Johnston and Strohm Lead Gubernatorial Ballot Slates
Voters see William F. Johnston guiding governor hopefuls with support for canal commissioner John Strohm of Lancaster. Supreme Court contenders include William M. Meredith and Richard Coulter with Joshua W. Comley, George Chambers and William Jessup also named.
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John Strohm
Lancaster County
Supreme Court
William M. Meredith
Philadelphia
Richard Coulter
Westmoreland Co
Joshua W. Comley
Montour County
George Chambers
Franklin County
William Jessup
Susquehanna County
Judicial Nominations and Conferees Suggested for August Meeting
The Whig nominating convention for the district was to be at Union last Tuesday. Crawford County split delegates, leading to a third meeting called by the County Committee, which unanimously referred the matter to a County Convention on August 19. Erie delegates were informed, and a conference is proposed for Thursday August 21 in Columbus to suit all sides.
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Union
Crawford County
Erie
Columbus
Crawford
The Scott Convention in Pittsburgh Call
The paper calls attention to the Scott Convention in Pittsburgh on August 20 to honor Gen. Scott. Preparations are extensive to accommodate many, promising an enthusiastic demonstration of public regard for the hero who won Contreras and Cherubusco. The piece lauds Scott as the people’s candidate and anticipates his ultimate honors.
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Pittsburgh
Contreras
Cherubusco
Gen. Scott
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Pursues Northern Route Appeal
The Sunbury and Erie Railroad project, envisioned to link the East and West through northern Pennsylvania, gains renewed interest as capitalists show cautious optimism. Local readers urged to support a favorable sentiment, dismissing criticism from the Elk County Advocate and its author.
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Sunbury
Erie
Pennsylvania
Elk County
Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
Sunbury and
Erie Road
Allegheny and Erie Telegraph Line Completed to Pittsburgh
The 235 mile line from Fredonia New York to Pittsburgh is finished. W P Pew of Ithaca led the project begun in 1848 with stock sales and gradual construction. Offices from Fredonia to Pittsburgh connect to other lines and Erie is planned for direct link, boosting regional communications and a potential joint stock expansion. The line faced early delays from untested insulators but is now in good order with rising business and hoped Western connections.
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Fredonia
N. Y
Pittsburgh
W. P. Pew
Ithica
Beaver
Sinclearville
Jamestown
Warren
Irvine
Youngsville
Columbus
Beaverdam
Waterford
Meadville
Sharon
Clarksville
Greenville
New Castle
United States
Erie
Lake
O'Reilly
Speed
Pew
Bigler Sins of Omist Rage in Pennsylvania Debate
The Harrisburg American criticizes Mr. Bigler for dodging key issues on the Union and the Compromise, fails to address the Fugitive Slave Law and the anti kidnapping law, and questions his tariff stance and labor policy. It cites Wilmot Proviso support and notes a contemptible Reading speech, urging a clearer defense of anti kidnapping and tariff positions. Also mentions a curious Conestoga medal and post office stamps news.
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Bigler
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shunk
Buchanan
Reading
Sunbury American
Kane
Biglers
North
South
Union
Locofocos
Wilmot
Dime Society Meeting This Thursday at Miles Residence
The next meeting of the Dime Society will be held on Thursday evening of this week at the residence of R. Miles, Esq.
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The
Dime Society
R. Miles, Esq
Beaver man named President Judge of 17th district
Hon. Daniel Agnew of Beaver has been appointed by Gov. Johnston as President Judge of the 17th Judicial district comprising Beaver, Butler, Mercer and Lawrence counties. He fills the vacancy created by the death of Hon. John Bredin.
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Daniel Agnew
Beaver
Johnston
Butler
Mercer
Lawrence
John Bredin
Tremendous hail storm devastates Sugar Grove region
A July 19 hail storm two and a half miles north of Sugar Grove swept through forests and fields, destroying crops, breaking windows, and injuring a man. Reports confirm damage in Busti and Frewsburg, with stones up to two inches in diameter and some places a foot and a half deep. Also noted is the death of Isaac Wheeler at age 45 from cholera aboard a steamer near Illinois, and a curiosity about six foot long oats stalks on John F. Davis’s lot.
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Strorm
Sugar Grove
Fork Falls
P.S
Busti
Carroll
Frewsburg
Isaac Wheeler
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Vernon
French Island Bar
Ohio River
Shawneetown
Illinois
John F. Davis
Relic of the Olden Time Unearthed Near Conestoga
Lancaster Intelligencer reports John Kilchester of Manor township found a 1546 Spanish medal while hoeing corn near the Conestoga. The two inch brass piece features a crucifixion on one side and the Passover with inscription on the other. The relic’s origin remains a mystery, with theories it was brought by Spanish clergy for conversion.
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Lancaster Intelligencer
John Kilchester
Manor Township
Conestoga
Desiderio Desireravi
Luke
Samone
B. W. Becker
J. Franklin Reighart
American
Western Pennsylvania Scott Convention Invitation
A public invitation from Allegheny County friends of General Winfield Scott calls for delegates from Western Pennsylvania to meet in Pittsburgh on August 20 to honor the hero of two wars. The notice appeals to Union supporters against nullification, praises Scott, and frames a Birmingham of America workshop alliance while naming a long invitation list.
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Friends
Gen. Scott
Wisknto Scott
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Contreras
Cherubusco
Lundy's Lane
Chippewa
Vera Cruz
Cerro Gordo
Chapultepec
National Palace
Friends of the
Union
Jackson
Winfield Scott
South Carolina
Scott
Ashland
Bridgewater
Allegheny
Birmingham
America
Whig State Central Committee Appointments Listed
The Harrisburg American names John H. Ewing as president and lists Ner Middlesworth as chairman with district leaders for Philadelphia Montgomery Chester Berks Bucks Lancaster Lebanon Dauphin Northumberland etc. spanning 1st through 28th districts, including Curtin, Reid, Karns, and Drinker among others in this Whig slate.
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Harrisburg American
Whig State Central Committee
John H. Ewing
Ner Middlesworth
City of
Philadelphia
Newcomb B. Thompson
William Struthers
County of Philadelphia
Charles Thompson Jones
Lewis Billings
William I. Hughes
Montgomery
Daniel
Hitner
Chester and
Delaware
Abraham R. Mellvaine
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Henry Drinker
Tioga
Potter
M’kean
Elk Clearfield
Jefferson
F. L. Jones
Mercer Venango
Warren
John A. Dale
Erie and
Crawford
John l. Walker
Butler, Beaver
Lawrence
Sam’ A. Purviance
Allegheny
Wm. Robinson
Stes Thos
A. Rowley
Washington and Greene
Wm. McKennan
Bedford and Somerset
P. M. Kimmel
Armstrong, Indian
Clarion
James Campbell
Mifflin
Juniata
Union
William Butler
Westmoreland and Fayette
James Veech
Schuylkill
B. W. Cumming
Buchanan hinges on Bigler victory for Pa nomination
A New York Journal of Commerce correspondent at the Lancaster Waig Convention links Mr. Buchanan’s Locofoco nomination to Pennsylvania politics. If Colonel Bigler is elected governor, Buchanan gains Pennsylvania’s vote. if Bigler loses, Buchanan’s prospects weaken, inviting Cass supporters to try Pennsylvania for him. The prevailing view is that Bigler’s win seals Buchanan’s Pa support, while a defeat defeats his chances.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Lancaster
Accidental cannon discharge maims young man in Erie County
A report notes Raymond Stewart, firing a cannon at Wattsburg, Erie County, on the fourth, had both hands shot off and was dreadfully mangled by an accidental discharge. The item also mentions a Cincinnati physician performing a rare scalp operation on a young woman from John Street to remove material under a tightly tied hair, a fraud lodging tale about a hotel boarder avoiding payment, and a calculation claiming the heart pumps over 300 pounds of blood per hour, with an adult’s blood around 30 pounds.
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Raymond Stewart
Wattsburg
Erie Co
Cincinnati
Muzzy
John Street
San Francisco Pap
Severe hail storm devastates Kittery and York crops and homes
Portiano July 15 reports a frightful hail storm over Kittery and York damaging buildings and vegetation. Five thousand panes of glass shattered in Kittery. corn grain fruit and potatoes ruined. trees stripped and uprooted. many poultry birds killed. A hail piece found was two inches square and two inches thick.
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Portiano
Kittery
York
Pair Married as Robbers Assaulted Home
In Palmyra on July 15 Rocursier reports a couple married last Saturday were attacked that night by six men who imprisoned the husband and raped his wife before fleeing. Some suspects have been arrested while a telegraph operator once employed locally remains at large. Also noted are eight anthracite iron furnaces in blast near Danville, Pennsylvania.
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O’reilley
Palmyra
Danville
Union of the Whigs Sees Prospect of Harmony in Free States
The article reports improving unity within the Whig party of the Free States, centering on Gov. Fish of New York. It notes reduced differences over the last Congress’s compromise measures, praised by both the Albany Evening Journal and Albany Register. It argues for restrained agitation and a willing acquiescence in the laws, while urging calm approach to the fugitive slave law and illustrating hopes for broader Northern unity and peaceable cooperation with the South.
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Free States
Gov. Fish
New York
N. Y
Union
Albany Evening Journal
Albany Register
Evening Journal
Congress
Senate of the Union
Register
Pitts. Gazette
Webster resigns to President Fillmore stated by Courier and Enquirer
The Courier and Enquirer repeats its telegraphic correspondent's claim that Mr. Webster tendered his resignation to President Fillmore while acknowledging the National Intelligencer’s reports as true. Hon. Geo. M. Dallas and family traveled through Newark to Schooley's Mountain by the Norris and Essex Railroad to Dover yesterday.
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New York
The
Courier and Enquirer
Webster
Fillmore
National Intelligencer
Geo. M. Dallas
Newark
N. J
Schooley's Mountain
Norris and Essex
Dover
Omnibus business grows in village and Dunkirk route
The Omnibusses between the village and Dunkirk exceed expectations with about two thousand passengers weekly plus additional travelers by other conveyances. Megers Cotton & Mullett will add a new omnibus soon, nearly finished at Mason & Dickinson's Carriage shop for about $100. Three omnibuses run half hourly and two stages daily each way. Local taverns report strong business.
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Dunkirk
Cotton & Mullett
Mason & Dickinson
Redonia Censor
Alabama Rest Legend Told by Fleeing Tribe
A tale recalls a Native American tribe fleeing a relentless foe finding a river and land to rest. The chieftain drives a pole and proclaims Alabama here we rest, a sentiment praised as beautiful and fitting for the land.
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Alabama
Territorial rooster runs the hen house in single sire style
A Providence Post tale describes a farm turkey at Parie Math ewen’s that incubated 21 eggs and hatched 18, driving away the hen and assuming all maternal duties. After the brood emerged, sixty seven poults were found to need care, all overseen by the dominant bird who even fends off older hens and rules the flock.
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Faruerty
Tunkny
Providence Post
Parie Matheweon
Expulsion of Southern Camden Lazy Club Member for Fast Walking
A Georgia member of the Southern Camden Lazy Club was expelled for moving faster than a walk. He offered as mitigation that the She she was after him, but the society remained inexorable.
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Camden
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William F. Johnston
Scott Convention
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Allegheny & Erie
Mr. Bigler
T. J. Bigham
Fred. G. Kay
W. A. Charlton
Francis Karns
John Young, Jr
Robert Porter
Leonard
Johns
Andrew Bayne
Ephraim Jones
Mercer County Whigs
John Brackenridge
Robert Mann
Assembly
Adam Black
David W. Findley
J. Williamson Ormsby
W. W. W. Wood
Joseph Sykes
James G. Cunningham
Wm. K. Fulton
Wm. M. Gibson
Alexander Black
Wm. Campbell
John S. King
Geo. C. Vincent
Andrew Patterson
Forniegners
London Times
England
Britain
Prince Manufacturers
Harris
Genesee Valley
Black River
Senate
Whig State Committee
Bigler and Buchanan
Union of the Whigs
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