Oregon Admitted to Union by Senate Vote
The House passed the Senate bill admitting Oregon as the 38th state by a 114 to 103 vote. Fifteen Republicans and 92 Democrats supported, while 73 Republicans and 18 Democrats opposed. Critics argue unequal application of admission rules to Kansas and Oregon, and charge political influence by pro slavery interests influencing Senate seats.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Oregon
Kansas
Joe Lane
United States
Gillis
Fenton
Town column condemns town’s petty pranks and mischief
A local opinion piece laments needless mischief by townsfolk after a Ladies Detertainment event. It condemns acts like breaking into Johnson's Hall to eat leftovers and mocks the lack of real humor in such deeds. It urges residents to seek legitimate amusements and protect others' property and reputation.
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Conewango Township
Chapin Hall
McKinney
Patrick Falkeoner
Captain Kidder
John J. Owens
Lewis Arnett
Railroad meeting on bond compromise in Warren County
A county meeting at the courthouse on February 15 discusses a plan to settle Warren County's Sunbury and Erie R R subscriptions. The proposal would pay 20 percent of unpaid subscriptions and receive stock for 15 000 dollars, effecting full discharge of the county from the debt.
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Aitic & Meting
Issu
Warren County
Court House
C. V. Kinnear Esq
Youngville
T. H. Ffihier
Mr. Bishop
J. ¥. James Esq
Messrs
L. D. Wetmore
R. Brown
J. 8. Alden
Warren
Sunbury and Erie R. R. Company
Boteoy Lefever
Tiberiant
Perry Lefever
Subpcen
Subcena
Corton Pleas
Warren Cea
Marel
Betsey Tefever
Brown
Darius Mead
Eliza Walton
Aretus Walton
Nain
Warren Co. Com
Court of Common Pleas
Flina Welton
J. B. Brown
Sear
Blindfold billiard feats astonish Newhall crowd
Murphy has beaten top players in blindfold billiards. At Newhall House a match among eight of our best players occurred with odds of one seat against eight. Angle played across four tables, scoring high on several runs despite cramps and injuries, ending with a dramatic display and a broken eye glass.
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Murphy
Newhall House
Mn Angle
N. C
Carroms
Clearie
Testimony in 1859 Naval Committee on contracts and payments
Four witnesses from Kittery Maine testified before the Select Naval Committee about back contracts in the engineer department and employment of men. The hearing alleged payments by W C G Swift of New Bedford to influence elections and claimed contracts totaling about 4.8 million dollars. The Army Appropriation bill was discussed with recommendations for deductions and an effort to explain a $20,000 discrepancy.
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Select
Naval Comitee
Pai
W. CG. N. Swift
New Bedford
Mass
George Pitt
Democratic State Committee of
Pennsylvania
Buchanan
Swill
Bachsznan
House Committee of Militaia Affairs
Select Committee On
Dudley Observatory dispute seen as not government action
Attorney General Black advised Secretary of the Treasury that the coast survey has no contract with the government and may not retain Dudley Observatory in Albany without trustees consent. Slidell vows to press Cuba debate, or amend the millions bill. House plans a tariff conference as Democrats seek tariff change, with Taylor proposing a two year suspension of the 1857 tariff.
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Black
Secretary of
Treasury
Coast Survey
Dudley Observatory
Albany
Slidell
Cuba
House
Pennsylvania
Taylor
Law
Letter from Salt Lake predicts end of federal authority
In a Salt Lake dated 14th alt Judge Sinclair and Cradbaugh plan to leave the Territory in spring. The letter says federal officers enforcing laws are merely farcical and that Mormons recognize forms of law but not its spirit. It adds there is no royal authority among the Mormons and crimes have not been punished. A New Castle lodge of the Sons of Malta is exposed after a member discovers the “Constitution” was actually an order for beer. The club had long used funds for lager at members’ expense before the exposure.
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the Sons of Malta
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Porgey
Derey
Perey Ridey
Porter
Democratic Party
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Buchanan
Demncate
Pittsburg
Paris
National Intelligencer
Franklin
Messrs
Murphy
Andersson
S Murphy
Texas
Galveston News
Terrible Prairie Crossing Ends in Snowstorm Ordeal
Editor and lawyer S. H. Packard was lost in a blinding snowstorm between Sioux Rapids and Fort Dodge. After hours of ice, sloughs, and freezing conditions he managed to reach a house in the early morning hours with his horse, describing hallucinatory sights and a perilous trek across a bleak prairie.
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S. H. Packard
Sioux Rapids
Fort Dodge
Jenath
Welch
Velock
Boy carried over Niagara Falls in 19th century incident
A boy around eleven, adopted son of Mr Gibbs a Niagara Falls Paper Mill foreman, fell from a plank bridge into the ice obstructed race near Bath Island. The strong current and floating ice carried him toward the falls. spectators watched as he disappeared beneath the rapids, raising a last hand gesture before vanishing.
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Rochester Democrat
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