16 May 1856
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1856
Page
1
The piece denounces the British East India Company as a vast monopoly ruling India through conquest and tribute. It condemns forced labor and torture in Madras, cites parliamentary inquiries, and challenges English philanthropy over slavery both in India and the United States.
Fragmentary San Antonio Texan account describes a clash on the upper Gulf coast area with Indians routed. Report notes plunder including bows arrows costumes and weapons taken, and mentions General and accompanying company actions.
In Hardin County Court a two year pattern of cruelty by Mrs Hubbard toward her thirteen year old step daughter is revealed. The girl endured dyspepsia and convulsions and later spit out thirty three pins and five needles, leading to an investigation and admission that she was forced to swallow pins and needles. Her health improves after pins are removed. Also notes a Salt Lake traveler describing Mormon practices including marriages between blood relatives and Brigham Young’s claimed stone harem of ninety women, faced with resistance from the women.
The Lowell Citizen reports a Saturday Supreme Court session where a witness, a woman separated from her husband, refused to answer questions about her private life. The judge stated it was the woman’s business, halting further probing. A heated exchange occurred between counsel on both sides before the court’s ruling.
A butcher named Chris Karl was found dead after a reported disappearance. Authorities suspect suicide related to family troubles. Karl was a man of property and respected by his acquaintances.
In the 1856 act, the General Assembly outlines procedures for sales and receipts, detailing ownership and consignor responsibilities. It specifies revenue sharing, with half paid by owners or consignors and the other half by the proprietor, plus storage and delivery terms. The document includes amendments to sections concerning duties at public sellings and related transactions.
Yesterday afternoon in Covington City, the Turners and Southgate case dominated court proceedings with heated arguments from Messrs Phelps Root Fisk and Judge Stale. Bail set at 2000 for the Turners except four, while a German barber and admirer clash led to a two dollar fine. New books reviewed include Hood’s Humorous Poems and Sprague’s Natural Philosophy, with business reports from Boston trade boards.
Market notes show mixed demand across staples. Flour sales posted 450 dozen at 5 96 and 100 at 6 90 with light receipts of 645 bushels in 24 hours. Provisions firm with bulk loins and 50 000 do at Tc and 20 000 do at Tike. prices improved. Lard sales 600 bushels No. 1 Western in lots at 9c. pork country mess 15 76. Whisky steady with 700 bushels at 20 4c and 296 wagons at 20 16c. Butter fair demand. 0 packages at 17 18c. Peaches 180 bushels at 1. Oil Linseed 9 bbis at 9 1 4c, olive 99 to 100c, 80 do Lard at 80. Sugar fair demand and steady at 84 8XKc. molasses firm with 80 bbis at 44.
The Senate approved a House bill granting alternate land sections to Florida and Alabama to aid railroad and canal projects. A message from the President discussed transit routes between the Atlantic and Pacific and Central American conditions, noting Nicaragua’s government changes and security measures for transit. House business included a contested Willard Hotel incident and a privilege question over disciplinary actions, followed by passage of a municipal elections bill for Washington.
Ovarbon New York May 16 a woolen factory owned by Blakeman and Shedon at Munisville Madison County burned last night with uninsured losses of 613 000. Also the Morocco factory of L Benedict and Co burned and its contents of wool and Morocco were destroyed. Insurance coverage listed as 68 000 in Eastern Companies.
An accommodation train on the Southern road collided with a carriage entering Boston. Mrs. McFarland and Mrs. Eustis were instantly killed, while Mr. McFarland sustained fatal injuries.
May 16 dispatches from New Orleans papers state the Rio Grande area reports perfect quiet on the Mexican frontier. Supply ships failed to land and camels from the Texas coast have arrived in the Mississippi River with them, signaling unusual cargo movement.
Four of Dupont's powder mills exploded in the afternoon causing massive destruction and killing three workers employed at the mills.
River levels show Louisville at four feet ten inches on the falls and seven feet ten inches in. Pitwbar river gauge records six feet six inches with clear and windy weather.
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