Premium on Longevity in Navy Favoring Veteran Officers
A Washington dispatch discusses a bill retiring navy officers with over forty years service while allowing presidential recall. The piece notes Dupont and Porter, both retired, may be recalled, and contrasts the old system that rewarded longevity with recent reforms. It recounts historic events under McCauly Hollins Pope and a comic tale of a blockading frigate captain fearing beached wrecks.
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Chicago 7Ribune
Washington
Dupont
Porter
McCauly
Norfolk Navy Yard
Poor
Sumter
Mississippi
Pope
New Orleans
Hollins
Mitchell
Madame de 8
M. de 8
Joe
Bill
Narrow Escape Aboard the Anne From the East Indies
Aboard a 500 ton merchant ship named the Anne returning from the East Indies, the crew faces a pirate attack in the horse latitudes. The young narrator leads a makeshift defense using improvised guns, cutlasses, and boarding pikes, repelling the boarding by pirates and surviving the night with help from Old Joe and the crew.
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East India Station
Anne
London
Cape
St. Helena
la Belle France
M. Des
M. de
Mitchell
Joe
Old Joe
M.des
Mr. Johnson
Stanton Named Secretary of War and Pittsburgh Lawyer
The Hon Edwin M Stanton long a Pittsburgh resident and lawyer rises to Secretary of War after Buchanan cabinet changes. He served as Attorney General and, with Holt and Dix, aided the Union cause by pressing vigorous wartime prosecution to end rebellion.
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Edwin M. Stanton
Pittsburgh
Buchanan
Gen
Cass
Stanton
Holt
Gen. Dix
Messrs. Holt
Dix
Union
Tribune
A Nov 1837 Killing and Lincoln Victory in Brief Notes
A preacher mocks complacent Christians with a tale of a man who prays by reciting written sentiments. On November 7 1837 Elijah P Lovejoy was killed by a pro slavery mob in Alton Illinois for publishing an anti slavery paper. On November 7 1860 Lincoln was elected president by anti slavery voters. On November 7 1861 the Stars and Stripes were raised in South Carolina.
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Elijah P. Lovejoy
Alton
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
LIL
United States
South Carolina
New York City Mayor Seeks United Government Name Manhattan
Excerpt cites the mayor’s message urging merger of New York and Brooklyn into one municipal government named Manhattan. It honors the Empire City’s loyalty and calls for a unified governance structure. The text also includes varied humorous exchanges and anecdotes.
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Manuarrvan
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Irregular Snippets and Anecdotes in a Late 19th Century Page
A collage of brief items mentions Jeff Davis as a Trent passenger escaping arrest, quips about military balls and old soldiers, a child’s joke on mystery and titles, schoolyard wordplay on cold and coffin, reflections on genuine needs versus desires, Russia’s thousandth birthday celebrated at Novgorod next August, Wordsworth’s double entendre, and comments on aristocracy and Tupper’s poetry versus philosophy.
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Jeff
Davis
Trent
Mason and Slidell
Empire of Russia
Novgorod
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
Hazeltine & Co
Variety Hall
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren. Warren Co
G. W Hazeltine
G. P. Johnson
Brown’s
Brown Brothers
Warren
J. W. Brown
John Brown
B. G. Keyes, M. D
Hickory and
Third Streets
Cier George Balls
News
Warren Pa
Caughey and Clark
Moffat’s Ale
Bonnell Block
State Street
Erie
N. J. Clark
Pittsfield House
Mearthe S. & EF
R. R
A. Kirberger
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
Warren, Warren Co
Wetmore and Clark
Second Street
Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Wetnore
Junius RE
Clark
Tidioute Hotel
J.M. Hamlin
Tidioute
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Curtis and Guthrie
McKean
Potter and Elk
B. Curtis
F. B. Guthrie
A. Brock
A. Finger
Water Street
Crystal Palace
Warren, Pa
C. W. Rathbun, & Co
Dalers
Joint Breeze
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glenni W. Scofield
WM. 1. Brown
P. R. Bennett
Front Street
Big Bend
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean, &c. Glade
D. Green
Greenland Brothers
J. A. Morrison
H. A. Jamieson
R. Brown
M. Shaffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
Warren County
Mm. D. Patterson
Irvine
Warren Co
R. D. Bennett
M. Carpenter
Bartlett & Hunter’s
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co. Pa
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Jos
Carver House
H. Hull
Waterstreet
General Stage Office
George Sailor
Arren Mail
the Atlantic Monthly
Port Royal
J. G. Whittier
Field
Garner
Miriam
Afric
Red Sea
Ole Massa
Chile
God
Quietus
Sisote Snot
1St
Wisconsin Regiment
Falling Waters
Ohio State Journal
Falls of
Niagara
Paddy
Niagara Falls
Pat
Vermont
Army of the Potomac
Buffalo Express
Sansom Street
Henry W. Rockfellow
Bullraw
Richmond
Pollock
Ger
Vanity Fair
Robert
Wordsworth
A Tupper
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