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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1857
Page
2
The sale of Pennsylvania Public Works Main Line has become law and advertisement is set for June 25. Proceeds will reduce state debt, with critics charging the measure follows decades of taxation and corruption. Debates target the Democratic leaders who passed the bill and face political backlash.
The Sunbury and Erie bill failed in the Senate with 11 for and 21 against as opponents warned of private speculation by contractors. Supporters hoped for a Main Line project but faced remonstrances statewide. Directors report funds to extend from Erie to the Coalfields in McKean and progress continues east of Warren.
A critical summary of the New York Day Book's pro slavery stance and its implications for democracy and civilization. The piece argues the Day Book defends slavery as essential to democracy and warns that abolishing the slave trade would raise prices, burden laborers, and threaten national institutions. It suggests the moral argument makes civilization itself at stake.
The article lists apportionment of Senate and Representative districts across multiple counties and notes the return of G W Scofield Esq Senator from Warren Venango and Mercer counties. It praises Scofield for his first year in the Senate, citing a favorable official Record of the Legislature and detailing a disputed Sunbury and Erie bill. It includes editorial banter about local newspaper truth and mutual apologies between papers.
The legislature adjourned on the 22nd after a lengthy 187 day session in which nearly 900 bills were considered, 837 passed and signed by the governor. Local measures predominated though some major acts like Apportionment and Main Line bills stood out. A ten day spree for Old Buck delayed proceedings and a juvenile school excuse humor column followed. The report also notes railroad progress, new goods from D M Williams, travel lines, a farm for sale, and deaths of U S Senators Bell and Butler.
Governor Pollock signs the act declaring Tionesta Creek a public highway. Trout in the stream become trespasses and may be lawfully appropriated by any person who can hook them. Weather turns warm with recent April showers and early spring vegetation.
Boston Traveller correspondent reports from Lawrence April 26 on Mr Stanton pro tempore Gov ernor’s visit. A public supper drew crowds as he urged Kansas to obey territorial laws, prompting Free State shouts and threats of conflict. Supporters urged freedom while critics pressed for law enforcement.
The bill to sell the Main Line was signed and a public sale set for June 25 in Philadelphia. Proceeds go to the State’s sinking fund to pay debt. If Pennsylvania Railroad buys, price is 9 million with 100k deposit and bonds paid semiannually. The legislature has cut half a mill in taxes and may further reduce. The Democratic legislature is attacked by opponents for corruption and unreliability.
Bayard Tayler recalls a man seated on the pavement who uses a bent, slender forefinger to swiftly sketch a lotus flower, a white bird, and a dog on a porcelain tile with blue indigo. The producer repeatedly layers color, producing precise, rapid drawings.
Republicans won two of three council seats, the treasurer and the marshal in St Paul municipal vote with 1922 total ballots. The mayoral nominee also appeared on both tickets as a winner. Locofocos trailed with 785 votes leading to a GOP sweep. Fort Wayne also elected Republican officers Tuesday by a substantial majority.
In Danville Pennsylvania on May 12 1850 a wife Mrs Catherine Ann Clark dies under suspicious circumstances after her husband William Clark a peddler bought poisons previously to kill rats. A coroner's jury and post mortem by three physicians are underway with results pending. Another related case involves the death of Mr Twiggs and the arrest of his wife. The public awaits stomach analysis findings.
The article charges Kansas pro slavery officials with fraudulent census returns to boost their ranks claiming about 10 000 registered voters three Pro-Slavery majority of 2 000 and noting at least 5 000 Free State men are omitted due to political opinions in the lists.
The New York Migration Society met on Thursday and unanimously elected Eli Thayer of Massachusetts as president. The Evening Post notes stock was subscribed in one hour, with two thousand dollars taken by Virginia residents. The plan is to buy reclaim and settle worn lands in Virginia Kentucky and other slave states to avert bankruptcy.
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