Letter from C Davis on western travel and Pike's Peak hope
A Chicago Tribune reader publication prints a May 9 letter by C Davis, once Chicago Tribune commercial reporter. He recounts a two mile per hour ox-team journey to the Platte River near Denver, noting hardship, hunger, and the lure of gold yet cautioning that many emigrants suffer and some perish. He imagines June reunion if not scalped or shipwrecked on the Platte.
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Chicago Tribunne
C. Davison
Chicago Tribune
Parnassus
The
Platte
Denver
States
Pike’s Peak
Smoky Hill
Parallet
British minister to Mexico may recognize Juarez soon
From Washington May 27 Lord Lyons reportedly opines the British minister to Mexico will soon recognize Juarez or has instructions to that effect, though no solid basis and no information on official UK stance exist. Cabinet suceeds Postmaster Westcott. N B Brown named successor. Treasury notes risk and a large draft deficit loom. New York holds overdue funds. Lamar despatches say Belly contract not ratified. Jerez warned of Walker's planned Central American raid with Allied naval precautions.
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Washington
Wasmrictos
Lord Lyons
Mexico
Juarez
Westcott
Philadelphia
N. B. Brown
Treasury
New York
Lamar Lie
Jerez
Walker
Central America
Important from Mexico and the West May 27 1845
Private dispatches from New Orleans report Miramon's cabinet restoring Santa Anna to all rights he formerly held in Mexico and inviting his return. General Wall marches to meet him. New Orleans notes a new steamer attacked by creditors delaying California mail. Baton Rouge nominating convention chooses Thomas Moore for governor. Pike's Peak mail from Denver reports improving mining prospects. A fatal shooting in Centerville. Captain Townsend acquitted in Slaver Echo case. Remains of John Osborne, co discoverer of Mammoth Cave, arrive. Boone involved in the cave discovery.
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Mexico
New York
New
Gmc
Boone
Goggin and Letcher Lead in Virginia County Reports
May reports from multiple counties show Goggin leading in several districts with large majorities, while Letcher appears set to win Governor by about two thousand votes. Opposition gains noted in the Legislature. results vary by county and district across Virginia and surrounding areas.
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Bern
Jefferson
Belter
Congress
Harper's
Id Letcher
Facot County
Ricunoxp
Bedford County
Goggin
Pulaski County
Floyd
Br Caveres
Dist
Buckingham
Open County
Abingdon
Leake
Powell
McMullen
Martyn
Caskey
Jarnett
Warstixe
Clemens
Clarksville
Harrison County
Letcher
Jenkins
Kauffman
Speen
Assembly
Harres’s Ferry
Berkley County
Faulkner
Maxnincton
Montague
Wiley
Ricamont
Montgomery County
Floyd County
Drake
Albemarle
Wood County
Battimers
Bay Steamers
Accomac County
Richmond Ac
Barbour County
Lewis County
Upshire
Doddrige Co
Hartigon
Ritch
Lietch
Tybee bound steamer Isabel on voyage from Havana
Savasxan May 27 reports the steamer Isabel from Havana and Key West touched Tybee on her way to Charleston. Havana sugar market remains dull and unsettled while molasses shows activity and gains. An extensive Key West fire on the 16th destroyed 110 houses with an estimated loss of $250,000.
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Isabel
Havana
Key West
Tybee
Charleston
Arrival of the War News and Market Reports
European fronts and politics feature as Sardinian and Austrian movements are reported near Genoa Robbins. Britain maintains strict neutrality while mobilization expands in England. French troops in Italy may reach 200000. corn laws may be postponed and Bank of France records large specie losses. English markets show cautious activity in flour and wheat with modest price shifts.
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As Ag
New
Youx
War Department
England
Lyons
Italy
Bank of
France
Turkey
Manchester
New York May 29 historic dispatches and European news
From New York today comes news of London dates and naval movements. Sardinian seizures planned in Austrian ports, Robbio withdrawal, and Sardinian frigate Radetzky story. Reports of breadstuffs, stock market failures, and the Harmonia’s Liverpool dock incident. Emperors Napoleon and Canrobert seen in Alessandria. Queen Victoria nudged toward assurances amid war talk. Germany’s Diet ends, Prussia pledged balance of power as mobilization looms.
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New York
London
Jura
Saxonia
Italy
Napoleon
Sardinia
Alessandria
Enobia
Radetzky
London Stock Exchange
Cresswell:& Co
Birmingham
Laverpool
Harmonia
Southampton
Thomas
Savannah
Liverpool
Aldershot
Count Persigny
Prince Gortschakoff
France
London Times
Notre Dame
Paris
Toulon
Hungary
Queen Victoria
England
Austria
Robbio
iThe
Nepoleon
Mary Peror
Hal Canrobert
Germany
Berlin
Prince Regenti
Prussia
Europe
Federal Corps
Armie
India
China
Len
Dispatches and Market News From 19th Century Cries
The issue references telegraphic orders from the Emperor, a Vienna dispatch about an English mail steamer from India captured near Sasuna by a French warship, and an official bulletin noting Austrian movements from Straddela toward Doghera. It also reports the Birmingham firm Charles, Dillatti, & Co. failing today and ongoing gains in Illinois Central shares.
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Loupe
Spinel
Duke Delearmont
Oligos
Vienna
India
Sasuna
Alg
Straddela
Doghera
Charles, Dillatti, & Co
Birmingham
Fine weather aids crops as grain markets stay tight
Dusuque May 30 1859 reports a week of favorable weather for growing crops. Grain in warehouses remains scarce and controlled by speculators with receipts simply changing hands. No monetary changes since last week as New York papers note large European specie shipments aiding southern debt but depressing western staples amid war effects.
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New York
Europe
Wattaan
Maze
Meyers
Bemmons
Helmstreet
W. EB. Hagan & CO
Troy
Dubuque Retail Market Prices Listed for May 34 1839
Prices for flour corn meal pork bacon beef lard butter cheese eggs beans potatoes apples peaches bran and more appear in a Dubuque market list. The notice also includes a law office at 38 Main Street upstairs and a New York commissioner notary public.
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Ofire
Nol Mainstrot
Mp Stairs
Beach
New-York
Ean
Heey Avoor
Seece
jenBlawty
Whee
Mata Et
Pobeque, Lows
Immense Sales and Public Auction Notice
A public notice urges readers to attend an auction at the Guill & Op location on Maia id Fith street with sales opening Monday morning. It also extols Dr Easterly’s medicines, claiming widespread use across western states and urging trials, noting large past sales and availability through Williams & Potter, 84 Main street, may2idawlm.
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P. C. Monnawes
Ef Guill & Op
Cotter
Maia
Dr. Easterly
S. Louis
Carter
Hooper
Baker
Williams & Potter
Main Street
Buque
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Mr. Letcher
Savasxan
Strammqmip
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Conaucrep Weekly
Peters Sr
Leatr
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Orleans
Cassia
Fan
Dres
Ark & Beach
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Boston
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State Bank OF Iowa
Mlony's
Cir. Mein & Third Streets
Horr Brothers Real ‘Estate Exchange
Iowa
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Comuntry
United States
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