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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1850
Page
2
Me Votney B Palmer is authorized to rewrite payments for advertisements and subscriptions in Philadelphia Boston Baltimore and New York. The notice confirms authority to adjust billing for Perrile publications in the listed cities.
We urge friends owing us for subscriptions job work and advertising to settle small debts promptly. We have large obligations to meet and delaying payments will hinder our engagements. Please pay at once or send by mail if distant, at our risk.
Due to an abnormal amount of job work this week and the absence of a compositor the regular issue could not be issued on time. The publication promises to improve turnaround in the future.
The Jeffersonian warns against Democrats and Free Soil forces joining in county races. It cites past congressional outcomes where unions supposedly sacrificed principle, electing factional figures and a southern slaveholder as Speaker, arguing unity would merely chase spoils of office.
The Boston and New York press debate Mr Webster's stance on the Wilmot Proviso and Texas annexation. A letter of commendation from Boston merchants and leaders is cited, praising his opposition to the Texas annexation terms while noting compromises and guarantees. The exchange questions Senate conditions and the act of annexation.
In the Senate on April 5 the California admission measure was taken up with Mr Corwin speaking for an hour in favor of immediate admission and restrictive policy. The Census bill then discussed for three hours with several amendments passing but no conclusion reached. In the House Mr Thompson sought leave to present a memorial for land for War of 1812 officers and soldiers. Harris of Tennessee spoke for an hour and a half against California as an independent measure, arguing Southern rights to carry slaves into California and government protection.
Washington reports a proposition soon to be sent to the Senate from a highly reputable company to run a line of post coaches from Independence Missouri to California in twenty six days and deliver in twelve. The plan asks Congress for a 100 foot wide land strip along the route, a quarter section for stations every ten miles, and use of the route for fifteen years. Land grants would depend on timely operation within six months, with 3000 men to be placed on the road immediately.
27 inch tall Elihu Burritt the seagoed blacksmith lectures in Cincinnati on the subject The Brotherhood of Nations.
The upcoming August election will fill two county commissioner seats one replacing Tyner whose term ends in August and one to fill Haworth’s expired term. The Tyner commission error could extend his term by a year prompting calls for proper election under the law. The Jeffersonian and Whigs clash over legality while the law states vacancies yield full-term offices regardless of preceding terms.
The Palladium reports two Whig candidates for county Sheriff and calls for a county convention. It notes the May date suggestion for the gathering and asks Whigs and committees for their views on resolving candidate differences.
Former Massachusetts governor Armstrong died in Boston shortly after attending a missionary meeting. He appeared in good health that afternoon, spoke with his wife, and then suddenly collapsed and died at about age sixty six. Official cause cited as possible heart disease.
The Homestead Exemption Bill introduced in the New York Legislature by Mr. Smith of Rochester proposes a fixed valuation of exempt real estate at 1000 dollars.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports a failure of the dam feeding the Lawrenceburg branch of the White Water Canal, with damage estimated at least ten thousand dollars. The notice also promotes Conklin and Cannon goods and A H Vestal potato plants available by advertisement.
The Ohio State Journal reports Whigs likely about 45 members in the Convention, eight Free Soilers allied with coalition, Locofocos holding clear majority, hoping to end political trading in the Legislature. Temperance news says four thousand in New Orleans pledged total abstinence to Father Mathew. Washington dispatches hint Cabinet reorganization with Webster Butler King Letcher and Ewing as possible successors. Parkman family pays Littlefield the $3000 reward after Dr Parkman’s disappearance.
A gentleman from Henry County who had started for California returned home after reaching Cincinnati. Facing long waits for passage to St. Louis at Cincinnati, he turned back during his journey home.
The State Sentinel reports a heavy震震 shock of an earthquake felt in Bantucraxe on Thursday evening April 4 around the hour past sunset. Officials describe it as a very sensible tremor rattling buildings and streets, with residents startled but no major damage reported.
The Courier reports a strong tremor last Thursday evening lasting about twelve to fifteen seconds. It caused alarms and people to flee, felt near the river and in Jeffersonville, then Cincinnati Gazette says the event was caused by a keel boat striking rocks, not an actual quake.
A Milton schoolhouse gathering of Washington Township citizens on the 23d debated Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad stock. The group favored private or associated enterprise but resolutions declared opposition to county or state participation, with O Beeson and W McLaughlin identified as leading figures.
Notices deplore evening crowds harassing women on canal and river bridges and urge marshal vigilance to bring offenders to justice. Four million dollars in three days via Empire City Cherokee and Europa steamboats at New York port is noted. Arkansas State Prison burned on the 28th, convicts secured. Mr A M Hawywnan departed for California gold region. Croft's distillery and Lawrenceburg Mills burned, loss about 20000 with 8000 insurance.
The Whig Central Committee of Wayne County is called to a meeting in Centreville on Saturday the 20th. Members named include J. B. Stitt John S. Newman A Dill J. P. Doughty O. T. Jones John Jones Jeremiah Swofford D. P. Holloway and Sol Meredith.
An 1850 report notes a California letter by M B Hamilton of this town will be published next week due to length. It also records Dr William A Awl resigning as Superintendent of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum and includes dispatches from Santa Fe about unrest, murders, and mining profits, plus depictions of frontier diplomacy and emigration.
A Tennessee led push for a Disunion Convention collapses as Tennessee Mississippi Georgia Alabama and Missouri factions refuse to attend or support the plan. Newspapers and towns report failed meetings broken bells and public repudiation of the effort signaling a fading move toward dissolving the Union.
Dr Edward Beecher explains in the Traveller that a nearby resident saw a light in Prof Webster's room on Friday night 23 November and, through a spy glass, observed a man curling a body believing it a dissection. Beecher says he did not press further after consulting the Attorney General.
The New Orleans group bound for Chagres and six to eight small vessels leaving port without freight raise suspicions of a Cuban expedition. Officials monitor a town vessel as possible to seizure while a second movement and substantial funds are believed to be in embryo, awaiting a leader.
A piece extols low priced advertising and extensive promotion. It cites Geo W Simmons of Boston as an example, crediting his strategy with building the country’s largest clothing house and making Oak Hart known worldwide.
The LaGrange Whig editor J S Castle Esq. has been elected Justice of the Peace at Lima last Monday. Locals tease him but hope he bears it meekly while serving as editor telegrapher postmaster and now law dispenser in the community.
A factory worker writes to Senator Clemens detailing workplace hardships and urging reforms. The letter conveys personal labor experiences and appeals for policy attention, reflecting broader concerns about wage conditions and industrial regulation.
An 1850 letter from Lowell factory workers explains wages of two dollars weekly plus board, asserts workers choose to stay for earnings and education, and argues against slavery. The author invites readers to visit their boarding house and challenges Southern claims about slave welfare.
The writer condemns slavery and prays for conversion of slaveholders to mercy and love. She excuses omitting titles, urging Christian principle over education and hardness of heart in the fight against bondage.
A small cloud passed over near the south bank of the Pamunkey river in Hanover county Virginia on the Farmington estate and discharged flesh and liver over a ground area. Specimens were sent to Dr. Gibson for examination, noted to smell like frogs and likely swamp origin after a water spout. A similar incident occurred in Sampson County North Carolina on February 15.
History shows great principles tend to fade into tradition and cant when their vital power is gone, turning into declamatory words rather than living guides.
A fragment hints at a legislative discussion over a bill about attire and social outings. The text contrasts pleasures and temptations with a committee report pending, suggesting a debate on propriety and public norms in a late 19th or early 20th century context.
The English government will pay twenty thousand pounds to any party or parties of any country that render efficient assistance to the crews of the discovery ships commanded by Sir John Franklin.
A reflective remark argues aging softens restraint and acknowledges universal fault. The speaker notes no misdeed beyond their own examples and suggests personal flaws accompany all who live long.
In Brazil the common form of introduction is described as Sir, allow me to introduce to your acquaintance my friend Mr. Jones. If he steals any thing I am accountable.
The quote contrasts natural politeness as voluntary self-abnegation with acquired politeness as a compelled recollection of others, highlighting two distinct social norms and motivations.
Announcement lists William Personett as candidate for county Auditor and Acuitires Williams for Treasurer in Wayne County's August election. Also notes Thomas Adams, 28, as a Whig candidate for County Auditor in the upcoming August election.
The Whigs of Wayne County will decide on a sheriff candidate with Anet Evans, Esq. named as the nominee. The report requests public notice of the potential candidacy and the party’s decision.
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