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Newspaper

Weekly Jeffersonian

Location

Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1855

Page

2

London Times on Czar Policy and Sevastopol Siege Tactics

Analysis from The Asia and London dispatches detail the evolving policies of the new Russian czar, with reports on Sevastopol’s siege, Allied fire, and Russian sorties. Despatches note fierce combat around the Malakoff and Redan fortifications, French and Russian actions, and diplomatic talks in Vienna involving Buol and Gortselakos.

New York Mey The London Times Peake Seige Sebastopol Alies Inkerman Gortschkoff London Crimus Bucharest Crimea Menschikoff Roebuck Napoleon Asia Prince Gortselakos France England Turkey John Russell Vienna Count Buol Cronyn de L’bays Louton Pines Nicholas Thrausk Brussels Redan Marden I. Rusa Ambureado Ie Malakoff Tower

Brutal Austrian outrage in Wallachia sparks mob violence

An Austrian officer in Craiova brutally stabbed a husband who confronted him over intruding on a wife. The crowd demanded punishment from the Turkish commander at Kalafat. the General refused, inflaming residents who armed and attacked Austrians. The violence left many dead on both sides and stores reopened after the unrest subsided.

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Washington News on Know-Nothings and Cuban Policy

In a Washington summary, fears rise over Know-Nothing influence in Virginia and slippage toward potential southern revolution as cabinet members clash over Reeder and Free Soil interests. The Cuban question grows, Europe aims Africanization, and Lincoln-style tensions echo amid Ka nsas troubles. A Mississippi to Ohio rail accident reports wreckage and injuries, with Senator Wells among the rescued.

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Demographic party lines blur in Pierce era debate illustration

A fragmented analysis of political alignments questions whether the old Whig party remains a distinct force. The piece argues Democratic principles endure despite factions, while urging unity around trusted leaders and honest policy. It laments internal strife and urges Democrats to rally behind capable, principled figures.

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International Church and Public Notices Summary

The report from the Board of Foreign Missions shows year receipts of 164,074 and expenditures of 175,052 with 222 missions under its charge. Quincy Illinois population noted above 18,000, up from 6,902 in 1800. A Central Railroad contract for moving mill goods from Osiro to New Orleans valued at 480,000 annually. Various notices include a Baptist church for Negroes in Richmond VA with 2,700 communicants, a singing event by the “Black Swan” in Chicago, and the Presbyterian General Assembly in St. Louis. Other items mention infant vaccination at Sing Sing, a clergyman imprisoned in Tennessee for selling a suction, a Washington Union denial on a party’s appeal to remove Ger Reeder, cholera deaths in St. Louis, and a public dinner for Alexander Mitchell of Milwaukee. Missouri and Arkansas gossip concerns recovered gold on the Red Fork of the Arkansas River. A Paris to Marseilles crossing ceremony, a Lyon charity gift, and several railroad notes fill the page alongside minor political and international updates including Prince Menschikoff and a London theater performance.

Market Reports and Miscellany From Across Regions

A collage of early 19th century notes reports market currency data for the United Kingdom banks with a March period, contract awards for leather goods, health updates from Keokuk on cholera spread among emigrants, and distant transport notes. It also notes grain movements, seeds from Europe, railroad earnings, bullfighting bans in Paris, rapid Paris to Madrid travel, land district establishment at Superior City, and several state legal changes including Delaware attorney general appointment, judges, liquor license votes in Janesville, Rochester libel cases, Quebec navigation, and a Delaware chief justice appointment alongside a Georgia ex-senator’s death.

Hon So Tha W Houston Superior Court Dela Ware Harrington Janesville N.Y. Berald Edmonda Hay Hayden Rochester S. C Rochester Daily Union

Tan Srastonr Cpr-This great was mechaneed yesterday

A garbled report notes a machine being put into operation yesterday and moving six feet back toward the lake after an initial test, with ongoing work and an implied disruption. Nearby areas report heavy snow with a foot in Rutland and three feet on mountains, plus deep snow north of Concord New Hampshire.

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