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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1854
Page
2
The Whig Convention names James Dennison of Sugar Grove for Auditor Robert Allen of Freehold for Commissioner Lucius Rogers for Treasurer John F. McPherson for Register and Recorder and Prothonotary select John B. Brown Chauncey Messenger for Assembly The paper urges young talent and criticizes packing and mercantile conflicts while praising incumbents.
Deliberations last Friday showed concession and unity against Nebraska and slavery. Free Soil delegates pushed for their platform while joining with like minded Republicans to bolster anti slavery goals. Nominees include Lott for assembly and Rouse for prothonotary, with other officers McPherson Rogers Allen Dennison noted. The paper praises the coalition’s potential to weaken party rigidity and empower voters against slave power.
A roster includes A. G. Lane as foreman at Pine Grove plus listed workers from Pine Grove to Warren and Mead, with names such as Wm. A. Mead, Zurial Allen, C. C. Higgins, John P. Brown, Spring Creek, and others across Corydon Deerfield Glade Columbus Warren.
The piece lists numerous local names and towns and notes reactions to the Free Soil Convention misstep. It reports Venango County Democratic nominations for Congress and Assembly, and notes camp meetings by Episcopal Methodist and German Methodists near Youngsville with English services to come. It also mentions an interesting letter from L. W. on page one.
During a Milwaukee to Warren Lake trip the author notes a calm day and good fare aboard the boat with about 200 passengers. He describes Chicago and Milwaukee anti slavery sentiment, critiques Stephen A Douglas, and recounts a public dispute with the Warren Ledger over a Kansas Nebraska bill address and political stances.
About 1,000 from the East gathered to mark the railroad opening. Lodging filled steamboats. Foster House refused rooms until clerks negotiated. Attended sermons by Dr. Bacon of New Haven while noting a young, fashionable crowd. Passengers planned moving on to Rock Island, St Paul, and Bloomington Is with higher Lake Michigan steamboat fares.
A reader labeled A. Tanner rebutts a Ledger review defending slavery ties and notes a senator’s stance on the Kansas Nebraska bill. He accuses Northern leaders with Southern principles of chasing office and calls the Free Soil Address a demagogic provocation.
The Warren Court House hosts the Whig County Convention with L D Wetmore chairing. Delegates nominate James Dennison for Auditor, Robert Allen for Commissioner, Lucius Rogers for Treasurer, John F. McPherson for Register and Recorder, and H R Rouse for Prothonotary, later replacing Rouse with John B. Brown after a withdrawal. Chauncey Messenger is named Assembly candidate. Resolutions praise Pollock, criticise Bigler and Pierce era, and call for unity against the Nebraska bill and slavery expansion. Proceedings to be published in the Warren Mail.
A mass convention at the Warren Court House adopted resolutions opposing slavery expansion and the Fugitive Slave Law, pledging to support free soil and anti liquor measures, and nominating candidates for local offices. The gathering included addresses by Daniel Lott and others, and the group ordered publication of proceedings.
A Liverpool paper notes Russia has widened its frontier in just over half a century. It marks progress toward Berlin Vienna and Paris about 700 miles, toward Constantinople 509 miles, toward Stockholm 6380 miles, and toward Teheran 1000 miles.
A Dublin paper mistakenly reports that Mr Kenny, returning to town, fell and broke his neck with no further damages. The item should have appeared in the Kill Kenny column, not Dublin, signaling a misplacement in the local notices.
Captain Maryatt’s daughter readies for public debut as a novelist with her first work published in three volumes. The announcement notes the work bears the title set forth in the notice.
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