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Newspaper
Columbia Enquirer
Location
Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1846
Page
3
An unnamed man found dead drunk at midnight among casks on the Peck Slip pier. Three little girls nearby watched over him, weeping in the cold night. The scene sparked calls for compassion and reform, questioning the man’s brutality and humanity.
A Washington Union editorial dismisses a rumored Congress move to recall troops and seek peace with Mexico as unfounded gossip. The piece cites Jefferson and argues against any proposal implying U.S. weakness, urging rejection of such notions. It also summarizes a Journal of Commerce report on proposed public land price reductions and tax exemptions, and notes a Boston fire destroying Neptune House Bowling Alley and adjacent shops.
Baltimore Sun reports Mexican money demands and possible church property confiscation to fund the war, with clergy threatened by excommunication. New York Tribune blasts wartime resolutions as tyranny, accusing Gov. Young of supporting a large militia effort in New York. The paper notes rival editors debating the conflict amid political infighting.
A long denunciation of proscription by Whig opponents, noting party hostility and the removal of Democrats from power. The piece laments reputations damaged by factional measures and laments civic losses from partisan purges, including small vendors and officials. A letter from a Duquesne Grays volunteer in New Orleans speaks of happiness and unity, and a Nesquehoning wife births four daughters who died young.
Democratic members show unity across House and Senate on political questions and campaign resolve. Federalists in the majority face criticism for appointing Democratic clerks and for proposing tariff ideas. The piece urges cooperation on tax policy for Pennsylvania coal and iron to stabilize revenue and develop mineral wealth, warning against mixing politics with tariff debates.
A Philadelphia Democrat press piece urges Democrats to preserve Whig papers that opposed the Mexican War as future references. It predicts Whigs will later claim to have supported the war and notes historical shifts between Whig and Federalist stands. Also reports on the Democratic City and County Convention with Fulton County resolutions endorsing Polk and urging Shunk renomination. A mother jokes about her thin son seeking marriage.
The United States steamship Eudora arrived from Brasos with passenger O Hamond bearing dispatches from Gen Scoute Washington. Reports from Camargo and Vic toria describe troop movements under Quitman Urrea and Taylor near Tampico Saltillo and San Luis Potosi. Gen Worth Wool and Santa Anna figures loom. 1500 lancers encircle Wool. Gen Brooke orders Louisiana Regiment to war. Hard news mixed with conjecture and editor’s note.
The steamer Hibernia arrived in Boston at six o'clock Monday morning from New Flaven and Baltimore by telegraph. It sailed the fifth instant, bringing dates over twenty days newer than prior arrivals. Cotton prices rose sharply with Georgia up three quarters to one penny, Mobile up a half penny, Alabama and Tennessee up one eighth to seven eighths, and New Orleans up three eighths to a half penny. Flour, corn, and wheat also advanced significantly. The rise is attributed to English quarter demand.
In the Senate this morning Hon. Tames M. Mason the new Virginia senator took his seat. A lively session followed with Benton defending the presidents lieutenant general plan. The army bill faced postponement and adjournment occurred without action. In the House a heated discussion on a Treasury information request and the bounty bill concluded with no progress. A funeral sermon for two Miller children is announced at Cortright’s School House Salem.
On Tuesday last Rev J Babl joined Rudolph Brish and Missuri Zimmerman of Union township for a marriage ceremony in Schuylkill County.
Mrs. Christiana Gingles died at her daughter Mary Doak’s residence in Briarcreek Township on the 20th instant. She was in her 98th year and possessed perfect recollection of scenes from the French War. At death she was the sole Civil War era witness surviving in what is now Columbia County.
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