Election Returns Show Mixed Local Leads and State Loss
The paper reports delayed results with Gov. Johnston likely defeated in the state by 7 000 to 8 000. In Warren County Whigs gain locally with Galbraith leading Babbitt by about 300, Wetmore ahead of Arnett, and two associate judges likely elected. Erie indicates Babbitt defeated, and overall state outcome remains uncertain.
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Tanner
Mercer
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M'Granahan
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Arnett
Alexander
Judson
McPherson
Register & Recorder
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Den
Hook
Dem
Galbraith
Babbitt
Erie
Crawford
Warren County
Sugar Grove
Pittsburgh and Rochester Railroad Prospects and Local Interest
Rochester citizens express enthusiasm and form a committee to back a Pittsburgh and Rochester Railroad linking with Canada New York and Ohio. The plan would boost lumber mineral access and regional trade, with Rochester voting to subscribe to $500,000 and Pittsburgh showing strong support. The project pricing and route choices shape future local commitment as debate continues.
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Rochester
N. Y
Pittsburgh
Canada
New York
N. Y. & Erie Railroad
Allegheny Valley
Ohio
Virginia
Union
The
Allegheny
Genesee
Mississippi Valley
Olean
State Line
Cincinnati
Sunbury
Erie
Clarion
Autumn Musings and Local Notices Spark Benign Reflections
The column paints autumn as a fading symbol of time and mortality urging readers to “set thy house in order.” It notes Warren Fouxpay's establishment, Kingsbury’s wood and iron work, the Warren Dime Society meeting, and local shop activity, with remarks on politics and railroad publicity efforts.
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Warren Fouxpay
Kingsbury
Naronnos
Napoleon
Belgium
Paris
Ile
Maryland Whigs Elect Four of Six to Congress
Maryland Whigs sweep four of six congressional seats. R I Bowie in the First District W T Hamilton in the Second District Edward Hammond in the Third District Thomas Y Walsh in the Fourth District Alexander Evans in the Fifth District D M Henry in the Sixth District The victory marks a Whig gain of one seat and solidifies Maryland’s support for the Whig presidential candidate if the contest goes to the House. American.
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Marylwanp
Maryland
Congress
R. I. Bowie
W. ‘It’. Hamilton
Locofuco
Edward Hammond
Loco
Thomas Y. Walsh
Alexander Evans
D. M. Henry
House of Representatives
Metternich to Write Fifty Year Austrian History
Vienna journals report Prince Metternich is composing a history of Austria covering the last fifty years. The work is not to be published for sixty years after his death. George M. Baker plans stage productions in London of Calaynos Anna Boleyn and The Betrothal, not in grand style.
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Vienna
Prince Metternich
Austria
George It. Baker
Calaynos
Anna Boleyn
London
Letter from General Scott replies to Whig presidential queries
A letter from General Winfield Scott dated March 26 1851 defends his public life and letters on political questions sent by a Pennsylvanian editor and eight state senators. Scott notes the impracticality of answering endless queries and asserts his unwillingness to publish private public views. The piece also includes a legislative note on partnerships requiring filing of partnership names and changes. A separate Virginia Grayson county report describes a violent clash between runaway enslaved people and white residents, with multiple injuries and two captives to be tried for insurrection and murder.
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Grayson County
Wytheville Repubblican
Samuel Bartlett
Alfred Bartlett
Wilcox
Bartlett
John Clements
Wm. B. Hale
Grayson
Bolivia
Williams
Valparaiso
Panama
Hugh Gruning
Henry Wyman
Chili
Senor Don Montt
General Cruz
City of
Conception
Talcahuano
Senate
Sudian
Philadelphia
Dolores Robles
New York
el Commercio
Copiapo
Caldera
Prav
Echenique
Republic
Prw
Honest men and reform in politics evoke sweeping change
A short reflective note contrasts progress from experimental industrial tweaks with a warning that honesty in Locofoco politics could finish the world. The piece critiques graft and highlights moral pressure on public figures.
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Locofoco
New Albany Fire Engine With Long Water Stream
The Scientific American notes a new Albany New York fire engine that throws water 150 feet with eight men. It features a whistle on top of the air barrel that can be heard for a mile to guide firefighters to their engines at fires.
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Scientific American
Albany
N. Y
British plan to seize Banaco islands sparks provisional government
Later from Honduras reports the British determined to seize Banaco and nearby coast islands and formed a plan to establish a provisional government. The American schooner G B Walton wrecked on Key Croker.
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N. O
Nonduras
Banaco
G. B. Walton
Key Croker
Temperance Lecture Tour Reaches Canada West
The noted orator John B. Gough has delivered energetic talks in Canada West drawing crowds. In Brookville the temperance men provided a tent to accommodate about 3,900 people for the gathering.
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John B. Gough
Canada West
Brookville
Sentence of the Prisoners in the Railroad Case
The Detroit Daily Advertiser reports sentencing for the Railroad Company case. Judges Wing sentences Orlando D. Williams to ten years, Ammi Filley ten years, and others from six to eight and a half years. Various defendants protest innocence as the court discusses guilt levels and references the witnesses and testimony.
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Detroit Daily Advertiser
Railroad Company
Winsoner
Wing
Orlando D. Williams
O. D. Williams
Ammi
A Nation of Stopkeepers
An Anglo-manacle commentary accuses England of buying America. The piece claims in the past week America has been purchased by an Englishman for £7,100, provoking outrage at perceived Anglo influence and betrayal of Washington’s spirit.
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England
America
Washington
The Pick or tran Exurmorriox
The text laments Hobbs defeating Chubb locks threatening a safe holding a walnut sized diamond. Citizens fear theft and question the jewel’s fate and security, addressing Royal Commissioners with urgent inquiries about the Kowt-Ngor Sark.
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Hobbs
Chubb
Telegraphic Briefs From Oct 13 Vermont Unity New Era
Digest of scattered dispatches and notices from New York Washington Baltimore and other places dated Oct 11 to Oct 13 1851 including Gov Williams Vermont stating questions on the Fugitive Slave Law the Warrington funeral arrangements Commodore Warrington and the Empire City and Washington steamship incidents the New Haven rail collision damages Ohio Chagres voyage and Charleston and Georgia political notes plus society events and local election excitement
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Gov. Williams
Newark Daily Advertiser
Mississippi
Long
Espezzia
Constantinople
Kossuth
England
Empire City
Havana
New Orleans
Court of Common Pleas
New Haven Rail Road Company
Lunt
Washington
Bremen
Rattlesnake Bite Remedy Cited in Virginia Cases
A Baltimore American correspondent from Russell County reports two rattlesnake bite cases—one adult man and one boy—cured by free brandy given in multiple small doses until about a quart was consumed. Eye witnesses attest the remedy’s virtue and say the liquor does not intoxicate.
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Baltimore American
Russell County
Virginia
Tea culture and Slavery agitation in the era remembered
The article surveys clerical figures in the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, debates over the Union pledge on slavery, and how media and merchants react. It also reports on Dr Junius Smith’s tea culture trials, British travel notes, Chilean loan details, Valparaiso rail plans, and naval tea supply ambitions.
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Junius Smith
United States
China
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