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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1853
Page
2
The Whig County Convention produced a strong ticket. The nominees are good men who will discharge public duties creditably and satisfy the community. The Warren County Whig party is free of wire working and intrigues, presenting men the people want. Will they be elected, we shall see.
The Warren County Temperance League convened September 5 1853 in Warren with Vice President J L Lott presiding. Delegates nominated candidates for Senator Thomas Hoge Venango County Assembly R M Defrance William Fruit Mercer County Daniel Lott Warren County and adjourned to the Court House for further steps.
At a Pitts field meeting on September 3 1853 the Warren County Agricultural Society organized committees to prepare grounds erect the tent arrange tent articles select plowing match grounds stock and implements and stake out fair plots for October 5 and 6 with judges to award premiums and a plowing match the next day followed by officer elections.
Citizens council in Warren County at the Court House on September 6 discuss a railroad to connect with the NY and Erie line. Falconer presents route comparisons via Conewango Creek and Allegheny river, urging a 170 to 187 mile corridor with grade and gauge advantages, plus a broader Ohio to St Louis through Crawford and Warren counties. A committee is formed to survey east from Meadville and publish proceedings.
The Free Democrats of Warren County met in convention at Pittsfield on August 27 1853. George Stoolfire presided with George Apport as secretary. Delegates organized resolutions opposing the Fugitive Slave Law, endorsing the Pittsburgh Platform of 1852, promoting temperance and anti rum power, and rejecting pledges from candidates. Nominees included Wm. I. Clark for State Senator Daniel Lott for Assembly and local county officers. The gathering formed a county committee and adjourned sine die.
The Youngsville express editor toured the county capitol on Saturday and praised Warren’s enterprise and growth. He highlighted the Vulcan Fire Company formed recently for drill and exercise, noting public spirited members with nerve to dare in emergencies and urging public appreciation for their merits.
A succinct meditation on speech versus inner thought, noting that rhetorical skill alone cannot substitute for genuine mental language. The quote underlines the primacy of authentic cognition over polished public speaking in conveying true understanding.
Fanny Fern has three new works in preparation for the press published by Derby Orton Mulligan of Buffalo. Her volume Fern Leaves sold rapidly with 40,000 copies disposed of by the end of the eighth week and sales at about a thousand copies daily.
Senator Smith reports Lake Superior riches. Patterson canal collapses flood Patterson New Jersey streets. Portland Montreal lease signed for 999 years. Glasgow merchants gift £390 to North British Daily Mail editor. Jones drowns on Rio Grande. Indian Ocean guano find. Oregon seeks statehood with 60 000 population by January. Yale Phi Beta Kappa orator Sewanp and Lowe poets chosen. Western Reserve claim dispute from Connecticut grant. Vice President King’s servant freed with $2000. Wisconsin impeachment cost about $100000. Marcy’s son dies at sea. New York state offices to fill in November. Shark rescue near Corsica leaves man dead, Flowers saves companion. Manypenny heads West to negotiate Indian treaties and territory. Boston court tale of Mary Jane Curtis reveals tragedy of addiction.
The piece recounts a street flirtation turned quarrel ending with a man being knocked down and a woman escorted home. It cites the Whigs and Democrats battling over military candidates and moral reputation. A Corfu boat episode describes sailors near a shark and porpoises, with a soldier harpooning a porpoise.
The Harrisburgh Journal questions J Porter Brawley a Locofoco candidate for Surveyor General. It alleges he profited $13 000 by selling his two Alleghany State Railroad sections and held other sections via profitable contracts, while neglecting official duties. It urges voters to defeat him.
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