Slavery, Texas and New Mexico in the 36 30 dispute
The author attacks Texas expansion as a costly push for slavery in the New Mexico dispute. They condemn a bill granting Texas land and $10 million while enlarging slave territory beyond the Compromise, arguing the move guts freedom and fuels congressional wrangling. The piece defends votes seen as pragmatic but bitterly condemns slavery expansion.
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Texas
Congress
New Mexico
New England
United States
Republic
the Tribune
Indian Territory
Rio Grand del Norte
Rio Grande
Brown declines Whig nomination for Representative
In Yannesville on Sept 17 1850 J B Brown writes he was unexpectedly nominated by the Whig convention for Representative but he declines due to duties as assistant marshal and inability to canvass. He hopes withdrawal harms no party effort and extends wishes for Whig ticket success.
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Yannesville
D. Wetmore
W. R. Thompson
J. A. Alexander
W. F. Dalrymple
Ozro A. Smith
Whig Central Committee
Warren County
Whig Convention
J.B. Brown
G.W. Tew
N. Y
Chautanque Co
Sinclearville
Henry Baker
Elliott
Willard McKinsley
Pomfret
E. F. Warren
Charlotte
F. W. Palmer
What His Neighbors say of Him and Mr Carver
Excerpts from the Mercer Whig praise Mr Carver as a strong Whig nominee for Senate and a man of honesty capability and integrity. The piece urges Mercer and Warren counties to support Carver and resist the hard money candidate, while defending Walker's Bank connections as not proving guilt.
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Mercer Whig
Carver
Ueh
Cofocoiam
House of Representatives
Warren
Venango
Mercer
Mail
Walker
United States Bank of Pennsylvania
Ledger
Congress
Mr. Walker
Census figures for Columbus and surrounding townships
John B. Brown reports population and farm data: Columbus Township 1,287 inhabitants with 21 illiterates, farms worth 181,580, 742 milch cows, 54,445 pounds of butter, 1,126 bushels of wheat, and 1,564 in slaughtered animals. Spring Creek Township 608 inhabitants, 10 illiterates, farms 855,100, 138 milch cows, 269 bushels wheat, 12,300 pounds butter. Pittsfield Township 756 inhabitants, 8 illiterates, farms 83,350, 179 milch cows, 11,325 pounds butter, 840 bushels wheat. The editors deny inflating other papers as editorial, stating they write their own articles and stand responsible.
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John. B. Brown
Columbus Tp
Spring Creek
Pittsfield
Ledger
War of words and the editor’s burden on manuscript work
The speaker laments the heavy weekly grind for editors amid weariness and late hours. They note friends who can write should send communications rather than leave the struggle to a single editor. A harsh view of editors as brainless is voiced as part of the ongoing toil.
Declining Assembly Candidate prompts substitute
The letter notes John B Brown E q, candidate for Assembly, declines. It suggests Dr J A Alexander could be substituted and warns against a half ticket. The keeper of the Locofoco cause vows to stay on track until the final moment.
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John B. Brown E.q
Assembly
J. A. Alexander
Locofoco
Chautauque County Fair and Political Jottings
The Fredonia Censor reports Jamestown hosted the Chautauqua County Agricultural Jubilee with a large plowing match, crowded new exhibition tent, and strong farmer participation signaling county wealth. Local political notes detail Whig and Locofoco maneuverings, editor changes, and railroad party forecasts, including delegates and impending state elections.
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Fredonia
Jamestown
Chautauque County
Whig Campaign Drive for John H. Walker in Erie County
Erie County Whigs rally behind John H. Walker as the party’s congressional nominee. The Erie Gazette urges vigorous organization and effort to secure a majority of fifteen hundred votes, recalling J H Warner’s past prominence and urging steadfast support for Walker’s candidacy.
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Congress
Erie County
J. H. Wanker
Watken
Joan H. Warner
Erie Gazette
Jenny Lind concert interrupted by Battery guns
The New York Commercial Advertiser details Jenny Lind’s concert rehearsal halted by the firing of guns on the Battery as Texas and California bills pass. The review praises Lind’s divine, birdlike voice and Belletti as a faultless baritone in a vivid account of the disrupted performance.
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Junny Lino
Renkansar
New York
Jenny Lind
Miss Lind
Queen of Song
Texas
California
Jenny
Belletti
Texas and national affairs loom in preparing war and land sales
A Texas audience hears war sentiment split between eastern and new inhabitants amid bills to buy territory and cede claims. Gen Bell to raise six Ranger companies for Indian action. Maine and Nova Scotia praise the Portland railway project with Halifax as a possible terminus. The Texas Legislature expects adjournment. a governor’s submission bill and boundary proposals spark debate. Gen Wm O Hinton surrender recounts in Ohio.
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New Orleans
Astin
Texas
Senate
Pearce
Bell
Nortwestern
Meridian
Rio Grande
San Antonio
United States
West
Boston Journal
Portland
Maine
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Halifax
Whitehaven
Now or Never Whigs urged to unite for crucial Pennsylvania election
The piece calls on Pennsylvania Whigs to act now to organize and mobilize for the next election, stressing urgency with one month left and praising national and state leaders. It lauds Alexander H. H. Stuart’s appointment as Secretary of the Interior and asserts his qualifications and fit for the Cabinet.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Daily News
General Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Caartes Annersox
Warren
Congress
Clarion
Erie
Elk
M’kean
Jefferson
Potter
Venango
Mercer
House of Representatives
Warren Academy
State of
Senate
Supreme Court
Courts of Common Pleas
Improvement in iron manufacture yields big gains in Scotland
A letter from a reliable source describes a new furnace method in Scotland that conducts coal gas from the furnace mouth and channels it beneath. A leading ironmaker’s furnace produced 245 tons of pig iron in one week, vs 180 tons previously, with coal consumption dropping from 2,600 to 2,400 pounds per ton.
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Scotland
A Pretty Incident Aboard Steamboat John Neilson
On a Wednesday near Brunswick the steamboat John Neilson steamed upriver with freight including thousands of peach baskets. Approaching an immigrant ship crowded with Germans, the peach owners and the John Neilson crew started tossing peaches to the passengers who eagerly caught and ate them in a festive welcome to their new country.
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John Neilson
Brunswick
N. Y
Dedham Man Commits Suicide After Escape From Worcester Asylum
Daniel F. Belknap of Dedham Massachusetts, recently thought cured, killed himself Tuesday in a violent sequence. He slashed his throat twice with a razor injuring his windpipe, stabbed himself in the chest, and tied a handkerchief to a bed post then leapt from a window. Rescued during his hasty flight toward the water, he died around four o’clock that afternoon from his mortal wound. He had previously inflicted several stabs, ribs delaying the fatal injury.
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Daniel F. Belknap
Dedham
Mass
Worcester
Democrat
New Persian Sect Attracts Followers After Beheadings
In Persia a new religious movement led by a preacher named Bad gains thousands of converts named Babees. Eighteen followers have been beheaded by order of the Shah, signaling harsh state action against the sect.
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Persia
Bad
Prize for Jenny Lind welcome song awarded to Bayard Taylor
The $200 prize offered by Barnum for the best song of welcome to Jenny Lind was awarded to Bayard Taylor of the New York Tribune. The selection came from 700 entries. The awarding committee included Gee Ripley Jules Benedict Lewis Gaylord Clark J B Bedfield and George P. Putnam.
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Barnum
Jenny Lind
Bayard Taylor
N. Y. Tribune
Messrs
Gee. Ripley
Jules Benedict
Lewis Gaylord Clark
J. 8. Bedfield
George P. Putnam
Marriage in Kenton Sealed by Perry Sherman
Marshal Kibbe of Brokenstraw wed Angeline Morrison of Kenton on the 14th in a ceremony conducted by Perry Sherman Esq.
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Kenton
Perry Sherman
Marshal Kibbe
Brokenstraw
Angeline Morrison
Death of Mrs Hannah L Brasington in Kinzua
In Kinzua the 10th inst death is announced for Mrs Hannah L Brasington wife of John H Brasington aged 26 years.
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Kinzua
Hannah L
John H. Brasington
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Syracuse
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