Warren County Aims for Growth Through Education and Industry
The writing argues Warren County lags behind neighbors in wealth and population and must invest in universal public schooling and scientific learning to lift its future prospects. It cites education as the engine of wealth, morality, and regional advancement, urging citizens to supportExpanded schools and enlightened public opinion. A sharp frost was observed in Buffalo on the morning of the Ist inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Warren
Eny
Aeshar
Buffalo
Railroads and Trade News Highlight City Investments and Shops
The city council approved five ten dollar shares payments to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, enabling completion of the road with seven million dollars in subscriptions outstanding. A Boston Center meeting advocated Buffalo, Warren, and St. Louis Railway links. Towle and Davis advertise as a premier North Western Pennsylvania clothier offering a wide range of men’s and women’s goods and enticing bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Philadelphia
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Boston Center
N. Y
Friends of the
Buffalo, Warren and St. Louis
Buffalo
Towle & Davis
Pennsylvania
Mayoral and Solicitor Wins Ignite Whig Pride
The Whigs celebrate Judge Conrad’s election as mayor of Philadelphia by 8365 votes and Hazelhurst as Solicitor by 11645. The piece notes a Whig gain of 9851 since the Pierce over Scott result in the city’s earlier boundaries, and ends with a call to supporters to answer the Nebraska Kansas bill contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Philadelphia
Court Proceedings Delayed By Judge Illness in Quarter Session
Sickness of Judge Judson and absence of Judge Wetmore halted business in the Quarter Session. Grand Jury dismissed without oath. Civil list heard with several verdicts and settlements recorded for multiple parties. Jury and court adjourned to meet again on the second Monday in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson
Wetmore
Triskitt Vs
McCullough & Williams
Johnson & Brown
Pitts
Scofield & Brown
Hearys Willson & Hiller
Pitt
Wetmore & Spencer
Johnson Leech Et al
Pinny
Andrussus Clark
Wooster
Riot in Brooklyn Disturbs City with 5000 Participants
A terrible riot occurred in Brooklyn on the 4th between Irish Catholics and Know Nothings from New York and Brooklyn, numbering about 5000. Many were seriously injured, but none killed. The issue also notes Mansfield Compton's pardon by Gov. Seymour and Compton’s eight year sentence for arson in James town. An advertisement item highlights J. W. Weaver's stock, especially a superior honey suitable for sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
Mansfield Compton
Seymour
Compton
States
Chautauque County Court
Allen
Jamestown
Political call to action amid party clash over Governor race
An urgent political appeal urges defeat of the administration party in the northern states, favoring Pollock to unseat Gov. Bigler, with calls to unite Whigs and Free-Soilers to curb slavery and reform Washington politics. The document also advertises Gleason's journal and announces a railroad-promoting meeting with a set committee.
Alden Admitted to Practice in Commonwealth Courts
On motion of Hon. G Church Isaac Alden was admitted to practice at the Bar in the Courts of this Commonwealth. He has been a faithful and persevering student and shows promise of becoming a useful member of the profession. A theft of manuscript from a copy book was reported and the culprit is named. he must apologize publicly before the next issue or a mourning half column will be published. New York State Poultry Fair managers announce the next fair will be held in Utica in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W Weaver
G. Church
Isaac Alden
New York State
Utica
Ohio
Baltimore
Kast
Railroad Meeting in Boston Center Endorses Springville Route
The Friends of the Buffalo Warren and St. Louis Railroad met May 30 in Boston Center with Dr P J Baxter presiding. Committee led by J Pierce reported resolutions favoring a Buffalo to coal beds route via Springville and Allegheny Valley with strong local support and connections to New York Erie and other lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C&e
W. Brooks
Buffalo
A Thorn
Hamburgh
J. Pierce
E. Hamburgh
P. Cobb
Boston
E. W. Cook
Springville
T. Pierce
Ashford
Friends of the
Buffalo, Warren and St. Louis Railroad
Boston Center
P. J. Baxter
J. G. Brake
Lockwood
E. N. Hatch
Dr. Barber
E. Chaffee
Col. Cook
Col
Springfield
Hamburg
P. S. Pratt
Otto
D. Warner
Mansfield
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Little Valley
New York and
Erie R. R
Jamestown
B. P
Lima Lake
Lake
Political millenniums and party strife in Cincinnati press
Cincinnati issue notes Democratic triumph fantasies and Whig rebukes over recent citizenship rulings. It cites Burns’ return to Kentucky, abolition debates, Cuba tensions, and local woes like hydrophobia, divorces, and social visits, amid a bustling post rains economy and civic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnatii
City Press
Williams
Nebraska
Whig Department
America
Boston
Burns
Kentucky
Bay State
Union
Bosting
Havanna
Turkey
Old Virginia Gentleman Frees Slaves in a Manumission Deed
In a Kentucky Reports case, a Virginia gentleman signs a deed renouncing control over enslaved people and frees John, Lucy, Brownley, Susan nah, and Rachel with staged dates for gradual emancipation over eight and ten years. Joan Watson signs as witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stavehotper
Virginia
J. J. Marshall
Kentucky
Britain
John
Lucy
Brownley
Susannah
Rachel
Joan Watson
Whisky dealer at Douglas Houghton mines provokes row
The Detroit Advertiser reports a whisky dealer setting up at the Douglas Houghton mines and attempting to operate. After refusal to stop, owners seized the cask heads. A clash followed with the intruder allegedly beaten, and one report claims he was shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Coprar
Douglas Houghton
Detroit Advertiser
Letter from James Cooper defends Senate attendance and Nebraska vote
James Cooper replies to critics in Pennsylvania and to editors regarding his absence from the Senate during the Nebraska bill vote. He states his opposition to the bill, notes illness and duty, and asserts he would not dodge responsibility. He urges editors to publish the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Inquirer
Repository and Whig
Chambersburg
Senate
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Philadelphia
Washington
James Coorrr
Movement for Nebraska settlement crosses the line
The Savannah Sentinel reports rapid settlement across the State Line into Nebraska amid claims takeups near St. Joseph. It criticizes Atchison and the Nullifiers for delaying Indian treaties and hindering Nebraska’s organization while asserting Anglo-Saxon prosettlement momentum. Down with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah Sentinel
Andrew County
Missouri
Col. Benton
U.S. Senate
Atcheson
Nebraska
Kansas
Gazette
St. Joseph
Ple
Uts
Washington
Niagara
Bro. Davis
Benton
Congress
Federal Union
Atchison
Various 19th Century News Briefs Spread Across Cities
The item highlights diverse reports including a college relocation to Lafay ette, gold piece imports at Richmond customs, Maryland deaths, a bishop election in Iowa, Boston consumptions and smallpox deaths, immigrant cholera in Cincinnati, and other notices on fire departments, transportation sentences, mayoral elections, pepper industry in Louisiana, steamboat production, art academy formation in Cincinnati, wheat crops in Indiana and California, Fourth of July funding in Worcester, a Camden minstrel fortune, a Wilkes Barre court session, Allegheny Seminary appointment, Methuselah ark anecdote, and a Troy murder verdict with a taunting courtroom scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Frederick
H. W. Lee
St. Luke’s Church
Rochester
N. Y
Iowa
Boston
Cincinnati
Curtis
Pittsburgh
Albany
Moses Moses
London
Towers
Washington
New Orleans Bulletin
Louisiana
Ladres’ Academy of Fine Arts
Worcester
Massachusetts
Luke West
Wilkesbarre
Pierson
Dauphin County
Dr. Plumer
Baltimore
Allegheny Seminary
McGill
Princeton
Methuselah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
James Pollock
Northumberland
George Darsie
Allegheny
Supreme Court
Daniel M. Smyler
Montgomery
Railroads
Free Soilers
Messrs Ephers
Potts
Pierce
Douglas
Gov. Bigler
Pollock
Bigler
Railroad Meeting
Poo
Concord
Allegheny Valley
C. B. Curtis
U. S. Coast Survey
Ladies Mite Society
E. H. Danforth
Martin Luther
William France
James Cooper
Clay
H. Cuay
Wytheville
Carroll
Floyd
Carrol
A. V. Brown
Tennessee
Hurst
General Scott
Lisbon
Dobro
Adams
House of Baring Brothers
Birmingham
Nile
Isle of
Andros
Cincinnatti
Matters In
Baptist Female College of
Indiana
Lafayette
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!