Railroads and politics dominate Warren Mail selection
The Warren Mail reports on a New York railroad convention shaping a route from Olean or Little Valley toward Ohio. Pittsburgh papers call it a failure while Meadville papers praise it, noting a proposed Pittsburgh and Erie charter sold to the New York and Ohio company to build toward Erie and connect to Ohio and the New York and Erie line. This links into the six foot New York and St. Louis road plan amid legislative doubt. The piece also notes a Lake Shore Railroad injunction against the Franklin Canal Company and mentions subscription talk for Autocoony Valley Railway and various local notices and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Olean
Little Valley
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Meadville
Pittsburgh and Erie
N. Y. & Ohio Company
Erie
New York & Erie
N. Y
St. Louis
Pittsburgh & Erie
Supreme Court of
Pittsburgh & Erie Company
Lake Shore Railroad
Franklin Canal Company
Ohio State Line
Rail Road Meeting in Franklin Votes on Canal Promises
Franklin citizens and adjacent townships met in the Court House on January 10 under Hon. B. A. Plumer to appoint delegates to a New Lisbon rail road convention. The meeting adopted resolutions pressing Franklin Canal Company to complete a railroad to Franklin, protest against inadequate legislation, and plan a mass meeting for January 25, 1853.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Court House
B. A. Plumer
William Raymond
Esq
P. Whitaker
Col
Jas. S. Myers
New Lisbon
Ohio
Alexander McCalmont
E. C. Wilson
Arnold Plumer
Robert Lamberton
James S. Myers
R. S. McCormick
New York City
Col. Myere
Franklin Canal Company
Commonwealth of
General Assembly
A. P. Whitaker
Venango County
Ion
Teachers Institute and local notices at Warren
The notice lists a Sugar Grove meeting on the 26th for two days with talks and discussions on school management. It notes the death of Augustus B. Newman and a family illness. It records a public debate on liquor laws, church and society elections, a Mite Society meeting, a donation to Rev. John Sailor, and a temperance convention next Tuesday. Winter weather brings 8 to 10 inches of snow and a 2004 pound ox fattened at Youngsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Corporation of the First Baptist Church and Society of Warren
Academy
John Sailor
P. S
Washington Correspondence on Cabinet Picks and Widest West
In Washington, Jan 10 1853, the author replies to Cowax in the Mail. He jokes on oats and bachelor valuations, then argues for two Senate picks for Pierce's cabinet: Mr Bright of Indiana for the West in the Treasury role and Mr Hunter of Virginia for the South in the Interior, praising Bright's diligence and arguing Hunter's suitability. He hints at a follow up with further reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Bright and Hunter
Washington
Cowax
L. F. Watson
Jackson's Run
Glade Run
Warren
Sugar Run
Watson
Parmlee
Miles
Brown
Barbara
Celarent
Danii Ferio
Cesare
Camestres
Festino
Barocco
Conan
Senate
Ovcut
Mr. Hunter
Virginia
Brigut
Indiana
Treasury
Mr. Bright
Bright
Cass
Seward
Sumner
Gen
Hunter
Capitol
West
South
Legislative officers and a Wheeling bridge clash debate
The piece lists officers of the Pennsylvania Legislature including speakers clerks sergeants and door keepers with names. It then discusses a Baltimore Sun Washington letter on Wheeling bridge conflict between the Supreme Court and Congress, detailing decrees and potential militia aid, plus Oregon Maine liquor law agitation and settler views in Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taequeenie Briece
Supreme Court
Congress
Baltimore Sun
Washington
Wheeling
U. S. Supreme Court
Legislative Branch
U. S
Virginia
Orecon
Rocky Mountains
Maine
Oregon
San Francisco
Legislators Split on Speaker as Legislature Opens
A January 4 1852 report details the Pennsylvan ia Senate ballots for Speaker failing to reach a majority after three votes. Carson, Whig, 15 and Sanderson, Democrat, 14 with two scattering. the House elected Wm P Shell Democrat as Speaker with 59 to 39 votes. The next day Carson secures Senate Speaker post on seventh ballot after initial holds and absences. Adjournments follow as Senate and House organize. Also notes editorials on a tape worm sighting in Syracuse and New Haven harbor rock removal bidding.
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Penna
Senate
Myers
Carson
Sanderson
Kunnel
Hamilton
Philadelphia
House
O’elock
A. M
Wm. Jack
Wm. P. Shell
C. W. Kelso
Shell
Forsyth
Sunbury and Erie Route Advocated to Beat Competitors
A letter from John Tucker argues the Sunbury and Erie Railroad would best serve Philadelphia by offering shorter actual and equated distance, superior grades, and fewer transshipments. He compares routes to New York and Buffalo, cites cost savings, and urges prompt construction to capture western trade and regional real estate gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purtaperrara
Curriistopuer Fallon, Esq
Sunbury and Erie R. Rd. Co
The
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Co
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
Erie
Ohio
Great West
Sunbury and
New York and Erie
State Line
Dunkirk
Sufferns
Jersey City
Patterson
Union Road
Jerry
Sunbury
Cattawissa
Little Schuylkill
Redding Roads
Eune
Buffalo
Albany
Sunbury and Erie
Harrisburg
Tamaqua
Easton
Elizabethport
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Lakes
Atlantic
Allegheny Mountains
New York and Erie Railroad Company
Albany and
Williamsport
Elmira
Niagara
Sodus Bay
Oswego
Lake Ontario
John Tucker
Various late 18th- to 19th-century notices and anecdotes
An assortment of brief items reports surgical feats, Revolutionary War veterans, the Washington Monument progress, royal pensions, Russian border declarations, shipboard and rail feats, Cleopatra’s Needle bids to England, a Paris balloon, Lexing ton battle witnesses, Western Express treasure, political and legislative notes, oddities from Liverpool to Boston, and moral quips.
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Haverford West
The
St. Louis Dispatch
Stephen Spaulding
Missouri
Gen
Washington
Arnold
Andre
England
Russia
Erie
Gebhard’s Hall
London
Western
Massachusetts
Crystal Palace
Alexandria
Egypt
France
Empire
Abijah Huntington
Lexington
Mass
Livingston & Fargo
Western Express
Judge Douglas
U. S. Senate
Illinois
Vasa
Louis Napoleon
Kossuth
North Carolina
U. S
Mangum
Iowa
George W Jones
Congress
St. John
N. B
United States
Gov. Foote
B. N. Kenyon
U.S
Mississippi
Walter Brooke
Boston Mail
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Semecas
Tuscaroras
Cayugas
Onondagas
Oneidas
AF Grahams Magazine
Graham and the Mail
Autocoony Vattey Ratroav
Allegheny County
Express
C. B. Curtis
J. W. Howe
Ae C. v. Kinnear
Franklin Whig Banner
Rail Road Meeting
Augustus B. Newman
Minnesota
Warren Lyceum
Mite Society
Carver House
Waters
Siggins
Youngsville
Washington Correspondence
Pennsylvania Lgislature
Thomas Carson
John M. Sullivan
Jacob C. Bomberger
David Barnes
Fred. N Baker
O. N. Worden
William R. Thomas
John Essig
Geo. Pollinger
Wm. P. Brady
Thomas H. Warem
John R. Riegle
Jas. M'Illvaine
Andrew Young
Ed. D. Evans
Wm. P. Schell
William Jack
William 8
Picking
William L. Gray
Richard H. Adams
Charles Stockwell
William Gillis
Thos. H. Bass
Seely
Jacob Coleman
Thos. Gorges
Joseph Bishop
Adm
de Huff
William B
Syracuse Journal
Rousso
New Haven Harbor
Mons Mallefert
the Home Journal
Hudson River Railroad
Phil
Susquehanna
Lancaster and
Columbia
Reading
Lebanon Valley
New Brunswick
Columbia River
Columbia Territory
Platte and
Newbraska
Sciota
Salt Creek Bottom
Louisville
City of
Mike
Liverpool
Lebanon Courier
Ore Mari
Blue Mountains
Boston Times
Nashau
Ripley
Hie
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