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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1854
Page
2
Reported from a public scene the two duelists fought with hoop-polas in a brutal display of cutting and thrusting. The seconds intervened on a punctillo and stopped the clash with the poles, leaving both men bruised and the crowd warned to mind restraint.
The piece urges choosing the ablest, soundest men and opposes corrupt elements in the reform party as Indiana legislators prepare to elect a U.S. Senator. It highlights Cox, Tios. Smith, and Judge Briddell as capable options and warns against quorums breaking and party corruption.
In Congress discussion centers on a bill by Mr. Mace to prohibit slavery in Nebraska and Kansas Territories. It echoes the 1787 Ordinance and Missouri Compromise. The piece notes opposition from Mr. Benton and remarks on whether Kansas and Nebraska join the Union with or without slavery.
A Cleveland Leader report accuses a coalition including Stephen Arnold Douglas and others of arranging a $50,000 land purchase in Nebraska Territory. The plan allegedly sought a permanent governor and seat of government at Belleville to boost land values, with Chapman as treasurer and potential delegate candidate. A Paris marriage of George W Kendall is also noted.
The steamer America arrives with ten days of England news. Reports say Omar Pasha has gone to the Crimea with forty thousand troops and Austria France and England may sign a war alliance. Prussia and other German states show war fever as Austria calls for support. Parliament debates naturalization reforms and concerns over German and French language printing in American states.
The document lists banks that paid specie from the start and those not admitted to the convention. It names institutions in cities like Indianapolis Elkhart Goshen Michigan City Monticello Mt Vernon Salem Syracuse Warsaw Evansville Cambridge City Terre Haute Lafayette New Albany and others, plus a second list of banks deemed not to have a place of business or redeeming paper. It notes resolutions to charge half one percent for collection and to treat the represented banks as specie paying, with bi monthly reports and criteria for capital, circulation and reserves. Adjourned to January 1 1853.
Senate discusses a petition for religious liberty for Americans abroad. Bills for river and harbor improvements and finishing the Lake Champlain breakwater are sent to committees. A mediation proposal seeks European peace, with other measures on pilotage, navy yard in Brunswick, and private claims court. House actions include public works funding and Washington City powers, plus pension and bank note restrictions.
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