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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1858
Page
2
Americans Must Vote Principles Over Party Says Editorial
The piece argues no American should support the Democratic ticket over Lecompton policy, urging Republicans and anti Lecompton Americans to stand by principle. It claims voting for Democrats betrays popular rights and notes widespread opposition to Lecompton across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ourself
Americas Party
Democratic Party
Lecompton
North
Kansas
South
Jong
Joud
Hovey
Nary
Baird
Bos Wuirr Etsey
Bob
Doughty Kernil
The
Republic
Daviess County
Vincennes
South Opposing Lecompton and Democratic Divisions
A Washington letter from the Forney press reports the Kansas Lecompton issue failing to unite the South behind the administration. It notes rising anti Lecompton sentiment in Maryland and Delaware, divides the Democrats in several states, and suggests a growing South support for Douglas principles despite official pretensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
South
Maryland
Delaware
North Carolina
D. K. McRea
Lecompton
Tennessee
F. P. Stanton
Louisiana
Missouri
Congress
Woodson
Anderson
Douglas
Priest Incites Row at New Jersey Depot
A Roman Catholic priest in Hoboken became belligerent after drinking, insulting American and Protestant beliefs at a Jersey City depot. Irish bystanders backed him, Americans prepared to intervene, and the priest was escorted away as tensions flared, prompting converts to American principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
Jersey City
Hearth Musings on Profanity Among Gentlemen
A column questions the link between vulgar language and true gentility. It argues that profanity is not a mark of refinement and is shared by vagabonds and respectable alike. The piece laments vulgar speech used in taverns and on street corners and warns against equating civility with profane language.
The English Bill in Kansas and popular sovereignty clash
The piece condemns the English bill as a coercive attempt to force slavery on Kansas, arguing it undercuts republican principles and threatens territorial autonomy. It attacks Lecompton and Buchanan Democratic policies, warns of territorial vassalage, and urges voters to demand true popular rights before supporting any statehood path. It notes opposition to forced slavery and critiques political manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Friends of the
Thion
Union
Buchanan
Congress
Leecomptonites
Washington City
South
Crittenden
Vincennse Gazette
Pistol Tutor Teaches Lexington Women Revolver Use
Travi s 97 trains young Lexington ladies in revolver handling. The article notes his pistol shooting lessons and the focus on pistol safety and marksmanship for women in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
Lexington
Blood and Violence Plague St. Louis in Crusader Piece
A Crusader article decries widespread slaughter and crime across America terming midnights and sundays as scenes of brutal violence. It denounces conscription, poverty, and crime while urging a bitter critique of lawmakers and public sanction. The piece laments desolate homes and calls whisky production a national vice and demand for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Heaven
Crusader
St. Louis
Provisions for July State debt interest questioned
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports funds were sent to pay July interest with a 155000 dollar check from Aquilla Jones to J M Lord, raising questions in Evansville about lawful authority and potential executive overreach in funding and state trust funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Sentinel
Aquilla Jones
J. M. Lord
Corn Exchange Bank of New York
Evansville Journal
Democratic alarm over Administration prospects and Leib scandal
Washington Correspondent notes Democratic fear of near doom and hints at cabinet talk of conciliations. He citesSouthern officials pressing to discipline Leib the Mail Agent for abusing his post, accusing the administration of using him to expand party control and manipulate patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
New York Tribune
Douglas
Leib
Ilinois
Tey
White House
Yellow Fever Ravages Havana and New Orleans Area
Advices from New Orleans indicate yellow fever is killing unacclimated people in Havana and halting work on sugar estates due to an unusually malignant outbreak. In New Orleans the illness affects dissipated individuals exposed to swamp malaria. Rumors of war worry British readers as Russian fleet plans to visit Brest and Cherbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Havana
English
Brest
Cherbourg
Outrages on Americans in Palestine Reported by Utica Herald
Utica Herald correspondent says Americans traveling in Palestine Syria and Lebanon suffer frequent robberies. Bedouin robbers threaten and assault missionaries near Beyrout and Jerusalem while authorities are absent. An American party from Damascus faced a similar attack. Residents meet in Jeruslem Jaffa Beyrout Damascus Nazareth to seek U S protection from Turkish extortion and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Utica Herald
Jerusalem
Holy Land
L’alestine
Syria
Beyrout
Damascus
Palestine
Jaffa
Nazareth
Washinton
Steamboat Captain Fuller Faces Assault Charge
A Cincinnati report describes a Saturday night incident where Captain Fuller, a veteran steamboatman, allegedly lashed a woman and her baby after she accused his wife of infidelity. The woman, claiming love, seduction and abandonment, interrupted Fuller’s recent marriage with her child, and reportedly attempted suicide. The case, postponed to the 9th, has the defendant in bonds of 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Fuller
Governor Cumming Threatened in Salt Lake City
Camp Scott correspondent of the New York Times reports attempts to intimidate Governor Cumming in Salt Lake City. Mature men warned they would cut his throat if attacked, but the governor warned of shooting on both sides and that his death would not end the clash over state authority and the federal conflict with Salt Lake Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Cumming
Salt Lake City
Camp Scott
New York Times
Govenor
United States
Salt Lake Valley
Warrants Reclassified as Personal Property Under 1858 Act
Washington Star notes an act of Congress on June 3 1858 changing warrants from real estate to personal chattels. It governs conveyance and disposition by laws for personal property. On claimant death before warrant issue, title vests in widow if any. otherwise it passes to heirs or legatees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
D&c
Washington Star
Petersburg damages case over street hole injures city
Ag Mr Moore recovered 5000 damages from the City of Petersburg Virginia for injuries after stepping into an exposed hole in the street. The writer criticizes Petersburg’s lighting and urban conditions and contrasts it with their own town’s drinking establishments and gas supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Petersburg
Old Dominion
Corporation
Vain hat chase and a Quaker’s half dollar
A high wind drives a hat as a man pursues it while a Quaker addresses a laughing boy. The boy admits swearing and the Friend responds by giving fifty cents and advising against damnation of the tile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadbrim
Spectre of Democracy Stirs Crowds in Vincennes Night
A strange figure on a store box in Vincennes drew a crowd as Aeril Ouiver T. Barre, a noted Democrat, delivered a rambling speech at the Court House and on the street. The speaker defended Lecompton and attacked rivals, while local officials debated crowd control and public order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeril Ouiver T. Barre
Gwine
Baalam
Oliver
Kernil
Caldwell
Hamlet
Lecompton
Merril
Kansas
Aemnil
Congress
Indianapolis
Dick Ryan
Palmer House
Buchanan
Marshall Donovan
Aerail
Zon Campos
Marshall
Durance
Keril Baird
Judge Hovey
Pismire
Lecompton Democratic Party
Wealth as a motive fades into sloth and poor fit
The passage argues wealth inherited is a bad incentive, likening it to ready-made clothes that rarely fit. It asserts that only money earned by the individual benefits character and effort, warning that fortunes that are readily gained do not suit the person who receives them.
Wives Flee Husbands Across Buffalo Line in 30 Days
A Buffalo paper reports that in the last thirty days at least nineteen wives fled from their husbands and passed over the Buffalo State Line Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angels
Buffalo
Buffalo State Line
A Rat at the Hen Coop and a Wilde Wordplay
A curious tale recounts Charles Lamb noting a party of swimmers misidentified as girls by a companion. The anecdote shifts to a Somerset Connecticut claim where a hen killed a rat that entered her coop, dragging it away after a chicken supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lamb
Lamb
Mason
Somerset
Connecticut
Steamer Tishomingo Bursts Head at Muscatine
The Cincinnati Commercial reports that the steamer Tishomingo burst a cylinder head at Muscatine last Wednesday and is laid up for repairs. The Nashville to Memphis river mail route was awarded to Capt. J. Miller of the former city for 36000 dollars per year, starting the first of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Muscatine
Nashville
Memphis
Duel Rumors Swirl Between Prominent Indianapolis Figures
The Indianapolis Sentinel hints at a duel between two noted city residents and says a woman is involved. In Cincinnati a clearing house is planned with the Trust Department of Ohio Life and Trust Company rented for the purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Sentinel
Clearing House
Cincinnati
Trust Department
The
Ohio Life ‘and Trust Company
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Washington, Mnd
F. Horrall
Swingle
Forney’s
J. Stainer
Harrisburg
Atlantic
New York
Europe
May
Richmonds
Hoogem Sylver
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