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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1850
Page
1
Cambridge City notices an order for plain and ornamental signs and painting charges reduced. A.D. and R.K. execute with hands on style as of December 6, 1848.
Diverse opinions on money matters and a looming speculative era clash with warnings of a tightening money market. California influence, emigration, and foreign capital shape fears of a crash while domestic production and the sub treasury system draw critical scrutiny.
The commentary warns that despite potential investment and trade around the Horn, no major growth in resources is seen. It predicts tightened money markets from heavy foreign imports and risks from speculation, urging safer, legitimate business and capital restraint until autumn. It stresses prudence in commercial affairs even with California gold in circulation.
Senor Don Jose Manuel Tirapo presented credentials as Peru’s Minister Plenipotentiary, praising republican reciprocity and harmony between Peru and the United States. The President welcomed the envoy and anticipated mutual interest and strengthened ties, while a later item reported unusual sight of camels from Malta aboard the brig Urane, described with comic and sensational detail.
The Liberator features a woman writer's harsh critiques of Clay and Webster, accusing them of ungenerosity and baseness. A parable about an old woman and Napoleon mirrors contempt for leaders, while a suggestion urges a contestant to mend stockings and care for children.
The California reports the first printing press manufactured on the Pacific side. Craftsman William Dunn, trained at Hoe & Co and A. B. Taylor, built a compact iron framed press intended for San Francisco. Dunn plans to establish a local press and machinery business and start building soon.
A Holt county Missouri letter describes hundreds of emigrants moving toward California from diverse origins. It notes diverse transport methods including a man carrying baggage on a wheel-barrow like contraption, passing ox and mule teams up hills. The traveler claimed leaving St Joseph that morning for a twenty six mile journey completed in two days by teams given road conditions.
Neal's Gazette notes Thomas Carlyle's harsh critique of sentimental pity for criminals. The essay argues that forgiveness without punishment weakens virtue and invites lax ethics, praising Carlyle's stance while conceding some excesses.
Sir George Staunton visited a man in India who killed someone. To save his life and his caste, the man endured seven years lying on a bedstead studded with iron points. By year five his skin had grown thick, yet he could sleep on the bed willingly, foreseeing he might continue the practice after release.
A long reflective piece argues the present is favorable for constitutional amendments in Indiana. It cites public discussion across society, the rise of new theories, and the duty of delegates to shape what truths and opinions guide the state’s civil government and liberties. It then sketches scenes of daily life, including a Dutch child gathering coffee kernels along the levee, illustrating poverty and contentment amid prosperity.
The Legislature chartered a medical college for women in Philadelphia to start next October. Elizabeth Blackwell is discussed as a potential Chair of Surgery. The item notes such a college would be the first of its kind and remarks on the virtue of female surgeons.
The bill, introduced by the Senate Postal Affairs chair, outlines 10 provisions on mail duties. It sets new rates for postage including two cents per half ounce prepaid and five cents if not, and drops letters at one cent prepaid. It requires postmasters to set deposit prices and hire carriers, limits carrier pay, and reduces charges for advertised letters. It specifies postage for newspapers, bound books, and circulars, and ends most franking. It calls for marking official communications and earmarking postage as contingent government expenses. It also covers Postmaster General duties and funds for the Post-office Department.
The National Intelligencer reports the Washington Monument work has restarted for the season and will run until its close. It stands fifty two feet high and reflects the scope of completion. Every state except two has donated a stone block for the monument showing widespread national interest.
Three college students greet an aged man with biblical surnames Abraham Isaac and Jacob. The man corrects them, declaring he is Saul son of Kish, and that he went to seek his father's asses and has found three. The exchange blends humor with a biblical allusion.
Foxcroft O Reilly posts in Albany New York are to be painted in a fine style and topped with golden eagle finials as a decorative touch for the telegraph line.
A humorous verse depicts a lonely bachelor enduring a bitter storm. He chuffs and shivers in a cold house with a fire out, wrapped in yarn hose to keep nose and toes warm, finally revealing a frosty nose when dawn breaks. The tale ends with laughter at the bachelor’s chilly predicament.
A 1849 journal note describes making otto of roses in Cashmere for scent. It details rose leaf picking, boiling, distillation into rose water, and the uttr formation after a night in running water. Ghoolab Singh allegedly monopolized production. sandalwood oil often provides scent. best uttr kept in rock crystal bottles.
Dr N H Carey of Wayne reports a case where Mrs Gerry Herse, about thirty, drank a strong decoction of wild black cherry bark with gin and died within three hours. The cherry contains prussic acid, the cause of death, seen in dilated pupils distorted face and acrid breath. Calves have been poisoned by leaves. bark may be a tonic in small doses but dangerous in large doses.
A neighbor remarks that digging to move a cellar wall contravenes scripture. The exchange ends with the man narrowly escaping a clod from the surprised Mr. Marks.
A Toledo Blade report recounts a dining room anecdote where a waiter was discreetly urged to remove and butcher cheese before the diner could eat, a curious remark about preparing meat.
A humorous scene shows six uncles one or two brothers and a seventy year old maiden aunt plotting to stop a young couple from marrying. The comparison portrays the absurdity of the plan as equally ridiculous as an intoxicated man trying to shoulder his own shadow.
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