Public notices and political updates from Berks County
Notices acknowledge T. D. Edwards's resignation as County Superintendent effective the 15th. Mark Wilson of Sugar Grove named Mercantile Appraiser for Warren County. Election returns show Prohibition 158 318 votes to 163 457 against. Berks editor Wrightmore misnamed. profile of J. L. Rightmore, Berks Co. Press editor and Reading mayoral candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Wilson
Sugar Grove
Warren County
J. S. Wrightmore
Berks Co
J. L. Rightmore
Berks Co. Press
Reading
Old Berks
Richard Alden
Justice of the Peace
Warren
Resolution to disband volunteer companies sparks Senate debate
A Senate resolution sought to dissolve all volunteer companies and reorganize them with two thirds native born citizens. The measure targeted German and Irish Philadelphia units, prompting fears they could be unsafe in tumult or loyalties divided. Mr. Price supported absorbing foreign born Americans and denying separate nationality, while arguing such associations cannot be suppressed. The resolution passed amid patriotic sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formman
Senate
Committee On Militia
Philadelphia
Price
Chief chimes in on mail regularity and local bank praise
In a letter from Bates of Camanche Iowa the writer defends the mail schedule and responds to a critique of the Chief. He asserts the mail has been consistently issued and praises the Warren Bank as best in the region while warning readers about another bank. The note mentions Morris Thomas and dismisses the Lumbermen’s Bank as nonviable.
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Warren
Lumbermen’s” Bank
Morris Thomas
Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Samuel
Hopewell
State Agricultural Society Elects Officers in Harrisburg
The 1855 annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society elected James Gorman of Philadelphia as President. A list of 25 Vice Presidents from Congressional Districts was chosen, with additional Executive Committee members and officers named. The treasurer reported funds exceeding twenty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Harrisburg
James Gorman
Philadelphia
Isaac B. Baxter
A. T. Newbold
Wm. C. Rudman
Algernon S. Roberts
Thomas P. Knox
Abram R. McIlvaine
John H. Ewing
John Murdock
Wm. Martin, Sr
Wm. Waugh
Wm. Bigler
James Miles
Frederick Watts
Chambersburg
John 8. Evans, Esq
York
A. O. Heister
Isaac G. McKinney
Gen
Simon Cameron
Dauphin County
A. L. Elwyn
S.S. Haldeman
David Mumma
Bribery in Harrisburg Highlights Corruption Ties
Harrisburg corruption concerns rise as Philadelphia Ledger correspondent cites an 1847 act supplement designed to compel testimony in bribery cases. The report recounts Mr. Price's refusal of bribery offers to support the Consolidation Bill and an European voyage anecdote exposing Pennsylvania Senate disrepute.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia Ledger
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Prolabatina
Price
Philadelphia
Mr. Price
Europe
Cosmo Art Association Postpones Distribution to February 28
The Cosmopolitan Art Association delays its distribution to February 28 to finish building the Galleries. Managers cite the need to complete construction and to assess benefits for subscribers. Readers are urged to view a separate advertisement to learn about subscribing and to consider joining the Knickerbocker distribution.
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Cosmopolitan Art Association
Knickerbocker
Transcrib ing Clerk Cowan Honored in House
The Warren Mail reports Cowan has been appointed Transcribing Clerk in the House. The note praises his industry and self-made path, recalling school days in Legender and Virgil, and commends his studious, earnest character. The piece also reflects on local papers and past Lyceum lectures, mentioning upcoming speakers and the failed Pacific Railroad bill efforts.
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Ephror
Cowan
The
Warren Mail
Legender
Virgil
Horace
Conan
M’ Kean
Clerks in the House Elect Benedict Chief Clerk
The American party praises A. W. Benedict Esq for the Chief Clerkship with A. L. Hennershot as assistant and a qualified Transcribing Clerks slate led by Rightmyre Slaymaker Cowan Taylor and Smith promising efficient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Benepter
Benedict
A. L. Hennershot
Reading
Samuel C. Slaymaker
Lancaster
E. Cowan
Warren County
Warren Mail
W. W. Taylor
Lawrence
Elhanan Smith
Wyoming County
Harrisburg
Old Soldiers of 1812 Meet President in Washington
Delegates from the War of 1812 veterans group visit the White House in Washington. President Cass addresses the assembly praising veterans and urging respect for constitutional rights and national unity. A Six Nations representative speaks on forging prosperity, as veterans gather for afternoon and evening meetings in the city.
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White House
Judge Sutherland
United States
Packenham
Sebastopol
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Cass
The
Six Nations
Samuel George
Onondagas
Presbyterian Church
Leslie Coombs
Kentucky
New Orleans
Congress
Memorial resolutions urge land grants and pensions for War of 1812 veterans
A meeting drafts petitions to Congress seeking 160 acres for every officer, soldier, and marine who served in the War of 1812 15, including widows and orphans, and extending similar benefits to prisoners and foreign captives. It calls for universal pensions for 1812 veterans and tribute to Madison and Clay, aims to finish a Washington monument, and urges state action on a Philadelphia Signers monument. The report notes endorsements from officials and veterans, with a muster-roll request and a late declaration of unanimous approval.
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Congress
Tripoli
Brodhead
James Madison
Clay
Washington
Independence Square
Philadelphia
United States
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Coombs
Baldwin
Syracuse
James M. Porter
George Washington Parke Custis
Judson
Miller
Pennsylvania
Taliaferro
John Robb
D. C
Johnson
McCalla
John Shaw
Wisconsin
General Coombs
Winfield Scott
Hamstrank
Virginia
Southern Convention education talk endorses slavery as linked to civilization
Rev C K Marshall chairing the Education committee argues for home schooling of teachers to control slaveholding views and promote Southern legislation. He praises slavery as divinely sanctioned and cites connections to Yale Silliman and Northern influence as harmful to Southern peace and family loyalties.
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C. K. Marshall
Committee On
Yale College
North
Speaker
Silliman
God
Christ
St. Paul
New York
Millinery and Dressmaking by Mrs Kerr Opens New Stock
Mrs M E Kerr announces a fresh arrival of velvet silk and straw bonnets with ribbons and flowers and offers to cut and tailor children books and dresses. All orders receive prompt attention.
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M. E. Kerr
Notice of Legislation Session Attendance at Mail Office
A notice states that any person with business with the subscriber can find L. Rogers at the Mail office during the Legislature session. Warren, January 27, 1855.
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L. Rogers. Warren
Waren
Warren
Court House
Said
John F. Davis
Joseph Carver
Joseph W. Hackney
A. D
Hutchinson
Berry
Hook
Davis
Garfield
Roney
Baker
Mitchell
McKinney
Mead
Orr
Turner
Taylor
Roy
Russel
McCormick
Rogers
Brasington
Smith
Dougherty
Dunn
E. & J. Powell
Dennis
Morse
McGee
Markham
Russell
Terrill
Wife
Hammond
Kinnear
Woodin
Bordwell
Hazeltine
Dalrymple
Eddy
Walker
Sherman
Harris
Knoph
Stuart
Morrison
Hail
Miles
Johnson
Prothonotary’s
Jan
R. P. King
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C. B. Curtis
T. D. Edwards, Esq
Bank of the United States
State Agricultural Society
Allen
Mr. D
Franklin Journal
the Spectator
Mui
Iarington
Lyceum
G.W. Scofield, Esq
L. D. Wetmore
J. D. James Esq
Tom Thumb
Jamestown Democrat
Glade Run
Frewsburg
Kussin
Bill
Susan
Old Soldiers’ Convention
Boston
Africa
Marshall
Wayland
South
Gilbert
Appletons of
Louisiana
Grand Jury
England
Czar
East
Thomas Chester
African Republic
Tie
Monrovia
Liberia
Pease
Pennsylvania Colonization Society
Colonization Journal
Pittsfield
John McMaster
David More
Harriet Long
Carver House
H. H. Moore
E. Smith
Miss. Fletcher
Panama
N. Y
C. Ke. Srranawan
Ranvdaru
Crystal Palace
Marsh & Wannamee
MO. F. McPherson
Commissioner’s Office
Recorder’s and Treasurer’s
Marsuary Jones
S. Raymond
Rosert Allen
John Galbraith
Lansing Wetmore
John Judson
Oyer
Orphan’s Court
Court of Common Pleas
Orhan’s Court
Torsiagh
United States of America
James Foreman
Samuel Hopewell
Tidioute
Michael McGraw
Hl. H. Dennis
Peter Gorman
Josiah Green
Samuel McGuire
C. Washburn
J. TL. Neill
R. H. Morrison
Z. Gorman
Berry McGraw
James Magill
J. A. Warner
Amasa
Lottsville
Freehold
Amasa H. Baker
Ereehold
Elinus J. Finch
O. L. Monroe
James Wilson
Nelson Trishet
Andrew Low
Chauncey Spencer
Ransom Bartlett
John C. Petton
Jared Boardman
L. Boardman
H. L. Monroe
David Woodin
County of
Joan Siggins
Youngsville
John Siggins
Hugh Wilson
Adolphus Crippen
Lemuel Hoar
Augustus McKinney
Samuel Trask
Isaac Scott
Jefferson Siggins
David Nugent
Carter V. Kinnear
C. Smith
C. Mead
A. Shortt
R. S. Bates
F. D. Kinnear
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