19 Jul 1856
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1856
Page
1
A rousing exhortation calls the North to rise and fight for free soil and free labor led by Fremont and Day, urging merchants students and workers to rally with the ballot as their weapon and the flag as their symbol for liberty. The piece extols knowledge as shield and stresses unity against oppression.
Col. Fremont responds to the Republican Convention, pledging a presidency aimed at national unity and the public good beyond party lines. He opposes secret diplomacy, warns against expanding slavery, and favors admitting Kansas as a Free State to heal sectional rifts.
J G Fremont accepts a nomination praising constitutional freedom and a federal role in public lands. He argues for protecting settlers from slave labor monopoly and expanding free labor, urging support from non slaveholding freemen and Southern allies. He pledges to faithfully execute Congress laws on territories and to unite the nation. He addresses a committee and signs respectfully.
A Buffalo diver, protected by copper armor, raised the American Express safe from the steamer Atlantic wreck 1852. He surfaced after forty minutes to find preserved contents including about 36 000 dollars and government stock notes, some bills smelling of decay. The Detroit Free Press notes modern bills survive better than old, and the Detroit Advertiser adds several thousand dollars from the Ann Arbor bank.
A humorous anecdote recounts a Scotch jockey examining a horse and noting seven years as a bright age. He quips that seven years ago was a tremendous year for colts, underscoring the idea of luck and timing in horse selection.
Walter Hayt, a 42 year old peddler, shot Calista C. Allen after a rejected marriage proposal and wounded her mother in a brutal afternoon attack. He later surrendered in McKean Corners and was jailed. The Erie Gazette notes the act as one of cold blooded brutality in a calm community.
In Middlesex Sessions a case details Caroline Newton defending herself after prosecutor Thomas Saverland kissed a sister in law and attempted further kisses. A scuffle followed and the sister bit off the prosecutor’s nose. The jury acquitted Newton with the chairman upholding a woman’s right to bite off a nose if forced to kiss.
Emily Warton, 17, of Walnut Street Cincinnati suffered from sick headaches and numbness until her mother used Holloway's Pills. In six weeks she regained robust health after prior medicines failed, and the pills are praised for young women entering womanhood.
The Aberdeen Mississippi family describes a case where a young boy suffered from a severe skin disease. After trials with various remedies, the mother used Holloway's Ointment and Pills for six weeks, and the child was completely cured.
A wag visited a turner and asked for a joke turned out. The humorous impulse led to an abrupt fall as the wag kicked away and went heels over head into the doorway.
A playful exchange shows a child eager for fireworks two weeks before July 4, asking his mother for crackers and declaring he will light them immediately. The dialogue evokes early American independence spirit and youngsters’ anticipation of holiday festivities.
The piece argues a gentleman is not just etiquette and ease but a refinement rooted in respect for others. It emphasizes thinking how to avoid offense, acknowledging others' positions, and avoiding displays of superiority or vulgar habits.
A satirical view divides female headaches into nervous and sick forms caused by vexation and disappointment. It links headaches to unwanted guests, out of town visits, and the seaside cure, noting quick relief from jewelry or a shawl and even an opera box as an instant remedy.
New York June 30. J C Fremont responds to a national convention’s nomination noting a conciliatory spirit, promising to publish a paper outlining his views on leading issues, and expressing confidence the views will meet constituents’ approval. He accepts the nomination and thanks the body for the honor.
A Salem man from Australia travels from Boston to South Reading to reconnect with kin after a 22 year absence. He finds New York and Boston changed drastically, rail travel unfamiliar, and his sisters now have married daughters, illustrating how generations reshape places and lives.
A greenhorn at the Memphis Theatre believed a stage fire in Therese was real and fled amid laughter. He returned later, admitting he felt purchased by the manager, who might lend him his bat. The crowd applauded the comic misjudgment and his plea for kindness.
A Newburyport man imprisoned for bigamy is met at the railroad by his first wife who buys him new clothes, hands him $300 earned since his desertion, and they set off together for their New Hampshire home. The incident prompts remarks on a wife’s forgiving devotion and calls for lifelong fidelity.
De Quincy recounts a man under threat from eighteen tailors who cried out a defiant phrase. The brief tale highlights bravado in the face of overwhelming odds and preserves a vivid image from the source.
General Jackson warned President Polk against Buchanan calling him unreliable and unfit for Polk's cabinet. The passage notes Jackson's candid view and contrasts it with the Democracy selecting Buchanan as their presidential candidate, a man Jackson felt compelled to warn them about.
A woman on a westbound New-York and Erie train gave birth to a boy after quick medical aid from a physician and several female helpers. The mother and child were comfortable, but a quarrel arose between the conductor and nurses over the child's name, with proposals for the President of the Road or John C. Fremont.
The piece contrasts Col. Fremont and Mr. Buchanan as rival presidential candidates. Fremont is portrayed as young and liberty minded, while Buchanan is old and tied to slavery and wealth. The tone notes Fremont’s outdoor life and Buchanan’s life on a statesman’s salary, ending with a jab about personal life.
Japty Snocken recounts a subscriber paying a year's subscription during the editor's absence. Bill explains the shock left him on the floor, but the boss jokes there is little chance of another such catastrophe in the office.
A quack remedy circulates claiming a finger cure for felons. It advises mixing soap and lime into putty, placing in a leather thimble over the finger, and changing the mixture every twenty minutes for a supposed cure. The item mocks such unsafe folk remedies as foolish and dangerous.
In a Cheshire tavern a young man boasts of great feats saying he has slain thousands, prompting a witty reply that he used the jawbone of an ass as his weapon, a quip echoing biblical Samson.
A mother quotes her son delaying tasks with the line Put her off till to-morrow what can be done today. The exchange pivots on finishing chores and sharing an apple pie, illustrating exact words and a domestic moment.
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