Election results show shifting party control across states
The Albany Journal reports multiparty outcomes with Know Nothings securing key statewide posts in New York while Republicans control the Senate and Democrats lead the Assembly. Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Wisconsin show varied gains for Americans, Democrats, and Whigs with mixed legislative majorities and notable governors elected.
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New York
Albany Journal
Senate
Assembly
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Land Office
Canal Fund
Canal Board
Capitol
State Hall
Massachusetts
Gardner
Rockwell
Wally
Beach
New Jersey
House
Maryland
Mississippi
Louisana
Wickliffe
Wisconsin
Barstow
U. S
Four great rail lines link Atlantic cities with Mississippi valley
The New York Central New York and Erie Pennsylvania Central and Baltimore and Ohio railroads form a vast network with extensive interconnections. The fleets show varied dividend results with the New York Central paying eight percent while the New York and Erie and Baltimore and Ohio pay no dividend. Railway totals and costs are cited for each line along with miles and debt figures. A separate note covers a Pacific Railroad excursion train disaster near Gasconade River where a bridge failed sending eight cars into the river amid a dramatic storm and grim casualties.
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New York Post
Atlantic Cities
Valley of the Mississippi
New York Central
New York and Erie
Pennsylvania Central
Baltimore and Ohio
New York and
Erie
Pennsylvania
Ashe Savieth
Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Gasconade River
St. Louis Republican
Warren County Bank elects new directors
The annual election on the 19th instant chose J. Y. James Rufus P. King Oren Hook Thomas Clemons Myron Waters Lewis Arnett Benjamin Nesmith W. F. Kingsbury James Foreman Robert Allen R. K. Russell of Warren County John Bell and A. H. Bean of New York as bank directors.
Education drive urged to boost teacher salaries
County Superintendent notice is highlighted as Spencer tours the county seeking support from parents and teachers. The piece argues for raising the Common School salary from 300 to 500 annually soon, stating the office would aid education if backed by the community.
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Spencer
Pleasant-To Open Your Wife's Jewel Box In A Bad Box
The Meadville Journal notes that temptation to snoop into a spouse’s keepsakes can lead a man into trouble. The piece cautions against prying into belongings that do not belong to you and warns of consequences.
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Meadville Journal
Portrait and Landscape Painter Opens Local Studio
Mr D C Bell, a portrait and landscape painter, has set up briefly in this place and made art imitate nature with lifelike quality. Those wishing to have their faces captured in a frame should seize this chance to see his work and obtain a picture. See card.
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D.C. Bell
Six births reported in Pittsfield village weekly tally
The Pittsfield community of about twelve families recorded six births last week sparking local interest. The note ends with a quip about Barnum’s upcoming baby show reference.
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Pittsfield
Barnum
Remarkable Election Coincidence in California Senate Race
J W Coffreth once tied to Philadelphia Democratic press wins a California Senate seat as a Know Nothing. A Benicia 1853 remark predicting desertion is tied to a riding accident that severely injured his right arm, foreshadowing amputation. The coincidence fuels intrigue around his political shift.
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J. W. Coffreth
Democratic Press of
Philadelphia
Senate
California
Know Nothings
Benica
Democratic Party
Hog market dull with unsettled prices in Louisville
The Louisville Courier reports a sluggish hog market with backward offers and unsettled prices. Hogs are offered for six cents nett for December delivery.
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Louisville Courier
New Plan for Lumber Sawing Promises Large Benefits
A Warren reader reports an innovation by E. H. Stearns of Cincinnati using double acting eccentric head and foot blocks to cut logs. The device allows two ends to be set simultaneously, self adjusts thickness, and yields precise uniform boards with no stump. J P Mather endorses the invention.
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Warren Mail
Columesus
Coway
E. H. Stearns
Cincinnati
J.P. Mather
Four Hundred Missouri Ruffians Turned Back At Lawrence
A Kansas City correspondent reports that 400 armed men from Missouri came to Lawrence on the day of the free state election to destroy The Tribune and The Herald of Freedom. A Lawrence pro slavery man warned them Free State defenders were ready with Sharpe rifles. After a war council they retreated, cowed, and failed to damage the town.
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Tne Borper Burrinys Cowep
Kansas
Missouri
Lawrence
Tribune
Herald of Freedom
Horrific Descriptions of Sebastopol Ruin and Casualties
A writer portrays Sebastopol as a ruined hellscape after bombardments. Streets are choked with dead bodies and rubble while shells scar the town. The scene includes rotting remains and heaps of severed limbs, signaling the brutal cost of war.
Gough Praised as Britain’s Most Remarkable Orator
Edinburg journal lauds John B. Gough noting 460 meetings in Britain over two years and about 800000 listeners. He spoke 72 times in London, 40 plus at Exeter Hall, covered 19837 miles by rail and coach, wrote 3500 letters, and slept in over 300 different beds, a feat of fatigue described as Herculean.
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John B. Gough
Edinburg
Great Britain
London
Exeter Hall
Hercules
Queen Caroline Consults Walpole On Park Enclosure Cost
Queen Caroline asked Sir Robert Walpole about enclosing St James's Park to bar public access. Walpole replied it would cost only a crown, a reply that soured their relationship for years.
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Caroline
Robert Walpole
St James’s Park
Walpole
US denies tender of sympathy to Allies amid armament dispatch
From Wasurineorton November 16 the State department confirms via the Pacific that Mr. Buchanan did not tender US sympathy to the Allies. The Administration expects no rupture with England. Charles OConor is in Washington pursuing the Gen Armstrong case in the court of Claims. Navy secrecy withheld instructions to Commodore Paulding until the Pacific arrives. An English squadron dispatch to the West Indies has no Central American implication, and only one home squadron vessel, the Potomac, sails with Paulding overseeing US interests.
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Wasurineorton
State Department
Pacific
Buchanan
United States
England
Charles O’conor
Gen. Armstrong
Court of Claims
Associated Press
Secretary of the Navy
Paulding
West India Station
Nicaragua
Potomac
Commodore Paulding
Know Nothing State Council Adopts Delegation Plan
At Worcester the Know-Nothing State Council with 185 present read and accepted the resignations of President John W. Foster and Lieut-Gov Brown. It decided to elect Massachusetts delegates to the Cincinnati convention amid fusion concerns. Henry Gardner urged delegation. Benchly elected president. Cary vice president. Masenger treasurer. Fusion defectors’ seats declared vacant.
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Boston
Know-Nothing State Council
Worcester
James E. Farwell
John W. Foster
State Council
Brown
Cincinnatti
Massachusetts
Gov. Gardner
Philadelphia
E. C. Baker
Mark Trafton
Henry J. Gardner
Henry W. Benchly
A. C. Cary
Ipswich
George W. Masenger
Know-Nothing Council
Seizure notices of multiple Warren County properties in Pa
All right and title of Charles R Brown and Ziba A Gorman and John J Badger of in and to described Warren County land parcels seized in execution. Brown: eleven and a half acres with house barn orchard and well in Spring Creek. Gorman: ninety six acres in Deerfield with five cultivated acres, a small frame house and stable. Badger: two hundred sixty acres in Deerfield with two houses two stables a saw mill shingle machinery and timbered land including many fruit trees. Suits held by Pratt & Co Eno Mahoney & Co Emerson Rhodes and others.
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Sherifyf
Court of Common Pleas
County of
Warren
David Allen
John Abbott
Thomas K. Abbott
George Abbott
Nathan Abbott
Guy C. Irvine
Robert Falconer
Charles Fisher
Rufus Weatherby
Charles R. Brown
Spring Creek
Warren County
Wm. McLay
Waterford
Gillet
Samuel F. Pratt
Parcel P. Pratt
Edward P. Beals
Pratt & Co
Ziba A. Gorman
Deerfield Township
John Tallman
Michael C. Gorman
John Gorman
Michael Magraw
Amos R. Eno
John H. Mahoney
Jonathan Roberts
George Wilkinson
Emerson Rhodes
Eno, Mahoney & Co
John J. Badger
David Beaty
F. Delong
H. H. Valentine
Mullen
Venango
Beaty
R. E. Montgomery
Nathan Loveless
R. C. Scott
Allegheny River
Badgers
G. B. Scott
R. E. Scott
A. H. Ludlow
E. G. Owens
Oliver Carpenter
South West Township
Penn
Wm. J. MaGee
B. M. MaGee
Wm. Duncan
J. S. Cheny
Grandin and Green
Spring Creek Township
Towit
Concord
Artemus Eaton
McKay
Samuel Hutchins
Lewis H. Merritt
Deerfield
Warren Co
Joseph Green
Wm. S. Cahill
Samuel Culbertson
C. Roupe
John Kincaide
Anso
Walter Welden
Eldred
James Welden
Oil Creek
Leach
Willoughby
aAlso
William Gifford
John McCormack
Philip Fitzpatrick
Levi Sutton
Sylvester S. Clark
Wm. H. Deming
McLay
Townson, Clark & Co
Uriah W. Lord
Property seizures in Warren County Pa including Merritt Brown Welden and Deming Brown estates
Legal notices describe multiple real estate seizures in Warren County Pa. including Lewis H Merritt 130 acres in Deerfield and Charles R Brown 11.5 acres in Spring Creek with houses, barns and fruit trees. Also Walter Welden 25 acres in Eldred and 100 acres in Deerfield and Wm H Deming and Charles R Brown 53 acres in Spring Creek, all tied to various suits.
Diplomatic relations calm despite Central American debate
The Union reports dispatches from the Pacific confirming no urgent worries about US British ties. It notes the Central American issue remains a negotiation matter with serious differences. It denies Buchanan sympathy for Britain and attributes British fleet moves to a consul error regarding the bark Mary.
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Washington
Union
Pacific
Great Britain
United States
West India Station
Mary
London Times
Buchanan
Democratic State Convention Names Wells for Governor
The Democratic State convention met today in Concord. Honorable James S. Wells of Exeter was nominated for governor. Harry Hibbard was chosen president. Resolutions repudiating Know-Nothingism and the Maine Law. endorsing popular sovereignty and Franklin Pierce for the presidency were adopted with unanimity. Nearly every town in the state was represented.
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Concorp
N.H. Noy
Harry Hibbard
James S. Wells
Exeter
Maine
Franklin Pierce
Reeder's Kansas mission to Easton and Congress
Gov Reeder travels to Easton to present as Delegate of Kansas settlers. He carries documents asserting election fraud and Missouri interference. A Topeka constitutional convention proceeds, aiming to submit a frame for people’s approval and present to Congress.
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Reeder
Easton Pa
Easton
Congress
Kansas
Whitfield
Missouri
Free State
House
State of
Topeka
Gov. Reeder
Reeder to Contest Whitfield Seat in Congress
Ex Gov Reeder informs Hon J W Whitfield of intent to contest his Kansas seat in Congress. Depositions to prove invalidity of the law and votes will be taken at multiple Kansas locations from Nov 5 to 26 before a judge or justice, Whitfield urged to attend for cross examination. Whitfield replies, declining to recognize Reeder's right to contest and attacks him personally.
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Reever Np Warrrretp
St. Louis Republican
Kansas
Reeder
J. W. Whitfield
Whitfield
Land parcel in Conewango Warren County Pennsylvania
Writ of Levari Facias describes a 125 acre parcel in Conewango Township Warren County Pennsylvania. Bounded by Conowango Creek and J F Davis land with measurements along cardinal lines and perches. Previously conveyed to Samuel C Brasington by Robert Falconer and Archibald Tanner in 1841.
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Conewango
Warren
Pennsylvania
J. F. Davis
Davis
Samuel C. Brasington
Robert Falconer
Archibald Tanner
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