Pay as you go pledge ends unpaid accounts in Warren Mail
After July 4 the Warren Mail will adopt a prepaid system and drop subscribers with unpaid balances. The paper has nine years of debts and will discontinue it to those who fail to pay. The price is set at 150 dollars per year with reduced ads and more reading matter. Delinquent subscribers are urged to settle balances plus 150 dollars as a goodwill pledge for the next year.
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Warren Mail
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Paii
Kansas Affairs Report From a New York Tribune Link
Lecompton correspondent cites Kansas issues with bogus constitutional delegates based on partial census returns. Stanton defers census gaps, while border counties gain heavy representation. Doniphan County Sheriff Newman assaults Free State legislator Jameson and brother. fifteen shots fired. Sheriff detained by locals.
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Lecompton
New York Tribune
Kansas
Walker
Stanton
Missouri
Coffee County
Newman
Doniphan County
Jameson
AS and E Railroad meeting at Court House
An AS and E Railroad meeting was held at the Court House last Monday evening with A Tanner as chair and P Falconer as secretary. Speeches by Messrs Struthers Scofield and Curtis urged that the road will be built soon, citing facts and figures. meeting adjourned after remarks.
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AS. &. E. Railroad
Court House
A. Tanner
P. Falconer
Messrs. Struthers
Scofield
Curtis
Appointment of T C Spencer to Lieut Colonel
Gov Pollock names T C Spencer Esq of this place as one of his Aids with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Spencer is currently at a water cure to recover from a strenuous campaign of inflammatory rheumatism. He will join his command after treatment.
Wanton hunt for a key to the last Mail article
The piece laments difficulty in uncovering the nub of the last Mail article and mocks the Franklin search as lighter labor. It mentions a tavern license granted to Richard Barbour of Hackney House, notes other licenses were not acted on, and references a Washington riot during a late municipal election with casualties. It also covers editorial constraints during Court week and ends with a note about A J Loucks’s calf weighing 108 pounds at birth, a cross between Durham and Devon breeds, to be shown at the Fall fair.
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Sir John Franklin
J. D. James
Richard Barbour
Hackney House
City of
Washington
A. J. Loucks
Durham
Devon
Walker to Return With Forces in Sixty Days
New Orleans on May 29 reports Gen. Walker and his staff attended Spaulding's Amphitheatre by invitation. The crowd cheered him as he appeared and national airs were played by the band. Dr. William Elder of Philadelphia noted the occasion.
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New Orleans
Fugitive Slave Clash in Ohio Highlights State Federal Rift
A May incident near Mechanicsburg shows a Kentucky slave owner sending a marshal and posse to seize a fugitive held by a local farmer. The fight ends with the marshal wounded, captives jailed, and both state and federal authorities moving to assert control, raising a tense legal clash.
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Ohio
N. Y. Tribune
Mechanicsburg
Clay County
Kentucky
Marshall
Cincinnati
Addison
Urbana
Canada
Bengamin Taylor
Champain County
Clark County
Green County
Churchill
Elliott
United States
Main Line Bill Fought By Democratic Papers
The Pittsburg Post finds strong opposition to the sale yet notes the act protects state interests while granting liberal privileges to the Pennsylvania Railroad. The price is nine million dollars with one hundred thousand paid as a deposit and the rest in five percent bonds to be paid as a sinking fund grows from 1859 to 1890 and beyond. The Post argues funds should bolster the sinking fund and warns against loans or guarantees to failing railroad firms.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Keystone
Commonwealth
Remarkable Cold Springs in Early Western New York
In a letter to Mr Coway the writer recalls brutal cold springs from 1807 to 1817, noting snow depths on the Broken Straw, frost every month in 716, and widespread wilderness from Kinzua to Franklin along the Allegheny with bears wolves and panthers, urging comparison with modern times.
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Warren Mail
Coway
Brokenstraw
Kinzua
Franklin
Allegheny River
Pitthole Bottom
Ws. Sicaiss
Murder Verdict Confirmed in Parker Pratt Case
The Van Buren Arkansas Intelligencer confirms the killing of Parker Parley Pratt by Hector McLean after Pratt abducted McLean’s wife with children. Pratt died within hours after being shot near Van Buren while pursued during a dispute over marriage and infidelity. Pratt’s letters reveal his view of his rights over McLean’s wife and children. Pratt reportedly had nine wives sealed to him at the time.
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Mouaver
Hes Morsox Exper
Parker Parley Pratt
Hector McLean
van Buren
Ark
Pratt
McLean
San Francisco
California
Bringiste Tha-Caka
U.S
teestOay
Awe Lamb
Lecompton News On Inaugural And Convention Nominations
Gov. Walker arrived in Lecompton and read his Inaugural pledging enforcement of territorial laws and unity behind their stance. A nominating convention nominated pro slavery candidates Calhoun Jones and Bolling for Constitutional Delegates. Reports from St. Louis discuss Kansas representation and disputed counties. A 62-signature card urged Legislature to reconvene June 9 to finish state organization. Dr. Humphrey recalls Chicago property boom tied to 1839 Dearborn sale.
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Lecompton
Kansas
Gov
Walker
Territories
Calhoun
Jones
The
Union
Bolling
Gov. Walker
Lawrence
St. Louis
Democrat
Stanton
Weatrau
Humphrey
Pittsfield
Chicago
New York
Dearborn
Richmond
Narrow escape from wealth alters plans for heirs
A narrator recalls missing a fortune of eighty thousand dollars due to selling land and sleeping at a fair hotel. He reflects that delaying wealth spared his family from dependence on fortune and hints the proprietor's children may fare better by relying on industry and good behavior. The statement notes his own learned prudence.
New Kansas Compromise Plan Reported by Walker
Telegraphic dispatch from Washington notes Governor Robert J. Walker proposes a two state solution for Kansas. Pro slavery would draft a slave constitution while Free State parties publish protests, then both enter Congress with a joint manifesto. Plan aims to create a large Free State Kansas with a narrow slave state carved from southern Kansas and Indian territory. Walker travels to Kansas to confirm the scheme.
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Kansas
New York Herald
Washington
Robert J. Walker
Walker
Free State Party
Free State
Turbulent Kansas conflict sparks march of Dragoons
Read of two hundred dragoons and the steamer Mink moving up the Missouri amid fierce disputes over Territorial and Federal laws in Kansas. The crowd in Lawrence resists enforcement, while Stanton’s policy clash fuels tension and threats of war.
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United States
Missouri
Australia
Democratic Party
Stanton
Lawrence
Buchanan
Kansas
Senate
House of Representatives
Free State
Death Suspect Puts End in Store, Then Hangs Self
A Cincinnati man planned his death and attempted to use chloroform at work. After failing, he bought a ladder and rope, hanged himself in the loft of a new building adjoining the store. He wrote letters and the epitaph he wanted for his tombstone.
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Cincinnati
A Curious Case of Secret Marriage and a Wealthy Bride
Two Connecticut arrivals wed in Brooklyn with Rev. R. M. Johnson and returned home. The bride, daughter of a rich man, and the ship carpenter groom kept the match secret. After slow coming to terms the father offered $10,000, later $12,000 in the bank for the daughter’s credit, and the couple married.
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Brooklyn
Connecticut
R. M. Johnson
New York Times
Large Horses and Other Paradoxes in Farm Advice
The piece argues against extreme sizes in livestock and human figures, urging farmers to "Follow Nature" with well formed animals. It notes long legs hinder movement, prefers short legged soldiers for endurance, and cautions against high prices for oversized animals. It also includes a Paris gossip excerpt about the Grand Duchess of Baden and Emperor, with references to Mme la Comtesse de Castiglione.
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Indiana
Louis Napozzoy
Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Jealousy Alleged In Royal Circles Over Eugenie
A man of high status is accused of being preoccupied with political intrigue yet is said to harbor follies as Eugenie grows distinctly jealous. The claim sits within a tense atmosphere of danger and scrutiny surrounding his ascent.
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Eugenie
Terripte AfraiR-A Maniac at Eddyville Routs Passengers
A man from Joliet Illinois attacked passengers of a Western stage coach near Eddyville two miles away injuring Dr. Timmons of Knoxville Ohio and Mr Haylander of Jasper Iowa. The assailant Joseph Patterson Jr claimed he sought vengeance for a killed cousin and insanity is suspected.
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Eddyville
Western Stage Company
Jos. Patterson, Jr
Joliet
Illinois
Timmons
Knoxville
Marion County
Ohio
Haylander
Jasper County
Iowa
Locofocos Buy Republican Thunder at Newark Sale
The Young America cannon once loud at Republican meetings in the county last fall was sold by Newark Machine Works to J. W. Gray editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It marks the first known instance of locofocos buying Republican thunder rather than stealing it.
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Newark Machine Works
J. W. Gray
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Locofocos
Newark
Kansas Governor Robison Arrest Then Not Guilty Nolle Prosequi
Gov Robison of Kansas was arrested in Missouri without authority, returned to Kansas, and jailed on treason charges for months. A nolle prosequi was entered, showing no foundation for the charge. The Northern Independent notes similar outrages may end likewise.
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Robinson
Kansas
Missouri
Merchants raise ten thousand dollar reward in poisoning probe
A Washington dispatch reports local merchants pledge up to ten thousand dollars for anyone proving the cause of recent poisoning cases at the National Hotel. The new developments have stirred strong excitement in the city.
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Washington Dispatch
National Hotel
Hall Co's new mill praised as state best by Venango Citizen
The Venango Citizen extols Hall & Co of Warren for their new mill in Franklin calling it the best in the state due to capital investment and skilled mechanics. It notes the broad community benefits and credits the enterprise with expanding local industry. It also mentions Capt Taggart's plough-shaped potato harvesting machine tested by Utica farmers and Boston Traveler remarks on its potential agricultural impact.
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Orris Hart & Co
Messrs. Hall & Co
Warren
Pranklin
Capt
Taggart
Roxbury
Utica
Boston Traveller
Abolition threat grows as Texas writer warns on 1860 race
Gen Rusk of Texas cautions a Texas friend that abolitionists gain strength and may back McLean for President in 1860. He urges slaveholding states to fortify themselves to defend constitutional rights amid rising non slaveholding power.
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Rusk
Texas
Abolition Party
McLean
National American Convention convenes in Louisville Ky
The National Convention of Fillmore Americans gathered at Mozart Hall Louisville on the 2d inst. E B Bartlette of Kentucky served as President and called the Council to order. An informal prior meeting featured addresses by Erastus Brooks J Scott Harrison and others.
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Fillmore
Washington Irving At Seventy Five Still In Vigorous Health
Washington Irving is now seventy five years of age and remains in vigorous condition.
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Washington Irving
New passenger car arrives on New York Central line
A twelve wheel passenger car is introduced on the New York Central Railroad. Connecticut clocks are built with two and a half million feet of pine boards used last year.
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New York Central Railroad
Connecticut
Fruit tree imports to exceed previous springs by fifty percent
The New York Journal of Commerce reports that foreign fruit trees and seed imports for the current Spring are estimated to exceed by at least 50 percent the volume of any prior year. J. W. Gray of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has hired Senator Toombs of Georgia as counsel in an ongoing suit.
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Gwar
New York Journal of Commerce
Fee J. W. Gray
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Toombs
Georgia
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