10 Apr 1849
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Newspaper
Columbus Enquirer
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1849
Page
1
The fragmentary notice warns that applications by executors administrators guardians or heirs to obtain letters of disinheritance or leave to sell land or enslaved persons from an estate must be published for four months in the court of ordinary notices by executor or administrator or guardian or applicant to the court of ordinary for leave to sell land or enslaved persons of an estate.
A fragmentary poem recounts two sisters visiting a fairy well. The elder vows to curse speech while the younger’s words remain pure. The elder’s tongue becomes a serpent as the fairy warns of the cost of speaking. The tale contrasts innocence and vanity through vivid imagery.
An exchange report notes John Roath of Texas Louisiana plans to move to California with twenty five selected Negroes to mine gold while others from the region take servants. The New Orleans Bee lauds President Taylor's Cabinet as able and united, led by John M Clayton, with strong praise for Meredith Crawford Preston Ewing Collamer and Beverly Johnson. the piece extols their experience, integrity, and commitment to union.
A long, dense speech argues that the Constitution rests on consent not force, praising union as essential to security and prosperity. It defends Virginia’s sacrifices for federal unity, rebukes slave power charges, notes Missouri Compromise limits, and calls for restraint to avoid civil conflict while urging faithful constitutional enforcement.
From Canada a protest over compensation for 1837 38 losses sparked a riot in Toronto. Baldwins Blake and McKenzins effigies were burned and carried through streets. McKenzie was targeted at his stopping place and a house shot at. Several residences were damaged and a police response occurred as windows were broken at Montgomery and Rolph homes and a Globe editor’s home was also injured.
In foggy London a wife endures a grim vigil as her husband slips out at dawn. Neighbors whisper of a pallid, secretive man rumoured to be a gambling philanderer while the devoted, solitary woman endures his long absences and the scandal surrounding their home.
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