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The wars & local soldiers, 1856

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Panama Railroad Accident. Over Two Hundred Killed and Wounded. (From the Alta California, May 23.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1856 · page 4

We have received from Washington Wright, Esq., of the Golden Age, who was in the cars at the time of the accident, the following full and complete account:…

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Civil War in Kansas

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1856 · page 2

The intelligence from Kansas reports the breaking out of civil war, and confirms the news of the destruction of the town of Lawrence. The hotel, two printing-offices, and Governor…

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Balance-sheet of the War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1856 · page 4

The Spectator remarks that the grand net totals of the loss or gain by the late contest, to each party in the Paris Conference, may be tabulated thus:…

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Dreadfdl Collision on the Central Railroad. Two Knows to Be Killed.—fifteen Badly Wounded. Buffalo, June 6

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1856 · page 3

A collision occurred at an early hour this morning, on the Niagara Fall[?] section of the Central Railroad. Two express trains came in contact near the Pekin station. Two persons…

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Murder of Two Sisters by a Soldier

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1856 · page 4

Two young females were murdered near Folkstone on the 3rd of August, under circumstances of very peculiarly painful and distressing nature. The murdered girls, Caroline…

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The Cost of the Russian War

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1856 · page 4

It may be worth your while to be informed that, having had time to reckon up the cost of the late war, we find it to amount to eighty millions. This you will say is a pretty…

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The War in Circassia

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1856 · page 2

We (Times) have received the following telegraphic despatch from our Vienna correspondent:- "Vienna, Thursday evening, Oct. 16…

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Sydney News. a War of Tariffs. (From the Melbourne Argus, Dec. 20.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1856 · page 4

It is quite evident that there is no unmixed good in this world. Responsible government is considered a boon and a blessing, but it has its drawbacks. One of these…

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