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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1855
Page
2
For Sheriff George W N Yates of Columbus and for Prothonotary Walter W Hodges of Warren. The slate lists two county officers seeking election.
The Warren County Agricultural Society's annual Fair in Lottsville drew about 5000 attendees. Cattle and horse displays topped prior records, with strong craft and machinery exhibits though tent space was tight. Speaker G W Scofield urged farmers to embrace science, machinery, and soil chemistry for bigger yields.
The September issue includes a spirited engraving of John Knox's preaching. The magazine features a complete fashion department and literary miscellany. Published by Abraham H. Lee in Philadelphia, the yearly subscription is $3.
The Venango American Convention resolutions denounce slavery and back Sam Kerr and S P M Calmont for Assembly. They praise Gov Pollock, demand Missouri Compromise restoration, support Passmore Williamson, and condemn Reeder’s removal. The piece critiques the Pittsburg Republican Convention and warns of narrow aims.
The letter cites a neighbor upset at not being elected chairman for Dennis's Mass Convention. It accuses party handlers of fraud and urges him to break from the current platform. The author warns that continued alignment with the party will fail and urges a new independent People's platform.
The county rumors claim Hodges may decline the Prothonotary nomination but he states he is the People’s candidate until election. Supporters say he was brought forward by the People and will serve three more years, noting the office grows more arduous and he will perform duties faithfully.
The Whig Convention in Erie County nominates G J Ball and Wilson King for the Assembly. R B McCombs is put up by the Republican Convention in Lawrence Co. for the Assembly, with past service as Ways and Means chair. Vermont results show Royce leading. Maine has no governor election. Erie Crawford conferee nominates Charles B Power for Senator. Harrisburg Whig State Convention names Joseph Henderson for Canal Commissioner. County pay for Superintendent raised to 300. 1851 state debt reported at 40,114,236 and later up to 41,521,542 after three years of Gov Bigler.
In Beaver Dam on August 6, 1855 E H Dayforry praises Dr. E M Pierce for a year and a half of study and practice in surgical and mechanical dentistry. He notes Pierce has good textbooks and thorough work, and urges the Warren community to provide him opportunity and patronage.
The Mercers Whig predicts an overwhelming victory for the People's ticket in the county election. It rails against the Garvin Junto and its leader, calling for their downfall and predicting public distress.
At Pittsburg a Republican State Convention discussed slavery policy and national duties. The resolutions urged repeal of the Missouri Compromise and Fugitive Slave Law, with several leaders debating Canal Commissioner and President nominations. Passmore Williamson was chosen for Canal Commissioner. Lloyd Garrson and others discussed leadership as delegates adjourned sine die.
Descriptions from Barrimore and Norfolk report severe fever and famine with daily steamboat provisions and large death tolls. Baltimore plans relief while New cases rise. small pox arrives as the crisis deepens with dozens of deaths in Norfolk and Portsmouth and nurses among the fallen.
Boston reports P T Barnum was offered two hundred thousand dollars today for Iraniston his country residence by Santa Anna's agent. He counters at a quarter million. In New Orleans Hunter was sentenced to pay a thousand dollar fine endure six months imprisonment and forfeit slaves sold with mother and child separated.
In Westport on Sept 10 1855 Gov Shannon was serenaded and spoke against nullification of the late Territorial Legislature. He called the assembly legal its laws binding and pledged to use his authority to enforce them. He advocated for slavery in Kansas.
Halifax reports from Sept 11 1855 that the Royal mail steamship Africa arrived with Liverpool dates to the 1st inst. The Arago left Havre for New York on Aug 29. News from Europe notes no major events, with Allied victory claims at Traktir Bridge and Omar Pasha slated to command in Asia. A Niagara Falls Gazette tale recounts a lost child on a Rochester night train and a grieving father at Suspension Bridge.
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