Nominations From the Warren County Whig Convention
The Whig Convention assembled last week in Warren County produced strong nominations. James Foreman for Sheriff is praised as energetic and humane. A long-time county resident is named for Commissioner, and a hard-working farmer selected for Treasurer. Isaac S. Eddy is chosen for Auditor, trusted for financial oversight. The Democratic meeting at the Court House featured three speakers who criticized the party and its candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Foreman
Warren
John Sill
Whig Club Endorses Sheriff Candidate and Local Nominations
Youngsville Scott and Graham Club reports their members will fully support the Whig sheriff candidate, calling him a capable, fair, and devoted officer. Erie and Crawford Counties factions struggle for Congress and Senate nominations, with John Dick of Crawford chosen for Congress and James Skinner of Erie named for Senate after multiple ballots.
Congress Adjourns Amid Rowdy Debate and Fights
A 19th century report describes Congress adjournment on the 31st with a Democratic majority and nine months spent with little result. It details a heated melee over personal attack accusations led by Mr. Polk and Mr. Chandler, calls for order, and references to Whig slang and political tensions. Also noted are a fishing anecdote on the Allegheny and Horatio Seymour’s gubernatorial nomination at Syracuse after a 9d instant convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buncomb
W. HL. Polk
New York
Horatio Seymour
Syracuse
John van Buren
Native Americans of Philadelphia form a nonpartisan group
The Native Americans of Philadelphia complete organization and adopt a resolution not to amalgamate with any old parties. A new hall in James building will be christened Tuesday evening with a ventriloquism performance in a fine room. See advertisement for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac
Eddy
Philadelphia
James Building
Convention Nominates Local Officials by Ballot
The September convention adopts ballots for sheriff treasurer county commissioner auditor coroner and assembly position. Delegates from Warren and surrounding towns vote. Myron Waters and others emerge as leading candidates while adjournment with committees and public notice follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
P. Falconer
John J. Taylor
Conenango
Nathaniel Payne
James Foreman
Brokenstraw
Lewis Jones
Marshall Jones
Pine Grove
E. D. Hazeltine
Perry Sherman
Corydon
Waters
Hoar
Foreman
Taylor
Jones
Sherman
John Sill
Pleasant
J. L. Brasington
Kinzua
Sill
Robert Allen
Freehold
Erastus Barns
Sheffield
Christian Smith
Warren
Smith
Ferdinand F. Davis
Glade
Isaac
Eddy
Mercers and Venango County Fair Dates Noted
A brief notices Fair dates announced for Venango and Mercer counties. The Venango County Agricultural Fair is set for Tuesday October 5 and the Mercer County Agricultural Society will hold its Fair at Mercer on September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venango County
Mercer County Agricultural Society
Mercer
Railroads and blackberry excursion stir Elk county
In Elk county on Sept 4 1852 residents welcomed D L Miller president of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad and Ex Governor Johnston of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company The meetings urged a $100000 subscription to the Sunbury and Erie line and lauded Valley Road benefits A blackberry picking outing followed with vivid scenes of laurel rocks moss and a scenic river view Concluding with praise for the proprietor who preserves the berry patch and a note on Mainas temperance effort using speech excerpts on envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riveway
Cowan
D. L. Miller
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Johnston
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company
Elk County
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Court House
H. Souther
Wm. F. Johnston
J. Buffington
Armstrong Co
Messrs. Jackson and
Wilmarth
Pittsburgh
Whig Tariff Doctrine Emphasized at Baltimore Convention
The Ohio State Journal reports Whigs at the Baltimore Convention reaffirming a tariff policy based on government expenses and duties on imports rather than direct taxes. They argue protection from fraud via specific duties secures American industry and labor, opposing Locofoco critiques that tariffs tax consumers. The piece quotes Andrew Jackson urging a protective tariff to defend national defense and ensure fair competition for American farmers and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Locofoco Party
Thes
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Coleman
Gov. Ray
Indiana
Washineton City
Europe
United States
Andrew Jackson
Tragic Lake Accident as Stockton Picnic Fails
A Stockton picnic party on Casadaga Lake broke up after a skiff swamped. Five in the skiff and nineteen in a second boat were in peril. nineteen drowned, including young women aged 16 to 20 and the ferryman Jarvis Wilcox who saved others but perished. Only two bodies recovered by nightfall. The list of the lost includes Emly M. Goodrich Ithaca Philena Sadler Randolph Lucy Lazell Delanti Cecelia Lazell Delanti Charlotte Moore Stockton Mary Harrison Delanti Alice Wilkins Delanti Jarvis Wilcox Casadaga Fredonia. North Carolina politics report a Whig House majority offset by a Browning Senate. A Westchester Pa girl dies after snakes frighten her into convulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frepont
Dettorante Acciwest
Stockton
Casadaga Lake
Secon
Emly M. Goodrich
Ithaca
Chauncey Goodrich
Philena Sadler
Randolph
Lucy
Cecelia Lazell
Alvah Lazell
Delanti
Charlotte Moore
Nathaniel F. Moore
Mary Harrison
George 8. Harrison
Alice Wilkins
James Wilkins Delanti
Jarvis Wilcox
Casadaga
Fredonia
Why do you vote for Gen. Scott and his deeds
A political exhortation extols Winfield Scott for national service. It cites his battles on Canadian and New Brunswick fronts, peacekeeping from Charleston to Cherokees, and treaties expanding Iowa and Wisconsin. It argues for his industrial, internal improvement, and anti annexation stances, plus unity preservation against secession and foreign influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
N. Brunswick
Charleston
Iowa
Wisconsin
Mexico
Winfield Scott
New England
Whig
Hartford Courant
Germans in Hamilton County urge Whig delegates to Mount Pleasant
The Cincinnati Atlas prints a German and Irish appeal from voters in the Second Congressional District urging Whig delegates at Mount Pleasant on the 19th to nominate a county ticket. Signers include Niclas Maringer and E H Merkel. The piece attacks Democrats and praises reform minded politicians. It also critiques Franklin Pierce’s record and notes Park Benjamin delivering at Saratoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mill. Burron
Hamilton County
Mount Pleasant
Congress
Niclas Maringer
E. H. Merkel
Frank Kreiger
Henry Rhone
Francis Noll
Val. Welzel
John Appelmann
Joseph Brodbeck
Albert Schrmidt
Christian Mayer
Charles Miller
Jacob Herive
Michael Geisler
Math. Felix
Francis Ries
Ohio
Democratic Party
Tuky
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
Gen
William A. Graham
Jacob Hoffman
Berks CO
Joseph Buffington
Apexaspen E. Brown
Northampton
Janes Pottock
Northumberland
Bampart A. Punviasce
Butler Co
William Poiuetes
New Middleaworth
James Traquair
James H. Campbell
John W. Stokes
James D. Paxton
John P. Verree
James K. Davidson
Spencer M’llvain
John M’culloch
James W. Fuller
Ralph Drake
James Penrose
John Linton
John Shaeffer
Archibald Robertson
Jacob Marshall
Thomas J. Bigham
Charles P. Waite
Lewis L. Lord
Davis Alton
ChrIstian Myers
M. C. Mercur
Dormon Phelps
Whig County
Isaac 8. Eddy
the Democracy
C. B. Curtis
Judge Church
Judge Thompson
BF Sco
Kinney, Childs & Co
Youngsville Scott and Graham Club
Sheriff
Hiram Horn
James Skinner
Erie
Sth
Pierce
Allegheny
Sill’s Place
Mead’s Island
H. P. Kinnear
Conewango
John H. Brasington
John N. Miles
T. A. Lull
Alden Marsh
I. O. Crocker
Deerfield
J. A. McGee
E. H. Dunn
Elk—Chas. Taylor
Jos. Jones
Southwest
Eldred
Wm. Brown
Spring Creek
G. W. Garedon
Wm. McClay
Columbus
W. T. Brown
David Wooden
Pittsfield
Wm. B. Acocks
Hugh Long
Limestone
Sugar Grove
David Jagger
Eldred Lott
Joseph Jenkins
J. A. Brasing
L. D. Wetmore
Lemuel Hoar
John B. Brown
Thos, Struthers
Youngsville Express
P. Fatconer
Joan H. Brasinaton
J. & O. Hall
Eli Mallory
Blodget
Eepress
Fred. Douglas
Warrett Mail
Blackberries, &c
Maina
The
Ohio State Journal
North Carolina
Raleigh
House
Senate
Camden and Currituck
U. S
N. Y. Tribune
Westchester
Gen. Scott
London Times
Locofoco
King
Washington Union
Pennsylvanian
Scott
England
Ierce
the Times
Putts. Gazette
St. Louis
Mr. Polk
Committee of Ways and Means
General Pierce
Committee On the Judiciary
Gen. Pierce
Locofoco National Convention
Albany Journal
Park Benjamin
Saratoga
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