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Jacksonian
Congress(es)
23rd (1833–1835)
External Research Collections
MURPHY, John, a Representative from Alabama; born in Columbia, Robeson County, N.C., in 1786; was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1808; served as clerk of the State senate 1810-1817; moved to Alabama in 1818; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1819; studied law and was admitted to the bar; member of the State senate in 1822; Governor of Alabama 1825-1829; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-second Congress; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-sixth Congress; died near Gosport, Clarke County, Ala., September 21, 1841; interment on his plantation near Gosport, Ala.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Papers: In the Alabama Governor (1825-1829: Murphy) Administrative files, 1825-1828, 5 folders. This series consists of the administrative files of Governor John Murphy, containing correspondence, reports, legal documents and accounts. The bulk of the collection consists of letters sent to Governor Murphy. Topics discussed include banking, the settlement of accounts between Mississippi and Alabama, the survey of the boundary line between Alabama and Georgia, land sales, the move of the state capitol from Cahaba to Tuscaloosa, contested elections, state agricultural development, the Alabama Salt Works, and expenses relating to General Lafayette's 1824 visit to the State. Specifically the files contain information concerning the Bank of the State of Alabama, the Mobile branch of the Bank of the United States, the removal and sale of public property from the Cahaba capitol, the return of the remains of former governor Israel Pickens from Cuba, the survey of the Muscle Shoals area of the Tennessee River and the embezzlement of public funds by John Archer, former tax collector for Mobile County. Gubernatorial history record ALAV87-A584 describes the history and the function of the gubernatorial administration of Governor Murphy of Alabama, the office responsible for the creation of this record series. The papers are also available on microfilm.
Papers: In the Alabama Governor (1825-1829: Murphy), Appointments correspondence, 1825-1829, 2 folders. This series consists of correspondence relating to appointments, resignations, commissions and contested elections. Included are petitions and letters. The majority are from individuals requesting that they be appointed to a particular office or from individuals recommending someone for a particular job. Positions represented include notaries public, sheriffs, tax collectors, judges, the University of Alabama trustees, the Mobile Harbor Master, the state printer, Land Agent for the University of Alabama, Indian Agent, and Sparta Land Office Receiver. Agency history record ALAV86-A630 describes the history and the functions of the Governor's Office of Alabama, the agency responsible for the creation of this record series. Gubernatorial history record ALAV87-A584 describes the history and the functions of the gubernatorial administration of Governor Murphy of Alabama, the office responsible for the creation of this record series. The papers are also available on microfilm.
Papers: In the Alabama Governor (1825-1829: Murphy) Extraditions and requisitions file, 1826, 1 folder. This series consists of items relating to the requisition and extradition of criminals. The series contains a letter from Lewis Evans and two affidavits relating to a burglary committed in Lincoln County, North Carolina by Joseph Weir and his male slave named June. Agency history record ALAV86-A630 describes the history and the functions of the Governor's Office of Alabama, the agency responsible for the creation of this record series. The papers are also available on microfilm.
Papers: In the Alabama Governor (1825-1829: Murphy) Messages to the General Assembly, 1826-1827,1 folder. This series contains several messages and supporting documents from Governor John Murphy to the Alabama General Assembly. Included are correspondence, reports and accounts. The most detailed messages concern reports of commissioners appointed to run a dividing line between Alabama and Georgia and to adjust unsettled accounts between Alabama and Mississippi. Other topics discussed include Creek Indian treaties, the location of a branch of the Bank of the U.S. in Mobile, and the Tombeckbee Bank. The series also contains John Murphy's comments on a bill concerning land for the State Capitol in Tuscaloosa and a copy of the 1825 annual report of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. Gubernatorial history record ALAV87-A584 describes the history and the functions of the gubernatorial administration of Governor Murphy of Alabama, the office responsible for the creation of this record series. A container listing for the papers is available in repository. The papers are also available on microfilm.
Papers: In the Alabama Governor (1825-1829: Murphy), Pardons, paroles and clemency files, 1826-1828, 13 folders. The papers include the pardons, paroles, and clemency files acted upon by Governor John Murphy. The papers are also available on microfilm.
Papers: In the Alabama Governor (1825-1829: Murphy) Reward files, 1826-1828, 1 folder. This series consists of correspondence concerning rewards offered for the apprehension of criminals. Some letters describe the crime or criminal, while others offer their assistance to the state in apprehending the accused. Most of the felons were wanted for murder. A gency history record ALAV86-A630 describes the history and the functions of the Governor's Office of Alabama, the agency responsible for the creation of this record series. Gubernatorial history record ALAV87-A584 describes the history and the functions of the gubernatorial administration of Governor Murphy of Alabama, the office responsible for the creation of this record series. The papers are also available on microfilm.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, "MURPHY, John," https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/M/MURPHY,-John-(M001097)/ (January 17, 2022)

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Q: GWT RPC: simple msg from server I want to display a msg from server when user clicks a button on client web page. Here is my code. Can someone see it. It is running but fails when I input name & press button 'Press'.Displays msg 'check ur inputs'
here is stack trace:
[WARN] 404 - POST /lumiproj/testService (127.0.0.1) 1406 bytes
   Request headers
      Host: 127.0.0.1:8888
      Connection: keep-alive
      User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.75 Safari/535.7
      Accept: */*
      Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
      Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
      Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
      Referer: http://127.0.0.1:8888/LumiProj.html?gwt.codesvr=127.0.0.1:9997
      Content-Length: 159
      Origin: http://127.0.0.1:8888
      X-GWT-Module-Base: http://127.0.0.1:8888/lumiproj/
      X-GWT-Permutation: HostedMode
      Content-Type: text/x-gwt-rpc; charset=UTF-8
   Response headers
      Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
      Content-Length: 1406

web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
         version="2.5"
         xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee">

    LumiProjServiceImpl
    com.hello.server.LumiProjServiceImpl

    LumiProjServiceImpl
    /lumiproj/greet

    LumiProj.html

entrypoint class
package com.hello.client;

//import rpctest.client.RpctestService;
//import rpctest.client.RpctestServiceAsync;

import com.hello.shared.FieldVerifier;
import com.google.gwt.core.client.EntryPoint;
import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickEvent;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickHandler;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyCodes;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyUpEvent;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyUpHandler;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Button;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.DialogBox;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HTML;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HorizontalPanel;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Label;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.TextBox;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.VerticalPanel;

/**
 * Entry point classes define onModuleLoad().
 */
public class LumiProj implements EntryPoint {

    final TextBox nameText = new TextBox();
    final Label nameLabel = new Label("Enter name");
    final Button pressBtn = new Button("Press!");
    final Button exitBtn = new Button("exit");
    //final Label errorLabel = new Label();
    private VerticalPanel mainpanel = new VerticalPanel();
    private HorizontalPanel addpanel1 = new HorizontalPanel();
    private HorizontalPanel addpanel2 = new HorizontalPanel();

    private final LumiProjServiceAsync calNumbers = GWT
            .create(LumiProjService.class);

    /**
     * This is the entry point method.
     */
    public void onModuleLoad() {

        addpanel1.add(nameLabel);
        addpanel1.add(nameText);
        addpanel2.add(pressBtn);
        addpanel2.add(exitBtn);
        mainpanel.add(addpanel1);
        mainpanel.add(addpanel2);

        pressBtn.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {

            String name = nameText.getValue();

            calNumbers.calNumbers(name,
                new AsyncCallback<String>() {
                public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
                    // Show the RPC error message to the user
                        Window.alert("check your inputs");
                    }

                @Override
                public void onSuccess(String result) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    Window.alert("answer="+result);
                }
            });}
        });
        // We can add style names to widgets
        //sendButton.addStyleName("sendButton");

        // Add the nameField and sendButton to the RootPanel
        // Use RootPanel.get() to get the entire body element

        /*RootPanel.get("nameFieldContainer").add(nameField);
         *
        RootPanel.get("sendButtonContainer").add(sendButton);
        RootPanel.get("errorLabelContainer").add(errorLabel);*/
        RootPanel.get().add(mainpanel);

    }
}

service interfaces:
package com.hello.client;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;

@RemoteServiceRelativePath("testService")
public interface LumiProjService extends RemoteService {

    String calNumbers(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}

------------------
package com.hello.client;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;

public interface LumiProjServiceAsync {

    void calNumbers(String name,
            AsyncCallback<String> callback);
}

serviceIMPL
package com.hello.server;

import com.hello.client.LumiProjService;

import com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet;

public class LumiProServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet  implements LumiProjService {

    @Override
    public String calNumbers(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException {

        String h = "Hello";

        return h+" "+name;
    }
}

A: Can you post gwt error stack trace(if exists) or text of Throwable in

    public void onFailure(Throwable caught)
 ?

Also, post please your web.xml file, may be there is error in servlet path mapping

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There are so many people in this present generation will always consider going to the gym simply for the purposes of ensuring that the increase their physical strength and also lose some weight. Going to the gym is always known to be very beneficial and quite a number of people have reported the fact that they have enjoyed numerous benefits when they visited a gym. For instance, you will realize that going to the gym can help you reduce your risk of chronic disease. Another possible reason why going to the gym is always known to be very essential is because it helps people get quality sleep and at the same time, it boosts the health of people's brains. One of the best ways you can be able to spend the best time and make your gym sessions effective is when you consider having all the necessary gym equipment. One thing that you need to understand is that when comes to the purchase of gym equipment, you have to ensure that you look for the best company that has the ability to supply all the necessary. Discussed underneath some of the tips you can use when it comes to the purchase of different types of gym equipment.
The gym equipment you are planning to purchase should be strong enough to provide you with the exercises that you need. This simply means that you have to ensure that you consider finding out if the gym equipment has been manufactured using good quality material. This can prove to be very important because strong gym equipment is known to be lasting for the longest time possible. Majority of companies that sell gym equipment will always provide you with an option to purchase brand-new gym equipment or even go for used gym equipment.
Another important thing that you need to ensure that you look at when it comes to the purchase of gym equipment is the cost implications of obtaining them. There are quite a number of gym equipment that are available for purchases, but one thing that need to understand is that not all gym equipment is sold at the same price and therefore, you should be in a position to determine whether it will be affordable for you to purchase one. You may find yourself in a scenario whereby you may not be well equipped with information regarding different types of gym equipment and therefore, one of the most important things that need to ensure that you do is seek expert opinion or even consider conducting a research online in order for you to equip yourself with all the necessary information before you consider purchasing them.


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Q: Starting mongodb cluster I'm starting 3 mongod processes on 3 different machines and try to run the mongos process on the another machine that runs also the application server.
I'm getting this message:
~$ mongos --configdb mongo1:27017,mongo2:27017,mongo3:27017
Mon Sep 24 10:34:05 mongos db version v2.0.4, pdfile version 4.5 starting (--help for usage)
Mon Sep 24 10:34:05 git version: nogitversion
Mon Sep 24 10:34:05 build info: Linux yellow 2.6.24-29-server #1 SMP Tue Oct 11 15:57:27 UTC 2011 x86_64 BOOST_LIB_VERSION=1_46_1
Mon Sep 24 10:34:09 ERROR: config servers mongo1:27017 and mongo2:27017 differconfig servers mongo1:27017 and mongo2:27017 differconfig servers mongo1:27017 and mongo2:27017 differconfig servers mongo1:27017 and mongo2:27017 differconfig servers not in sync! config servers mongo1:27017 and mongo2:27017 differ
chunks: "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"  EOO
EOO EOO
configServer startup check failed

A: I've deleted mongod.lock from all config servers and restarted mongod.
That solved the problem.

A: There are 2 ways it can be done,
1) clear the data folder and restart the server, it will start as usual without any error,
2) delete the mongod lock file and Use the --repair option.


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Flatware and cooking utensils come to mind, along with items like storage bags, plastic wrap, and kitchen towels. Further, these drawers need to be handy to the areas where their contents will be used. A utensil drawer on the other side of the room from the range or primary work surface will be an annoyance.
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Posted on August 23, 2015 May 30, 2016 by Dave Bonta
Up early, and about my works in my house, to see what is done and design more. Then to my office, and by and by we sat till noon at the office. After sitting, Mr. Coventry and I did walk together a great while in the Garden, where he did tell me his mind about Sir G. Carteret's having so much the command of the money, which must be removed. And indeed it is the bane of all our business. He observed to me also how Sir W. Batten begins to struggle and to look after his business, which he do indeed a little, but it will come to nothing. I also put him upon getting an order from the Duke for our inquiries into the Chest, which he will see done. So we parted, and Mr. Creed by appointment being come, he and I went out together, and at an ordinary in Lumbard Streete dined together, and so walked down to the Styllyard, and so all along Thames-street, but could not get a boat: I offered eight shillings for a boat to attend me this afternoon, and they would not, it being the day of the Queen's coming to town from Hampton Court. So we fairly walked it to White Hall, and through my Lord's lodgings we got into White Hall garden, and so to the Bowling-green, and up to the top of the new Banqueting House there, over the Thames, which was a most pleasant place as any I could have got; and all the show consisted chiefly in the number of boats and barges; and two pageants, one of a King, and another of a Queen, with her Maydes of Honour sitting at her feet very prettily; and they tell me the Queen is Sir. Richard Ford's daughter. Anon come the King and Queen in a barge under a canopy with 10,000 barges and boats, I think, for we could see no water for them, nor discern the King nor Queen. And so they landed at White Hall Bridge, and the great guns on the other side went off:
But that which pleased me best was, that my Lady Castlemaine stood over against us upon a piece of White Hall, where I glutted myself with looking on her. But methought it was strange to see her Lord and her upon the same place walking up and down without taking notice one of another, only at first entry he put off his hat, and she made him a very civil salute, but afterwards took no notice one of another; but both of them now and then would take their child, which the nurse held in her armes, and dandle it. One thing more; there happened a scaffold below to fall, and we feared some hurt, but there was none, but she of all the great ladies only run down among the common rabble to see what hurt was done, and did take care of a child that received some little hurt, which methought was so noble.
Anon there came one there booted and spurred that she talked long with. And by and by, she being in her hair, she put on his hat, which was but an ordinary one, to keep the wind off. But methinks it became her mightily, as every thing else do.
The show being over, I went away, not weary with looking on her, and to my Lord's lodgings, where my brother Tom and Dr. Thomas Pepys were to speak with me. So I walked with them in the garden, and was very angry with them both for their going out of town without my knowledge; but they told me the business, which was to see a gentlewoman for a wife for Tom, of Mr. Cooke's providing, worth 500l., of good education, her name Hobell, and lives near Banbury, demands 40l. per annum joynter. Tom likes her, and, they say, had a very good reception, and that Cooke hath been very serviceable therein, and that she is committed to old Mr. Young, of the Wardrobe's, tuition.
After I had told them my mind about their folly in going so unadvisedly, I then begun to inquire after the business, and so did give no answer as to my opinion till I have looked farther into it by Mr. Young.
By and by, as we were walking in my Lord's walk, comes my Lord, and so we broke our discourse and went in with him, and after I had put them away I went in to my Lord, and he and I had half an hour's private discourse about the discontents of the times, which we concluded would not come to anything of difference, though the Presbyters would be glad enough of it; but we do not think religion will so soon cause another war.
Then to his own business. He asked my advice there, whether he should go on to purchase more land and to borrow money to pay for it, which he is willing to do, because such a bargain as that of Mr. Buggins's, of Stukely, will not be every day to be had, and Brampton is now perfectly granted him by the King — I mean the reversion of it — after the Queen's death; and, in the meantime, he buys it of Sir Peter Ball his present right.
Then we fell to talk of Navy business, and he concludes, as I do, that he needs not put himself upon any more voyages abroad to spend money, unless a war comes; and that by keeping his family awhile in the country, he shall be able to gather money.
He is glad of a friendship with Mr. Coventry, and I put him upon increasing it, which he will do, but he (as Mr. Coventry do) do much cry against the course of our payments and the Treasurer to have the whole power in his own hands of doing what he will, but I think will not meddle in himself.
He told me also that in the Commission for Tangier Mr. Coventry had advised him that Mr. Povy, who intended to be Treasurer, and it is intended him, may not be of the Commission itself, and my Lord I think will endeavour to get him to be contented to be left out of the Commission, and it is a very good rule indeed that the Treasurer in no office ought to be of the Commission. Here we broke off, and I bid him good night, and so with much ado, the streets being at nine o'clock at night crammed with people going home to the city, for all the borders of the river had been full of people, as the King had come, to a miracle got to the Palace Yard, and there took boat, and so to the Old Swan, and so walked home, and to bed very weary.
Work is a great garden of money
which will come up
in the chest, a place
with no water or land
where I glut myself on fear.
An ordinary garden demands joy
like a cook committed to folly,
but not money, which is such
a perfect version of death.
It needs to keep increasing,
the whole good night
full of miracle.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 23 August 1662.
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For the latest issue of Ernest Journal, editor Jo Tinsley and photographer Colin Nicholls took a road trip along the Norfolk and Suffolk coast in a converted RAF ambulance named George. Their journey took them to the spit of Orford Ness – a place of military secrets, flooded laboratories and rusting machinery on the shingle.
Early morning, we stuff our pockets with pastries then hitch a lift with the first ferry of the day to Orford Ness. With North Sea squalls that can roll over the spit without warning, unidentified heaps of metal strewn about and the possibility of unexploded ordnance, the sprawling site takes some stewarding. We meet lead ranger David Mason and clamber into the back of his old Land Rover, which has a bird's nest in the cup holder, then drive over to a row of red brick buildings.
In 1915, the Royal Flying Corps established an experimental airfield on the marshes, assembling this single line of ancillary buildings, known as 'the street', and running a narrow-gauge railway down to the jetty. Some of the buildings now house exhibitions; some have been demolished for safety reasons; others are empty, marking the history of the site but left to decay.
David tells us the site was important in the development of photography for aerial reconnaissance and in the use of high speed cameras in military testing. At the back of one room, we stumble upon what was once the world's fastest camera: a revolving barrel drum that captured fast-moving objects, such as nuclear bomb casing hurled at walls. The black paint has peeled, as if its bubbled off in the heat. "The camera was capable of capturing 3,000 frames per second. The engine turned so fast, you had to put it out with a fire extinguisher," David tells us.
We drive on, crossing Stony Ditch, a tidal creek that separates the marsh from the shingle bank. A loose skein of spoonbills flies overhead and we pull over to silently watch them.
We stop at the Bomb Ballistics building, built in 1933 to house state-of-the-art equipment used to record the flight of bombs, then climb up to the roof to get a lay of the land. Looking north, I can just make out the white golf ball of Sizewell and a Martello Tower – one of numerous coastal defences that pepper the coastline.
In the middle distance is Cobra Mist, where a fan of radar antennae was once orientated towards Moscow. An experimental radar team first arrived on the spit in 1935, and the next four decades became a time of intense activity, as competing devices were brought forward, many cobbled together using the materials to hand. The tracking device used to receive and examine signals transmitted from Sputnik I, Russia's first satellite, was built using a pine trunk, gun mounting and yacht rigging. Begun in 1968, Cobra Mist wasn't operational for long. Plagued by a severe 'noise' problem of an undetermined origin, rumoured to be atmospheric interference or a Russian trawler jamming the signal, it was shut down in 1973. It later became home to the BBC World Service until broadcasting ceased in 2010.
The vantage point highlights the complex sequence of ridges ('fulls') and valleys ('swales') playing out across the shingle. Orford Ness is a 'storm beach', David tells us. In winter, waves throw shingle up onto the beach. The smaller stones are thrown higher and further, and a 'berm' builds up along the front. Over time, the shingle stabilises, the smaller stones trapping moisture and organic matter, and plants begin to colonise the ridges with false oat grass, sea campion and lichen. These processes have shaped the land since prehistoric times and through these simple actions, the ridges become a document not just of the tides, but of the oscillations in sea level over centuries. It shows the ageing of the spit like lines inside a tree trunk.
Driving into the off-limits area, with David as our guide, the scene grows wilder and more ruinous. We pull up to explore the laboratories, six bunkers built between the 1950s-1960s to put parts of nuclear weapons through environmental testing. Each 'lab' was set up differently: one had a 'drop test' chamber to replicate an aircraft bomb bay, another boasted a centrifuge for assessing the effect of g-forces, and one had a thermal chamber for subjecting the weapon to extreme temperatures.
Between 1953 and 1971, the spit was home to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), which simulated the stresses and strains nuclear warheads might experience in actual use. The two AWRE pagodas (Labs 4 and 5) are unique to Orford Ness: reinforced structures topped with a solid concrete tray filled with shingle. They were designed to absorb and vent explosive forces and deflect debris from accidental explosions downwards. Inside, engineers could change the climate, simulate the pressure of being under the sea or at altitude and subject the weapons to vibrations using giant speakers.
The sense of enigma lingers. "There's a sense that we will never fully know what happened here," says David.
You can read more of Jo's adventures in East Anglia in issue 7 of Ernest Journal, on sale now (www.ernestjournal.co.uk/shop/print-issue-7). Jo's transport and accommodation – George the converted RAF ambulance – was provided by Quirky Campers (www.quirkycampers.co.uk). Photography by Colin Nicholls.