Whig Nominations and Local Elections Shake Erie
The Whig slate lists James Pollock for governor and George Darsie for canal commissioner with other Warren and Venango County picks. Reports from Syracuse note Myron H. Clark and H. J. Raymond nominated for governor and lieutenant governor. News covers bank currency cuts, railroad talks with Erie and Philadelphia, and a Frewsburg shooting tally with local shooters.
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NJY
Syracuse
Myron H. Clark
Ontario
H. J. Raymond
N. Y. Times
Prohibitory Liquor Law Vote Call in Warren County
A temperance article urges citizens to vote for a Prohibitory Liquor Law in Pennsylvania. It warns opponents are mobilizing and urges active Temperance support to ensure a decisive, majority win, aiming to improve Warren County’s standing and state-wide outcomes.
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Pennsylvania
Warren County
Clapp speaks at Court House on Nebraska crisis
Mr Clapp a candidate for the Assembly spoke at the Court House last Saturday evening praising strong sense and fiery oratory. He linked the Nebraska Compromises history to current national issues and urged united action against party misrule. He pledged faithful representation for Warren County and lauded Mr McCalmont amid applause.
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Clapp
Court House
Nebraska
Warren County
M’calmont
Political clash over Governor Bigler and Nebraska Bill
The text condemns Governor Bigler for endorsing the Nebraska Bill, links him to lager beer interests, and argues for his defeat. It cites editorials from the Penn Telegraph and Ledger, mocks Know Nothing figures, and references reactions to Republican and Democratic positions, urging temperance supporters to act at the ballot box.
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Times
Bigler
Friends of Temperance
Penn
Telegraph
Maine law drives alms-house inmates out, Portland hires men
A Portland note laments the Maine law forcing alms-house work to be done by employed men. The Erie County Wah Convention in Buffalo on the 15th renominated Solomon G. Haven for Congress by acclamation and passed a resolution opposing repeal of the usury laws.
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Maine
Portland
Erie County
Buffalo
Solomon G. Haven
Congress
Central American Question Negotiations Denied in Washington
The Star on Monday September 18, 1854 denies reports that negotiations on the Central American question were shifted to Washington or that any impor tant envoy has been recalled, asserting no transfer or cancellation of talks has occurred.
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the Star
Washington
Cholera Tightens Grip as Deaths Rise in Colombia
Cholera toll climbs with seven deaths and thirteen new cases by 1 pm. Total deaths reach eighty four with forty still under treatment. Rail service to Lancaster, Larrisburg and Columbia halted. Population outflow limited to about twelve thousand five hundred. River water rises a foot and panic remains high while health improves in town.
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Colombia
Lancaster
Larrisburgh
Columbia
VermonT Central Railroad Board Reconstituted After Fraud
Stockholders meet in Montpelier as 10,000 shares fraudulently issued by President Crane are assumed by the company An entirely new Board of Directors is elected and transfer books, closed after the fraud, will likely reopen soon with restored harmony.
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Boston
Vermont Central Railroad Company
Montpelier
Crane
Enormous locomotive sinks in James River transit
An immense locomotive with six five foot drivers weighing thirty tons fell from timbers while being moved from a vessel to a canal boat at Rockets Virginia. Intended for the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad the "Montgomery" built by Denmead & Son of Baltimore cost about 90000 to 100000 dollars. Its recovery will be costly and difficult.
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James River
Rockets
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
Montgomery
Messrs. Denmead & Son
Baltimore
Proclamation Calls Irish and Know Nothing Align for Special Police
New Orleans on September 16, 1854 reports the mayor issuing a proclamation amid ongoing Irish Know Nothing tensions. Citizens are urged to enroll as Special Police to maintain order and protect property.
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New-Oougans
Reverend Raven Crapp Addresses Mercer County on Slavery Extension
The Rev. Raven Crapp, nominee of the Anti-Nebraska men, spoke at the Court House to a large audience on slavery extension. Following his speech, 8. P. M'Cannor, Esq. spoke briefly, outlining his positions and reasoning before leaving the matter with the listeners.
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Raven Crapp
Mercer County
Court House
Franklin Journal
European governments export criminals to the United States
The New-York Tribune reprints an official 1854 Liege circular directing regular transports from Antwerp to the United States every fortnight. It orders burgomasters to identify eligible “liberated persons” and paupers, cover passage costs, and forward subjects to Antwerp jail.
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New-York Tribune
Liege
Belgium
Antwerp
United States
Depot de Mendicite
Holloway's Ointment and Pills Sold Widely
The advertis ed claim asserts Holloway's Ointment and Pills are superior remedies for bad legs and wounds. It states thousands cured after other remedies failed and insists no case is hopeless, urging immediate use of the medicines.
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Hollioway
Union
Holloway
Wheat prices to fall this year says London observer
Mr J W Webb of the Courier and Enquirer writes from London after surveying crops and the European state of the wheat market. He predicts that within three months or before Christmas the price will drop from 65 to under 45 shillings per quarter.
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J. W. Webb
The
Courier & Enquirer
London
Gen John Dick nominated in Erie district by anti Nebraskans
In Erie district Gen John Dick wins unanimous nomination from anti Nebraska faction and is expected to secure about a 2500 vote majority. A drunkard reacts to cholera doom with grim humor saying it is comforting since it is hard to obtain spirits in this world.
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Erie
John Dick
When does a man figure at dinner
A brief quip notes a man figures at dinner when he likes it.
Be of good cheer Massachusetts back-bone for freedom
Hon Charles Sumner closes a speech urging courage and backbone in Massachusetts to lead in the fight against slavery. He asserts that the slave power is exposed by the Nebraska bill and Boston napping case, vows Massachusetts will stay in the van, and calls for unyielding resolve across government. The piece cites corn and grain markets, warning against croakers amid abundant supply and anticipated inflation.
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the Ledger
Bigler
Nebraska
Charles Summer
Boston
Masschusetts
Van
Commonwealth
Faneuil Hall
Washington
Massachusetts
Berkshire Hills
Barnstable
Bay State
Mexico Revolution Leaders See Losses in Rebel Areas
Two dates from Mexico indicate revolution leaders remain free despite heavy losses. Tamaulipas towns ease back into order while Guerrero and Michoacan report major blows to Alvarez adherents. Narcisso Valle is killed, Maldonado and Alarcon captured and executed, and Durango Indians commit widespread outrages.
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Mexico
Tamaulipas
Guerrero
Michoacan
Alvarez
Narcisso Valle
Maldonado
Alarcon
Durango
Government sale of snag boats sparks Western indignation
The government offered two valuable snag boats for sale at public auction in Saint Louis. Once valued at about 72,000 dollars, they sold for only 8,000 dollars, triggering Western outrage over federal river improvement policy and linking the incident to the President's veto and Democratic hopes regarding Nebraska river interests.
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Saint Louis
Sawyer
Democratic Party
Nebraska
Buffalo Express
Don Giovanni the Spanish Trotting Bull Enters U S Racing
The New York Times reports a full Spanish breed trotting bull named Don Giovanni arriving in New York. His owner wagers one thousand dollars against all trotting nags in the United States, claiming a flawless running style and swift harness time. His sire reputedly is a famed bull noted for tiger fighting in Madrid.
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Fae
New York Times
United States
Don Giovanni
Plaza de Los Toros
Madrid
Peace and quiet in the South and its limits
The Richmond Whig laments ongoing agitation over negro emancipation and urges embracing peace without sacrificing rights. It argues Southern leaders could have had peace if they kept compromises, but since they violated them, the only path to quiet lies in securing Kansas and Nebraska to freedom and recognizing free territories and new states. The Ahany Evening Journal notes the same sentiment warns the Whig party may tire before achieving its goals.
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Ma. Eviorn
Bigler
Pennsylvania
L. ‘T’. Parmlee
Nebraska
Pollock
Freedom
The
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Parmlee
Commonwealth
Union
Virginia
National Council
Missouri
Kansas
Congress
New England
Garrisonian
Wendell Philips
Wilson
Mr. Lott
Erie and
Sunbury
Parmlees
D. M
A&b
Richmond Whig
South
Douglass
Ahany Evening Journal
Corn Crop Prospects Improve Across West and South
Reports from the West and South show favorable corn conditions with full average yields expected in western Ohio and the Miami and Scioto bottoms, plus Indiana Michigan Iowa Minnesota and northern Missouri. Drought more damaging in Central Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky and parts of Tennessee Ohio and Western Pennsylvania threaten corn and potato crops there. A separate item notes a tragic death by suicide in Bristol, widow Mae Bear? No, Jennie Bear, adopted daughter of William Knight, hanged herself after a broken romance, leaving a mournful community. A Free Bank Convention in Indianapolis outlines plans for a common agency, uniform bank notes, and redemption via New York drafts at half a percent premium, with full proceedings to follow.
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Wisconsin
Illinois
Towa
Peru
Mississippi River
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Miami
Sciota
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Minesota
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Toledo
Bristol
Jennie Bear
William Knight
Wooster Democrat
Free Banks of Indianna
Indianapolis
New York
American Representatives Abroad and a Shark Tale
A Paris cable accuses American Minister Beliau nt at The Hague of running a private banking office funded by the U S government with three clerks. It also alleges Consul General Deleon in Egypt extorts four dollars per passport. In Bay lore a shark tale ends with the punchline that the shark held a man, not a ladle.
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Paris
Beliaeut
The
Hague
Las
Legation
United States
Deleon
Alexandria
Egypt
Escape From Sixty Foot Well A Marvelous Rescue
Dayton Gazette reports a near miraculous rescue of a young girl who fell into a sixty foot well with six feet of water. She surfaced clung to a wall, called for help, and was saved by her aunt who lowered a bucket and rope. The child held on until hauled up, then revived within an hour and played as lively as a cricket.
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Dayton Gazette
Cholera Deaths Rise in PirrspurGa in September 1854
Reports from PirrspurGa dated September 18, 1854 show a continuing cholera toll with forty deaths yesterday and fifty two more today, totaling 253 over five days. Cemeteries report 171 interments, 129 due to cholera, as alarm spreads and residents flee the city. A Philadelphia dispatch notes a Sunbury and Erie Railroad contract discussion, pending board confirmation. In Burraxo the weekly cholera deaths reach 25 with three Americans among the dead, a decrease from the prior week. Illinois Central Railroad to Galena aims for October 1 opening.
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PirrspurGa
Burraxo
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