. L. Kapple. Watson & Rogers add winter goods. Freemora Academy reports 314 students last year and begins term January 2, 1856.
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Bankine Axp Burtpine
Augustus N. Lowry
Jamestown
Carver House
Warren Banking House
Chapin Hall
C. Hall
Johnson’s
Pennsylvania
Warren Bank
Water Street
Ledger
J. L. Kapple
Frevonra Academy
Revenue and Expenditure in Pennsylvania 1854 55
Summary shows receipts to the State Treasury totaling 6 672 434 83 dollars and expenditures for the period December 1 1854 to November 30 1855. The note cites quick telegraph news from the Baltic to New Orleans and critiques postal service to Dunkirk, calling for changes in Washington over slavery and Kansas policy.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
New Orleans
New York
Dunkirk
Warren
Uncle Sam
Kansas
Washington
Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital
Colonial Records
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Mexico
Pennsylvania Colonization Society
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
Special Commissioners State Library
Lyceum Revival Meeting Planned in Wetmore and Spencer Office
The Ledger lists a Friday evening gathering at Wetmore and Spencer's office to revive the Warren Lyceum. The notice urges community interest and attendance to restart the local cultural club.
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Wetmore & Spencer
Warren Lyceum
Odd Fellows Ball Set For January First in Hall
The Warren Lodge will run an Odd Fellows Ball on the evening of January 1st at the Hall above the office under its direction. Aimed at members and guests, the event promises music and social dancing in a formal setting.
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Warren Lodge
Arrival or A Canty for tHE Union Telegraph Line
A gentleman from the Union Telegraph Line announces a new English cable destined to connect with Illinois wires. The one mile cable will be laid near Bissel's Ferry and mirrors the Dover Calais design. Three insulated working wires are protected against water, promising lasting operation.
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Union Tyvecrapn
Union Telegraph Line
England
Illinois
Bissel’s Ferry
English Channel
Dover
Calais
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Louis Dem
Tragic Well Digging Accident Claims Five Children’s Father
Stephen Dodge a well digger of Flushing Long Island was crushed when a lowering rope failed dropping a heavy box of stones into a well at Timothy W. Smiths Manhasset residence. A coroner’s inquest returned a verdict consistent with the accident. Dodge leaves a widow and nine children in poverty.
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Dodge
Peace Prospects Dim in Austria Russia Proposals
The latest quarter shows peace hopes fading as Austrian terms are deemed inadequate by the French Emperor and opposition grows in Britain. Lord Palmerston may resist terms without Parliament approval, a stance praised by some as patriotic. An informal Republican National Mass Convention is proposed for February in Pittsburgh to unite the party ahead of next year’s nominations.
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Austria
Russia
Louis Napoleon
Lord Palmerston
London
Nationa
Aervprican Party
Republican Party
Mason and Dixon
Pittsburg
Ohio
Republican Committee
Tow Hall
England
Col
Tur
Wallachia
Hungary
Italy
Colquhoun
Bucharest
France
Joseph
Ingraham
Coronini
Count Zamoisky
Prince Czartomsky
Zamorsky
Poland
Turkey
Canrobert
Stockholm
Sweden
Crimea
Redan
Imperial Guard
Marseilles
Berlin
Kossurn
Kansas and the Administration in the Kansas Crisis
Telegraph from Washington via Mr. Greeley reports that the President and Cabinet recoil from dispatching federal troops against free settlers in Kansas. Gov. Marcy warns such action would ruin the Democratic party in free states and cost the next election. Gen. Cass may support the free state men. The writer questions the motive behind the fear.
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Kansas
Washington
Greeley
V. Y. Com
Botts Consents to Know Nothing Presidency Candidacy
The Hon. John M. Botts of Virginia agrees to be named as a Know Nothing candidate for the Presidency in response to Triangle New York citizens urging his candidacy. He notes his nomination is highly unlikely. A fossil log found in Broome County prairie reveals a long petrified piece of wood turned into pure flint with obvious wood features.
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John M. Botts
Virginia
Triangle
Broome County
N. Y
Know Nothing Party
Mysterious Rocxines Attack House in Galaena
For ten or twelve nights the dwelling of a respectable gentleman in Galaena has been assaulted with rocks and missiles. Windows were broken initially, later missiles hit the roof. Many neighbors watched the premises seeking the assailants, but no source or culprits have been identified, causing great local excitement.
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Galena Advertiser
Governor Clark Pardons Kissane Forgery Conviction
Governor Clark of New York pardons Kissane who was convicted of forgery on the Chemical Bank some time since. The pardon is believed to allow his testimony in trials linked to the Martha Washington affair in Western States. Petitioners included the Governors of Ohio and Indiana.
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Clark
N. Y
Kissane
Martha Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Public Testimonial Gift From Peabody to Dr. Kane
Peabody the American merchant of London offers 1500 toward a public testimonial honoring Dr. Kane and his comrades.
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Peabody
London
Dr. Kane
Patent Medicine Sales Hit $300000 in One Year
A single manufacturer in a state city shipped patent medicines valued at $300000 to the market in a single year, signaling strong demand and regulatory attention for the industry.
Kossuth on England and European affairs
Kossuth reports in a December 13 letter to the New York Times that Britain faces pressure from Louis Napoleon to expel political refugees, with Parliament likely to pass the Alien Bill. He notes Austrian insults to England in Wallachia over Colonel Turan and comments on Polish, Swedish, French, and Russian positions, predicting limited campaigns and a Crimea stalemate as force movements decline.
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Kossuth
N. Y. Times
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
England
Lord Patterston
Pyat
Bonaparte
Child’s single gourd seed yields vast harvest
In early spring, Mr Fisher's daughter planted one gourd seed. She tended it through summer and prided herself on her first agricultural effort. The seed produced three hundred yards of vine, three hundred fifty one mature gourds, and forty six imperfect gourds as reported by the Zanesville Aurora.
Fire damages dining room and kitchen at American Hotel
A blaze last night damaged the dining room and kitchen of the American Hotel, with losses estimated at $5,000. The weather remains mild and cloudy. The Delaware County Republican reports Judge Kane’s trial for false imprisonment likely in February. Passmore Williamson seeks $50,000 in damages.
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Burrao
Dee
Delaware County Republican
Kane
Passmore Williamson
Sharpe's Rifles Promised to Reshape Warfare
The Missouri Democrat reports Sharpe's new rifle project with claims of superior range and power. It describes models including pocket pistols, cavalry pistols, footman rifles, and a large gun capable of firing a two ounce ball or shell to a mile and a half, potentially burning targets two miles away.
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Sharpe
Missouri Democrat
United States
Congress
Whitfield and Reeder Contrasting Kansas Delegates at Issue
The Tribune from Washington presents John W. Whitfield as a 35-year-old stylish delegate chosen by Missourians active in Kansas politics and Andrew H. Reeder as a sober 50-year-old Free State delegate elected by Kansas settlers. The piece notes how the two figures symbolize the 1856 struggle shaping the nation's future.
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Reever
Waitrreco
The
Tribune
Washington
John W. Whitfield
Kansas
Andrew H. Reeder
Free State
Lewiston Farmer Healed From Spiritualist Mania
A Lewiston farmer sank into insanity over spiritualism and was labeled hopeless. Dr E of Lewiston treated him by bloodletting to expel devils, which finally convinced him the spirits were slain. The patient improves and shows signs of recovery per the Lockport Journal.
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Lockport Journal
Accidents on the Central Railroad 1855 Report
The New York Central Railroad annual data shows 24 deaths and 26 injuries for the year ending September 30 1855. Ten killed and six injured were employees. one passenger killed and eleven injured. Eleven fatalities occurred from being struck on the track. one fault lay with a company employee, at West Albany where an engineer violated orders. The report notes many deaths from walking on tracks and urges a legal ban.
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Central
New York Central Railroad
West Albany
Death of Thomas Britton the Small Coal Vocalist
Dwight's Journal of Music recounts the death of Thomas Britton a renowned singer who housed concerts above his shop and coal sales below. Magistrate Holt aided a ventriloquist blacksmith Honeyman in frightening Britton with a voiced warning to kneel and recite the Lord's Prayer. Britton, overcome by fear, died days later in 1714 at age 60.
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Dwight
Britton
Missionaries Sail for Malta and Smyrna from Boston
Boston on December 12 reports the voyage of the bark Sultan carrying Rev. Daniel Bliss and wife of Geneva Ohio Geo A Pollard and wife of Salem Mass Henry H Jessup of Montrose Penn Tilman C Trowbridge of Birmingham Mich Miss Sarah E West of Palmyra NY and Miss Mary ETenner of Hartford Conn. They sail under the American Board for Foreign Missions.
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Boston
Malta
Smyrna
Daniel Bliss
Geneva
Ohio
Geo. A. Pollard
Salem
Mass
Henry H. Jessup
Montrose
Penn
Tilman C. Trowbridge
Birmingham
Mich
Sarah E. West
Palmyra
N. Y
Mary E. Tenner
Hartford
Fredonia Censor Denies Dunkirk Murder Report
The Fredonia Censor declares the Dunkirk murder account recently copied from the New York Tribune to be false.
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Fredonia
Dunkirk
New York Tribune
Debt, the Father of All Ill, from Douglas Jerrold
The passage extols how debt degrades character and freedom. It contrasts the life of a debt free man with a debtor’s humiliation, showing debt corroding self respect, apparel, home, and even social ease. It urges a son to shun debt and accept poverty as dignified housing and simple comforts.
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Dent
Douglas Jerrold
Liberty
Gun Cotton as Gunpowder Alternative Examined
Smithsonian data show gun cotton lacks uniform strength, loses explosive power with age, and is riskier in firearms than powder. France and other nations tested it. engineers oppose adoption though it works in blasting rock. Moisture attraction and variable projectile force noted. Washington Star.
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Smithsonian Institution
France
Prussia
Austria
Russia
England
Washington Star
Judge warns liquor vendors on liability in Davemys case
Judge Pearson warns all liquor vendors in Davemys that they may be liable for damages from their sales. He says selling liquor to a drunkard, minor, or insane person could lead to damages if fires, injuries, or deaths follow. The traffic is deemed a dangerous business under current law.
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Davemys
Pearson
Robbery Suspects Arrested in American Express Gold Heist
Oliver King and Warren C Ayres were seized in Lawrence by Boston police for robbing the American Express Co of 50000 in gold. They faced police court and were committed for examination with bail set at 30000. W C White, the messenger who had custody of the funds, is linked to the case along with a fourth suspect.
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Boston
Oliver King
Warren C. Ayres
Lawrence
Messrs. Horn and Savage
American Express Co
West
Ayres
King
Reverend Chapin Lectures for Fame and Expense
In a witty remark Rev E H Chapin calls his lecturing work a pursuit of Fame and My Expense. The snippet also notes large fence costs in the United States and mentions Harriet Beecher Stowe reportedly building a Hartford house, joking it will be from Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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E. H. Chapin
Springfield Rep
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hartford
Conn
Uncle Tom
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Baker
Poole
Watson & Rogers
Revenue of Pennsylvania
Sharpe’s Rifles
U.S
Warren Market
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