Contested Senate Choice Delayed By Convention
Harrisburg March 3 1855 the convention adjourned without electing a senator for the vacancy. Governor Pollock may call an extra session but the legislature holds the power to fill the seat and Cameron remains a contested nominee amid Know Nothing and Anti Know Nothing tensions. The article notes shifting loyalties and party maneuvering as the fall election approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrispurc
Cameron
Gov. Pollock
Key-Stone
Dauphin County
Nebraska
Sam
Powell
Crawford Co
Harrissure
Harrisburg
U. S. Senate
Simon Cameron
Pleading Guilty and Warren County Slur in Cameron Scandal
A Warren County quarrel erupts as Ledger accusations of Cameron gold and Middle Town Bank influence surface. Rasselas Brown and G W Scofield defend their Legislature seats as honest, noting other county members resisted Cam eron pressure. The piece ends urging rogues to own up their deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Ledger
Warren County
Cameron Gold
Middletown
Rasselas Brown
Esq
G. W. Scofield
Gen. Cameron
Messrs. Brown
Scofield
Cameron
A Great Day's Work and Local Feats in Warren
In Warren 1855 reader H L Parsons contests Edward Ryan of Woonsocket for a wager claiming to cut and cord four cords of chestnut wood between sunrise and sunset. He asserts seven cords and four feet on another occasion, then describes a day trip from Warren to Conewango cutting 400 poles, finishing before tea. Readers are invited to verify or challenge these feats. Also reports of a runaway four horse coach near Wesleyan Chapel injuring Charles Story, Universalist conference notices, a Pine Grove fire loss, stage line ownership change to Cotton Allen, Ladies Sociable, no licenses after jury ruling, Lyceum lecture upcoming, and a 484 pound pickerel caught in Chautauque Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mail
Eprom
Edward Ryan
Woonsocket
R. I
Warren Co
Borough
Warren
Michael M’kinney
Conewango Township
Ryan
H. L. Parsons
March
Royaway
Ace
Main Street
R. W. Cunningham
Charles Story
Story
Dem
Court Proceedings Week Ending March 10 1855
The Quarter Sessions docket lists Commonwealth vs. Smith for selling liquor to minors with a guilty verdict but sentence postponed. Henry Smith found guilty of having five wives and sentenced to Western Penitentiary for 1 year 10 days. Another case, Com vs Smith for larceny, verdict guilty and 18 months in penitentiary to commence March 15, 1856. Additional cases postponed to next term amid many adjournments.
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Commonwealth
Smith
Wrightsville
Scofield and Edwards
Com
Wetmore & Spencer
Def
Henry Smith
Western Penitentiary
Edwards
James
Miles
Det
C. W. Rathbun
Good
Scofield
Brown
Wetmore
Warren County Public Meeting Supports Lott in Senate Fight
Citizens at the Warren Court House on March 6 1855 praised Daniel Lott for his Harrisburg actions regarding the U S Senate vacancy created by Senator Cooper and backed calls to sell state public works at fair value by private sale or auction. The gathering endorsed disposal legislation and ordered publication of proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Court House
Warren
Thomas Struthers
Mark Wilson
Daniel Lott
Harrisburg
U.S
James Cooper
S. P. Johson
G. W. Scofield
T. D. Edwards
T. Struthers
U. S
Cooper
Commonwealth
Chin
M. Willuson
Sec’y
Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad meeting in Columbus 1855
At Willoughby Hall on February 20 1855 citizens of Columbus and vicinity active in promoting the Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad and its branch appointed a five member committee to draft resolutions. The group pledged to raise stock subscriptions and forward the road to completion, with adjournment to February 26 and publication in local papers. The note ends with an adjustment of a church related dispute, the Methodist Church South awarded eighty thousand dollars.
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Columbus
Pittsburg and
Erie
Meadville
Iron Horse
E. C. Stacy
Aaron Walton
P. Parker
Richmond Tillotson
Jones Smith
Pittsburg and Erie
Warren County
Asa Walton
Richard Tillotson
Warren
Jamestown
Waterford
John Judson
Pres’t
League of Despots and the Western Allies' Hidden Aims
A critical analysis argues that the Western Powers bend the alliance to despotism. It accuses France Austria and England of coercing rulers from Naples to Portugal, undermining liberal institutions, and using fear and poverty to secure loyalty. England is singled out for pursuing despotism with European princes while claiming virtuous aims.
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Piedmont
England
France
Austria
Italy
Francis Joseph
Naples
Bomba
Portugal
Crimea
Rome
Bologna
Tuscany
Modena
Louis Bonaparte
Bourbon
Jackal
Attila
Europe
Napoleon
Hazlitts
Abbotts
Louis Philippe
Lombardy
Hungary
N.Y. Tribune
Public officer punished for insult near State House
A prominent state government official was attacked by a husband over a perceived insult to his wife. The assailant hid behind a State House column and then struck the officer on Elk and Eagle streets at seven. The blows were severe, the officer fled, and the offender’s name is withheld out of respect for his wife while warning others against dishonoring women.
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Cameron
Senate
House
Washington
Philadelphia
High Street
KE. C
Elk and
Eagle Streets
State Hall
Noblesville
Indiana
Freyberger
Martin Mountjoy
Ohio
Know Nothing sweep at Youngsville Borough election
The Know Nothings won every office by large majorities in Youngsville Pa during the late borough election. A Connecticut-born correspondent recalls leaving the town and comments on the party’s influence, joking that ignorance is bliss and suggesting they may coast along without broader knowledge.
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Prevers
Virginia
Gayety
Mr. Leigh
Winfield Scott
Lewis Epwards
Washington
Youngsville
Know Nothings
Mysterious Mission Forces Mason to Build Coffin Vault
A Boisseauville mason named Moizan reports being abducted by two masked men who coerced him into building a wall and an iron coffin to house a woman in trance. Kept under constant guard, he received thirty pounds upon completion and was driven back to St. Paul’s Market with orders for eternal silence, per Quebec Mercury.
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Moizan
Boisseauville
Little River
Dirks
Jed
St. Paul's Market
Quebec Mercury
Horrible Discovery Ten Persons Perished on the Prairies
A Lafayette source relays a rumor of a tragic prairie disaster near Oxford Indiana in Benton County. Ten travelers two families moving from Southern Indiana to Northern Illinois perished after being overwhelmed by a January storm. Four children and a mother with a nursing infant were found frozen in oxen carcasses, with two men missing and others believed to have perished in snow drifts. A second note from Herkimer County New York reports two Irish boys aged 12 and 14 who quarreled and a pistol shot killed one instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Galena
Indiana
Illinois
Oxford
Benton Co. Ind
Chicago
Dead Hears Deceitful Burial Scheme Exposed
A Brooklyn woman reported a sad tale of poverty and death to another lady of influence. After gifting funds for a perceived burial, she later discovered the husband, alive, sitting up in the coffin counting the money, exposing the ruse.
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Brooklyn
Prohibition Discussed Amid Rising Sunday Arrests and Liquor Trade
A 1854 1855 Sunday arrest comparison cites sharp drops with stricter police, urging total liquor prohibition. The text notes liquor sales from weekends and weekdays drive arrests, cites a Noblesville Indiana verdict on liquor causing drunkenness, mentions Clarkston Know Nothing disbandment, and reports Nantucket porch pine taken to markets.
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Bows
Powe, Esq
Mr. Browne
Old Line Democrat
Messrs. Crabbs
Cresswell
Frazer
Fry
Haldeman
Hendricks
Hoge
Killinger
Pratt
Quiggle
Sellers
Shuman
Alegood
Barry
Boal
Caldwell
Carlisle
Clover
Crawford
Criswell
Cummings
Phila. County
Somerset
Donaldson
Eyster
Fletcher
Frailey
Free
Gross
Guy
Haines
Hubbs
King
Kirkpatrick
Krepps
Lane
Conkey
Connell
Morrison
Muse
North
Palmer
Reese
Rittenhouse
Rutter
Sallade
Sherer
Alegheny
Blair
Stebley
Stockdale
Sturdevant
Weddell
Yorks
Zeigler
Strong
Messrs
Browne
Goodwin
Hamlin
Jamison
Baker
Bush
Christ
Craig
Daugherty
Dunning
Edinger
Johnson
M’clean
Maxwell
Orr
Thompson
Wright
Charles R. Buckalow
Ferguson
Flenniken
Skinner
Ball
Chamberlin
Clapp
Foster
Magill
Jos
Buffington
Jordan
Baldwin
Fearon
Leas
Lowe
Wicker
Buckalew
J. 8. Black
Bergstresser
J. C. Kunkle
Graham
American Monthly
Girard College
Universalist Conference
Lake Erie Association
Universalist
N. Doolittle
The
Missionary Society
Frown Prive Grove
Sash and Blind
B. P. Bell
Pine Grove
Messrs. Cotton, Allen
Ladies’ Sociable
Misses Daggers
A. W. Stephens
the Ledger
Warren Lyceum
Stephen Tanner
Harmony
Chautauque Lake
Jamestown Journal
Methodist Church
Book Concern
Cincinnati
Methodist Church South
Southern
League of Despots
Gen. Scott
National Intelligencer
Black Jim
Betty
Freddy
Dobbin
Emma
Mamma
Olive Branch
Arram
Tribune
Know Nothing Council
Clarkston
Nantucket Inquirer
Sesachacha Pond
New York
Boston
Providence
New Bedford
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