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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1854
Page
2
The article rails at the administrations push to repeal the Missouri Compromise via Douglas' Nebraska Bill. It warns Freemen of the North against aiding southern aims, cites Webster and Franklin Canal fears, and notes local political commentary on Parmlee, banks, and a fatal hay wagon accident near Warren.
L T Parmier Esquire member of the Assembly presents several Warren County measures. Bills seek authority for Warren Academy land sales, bridge project approvals, extending a county act to Freehold township, establishing a township election, repealing part of Norristown limits, legalizing Thomas Morris appeal, recording deeds, divorcing Betsey Conklin, and designating a two mile run in Warren County as a public highway.
On the afternoon of the 20th inst. Mr. G. W. Head will exhibit a mammoth ox weighing about 2200 pounds in the village. The animal will be decorated and paraded through borough streets. Those seeking meat from the animal are advised to speak early. Miss Southland offers instruction in the Art Divine, with evidence of her teaching success.
A New Orleans correspondent extols the dike and riverfront, notes grand public buildings and a growing mint, praising arts and education while criticizing Sabbath neglect. He observes foreign settlement patterns, Creole heritage, and the city’s seasonal bustle amid past epidemics and economic activity.
The writer notes that pestilence lingers with malarial marsh fumes and mournful scenes fade as the current age draws crowds from across the country. Pleasure seekers and buyers arrive, drawn by intrinsic value or by wealth’s aid to needs, while quiet obituaries fade into memory.
The Ohio Senate expelled William H. Day, editor of the Aliened American, by a 17 to 10 vote after he gained reporters access. Day, a mulatto and Oberlin graduate, had sought to report on the General Assembly to aid colored people. The Cleveland Herald calls the act shameful and notes Day’s respected character and journalism.
A Ravenswood Long Island ball cartridge factory exploded on Saturday, annihilating the building and instantly killing sixteen people, most of them children. Nearby houses shook, windows shattered, and debris covered the ground in a sight described as sickening and horrific.
The notice announces S. C. Brasington as a candidate for High Constable in the Borough of Warren to run in the upcoming February election, urging voters to support him.
Aurrre H. Hacksry is announced as a candidate for constable in the upcoming February election. The notice appears under the group of Messrs. Borrors and requests support in the local race.
James K Webb of Elk township seeks a license to operate a public house near the Allegheny River on the state line. Local citizens attest to his honesty and need of the inn to accommodate travelers, with notice that the application will be presented at the March term of Warren County Quarter Sessions.
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