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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1856
Page
2
The Standard editor announces the merger of the Presa at Lawrenceburgh with the Aurora edition. Subscribers pay $1.50 annually in advance. Existing Standard prepaid readers will receive both papers until their time ends, aiming to deliver a top state newspaper with county support.
We have assumed liabilities and lack funds to meet them. Only collection of subscriptions, advertising, and job work can raise money. We have been lenient and not collected for some time and hope customers will promptly pay what they owe without further notice.
The piece notes Fusion papers largely favor Cumback as their congressional candidate, praising his talents and service. It contrasts with Judge Holman who seeks Locofoco nomination, and asserts Cumback will serve as a true Republican if the people call.
The Rushville Jacksonian prints a scathing attack on Mr Camebacks local editor John L Robinson. It accuses him of hypocrisy after switching sides on slavery and ridicules his writings as vulgar and obscene. The piece boasts how readers should keep collecting his vitriol while praising Mr Cumner.
Local chatter centers on Col E Dumont as a possible Governor candidate. He is described as popular and capable, with strong potential to run well and serve effectively if elected.
A late issue uncovers a mysterious group named the Order of Jonathan active in Indianapolis and other towns. The Metropolis steamer’s boiler burst at Fomeroy Ohio last Thursday killing captain and eight passengers with further deaths from scalding injuries, blamed on thin boiler iron.
A Hillsdale Gazette correspondent recounts a Missouri youth who had moved west and, after four months there, reports a lack of women. He mentions an Illinois man displaying a woman's dress for spectacle, charging a dollar a sight and growing wealthy from it.
The Washington Star warns the public about counterfeit 1854 quarter eagles seen in Philadelphia Baltimore and New York. The fakes imitate color but are light in weight. genuine coins differ in weight. An exam and simple comparison can prevent losses with little effort.
The American Colonization Society plans to send 105 enslaved people to Liberia, to be freed by their owners upon departure. The expedition aims to construct two large houses for immigrant housing in the interior, on an elevated site, at an estimated cost around 815,000.
A column argues record mortality in Anmicri en cities exceeds white deaths due to poor medical care. It critiques female overreliance on professionals, temperature extremes, and blood preservation before promoting Holleyway's Pills and Ointment as universal remedies. Notes a Calhoun letter reporting three town murders and cites Harper's Gazetteer on a three-hundred-inhabitant town. Also mentions an ice blockade delaying Lake navigation to Detroit and Buffalo.
The All Nebraska members of Congress convened Monday night with Senator Foots presiding. Speakers Camp Belt Penn Campuccs Ohio Sew arp Garroway Pessiseron urged union of Anti Nebraska Americans to uphold Freedom and resist surrendering convictions on the Nebraska issue. Seward closed urging Kansas statehood and political action to vindicate principles. Caucus adjourned at 11 p.m. to meet again next Monday.
Mr Brown a Baptist missionary reports April visit to Herrin capital of the Yoruba kingdom in central Africa. He calls the town large and its inhabitants mostly serious educated and receptive to gospel preaching while noting their jet black skin European features and a class of people called white black men. He recounts favorable reception by the king who gifted a horse and land for worship.
A Washington correspondent reports the Capitol will receive a new cast iron dome as part of major extensions. Architect Walter estimates the cost at $945,000. The old dome has been removed and construction will begin soon, aiming to make the Capitol among the world’s finest structures.
The Mo bile Advertiser reports March 20 that Topeka Kansas assembly supporters of squatter sovereignty stand firm. It cites Gen Cass and Pierce pledging to back admission of Kansas as a state under the Topeka Constitution. News notes Gov Wise’s impaired rhetoric and sympathy for his condition.
Temargasie Case oF ABSTINENCE FROM Food Samuel Uenly resides about two and a half miles from Spar tapolis in this county and has totally abstained from food for fifty seven pars He may yet survive several days He had been melancholy and refused to eat for about two months and since then has taken only water He claims he can swallow nothing yet sometimes drinks water He will likely starve himself to death He is a 41 year old farmer with a wife and six children This is one of the most remarkable cases our reliable source reports from Rockingham Virginia dated 21st Virginian
The St. Louis Republican notes the Kansas District Court in Locompton will convene the first Monday of April to present for grand jury review the cases of the Bogus Legislature Mock Governor and other State officers. Indictments are anticipated if arrests occur. It also reports on Concord Statesman claims of huge election spending and influence involving New Hampshire and regional political maneuvering.
A London Literary Gazette correspondent cites widespread accidental poisoning deaths and urges households to keep a desert spoonful of mustard in warm water as a ready emetic antidote. The suggestion aims to save lives by providing a simple, immediate remedy.
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