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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1858
Page
2
The Warren Mail reviews Senator Hammond’s liberal speech on slavery and Union. contrasts Southern repudiation with Northern openness. It cites Virginia and Seward positions, Douglas platform items, and Illinois political shifts signaling Republican gains and a looming 1860 contest.
The proposal sets seven points: British minister access to court and English language documentation. official English-language document with Chinese translations. an English college in Pekin. open Chinese trade with passport freedom. Yangtze commerce from mouth to source. tolerance of Christianity. indemnity for Canton losses with tariff and customs reforms and piracy suppression, plus a special Chinese embassy to England.
The Richmond South joins the Washington States under editor Mr. Pryor who led the South and backed Senator Hunter for the upcoming Presidential nomination. The States supports Douglas and the merger is seen as ominous.
J B Wanner receives nomination from the Democracy of Berks County amid factional tensions. Jones clique allies express dissatisfaction while resolutions from the former Convention are reaffirmed and opposition candidate Gen Keim gains independent Democratic support from tariff reformers and other opponents.
St. Joseph Journal reports a Utah matter with Brigham Young Jr and Joe Young in Gilbert Ganesh store. An exchange of revolvers occurred as Gilbert restrained them, a crowd gathered, and both youths were arrested. The letter notes Mormon quiet but occasional provocation in the Holy Valley.
The Overland Mail at St Louis reports five passengers arriving. a camel stampede near El Cajon during a October storm left six camels missing. Telegraph notes: emigration from Iowa Missouri Arkansas Texas. Victoria gold shipments and new diggings. Wells Fargo gold totals. Ganges arrived at Esquimalt. Col Wright's column returning to Walla Walla. burials at Walla Walla. Michel captured at Fort Simcoe. Yadma killed. Fraser River navigation opened for trade with British Columbia.
The piece argues Illinois remains a Republican stronghold after recent losses. It cites Douglas’s impact, pledges loyal supporters, and predicts future triumphs as Republican principles gain popularity. It notes party veterans and regulars ready to fight for Republican causes in coming campaigns.
The passage notes a revival push in South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Col J N Davis argued the slave trade should be legalized again, asserting slavery is constitutional and biblically sanctioned. The piece cautions the movement is unlikely to succeed amid national sentiment.
Warren readers are invited to a Monday evening lecture series in Johnson's Hall by S P Johnson on True Manhood for young men, with declamation, music, and juvenile songsters. Proceeds fund Union School apparatus. Admission ten cents.
A terse list shows wheat and corn categories followed by shelled corn on the cob oats barley buckwheat and both sweet potatoes and standard potatoes. The items resemble an agricultural market or catalog entry with minimal context.
A mob from Campbellsville seized and hanged two prisoners named Thompson and Despall during a Greensburg jail break on November 12. They were linked to the Henry Simpson murder from eight months earlier. Elias Stagg died by suicide in prison to escape the lynchers. Hunter confessed the murder and implicated six others. the mob seeks them.
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