Lectures and court salaries debated in Warren
In the Warren Mail for March 12 1859 a series of lectures by named scholars with musical exercises is announced for a Union benefit at Son’s Hall. The piece also covers a bill to raise Supreme Court judges’ salaries and Senator Scofield’s praise for the court and concern over federal influence, arguing higher pay could reinforce state service.
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Son’s Hall
Jostan Hate
T. T. Wilson
E Cowan
Giddings
State of Georgia
Black
Georgia
Dayson
Lousiana
Mr. Causine
Maryland
Kenneth Rayner
North Carolina
Charles Hudson
Massachusetts
Solomon Foot
Vermont
Senate
Causine
Rayner
Hudson
Foot
Dawson
House of Representatives
Benton
Woman's Property Rights Lecture Highlights Reform
Judge Galbraith spoke on Woman's Rights and wrongs focusing on property rights and the urge to abolish old laws barring widows from inherited property. He noted higher wages and suffrage as topics for future discussion and touched on treatment of women in England and the U.S. The write‑up also mentions railroad improvements, a jail escape incident, and local commerce updates.
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Galbraith
William the Conqueror
England
Court Week Yields Mixed Guilty Not Guilty Verdicts
Court docket shows several cases with mixed outcomes. Wallace Jaquins found not guilty of larceny. Timothy Wright awarded 18.45 in default damages. McKendry Whitney Appleby and Ness convicted of assault and battery with fines and costs. Henry Newkirk charged with fraud and assault and battery pleads not guilty. Hugh McQuay to pay costs. Thomas Clements acquitted of larceny.
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Commonwealth
Wallace Jaquins
H. Deming
Timothy Wright
McKendry Whitney
Albert Appleby
Wm. Ness
Henry Newkirk
Hugh McQuay
Thomas Clements
Sickle's Trial Delayed. Weather Signals Spring Arrives
The Washington dispatch dated March 7 reports Mr. Sickles's trial not starting as soon as expected. The jail docket may take a week longer with small offenses first. The court notes absence of counsel today. Friday morning is springlike with bright sun and balmy air. March is said to come in like a lamb and go out like a lion.
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Sickle
Washington
Sickles
Nat Eddy to Take Lia mond House Here
Nat Eddy formerly of the Carver House is expected to move to the Lia mond House soon to rejoin old friends who will welcome him back.
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Nat. Eddy
Carver
Liamond
Literary and Benevolent Society Meeting Notes
The Literary and Benevolent Society meets at Rev B Willoughbys residence on Thursday March 17 1859 at 74 oclock PM with general attendance requested. Judge Hall will lecture next Monday on Rafting noting the river is at a rafting stage and rafts are drifting from the Creek amid rain. The Sociable will meet at S V Daviss residence this Friday evening. Thanks expressed to Hon R E Fenton and to Messrs Scofield and Rouse from Harrisburg for favors from Washington.
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Literary and Benevolent Society
B. (. Willoughby
Hall
Bussines
Sociable
S. V. Davis
R. E. Fenton
Washington
Messrs. Scofield and
Rouse
Harrisburg
Health News from African Squadron and Mexican Slave Laws
Advices from the African Squadron up to Jan 14 report officers and men in good health. The Dale reached Porto Praya short of provisions after a south coast cruise. Santa Fe brings Mexico's stringent slave property laws and emancipation ban. Postmaster General Brown suffers pneumonia but shows improvement. Lord Lyon expected to land at Annapolis amid talks of a landing. Mr. Smith O'Brien visits Congress and is warmly welcomed by members.
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Wasumetoy
Porto Praya
Santa Fe
Mexico
Lord Lyon
Lord Napier
Anapolis
Smith O’brien
Congress
Wasuixoton
Brown
Lynch Law in Missouri Foreshadowed by Mob at Platte City
Advices from Platte City Mo report Dr Day and his son confined on a charge of running off enslaved people were taken from jail by a mob of about 400 men on Saturday night and hanged. Citizens believed the court would acquit due to lack of jurisdiction. St Joseph papers show no such hanging in reports dated late in the month, suggesting the tale is a hoax.
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Charles Williams
Struthers
Youngsville
York State
Turner
Jamestown
St. Louis
Platte City
U.S. Senate
Wilson
Massachusetts
Rice
The
Pennsylvanian
Rise
United States
Cameron
Virginia
Mr. Rice
Mr. Mason
Mason
Bigler
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Arkansas
Import and export totals at New York port rise in seven months
Custom-house tables show imports at New York port for seven months to January 31 and two weeks in February totaling 122 million 356 thousand 319 dollars, up 8.16 million from the prior period. Exports clearances for the same span totaled 34 million 306 thousand 712 dollars, down 7.3 million from last year, while specie exports reached 16 million 915 thousand 515 dollars, down 12.7 million.
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New York
Retirement of Joshua R. Giddings from Congress
The New York Tribune notes the expected retirement of Joshua R. Giddings after twenty years in the House. It recalls his early battles over the Right of Petition, Texas annexation, and anti slavery actions including the Creole case. The piece contrasts Giddings with contemporaries and reflects on shifts in the House as a new generation emerges.
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The
New York Tribune
Joshua R. Giddings
Congress
Wasuiner
House of Representatives
Giddings
Stephens
Quitman
Campbell
Orr
Cliogman
Harris
Letcher
Ohio
Republican Standard
Clifford
Evans
Maine
Adams
Cushing
Lawrence
Massachusetts
A. G. Brown
Thompson
Mississippi
Tom Corwin
Mr. Hopkins
House
Messrs. Hunter
Bell
Senate
Supreme
Messrs
A. V. Brown
Jacob Thompson
Crittenden
Buchanan
Gidding
Robert M.T. Hunter
Botts
Goggin
Wise
Hunter
Virginia
Oregon
Bermuda
New Orleans
United States
John B. Weller
White
Kentucky
North
John Minor Botts
Glalileo
Kansas
Congressional Proceedings and Old Hall Reflections
A reminiscence on Giddings in the House of Representatives. The piece recalls notable moments and speakers in the Old Hall, including Adams, Webster, and McDuffie, then switches to a Lake Shore train tragedy of a newborn found on the track near the depot and the mysterious mother. It continues with army strength, a Post Office funding debate, and Cuba annexation arguments tied to slavery.
Adjournment of Congress and Postage Increase Debate
Currisburgh Telegraph reports the 35th Congress ends with adjournment and opposes a new postage rate hike. The piece criticizes the Post Office Department for extravagance, cites alleged abuses by the Postmaster General, and urges the House to defeat higher stamp prices while noting regional funding disparities.
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Congress
United States
Senate of the
Currisburgh
Battles of the Revolution and railroad notes in Norfolk Herald
A Norfolk Herald piece lists Revolutionary War battle losses with British and American figures for battles from Lexington to Yorktown, then reports on the Sunbury and Erie Railroad progress toward Warren with private operation and iron and locomotives arriving. includes a remark on a giant Alligator Gar exhibit and assorted stray thoughts from a Senate gallery.
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Norfolk Herald
Erie Hepresa
Sunbury & Erie
Warren
Apple
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D.endan
Waynen County
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Warren Borough
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Kinzua
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Pine Grove
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Stranahan & Randall
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