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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1856
Page
2
The editorial attacks the Locofoco platform opposing liquor laws while noting Willard’s temperance pledge. It mocks Democratic free whiskey advocacy and predicts a lively campaign with sharp contrasts. Also covered are law outcomes in Holmes County and regional political notes.
A jubilant delegate at the Kentucky Locofoco State Convention planned to take his dog to Frankfort. He tied the dog to the rear car with a rope, but at the first station only the head and ears remained, with much of the dog left along the track.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports a party of New York capitalists visiting Cincinnati to finalize plans for completing the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. The Boston Journal notes a rumor that six Governor Baker of New Hampshire may become Kansas governor, replacing Shannon, after selling property to move west. Dr Bowers of Ripley County was seen at the Democratic State Convention lobbies. A Tennessee Temperance Bill supporting prohibition failed in the Legislature. The Louisville Journal urges Kentucky to pass a Louisiana like law barring slave children from being separated from their mothers.
In Richmond on the 22d the American State Council of Virginia debated a resolution by Mr Botts to strike out the 12th section of the Philadelphia platform. The measure failed and the entire Philadelphia platform was adopted by the council.
The Supreme Court ruled the manufacturing clause of the late liquor law unconstitutional and dismissed the manufacturing case. The selling case was reversed for informality and remanded for a new trial where Bebee was discharged for selling beer he had manufactured. President Pierce and Pickney clash over the Missouri Compromise’s meaning and political impact.
congressional report from Washington describes Mr Boyce's preamble on strained Britain relations and calls to elect a peace driven Speaker. It notes ballots for Speaker Banks Richardson Fuller Campbell and others, plus Washington letters denying a special message on foreign affairs and predicting possible civil conflict in Kansas. It also mentions a humorous foreign-interest rumor about cattle losses and a Haitian conflict update.
Butter-Sales 240 bbls at 16 18c for summer packed. 24 2d e for choice dairy. Beans 80 bush fair white at 210. Whisky barrels in demand at 31 20 125. Flour bar rels dull at 85 388e. Pork barrels strong at 1. Feathers dull at 40c. Dried peaches active at 2 per prime halves. dried apples 120 125. Flour weekly 2,700 bbls 6.50–7. Red wheat 13a. corn 38 40c. oats 29 30c. barley 140 150. rye 70c. Hog sales 1,100 head Monday at 580 6. Beef cattle 550 to 8 per 100 nett. Outside baled hay 14. Hops hall prime 14c. Mess pork yesterday 200 bbls at 1450. shoulders and sides 53 62c. lard 91 10c. Clover seed 850 old 9.
Fragmented OCR text suggests a historical notice or ad for a medicinal product named Vegevamle Yelmonary Balsam or similar, marketed for coughs colds and consumption. Mentions Rev Dre Leonard Abbott professor and a vegetable based remedy, with garbled phrases implying testimonials or rewards.
Advertisements describe a January 1 1856 charter for a ranch company in Hartford Conn and outline the Bina Insurance Company with capital of five hundred thousand dollars. The document lists assets including bank cash in hand, notes and bills receivable, unencumbered real estate, mortgages, corporate bonds, and bank stocks totaling substantial sums. It cites cash in bank, mortgage securities, and other financial instruments in detail.
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