Slavery theme dominates Buchanan pledge and Southern security
In 1856 Senator Brown reports Buchanan pledged to settle the slavery question to give peace and security to the South. The piece claims he has since acted to secure Southern interests, accusing the North of betrayal and predicting slavery would rule the administration. It also includes Kansas correspondence and local election notes from Wyanport and Jefferson County.
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Senator Brown
Mississippi
Buchanan
South
Kansas
Wyanport
Coway
House of Representatives
Douglas
Free State
House of Delegates
Jefferson
Osawke
Grasshopper Falls
Hardtville
Oskeloosa
Jeth County
Towot
C&e
H. H. Moors
Party discipline and district outcomes in early election notes
The article reflects on a congressional election in the 24th district where Porter leads Gillis by over 800 votes, stressing party loyalty to true principles and punishing betrayals. It cites New York, Pennsylvania, and other states supporting anti Lecompton sentiment, and notes recent travels of Bayard Taylor and a horse race result in Crezarwitch.
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Louisiania
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Delaware
Renaup
Menit
24Th
Porter
Gillis
Empire State
Pennsylvania
Lecompton
Ohio
Indiana
Minnesota
Elk
Bayard Taylor
Moscow
Philadelphia Bulletin
James Buchanan
Wendell & Co
Washington City
Numor
Jones
Sharman
Committee of
Salt River
Very & Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Florence
Navy Yard
N. O
Josephing Street
Annunciation
Chippewa Streets
Fourth District
Charity Hospital
McKean Democrat
Folsome Beckwith
Smethport
Admirable Letter From Henry Clay Read by the Crowd
A long letter from Master Henry Clay urges boys to shun bad company study diligently and honor virtue. The Savannah News recalls a Capitol assassination scare in 1834 showing Jackson defending himself with a cane. A separate tragedy reports Catherine Hamilton, insane, fatally attacking her father with an axe in Trumbull County.
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Hiann
St. Clay
Henry Clay
Savannah News
Winant Strong
Capitol
Lawrence
General Jackson
Warren R. Davis
South Carolina
Hall of Representatives
Gen. Jackson
Levi. Woodbury
Mr. Davis
Gen Jackson
Great Britain
Gen
Jackson
United States Army
Navy
Strong
Western Reserve Chronicle
Robert Hamilton
Johnston
Trumbull Co
Catherine Hamilton
Newbury
Lyman
Pennsylvania Legislature List of Senate and House Members
Harrisburg Telegraph provides a full list of next Senate and House members from official returns. Districts cover Philadelphia John L. Parker. Montgomery John Thompson. Bucks Mahlon Yardley. Schuylkill Jeremiah Shindle. Berks Benjamin Nunnemacher. Schuylkill Robert M. Palmer. Clinton Lycoming Centre Union Andrew Gregg. Snyder Montour Northumberland Columbia Reuben Keller. York William H. Welsh. Allegheny John P. Penny. Erie Crawford Darwin A. Finney. Clarion Jefferson Forest Elk Kenneth L. Blood. Recapitulation shows Dems elected and Republicans prevailing.
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Philadelphia
John IL. Parker
Montgomery
John Thompson
Bucks
Mahlon Yardley
Shehiffe
Northampton
Jeremiah Shindle
Berks
Benjamin Nunnemacher
Schuylkill
Robert M. Palmer
Clinton
Lycoming
Centre and
Union
Andrew Gregg
Snyder
Montour
Northumberland
Columbia
Reuben Keller
York
William H. Welsh
Allegheny
John P. Penny
Eric and Crawford
Darwin A. Finney
Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and Elk
Kennedy L. Blood
House OF Representatives
Adams
Samuel Durborrow
J. Heron Loster
R. P
M’dowell
Jo, Zoller
D. E. Bayard
E. H. Trish
Armstrong and
Westmoreland
Robert Warden
Mathew Shields
John W. Rohrer
Beaver
Lawrence
Joseph H. Wilson
James D. Bryson
Bedford and
Somerset
Geo. W. Williams
Geo. G. Walker
Edmund L. Smith
Augustus F. Bertolot
Solomon L. Custer
Blair
Jacob Burley
Bradford
Thomas Sinead
O. H. Perry Kinney
Joseph Barnsley
H. A. Williams
Butler
William W. Dodds
J. M. Thompson
Cambria
Thomas H. Porter
Carbon
Lehigh
Sammel Balliet
Tilgham H. Good
Centre
Adam KR. Barlow
Chester
Isaac Acker
Caleb Pierce
W. T. Shatier
Clarion
John M. Fleming
Clearfield
Jefferson
M’kean
Elk IV
P. Wilcox
T. J. Boyer
Clinton and Lycoming
Lindsay Mahaffey
Wm. Fearon
Wyoming
Sullivan
Samuel Oaks
Geo. D. Jackson
Crawford
Warren
R. P. Miller
Henry St. Rouse
Cumberland and
Perry
Perry—High Stuart, John M’cardy
Dauphin
Wmm
C. A. Lawrence
Marks D. Whitman
Delaware
John P Patterson
Wm. F. Wagenseller
Lancaster
Nathaniel Elimaker, Jr
Samuel H. Price
Amos S. Green
Keneagy
Lebanon
Joseph Eckman
Luzerne
P. Gritman
W. W. Ketchum
Lewis Pugh
Mercer
Venango-Wim
G. Rose
C. P. Ramsdell
Mifflin
David Witherow
Monrose and
Pike
Charles D. Broadhead
David Stonebeck
John Dismont
Charles Hill
Joseph Woodring
Max Goepp
Chas
Geo. W. Wood
L. J. Neill
J. Shepherd
J. A. Fisher
Oliver Evans
Simon Gratz
Geo. W. Hamersly
Geo. W. Wiley
C.F. Abvott
Potter and Tioga
L. P. Williston
Lewis Mann
Cyrus L. Pinkerton
John $. Boyer
P. R. Palm
Susquehanna
Simeon B. Chase
Washington
George W. Lawrence
William Graham
Wayne
Holloway L. Stephens
William W. Wolf
A. Hiest and
Glatz
Morphy’s Paris Chess Feat Astonishes Amateurs
Morphy played eight simultaneous games at Cafe de la Regence, facing Baueher Burrwith Bonneman Guibert Lachesne Posier Preti Serrain. He won six, lost none, finishing at ten PM after nine hours with no refreshment, stunning spectators with memory and quick moves.
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Cafe de la Ragence
Morphy
Fautaneil
Baueher
Burrwith
Bonneman
Guibert
Laquesne
Posier
Mr. Preti
Serrain
Murphy
Lequesne
Mr. Seguin
Warren Postmaster Appointed From Apprenticeship
Ivy Luck reports Alonzo L. Morrison has been appointed Postmaster at Warren after completing his apprenticeship. The note praises his ability and service, but notes promotion depends on his future performance amid his Democratic affiliation. The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post prospectus for 1859 is announced with literary offerings and pricing.
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Ivy Luck
Alonzo L. Morrison
Warren
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
G.P. R. James
Mary Howett
T. Arthur
Paris
Deacon & Peterson
South Third Street
Philadelphia
Agricultural Prices Mix of Grains and Provisions
A fragmented list of staple prices appears with corn, oats, rye, buckwheat, beans, flour, pork, butter, cheese, lard, peaches, potatoes, apples, hides, pelts, leather, wood, salt, corn shelled, various seeds including clover, timothy, flax, hemp, blue grass, dried peaches, onions, and bran. Prices shown are inconsistent and include multiple units and odd symbols, reflecting an OCR scan of a historical market page.
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Erie True American
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Venango
Tee Tees Agt
Olbu Hall
England
Rocket
Prioress
Brewer
Henry “Thay
Senate
State Senate
Philatelphia
Samuel J. Randall
Richardson L. Wright
Isaac N. Marselis
Chester and
Thos. S. Bell
Monroe, Pike and
Thomas Craig, Jr
Wyoming and
Reed Myer
Geo. P. Steele
Tigga
Potter
Glenn al W. Scofield
Cumberland
Perry, Juniata and
Miffin
Henry Fetter
Dauphin and
John B. Rutherford
Bartram A. Shaeffer
Robert Baldwin
Adams, Franklin and Fulton
George IV
Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon
William P. Schell
Blair, Cambria and Clearfield
John Cresswell, Jr
Indiana and
Armstrong
Titian J. Coffey
Westmoreland and Fayette
Jacob Turney
Washington and Greene
George W. Miller
Edward D. Gazzam
Beaver and Butler
John R. Harris
Lawrence, Mercer and Venango
William M. Francis
Execrep
Repub
Herccrgene
Boston Advertiser
Etter
Charles Sumner
Boston
Arx
Savoy
Europe
Switzerland
France
Aix
Aix-les- Bains
Trumbull
Ilinois
Politicom Literary Intelligence
Brooklyn
Tribune
David Wilmot
Wilmot
Home Matters
Sociable
W. W. Hodges
Tay
Mite Society
O. H. Hunter
Balltown
Jamestown Academy
Luke Howard
Exchange
Huscy
Kelly Weaver
Mr. Grumble
Murver
Warren Culver
Sunbury & Erie
Beaverdam
People of Columbus
Warren Market
Beloxi Bay
Harrison Cos
David Smuyz
Davis & Gray
Gray & Co
Davis
V. Davis Warren
Jacob Gray
Louisa N. Crandall
Elisha Whitcomb Lebellant
Charles Crandall
Warren Com. Pleas
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Elisha Whitcomb
A. D
G. W. N. Yates
Shff. L
T. Welch
Benjamin Wait
Subpana
Warren Common Pleas
Artor
Maria Wait
Theodore Welch
G. von. Yates
Sherif
Justices of the Peace
Edinboro Normal School
J. KR. Merriman
A. M
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Kilinboro
Kilinboro, Erie Co
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Elk Loung
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O'Elow
P. M
P.M
Philadelphia College OF Medicine
South Fifth St
Walnut
B. Howard Rand
M. D
R. D. Bennett
J. Page, Ty, O, Hutchinson
Warren County Bank
King
Don Dodd
Stranahan & Randall
Dunkirk
Jamestown, & Warren
Ren
Jonestown
Samuel B. Dawley
Jamestown
Philosophy and Fact
Holloway