Clay, Henry - 1852

DEATH OF HENRY CLAY.

The great statesman is dead.  He expired at his lodgings in Washington, on Tuesday last, at half past 11 o'clock.  A despatch says he died with the utmost composure, and was believed to be perfectly sensible, though he uttered not a word.  His death, though for some time momentarily expected, has cast a gloom over the hearts of his countrymen.

Mr. Clay was born in Virginia, in April, 1777.  At the age of 19 he commenced the study of the law, and was admitted to the bar at the age of 20, and soon after removed to Lexington, Ky.-- His political career dates from this period.

In 1803 he was elected to the State Legislature.  In 1806 he was appointed to the U. S. Senate1, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Gen. Adair.  In 1807 he was again elected to the Legislature, and chosen Speaker.  In 1809 Mr. Clay was again elected to the U. S. Senate for two unexpired years of the term of Mr. Thurston, resigned.

In 1811 he was elected a member of the U. S. House of Representatives, and was chosen Speaker on the first day of his appearance in that body by a vote of nearly two to one, which place he continued to occupy until January, 1814, when he was appointed one of the commissioners to negotiate a treaty of peace at Ghent.  In 1818 he was again elected to Congress.  In 1821 he withdrew from Congress, but was re-elected in 1823, and chosen Speaker by a majority of more than three-fourths of the members.  In 1824 he accepted the appointment of Secretary of State under Mr. Adams, the duties of which he discharged during the whole term of his office.

In 1831 Mr. Clay was again elected to the Senate, and continued a member of that body until 1842, when he retired to private life.  In 1849 he was again returned to the Senate, and continued a member up to the day of his death.  He was in the seventy-sixth year of his age.  The New York Commercial truly says: “He has left behind him a prouder, vaster monument then any biography or printed eulogy now can bestow, or a nation's wealth and gratitude can erect.”
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 3

 

You can visit the memorial page for Henry Clay in The Lexington Cemetery, or Henry Clay in the Congressional Cemetery.

Berry, Charles C. (Capt.) - 1852

Charles C. Berry, Esq., late Commander of the steamship United States, and well known among the travelling <sic> community, died at Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday evening, in his 40th year.  He has been connected with the merchant marine service for a great number of years, and  his loss will be deeply felt.
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 2

 

You can visit the memorial page for Capt Charles C. Berry.

Clifford, Jim - 1852

James Thompson, alias “Jim Clifford,” who was executed on the 31st ult., at San Juan del Norte, or Greytown, for the robbery, in conjunction with his accomplices, Phillips and Powers, of P. Lafargue, to the amount of $27,350, confessed that he had been in a State Prison in the United States, and was subsequently under sentence of death in that country.

He also confessed to a recent highway robbery in Panama, and to having planned, in conjunction with Phillips, the robbery of the house of Beschor & Co., which was to have been attempted within a few days.  He was notorious for his numerous robberies on the Mississippi river.  He was a young man of prepossessing appearance, well educated, and formerly lived in Charlestown, Mass., but his whereabouts has not been known for many years.

His parents are both dead, and his father was formerly a highly respectable merchant on Long Wharf.  [Boston Atlas.]
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 2

Thompson, James - 1852

James Thompson, alias “Jim Clifford,” who was executed on the 31st ult., at San Juan del Norte, or Greytown, for the robbery, in conjunction with his accomplices, Phillips and Powers, of P. Lafargue, to the amount of $27,350, confessed that he had been in a State Prison in the United States, and was subsequently under sentence of death in that country.

He also confessed to a recent highway robbery in Panama, and to having planned, in conjunction with Phillips, the robbery of the house of Beschor & Co., which was to have been attempted within a few days.  He was notorious for his numerous robberies on the Mississippi river.  He was a young man of prepossessing appearance, well educated, and formerly lived in Charlestown, Mass., but his whereabouts has not been known for many years.

His parents are both dead, and his father was formerly a highly respectable merchant on Long Wharf.  [Boston Atlas.]
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 2

Holmes, Mr. - 1852

Sad Accident On The Norfolk County Railroad.-- Mr. Holmes, the conductor on the freight train for Boston, was knocked off the top of a car Saturday afternoon, while passing a bridge at Waterford, and instantly killed.  He was an unmarried man.
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 1

Rutkowski, John - 1852

Confession Of A Murderer.-- Philadelphia, June 29.-- A Polander, who has had an interview with T. S. Kupenskis, in the county Prison, made some developments, today, before Mayor Gilpin.  The following is the substance of the confession made by the condemned.

Mathias said: I killed a young Lehman by striking him on the head with a stove leg.  Blaise, my brother, as well as Kaysar, whose real name is John Rutkowski, are still at large.  Mathias also said the party had killed a farmer and his family of six persons near Newark, and afterwards set fire to the premises.  They obtained $74 and some jewelry in the house.  He also confessed to a murder near Baltimore, and said that they had murdered near eighty persons, and burned 50 houses, since their arrival in the country, the plunder amounting to $8000, which is buried in the mountains, and is under the charge of Kaysar.

This confession is so extravagant as to lead to the supposition that he is now insane.  He expressed confidence of escaping, through the aid of Kaysar, and designs murdering all concerned in his arrest and conviction, besides numerous persons in New York.
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 1

Kupenskis, T. S. - 1852

Confession Of A Murderer.-- Philadelphia, June 29.-- A Polander, who has had an interview with T. S. Kupenskis, in the county Prison, made some developments, today, before Mayor Gilpin.  The following is the substance of the confession made by the condemned.

Mathias said: I killed a young Lehman by striking him on the head with a stove leg.  Blaise, my brother, as well as Kaysar, whose real name is John Rutkowski, are still at large.  Mathias also said the party had killed a farmer and his family of six persons near Newark, and afterwards set fire to the premises.  They obtained $74 and some jewelry in the house.  He also confessed to a murder near Baltimore, and said that they had murdered near eighty persons, and burned 50 houses, since their arrival in the country, the plunder amounting to $8000, which is buried in the mountains, and is under the charge of Kaysar.

This confession is so extravagant as to lead to the supposition that he is now insane.  He expressed confidence of escaping, through the aid of Kaysar, and designs murdering all concerned in his arrest and conviction, besides numerous persons in New York.
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 1

Bruce, George - 1852

A New Power Press.-- The Lebanon N. H., Whig states that Mr. A H. Cragin of that town, who has been at work for the last year upon a new power press, has completed one which works admirably, and is capable of throwing off from 1500 to 2000 impressions per hour.  It is entirely new in its constructions, simple and compact-- being less than seven feet in length, by four feet wide, and id to be afforded for about $500.

The Whig considers it one of the greatest inventions of the age.  Mr. Cragin will secure a patent, and claim the reward offered by George Bruce, Esq., of New York City, of $1000, for the best press capable of throwing off 500 sheets per hour, with the ordinary labor of two men, and which shall not cost over $500.
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 1

Cragin, A. H. - 1852

A New Power Press.-- The Lebanon N. H., Whig states that Mr. A H. Cragin of that town, who has been at work for the last year upon a new power press, has completed one which works admirably, and is capable of throwing off from 1500 to 2000 impressions per hour.  It is entirely new in its constructions, simple and compact-- being less than seven feet in length, by four feet wide, and id to be afforded for about $500.

The Whig considers it one of the greatest inventions of the age.  Mr. Cragin will secure a patent, and claim the reward offered by George Bruce, Esq., of New York City, of $1000, for the best press capable of throwing off 500 sheets per hour, with the ordinary labor of two men, and which shall not cost over $500.
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 2, Column 1

Graham, David - 1852

Death of David Graham, Esq.-- Intelligence has been received in New York of the death of David Graham, Esq., an eminent Counsellor <sic> at Law of that city, which took place on the 27th, ult, at Nice, in  Italy.  Mr. Graham was an able and successful practitioner, and particularly skilled in arguing criminal and other jury cases.

He was one of the commissioners who framed the new code of procedure in New York, and to his judgment, experience and industry much of the merit of that reform is attributed.  His arduous labors having impaired his health he was advised to visit a milder climate, but his disease assumed the form of consumption, under which he sunk as above mentioned.

He has left a wife and five children to mourn his death, as well as a large circle of friends who deplore the loss.  [Boston Daily Adv]
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 1, Column 5

 

You can visit the memorial page for David Graham.

Heritage, Jason - 1852

Jason Heritage, of Burlington county, New Jersey, says an acre and a half of ground, planted with strawberries, will this year yield him, clear, $1000.  Five hundred quarts were taken from the vines at one picking, on a little less than a quarter of an acre of land, which, at 50 cents a quart, yield $250.
~ The Northern Star, 03-Jul-1852 Page 1, Column 3