Death of Hon Rufus Choate in Halifax
Obituary summary notes the Boston lawyer Rufus Choate died at Halifax at age about 46, after illness and a European escape attempt. It praises his legal brilliance and limited political impact, and lists his Ipswich birth in 1799, Dartmouth education, and service in Congress and the Senate. It also recounts assorted brief items and commentary from contemporaries.
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Europe
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Mass
Dartmouth College
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Daniel Webster
Harrison
The Rocky Mountain Region Ills and Opportunities
Horace Greeley predicts vast mineral riches in the Rockies while warning many will fail as the region opens. He foresees possible statehood within three years, a growing white population, and minerals beyond gold including lead iron and possibly silver or cobalt as exploration expands.
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Horace Greeley
the Tribune
Rocky Mountains
California
Australia
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Clear Creek
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Fort Laramie
Taos
Missouri
State Committee Named for People's Party of Pennsylvania
The People's Party of Pennsylvania selects its State Committee. Chairman Hon. Leyr Kutye of Lebanon oversees districts with members from Philadelphia Norristown Doylestown Allentown Reading Wilkesbarre Lock Haven and other towns. DAVID TAGGART presides as convention president.
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People’s Party of Pennsylvania
Leyr Kutye
Lebanon
Robert C. Smith
Philadelphia
Henry E. Wallace
Geo. W. Pomeroy
William B. Thomas
James J. Lewis
Morgan's Corner
Robert Iredell
Norristown
J. Wilson Cowell
Doylestown
John H. Oliver
Allentown
John
Richards
Reading
Robert M. Palmer
Pottsville
E. H. Rauch
Mauch Chunk
S. P. Chase
Montrose
S. P. Longstreet
Wilkesbarre
Wm. A. Williams
Smethport
B. Rush Petriken
Lock Haven
Israel Gatelius
Selinsgrove
Lemuel Todd
Carlisle
Joseph Casey
Harrisburg
Bertram A. Shaffer
Lancaster
Samuel Shoch
Columbia
Wm. M’conkey
Wrightsville
James C. Austin
M’connersburg
J. Sewell Stewart
Huntingdon
Lewis W. Hall
Altoona
Titian J. Coffey
Indiana
D. W. Shyrock
Greensburg
John Hall
Washington
J. Heron Foster
Pittsboro
Russell Errett
Thomas J. Power
Rochester
John S. Pomeroy
New Castle
J. Newton Pettis
Meadville
Henry Souther
Ridgeway
David Taggart
American officers denied passports by European powers
The Dunkirk Press and Argus notes that several American officers allowed by the U.S. government to visit Europe for war knowledge were refused passports by European powers. It also comments that Dunkirk is looking up, even if just figuratively.
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Dunkirk Press
Argus
People’s Candidates for Auditor and Surveyor General
The Committee of the People’s State Convention reports replies from Thomas E. Co curray and W. H. Ker to their nomination for Auditor General and Surveyor General. Both express gratitude and pledge service, with Co curray stressing duty to public interests and Ker urging unity for good of the Union.
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Sam
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Reavine
People’s Convention
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Congress
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John H. Seltzer
Heyrs
Foreign news and unrest across Europe and Americas
Later from Europe reports a major conference in Paris between war ministers, Austrian actions in Messina and Tyrol, Garibaldi and Prussia mobilizations, and speculation on a wider European conflict. U.S. dispatches note ongoing Indian tensions in Kansas and a Mexico treaty move toward Washington, with a Vermont railroad wreck injuring several.
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Art figures for Capitol dome plan revealed at National Capitol
National Intelligencer reports on Capitol extension art works. The dome diameter will be larger yet shorter in height. Pediment figures include War, a Revolutionary young swordsman, a woodman fending a serpent, Commerce, Youthful Science, Education, Mechanic Arts, a wheat sheaf, a hunter, an old Indian, a mother with child, and a flowered grave. Crawford's Genius of Liberty centers with sun and eagle flanking. The pieces are arranged around the east rotunda and aligned with Washington’s statue.
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Washington
National Intelligencer
Bridge over the Tiemo and other 19th century notices
A letter recounts an imperial bridge built quickly for the Emperor Napoleon to enable passage of the Imperial Guard with a swift two hours and a half estimate. The event ends with the captain’s praise as the bridge is secured. Other items note a North Carolina duel defused, a Westfield cannon discharge death, a vault break in Stockeringe, a Barre factory suicide, Kit Carson’s move to St. Joseph, and various European and American affairs including Italian gifts to Sardinia and P T Barnum’s property sale.
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Hein
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Clere
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Tragedy on Brook Street Leaves Three Quill Brothers Shot
In Louisville on Brook Street near Green a gunfight left Jerry Quill dead and brothers John and Daniel mortally wounded after police officers responding to a disturbance discharged their weapons. Daniel fled to his mother's house before returning to the scene. Authorities say the Quills resisted arrest and drew knives.
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Effery
French Field Telegraph and Portable Galvanism in War
Paris Paris correspondent reports advanced French telegraphy using gel-covered metal thread to link camps. A portable galvanic system allowed rapid, continuous signaling along the army lines aiding coordination from Paris to Brescia and Novara.
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Milan
Yaqui Apaches Revolt Strains Sonora Border Clash
Reports from Wasutsaron and Hermonlo note Peschiera arriving and vowing to move Apaches north of the line with the Sonora battalion. Yaqui and Apopta revolt appears quelled, yet northern Sonora suffers raids by a 400-strong band led by Apassage. A duel between Lt Maury and Edward Gross is rumored for May 5.
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The
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Fires devastate Lehama and convicts flee prison
The report notes Lehama destroyed by fire with damages around 100000. On July 25 a state prison broke five convicts escaped. Civil unrest surfaces in Jones wood garden clash with injuries reported.
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Lifornia
Classified notices from 1859 court records compiled
July 8 1859 entries list names and firms connected to the prothonotary’s office. Banks exchanges administrators and various partners appear with use and other shorthand terms.
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