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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1854
Page
2
Warren Mail announces E W Cara Evans Building North West corner Third and Walnut streets Philadelphia as the paper's sole authorized agent.
Whig newspapers across the state discuss a governor nomination with Gen William Larimer favored in the west and W F Johnson of Armstrong praised as a true Whig statesman. The article urges unity to curb Locofoco misrule and debt while defending northern rights and rail policy. It also reports on Pittsburg and Erie railroad route debates with Warren county route favored by most, yet calls for impartial study of French Creek path. A lecture by Dr Murnay on human dignity is announced with admission prices.
The ordinance authorizes a mayoral subscription for ten thousand Sunbury and Erie Railroad shares with matching further shares, limited to west of Williamsport. It allows financing via city loans up to two million dollars, at six percent, redeemable 1892, with open company books.
The Steam Ship San Francisco battled a fourteen day gale on the third day out and was reduced to a wreck with between seven and eight hundred on board. Two hundred passengers and crew were lost. the remainder were rescued by the ships Three Bells and Antarctic.
The Girard Hapress is a new paper at Girard Erie County Pa founded by L F Andrews. It is a fair looking sheet with selections and editorials showing taste and talent. It criticizes railroad corporations and urges defending the interests of the county and state.
In Erie Constitution items, the Lyceum announces a debate at the Academy next Monday evening on whether the UStates should aid republicanism in a general European war. Legislator S L T Parmlee is thanked for favors. Notices state no Mite Society this week and legal blank applications are available. Mr. Davis of Crawford pushes Franklin Canal route through Crawford County to Ridgway, while Mr. Strong seeks to declare the road forfeited with Canal Commissioners seizing it for the Commonwealth.
The Syracuse Standard editorial argues the Erie violence stems from rail gauge disputes with North East and Erie railroad companies. It contends the gauges and break points, notably at Erie versus Dunkirk and Buffalo, reflect power struggles and public inconvenience driven by corporate interests. It urges support for local newspapers and cautions against biased press coverage from other states.
Jan 10 Paraverpuia reports the death of Hon. Mr Muhlenberg at Senator Brodhead s residence Washington City at 10 last night. His remains go to his Pennsylvania home. In Washington the House offered condolences and resolved to wear crepe for 30 days and appoint a four member committee to escort the body. Senators Cass and Brodhead delivered funeral orations, and pending business included Cass s reply to M Clayton being postponed.
The Pittsburgh Gazette reports a newly identified pass called Badet or Lewises Pass, 4990 to 250 feet lower than South Pass, enabling a railroad from the Missouri headwaters up to the Missouri, across to Clark's Fork of the Columbia, and to Puget Sound. Gov Stevens notes Saxton confirms the pass’s lower elevation, with Fremont measuring South Pass at 7490 feet. Edwin F. Johnson details a Chicago to Puget Sound railroad distance of about 1960 miles, with segments through Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, and Washington, and most route work underway.
The Attica and Allegany Valley Railroad nears completion with rails laid and eighteen miles of ties ready. In St Paul Minnesota the population is 4,700 with 700 houses and $380,400 invested. Warnings include rail and ferry updates, deaths, appointments, and local notices across many towns, with railroad subscriptions and public figures named. President Young orders field harvest with armed groups as rifles vanish in Utah.
The Enterprise, a 100 foot iron vessel of about 100 tons, was launched on the Clyde for Scotland's Deep Sea Fishing Association. It measures 16 feet in beam with 100 horsepower engines and uses Ruthven’s new propulsion system that injects water to move, stop, turn, or back without venting steam. The design cites James Rumsey as an early influencer.
The Hudson River Railroad consumes 36,000 cords of wood annually, with sawing costing about $10,000 at an average $550 per cord. Six new locomotives costing $12,000 each will be added in January, followed by sixty new passenger cars in the spring.
The 1854 Pennsylvania Senate roster shows county by county assignments with names for Philadelphia, Montgomery, Berks, Bucks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Dauphin, Northampton, Lehigh, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Adams, Franklin, York, Cumberland, Perry, Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan, Clinton, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Luzerne, Montour, Columbia, Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Tioga, Potter, McKean, Elk, Clearfield, Jefferson, Forest, Mercer, Venango, Warren, Erie, Crawford, Butler, Beaver, Lawrence, Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Armstrong, Indiana, Clarion, Juniata, Mifflin, Union, Westmoreland, Fayette and Schuylkill with respective senators named.
Multiple notices record marriages in various towns. John Hawkins wed Carolin Osburn in Freehold on the 7th. George Wheeler of Brady's Bend married Rebecca M. Burnett of Deerfield in this Borough on January 3. Moses Bennett wed Lucy Debee in Glade township on January 1. William Gross of Erie county married Adaline Lyons of Pittsfield at the Siggins House in Youngsville on January 9.
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