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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1857
Page
2
The Warren Mail endorses David Wilmot as the top Republican candidate for Governor, citing honesty, capability, and true Free Soil principles. It warns against wire pulling and urges party unity, arguing Wilmot best stands against Southern sectionalism and ruffian misrule.
The article critiques President Buchanan's cabinet selections and policy stance. It lists the confirmed cabinet and attacks popular sovereignty as misrepresented while noting ongoing illness among local figures and rumors of deaths. It also notes new books by E D E N Southworth and Emerson Bennett.
The passage summarizes the Supreme Court ruling on Dred Scott with sharp criticism. It notes the decision denying citizenship rights to Black people, upholding slavery in free territories, and blocking Congress power to prohibit slavery in the territories. It also contrasts dissenters like Justice Nelson and hints at political consequences before the election.
The Lancaster Express reports a mysterious illness near the time of Buchanan’s Washington trip. Humes Porter, returning with Buchanan, fell ill. rumors say arsenic was scattered in the National House water, poisoning guests who drank from a tank supplying hotel water. Buchanan then hurried to Wheatland, arriving in a weakened state.
The Allegheny neighbor reports a large black shaggy dog brought from icy regions by Dr. Kane. James McArthur timber dealer in Orame' now owns the dog named Eskismo Esquiman. The dog delights in snow drifts, removing his muzzle to play in the forest and in town, though muzzled to spare livestock.
A Kansas citizen reports a strong push to claim Shawnee lands as a path to a slave state. Emigrants from Parkville Weston and Platte City head east to Shawnee to secure claims and vote under a March voter registry and a June election. Governor Geary fears the plan aims to form a state constitution.
Missouri lawmakers adjourned after passing a constitutional amendment capping state debt at 30 million dollars. A Westport letter notes residents vow to resist disruptions and extend hospitality to immigrants while enforcing Kansas and Missouri laws. Santa Fe mail report mentions a difficult journey due to floods, and word that Indian Agent Dodge may have been killed by Apache forces. Port Bent reports quiet as of March 6 with Chas. O Conor declining offer to serve as U S Attorney General.
A group of young men who disrupted a Chester county wedding with a noisy calithumpian band were tried for riot. They were convicted, fined $25 plus costs, and given a stern admonition from Judge Haines.
A handsome young Yankee peddler wooed a Pennsylvania widow. He cited two impediments to marriage, first lack of funds to start a store. After she sent a check he opened a shop, then confessed the second impediment: he had taken another wife.
In a Kentucky Chronicle report from a church near Clarksville Tennessee, a snake was found wriggling from a lady’s petticoat and coiled on the floor as worshippers prepared to kneel. A gentleman seized the creature and displayed a whalebone hoop used as its cover, a claim the Chronicle says is true.
At the end of his Chicago lecture on Tuesday evening John B. Gough received a casket of gold coins and a rich vase valued at 500 dollars. Rev Curtis presented the testimonial on behalf of two hundred ladies of the city.
2 Mr. Beall of Kentucky sues the Cincinnati Enquirer for libel alleging the paper charged he enticed a free Negro from Cincinnati to Kentucky and offered him for sale to a Negro trader, claiming damages.
James Buchanan delivers a lengthy inaugural speech on March 4 promising to faithfully execute the presidency. He emphasizes preserving the Constitution, aims to restore harmony among states, supports popular sovereignty on slavery in territories, and argues for strict construction of federal powers while defending national unity and peace.
The Hoe company展示 two five story ten cylinder presses at Sheriff and Broom streets. The giant machines, described as vastly superior to ordinary presses, operate with speeds exceeding twenty thousand copies per hour. They will be installed in the Herald building this week for public viewing and use.
A Louisville case reports a young man suing a belle for the value of wedding gifts after she fell ill on the eve of marriage and became a mother by sunrise. He claims deception tied to hoop fashions as the basis for recovering expenditures.
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