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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1850
Page
2
The agency Volney B. Palmer is authorized to collect payments for advertisements and subscriptions to the Reveille in Philadelphia Boston Hallimore and New York.
Eld. 8 K Hosxovr will preach next Lords day at 10 o clock in the Christian Meeting House in this place. The sermon covers experimental religion and invites attendance.
W. D. Snootey offers a large assortment of items in his line on accommodating terms. Readers are invited to call and see him. Several other advertisements appear in today’s issue directed to the reader's attention.
Telegraphic letter from San Francisco notes gold dust at 16 to 16.25 per ounce and rising money rates. Market items include coffee prices 16 to 18 cents, going to 20. dried apples 30 to 40 cents. pork and bacon prices around 16.50 and 30 dollars per half barrel. Oregon goods at 1.12 to 1.25 per bushel. general unsettled market and tighter money with wages $50 weekly and $1 per hour overtime.
The Engineer Taos Tyser will survey the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad from this place westward starting Tuesday. Citizens must secure stock promptly to avoid delay after the engineer's report, with plans to contract portions of the work soon after surveys finish. The Eaton Register notes strong stock solicitation and early railway connections via Richmond and Cincinnati, while the Eaton and Hamilton Road work has begun, boosting regional agriculture and commerce. The Tuscaloosa Herald changes hands as Messrs Murray and Adams take over the Herald for future operation.
The Senate confirmed appointees including marshals for North Carolina Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Delaware Maryland Ohio Indiana Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Iowa Minnesota Territory Georgia and Kentucky. Receivers of public money Ezra Road Detroit Michigan and Marcus Bond Springfield Massachusetts were also confirmed.
A local critique warns that dancing parties tempt youth away from business and finances. The author urges young men to seek company at home and values conversation over revelry, citing Cowper on insights from observing behavior and home life.
The Columbians sang across the country earning praise in Greenville Ohio where two local men, a foreman and a clerk, were said to be smitten. They reportedly plan to travel with the group if they can secure suitable “alch dogs.”
At a mass meeting in Indianapolis on the 20th inst the Whigs named Gen. Robert Hanna as Senatorial Delegate and Ex-Gov. Wallace Nicholas McCarty and William Gladden as Representative Delegates. They note their public service experience. Also mentions Tinmen scarcity in Cincinnati and a Lake Erie steamer explosion aboard the Anthony Wayne with 35 to 40 missing or dead.
The Anthony Wayne exploded off Vermillion with 74 aboard including 24 passengers from Sandusky. Nineteen crew and 3 passengers survived likely to recover. total lost estimated 36 to 40. Names of killed include Meat h Falkner Henry McDonough Wiley Robison Joh Williams Harvey Kelley and Evix Cartwright. Firemen missing John Bionar James O Neal Whitney Parson Henry Blair. Elmira brought casualties to Sandusky. Insurance listed at 10000.
Five steamers expected this week plus news from Europe. The Cambria is in her sixteenth day to Halifax and eighteen days to this port. Helena Sloman from Hamburg, City of Glasgow from Glasgow, Canada from Liverpool, and Washington from Southampton are on track, with Canada and Washington both in their ninth day. The British Queen, left Hamburg on the 2d, has not yet arrived.
A splendid Odd Fellow's Hall is to be erected in New Orleans with an estimated cost of 125000 dollars and annual rental of 25000 dollars. The cornerstone will be laid on the 26th instant and the building to be finished by October 1851.
Four elderly Revolutionary War veterans gathered in Concord New Hampshire to mark the Lexington battle anniversary. Jonathan Harrington 94 Abijah Harrington 92 Thomas Hill 92 and Dr Prestor 88 shared memories and laughed at a toast about Brother Jonathan. The event rekindled patriotism and unity amid lingering disunion.
The Winchester Republican notes Senator Truman Smith of Connecticut delivered a forthright speech in Congress refuting proscriptions against Administration incumbents. It asserts there is no equitable distribution of offices between parties and hails Smith's pamphlet as a rapid, widespread demand for copies.
The committee appointed last Friday has met and agreed on four measures. They propose a California admission bill with territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico, a separate Texas boundary bill with liberal compensation to Texas, amendments to the 1793 fugitive slave law for Southern security, and extending Maryland law to abolish the District of Columbia slave trade. Most expect passage in both Houses. The Texas boundary may be split or tied to California and New Mexico Utah bills. Benton’s bill might be recommended if a separate Texas measure is pursued.
From Philadelphia April 29 morning papers detail a surge of crimes from murder to arson. The Police Office was crowded as a sheriff and posse paraded youthful prisoners who yesterday helped quell gangs in the citys southwest rioting district.
The Louisville Democrat questions the Webster verdict alleging aPenitentiary past for Littlefield and suggests a witness may have lied for $3000. It speculates he knew the room heat, aided by finding Parkman remains and implies possible murder motives and evidence manipulation.
A recently passed New Jersey law makes it illegal to shoot or destroy eggs of various birds including night hawk swallows town birds and others, with penalties applying unless the act is done on the shooter's own premises. The edition also notes a poem titled The Joss of the Hornet on page four.
Telegraphed from Cambridge Reveille noting the Cambria reached Halifax at 2 oclock Monday. Liverpool departure on the 13th alt left Niagara unarrived. Market reports: Havre steady. Indian Corn down slightly. Flour steady with limited business. Bacon and lard down. Coffee prices lower. Iron weak. England news: Dunmar moves repeal of window tax. ministers sustain tax after close vote. Times criticizes government. Tariff debate and iron industry outlook discussed. Russell inquiry on government salaries. ecclesiastical dignitaries excluded in amendment by 113 vote.
The piece notes ongoing public concern over abolishing the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and O'Connell's repeal drive. It reports twelve liner ships at Lim erick quays ready to take 2000 passengers to the United States, and ongoing distress cries across Ireland. Weather across England and Ireland is mild with promising crops.
Reports describe ongoing quiet in France despite factional violence and looming elections. Britain orders a blockade of Greece, risking Russian aid to King Otho. Rome notes the Pope's return. a triumphal arch was cut down. Austria and Turkey tensions rise while Bohemia and Saxony see Protestant progress. The Cambria suffers machinery failure and fog delays, carrying 94 passengers.
New York market report notes little business with good demand for flour for home trade and the east. Wheat and corn show no activity. supply moderate with fair demand. Pork unchanged at 123000 barrels on hand. cut meats firm and in fair request. Butter plentiful with lower Ohio sales at 7 to 10 cents. Money easy and good paper at 5 percent.
CincinnatiMarket report notes mixed corn limited sales and higher prices for worl goods as Wor th river levels fall. Wheat and flour in New York show softer buoyancy with wide bid ask spreads while corn holds steady around 59 cents. Provisions remain firm for pork and beef with firmer butter and fluctuating grain values across markets.
Terms scarce and good demand persist at advanced rice. Wuisley notes market firm with no sales and provisions steady. Sales include 200 barrels of mess pork at 8.10 and smaller parcels at 10.25 per unit.
In Washington the Senate debated a resolution directing the Interior Secretary to report on the Mexican boundary commission. It passed. Discussions covered a land grant bill for railroads Chicago to Mobile and a proposed switch to a Washington observatory meridian for nautical data.
A addressed letter extols the energy of character as key to a useful life. It urges the recipient to study truth, prepare for future occupation, and live with virtue, piety, and circumspection. It quotes scripture and praises wisdom, faith, and the Glory of the Lord while warning against worldly decay.
An old letter by Lemiel Shortridge quotes a royal king’s exhortation to Solomon to seek the God of his fathers with a perfect heart and willing mind. The message ends with well wishes for health, prosperity, and usefulness.
Essay contrasts medieval crusades with the California migration, arguing the new crusade is driven by gold rather than faith. It depicts mass emigration from farms and cities to seek fortune, warns of folly and death, and recalls the old saying all that glitters is not gold.
The Winchester Patriot notes a recent break in at the Rush and Kizer Drug Store with about five dollars in coins stolen from the till. The writer warns residents of signs of burglary and urges caution with money drawers.
A small boy asks a woman to mend his torn pants while his mother belongs to a sewing society and helps make clothes for Indians Freckon, leaving the boy to plead for help amid community chores.
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