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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1852
Page
2
The Warren Mail reports in brief notices and local updates from Warren, dated May 27, 1852. Filled with typical 19th century small town items including community news, advertisements, and public notices of interest to residents.
The article lists Democratic senators whose terms end at the upcoming election, naming Thomas S. Fernon Philadelphia county Charles Frailey Schuylkill county Henry Fulton York County John W Guernsey Tioga Potter M Kean Elk Clearfield Jefferson J Y Jones Montgomery Henry A Muhlemberg Berks Wm F Packer Centre Lycoming Sullivan Clinton Conrad Shimer Northampton Lehigh Wales Wm Haslett Butler Beaver Lawrence Benjamin Malone Bucks John H Walker Erie Crawford.
Kossuth passed through Buffalo last Saturday en route to the Falls where he plans a brief health rest. He is expected to visit Thursday with a civic reception by residents and a notable military display anticipated.
The London papers report a new submarine telegraph project linking London Liverpool and Manchester with continental capitals. An agency will operate in Boston and New York to collect public and private messages for transmission by steam packets. Two companies will be formed with influential leadership. additional cables will run France England and Dover Ostend. An electric line from London to Dover is planned while existing lines serve the opposite side. The Times praises the telegraphic system highlighting vast political and commercial importance and US progress with over 22,000 miles of telegraph in operation easing commerce and daily life.
The Newark Advertiser muses that spelling telegram as tellie gram would not be out of place in sound or meaning, suggesting a playful nod to pronunciation and newspaper language.
A brief social note suggests couples in love often settle worries after emotional moments. It frames love as a process where feelings lead to clearer thinking and mutual understanding over time.
The Pennsylvania Whigs issue a statement through the State Central Committee urging fellow Whigs to support Winfield Scott for president. They defend constitutional fidelity, national unity, and pride in Scott while acknowledging Mills Fillmore and Daniel Webster as esteemed but not chosen. The letter, signed by Chairman David Taggart and Secretary Cuarnves Thomson Johns, emphasizes Pennsylvania as the electoral battleground and calls for resolved, united effort.
A reflection on inner virtue, fidelity, and temper outlasting beauty. Peace is described as the soul’s evening star while virtue remains its guiding sun, with both never distant from each other.
Kossuth's mused remarks at the Bunker Hill monument urge Massachusetts to lead in shaping world fate. He cites the Battle of Bunker Hill and Pilgrim Fathers, calling for enduring principles over mere success as a basis of future history. The speech pleads for liberty, national destiny, and ongoing devotion to Washington and Warren.
Doctor Franklin arrives in Paris as a U S plenipotentiary during the Revolution. The king’s wigmaker protests a head too large for his wig, insisting French heads are smaller, prompting Franklin’s gentle quip that God made his head. The wigmaker bows away, muttering that Franklin’s head may be too big for all of France.
Mr Abbott Lawrence the American Minister to England attends Easter Monday entertainments hosted by the Lord Mayor of London. He thanks the Lord Mayor and the city for hospitality and eloquently expresses the diplomatic bonds and shared prosperity between nations including Great Britain and the city of London.
A 13 year old boy killed a younger classmate in a field at Outwell using a gun. He then helped hide the body with another boy who aided in disposal and burning of the cap with brains. Police detained both boys as details emerged of the horrific act.
A village parish clerk argues with a grammarian over the English articles a an and the. He insists that a singular article cannot precede plural nouns and cites church practice as confirming his point, challenging the expert’s rule. The exchange highlights language rules versus common usage in a village setting.
A historical text mocks dyeing advice with absurd recipes for colors like blue and black. It mentions mixing liquors and egg nog, applying to offices, digging holes, and punching a child as parodied methods. The piece notes color demonstrations linked to bonnet factories and color choices.
G Major John Barnes a Revolutionary soldier died at Whitfield New Hampshire on the sixth age ninety seven. He felled the first tree and built the first house on the ground where Whitefield now stands. The Joliet Sentinel notes California bound over 1700 teams passing through the area in three weeks from Michigan and northern Indiana. A fine full grown beaver was captured at Black Rock Harbor near Buffalo and John Keer Esquire has accepted the Whig nomination for Governor of North Carolina.
Two steamers bring updates from Europe with no dramatic events. In Parliament Jewry rights progress with Lord Derby’s stance softening. International postage debates surface and the American minister’s role is sought. France’s government counts as reasonable. oath refusals rise. Rome remains under French army. Baden dukedom succession renounced. Germany faces potato famine. California quartz yields rich ore. Indian hostilities persist with casualties.
The general committee of the friends of General Scorr plans a public meeting in New York City to press his claim to the Presidential nomination. The date is not set but may be near July 1.
The Louisville Journal notes Rhett resigns his U S Senate seat and says the move is unimportant with little public interest likely in who may succeed him or what impact he may have.
Three vain youths mock a grave elder on the road to Oxford. They greet him as biblical fathers but he retorts that he is Saul, son of Kish, claiming to have found the sons and their father’s missing asses in a clever wordplay.
A medical friend recalls Lord Eldon asking how many sons he had. The reply: one sharp and quick, one slow and steady. The Lord jokes about making the clever one a doctor and the plodding one a lawyer.
Thomas H Banron states his nomination by the Democratic Convention at Cape Girardeau Missouri was unauthorized and he is not a candidate for Congress yet He refuses a caucus or convention nomination and will address the public at Jackson on the 15th while planning to run on his own responsibility Also Cincinnati courts granted thirteen divorces in one day last week
The Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans closed oral argument on the 7th met with Mike Taylor acting as State counsel and the case was submitted to the court for decision.
Two local marriages recorded by P Mead Esq. in Pennsylvania. N C Smith wed Miss Badger of Pine Grove on the 18th in Youngsville. Hiram Wood wed Jane Prescott of Irvine on the 20th in Irvine.
In Carroll New York on the morning of the 15th after an eight month illness died Charlotte Elizabeth Cowan eight years eight months daughter of Samuel and Edna Cowan.
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