Northern backbone at convention denies Southern mail in 1855
In Warren County the writer praises Northern delegates who opposed a pro slavery platform at a national convention. They condemn attempts to align with the South, warn against doughface politicians, and urge unity with the Democratic Party to resist expansion of slavery.
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New York
Kansas Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Johnston
Warren County
Administration
Nebraska
North
Democracy Defined and the Nebraska Slavery Debate
The piece attacks the Democratic party for its stance on slavery and Nebraska. It cites Hewell Cobb of Georgia endorsing expansion of slavery into Kansas and other territories, arguing the Democratic ranks align with slave power and exclude Free-Soilers and Abolitionists. It portrays Pierce and Washington influence as enforcing submission to slaveholding interests.
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Pierce
Nebraska
Democratic Party
Hewell Cobb
Georgia
South
Simon Pure Democracy
North
Washington
Cobb
Kansas
Sarah Vapeee
National Democrats
National Democratic Party
Consummation Stock details for Sunbury and Erie Railroad
The article presents the subscription form for the Consummation Stock of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company. It explains a $100 per share commitment and a condition that no payments are demanded until 28,000 shares ($2,800,000) are subscribed to secure construction from Sinnamahoning Creek to Warren and onward to Erie. A majority of subscribed shares may decide sufficiency, with payments limited to ten dollars per share in sixty day periods.
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Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
General Assembly
Sunbury and Erie
Pittsburg and
Susquehanna
Sinnamahoning Creek
Warren
Erie
Board of Managers
Monument to John Harris Sought by Harrisburg Ladies
Harrisburg advocates urge erecting a suitable monument over John Harris’s remains on the Susquehanna bank. The Harrisburg Ladies’ enterprise is praised for resolve to honor the founder amid neglect. Also notes a new Pittsburg daily evening paper by Edward McPherson opposing slavery.
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Harrisburg Herald
John Harris
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
State Capitol
Senate
Pittsburg
Edward McPherson
Weather Wit and Woes in a Quick-Changing Day
The weather oozes sunlit cheer then abruptly veers to cold and gloom. Forecasts hint thaw before the dog days yet appearances deny it as laughter meets storms and a chilly wind dampens every mood.
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Cambine
Palm Leaf
Local notices and civic appointments in town
L I Watson named Aid to Gov Patlock with rank of Lieut Colonel in the Commonwealth Militia. Barnum’s Baby Show draws large crowds across five days with total receipts near 17 394. Barnum Profits around 11 000. Col Steptoe urges Brigham Young reappointment to Utah governorship via petition to Congress.
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Barratioy
Patlock
Commonwealth
Lewis F. Watson
Barnum
Salt Lake City
Col. Steptoe
Utah
Congress
Brigham Young
Emerald meeting recalls Walsh from Dublin in Irish slang
An Emeralder greets a man named Walsh and asks if he is from Dublin. Paddy jokes about knowing two old maids by that name and jokes about whether they are his mother.
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Walsh
Paddy
Dublin
Rail plans advance for Pittsburg and Erie line to Columbus
In Columbus Pa on June 15 1855 President Powers and contractors Culum Merriman and Shattuck discuss starting work after harvest on an eight or nine mile stretch in the county with a $200 000 bond option and a $15 000 per mile cost estimate. Local financing details include $120 000 in labor and materials and a current county subscription of about $175 000. The Little Valley to Jamestown segment aims to be running by October with further track to Ohio as soon as adjacent lines are built.
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Columbus
Pittsburg and Erie Railroad Board
Mr. Powers
State Lines
Culum
Merriman and Shattuck
Ohio
New York State
Crawford County
Meadville
Cassius
Erie
Farmers urged to renew meadows and reseed for drought resilience
P F Warren writes from June 18 1855 urging county and Chautauque farmers to abandon casual meadow breaks and reseed grasses. He notes improved husbandry, gears and crows deterrents, praises soil health, warns against letting meadows run out, and advises yearly grass seeding to sustain crops and hay yields.
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Warren Mail
Coway
Chautauque
Conewango
Stockton
P. F. Warren
Beecher and Garrison Exchange Fierce Slavery Words
In a public clash Henry Ward Beecher calls William Lloyd Garrison his dear brother in law and Garrison retorts in the Liberator that if God can abolish slavery and does not, he is a great scoundrel. Two ladies of refined manners attend London surgical operations before aiding Miss Nightingale in Crimea following her fever attack.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Garrison
London
Crimea
Miss Nightingale
Convention of American party in Chautauque and Cattaraugus counties
A Fredonia meeting of the American party delegates from Chautauque and Cattaraugus counties chose F. W. Palmer of Jamestown as president with D. H. Bolles and J. T. Williams as secretaries. Resolutions denounce dough-faced New York delegates and the Missouri Compromise repeal, asserting Congress may regulate slavery in territories and the North should not aid its expansion.
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Chautauque
Cattaraugus
Fredonia
F. W. Palmer
Jamestown
D. H. Bolles
J.T. Williams
Philadelphia
N. Y
Local Brew Promotes Healthful Beer Over Whisky
Mr. Wilber offers a self-made beer described as pleasant and healthy. It is kept on hand for a quick nip and praised as a better alternative to poison whisky stored in a ratty garret or cellar.
Resignation and election at Sunbury & Erie Railroad
Phillip M. Price resigns as Treasurer of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company while John Lindsay is elected as his successor. Price remains Secretary. John Offerlee delivers a rose bush from the old country with two buds described as sweet sixteen as a gift to the newspaper’s editor.
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Phillip M. Price
Sunbury & Erie Railroad Company
John Lindsay
Mr. Price
John Offerlee
John
Godeys Magazine July issue on hand and subscription offer
The July Godeys Magazine is on hand and begins volume 51. Subscribe now to receive all issues for the next year. Three dollars and a half secures a one year Mail subscription at a great bargain.
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Godey’s Magazine
Vermont Convention Calls Oppose Slavery Extension at Burlington
A notice in the Vermont papers invites a nonpartisan convention at Burlington on the 27th to nominate state officers. Signed by L Brainard U S Senator and John Porter chairman of the state committee.
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Vermont
Burlington
L. Brainard
U. S
John Porter
Northern Platform Declaration At Philadelphia Convention
The Northern Delegation to the American National Convention met at Girard House Philadelphia on June 14 1854 to organize as a Northern Order. Henry Wilson presided and I M McCabe was secretary. The platform urged restoration of the Missouri Compromise, protection of territorial voting rights, reform of naturalization laws, and native birth for the presidency with neutral foreign diplomacy. Delegates from many states signed the declaration and a corresponding committee was appointed. Siveu Lanamon Llywellyn a man from Ellsworth Maine died recently in reduced circumstances and was said to be the brother of Lady Raglan and a Waterloo era officer under Wellington.
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Puiravetpuia
Philadelpha
Girard House
Henry Wilson
I. M. MccAbee
J. W. Foster
Mass
United States
Philadelphia
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Iowa
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Siveu
Llywellyn
Ellsworth
Raglan
Crimea
Waterloo
Wellington
Northern Delegates Protest Slavery in Party Platform
A group of Northern delegates protest the inclusion of slavery in the American party platform. They affirm freedom of opinion and refuse to back any platform endorsing the Kansas Nebraska Act or opposing the Missouri Compromise. Signers include W. F. Johnston, J. Bowman Bell, D. E. Small, R. Coulter, and others from Pa. to Vt.
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Philadelphia
United States
W. F. Johnston
J. Bowman Bell
D. E. Small
R. Coulter
John A. Prichet
Livingston
Governor Metcalf Inaugurated and Delivers First Message
New Hampshire Governor Metcalf was inaugurated at noon and sent a broad message to the Legislature. He urges limited legislation while promoting agriculture to curb Western emigration, discusses corporate privileges, school reforms, and a State Reform School. He condemns the liquor trade as a public nuisance and calls for a prohibitory law with restricted liquor distribution. He criticizes foreign born influence on religion and politics and denounces the Missouri Compromise repeal and Nebraska act as breaches of faith. He stresses slavery, liquor control, and residence requirements for officeholders.
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Concorp
Metcalf
North
Abolitionist Call and Local Shooting Report
Senator Wilson urges Anti Slavery allies to reject any party ignoring emancipation and asserts power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and Territories. The Buffalo Hepburn reports Mason Howard of Smiths Mill shot eighteen crows and an owl with an ordinary shotgun in a short sequence of two shots.
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Wilson
New York City
America
Columbia
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