01 Jul 1841
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Newspaper
Columbus Times
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1841
Page
1
A reader’s tribute to Gen. Samuel Dale outlines his frontier exploits from Georgia to the Mississippi Territory, praising his courage and philanthropy. The letter offers a vivid portrait of Dale’s canoe fight, frontier skirmishes, and loyalty to Native peoples, ending with reflections on Lauderdale County’s growth and a call to preserve his memory.
Readable excerpts from Whig papers and letter writers critique the ascendant Federalism in the Union and New York politics. The Albany Argus cites disarray in the House of Representatives, with Adams, Wise, and Rayner figures amid party strife, gag rules, and sectional tensions affecting abolition petitions and southern rights.
Correspondence from the Savannah Georgian notes Whig infighting over Clay’s parliamentary tactics and party loyalty. It highlights Speaker’s flawed rules, Jeffersonian practices, and Southern Whig dissent. The Senate’s printer election, a partisan skirmish, ends with Thomas Allen of the Madisonian favored, amid charges of federal falsehood and insider influence.
The Connecticut House refused to pass a bill authorizing Hartford to contract a loan for the Hartford and Springfield Railroad Company. The decision followed opinions by the state Chief Justice and another legal expert that city debt contracts infringe the state Constitution by taking private property without compensation. Citizens in cities with such loans may resist tax payments tied to these debts. A separate note reports a Bank of the U. S. suit against Nicholas Biddle seeking about seven hundred thousand dollars for unvouched expenditures during his tenure.
A graphic Boston Morning Post correspondent details the Britannias perilous voyage near Cape Sable Nova Scotia. Severe gales and heavy seas put sixty of eighty passengers on the sick list as the ship struck reefs and nearly foundered off Sambro Light. Captain Cleland kept the ship afloat until a pilot guided a safe arrival in Boston after forty nine and a half hours, with the Britannia leaking badly at the wharf.
In Tuscaloosa Monitor June 23, the Supreme Court of Alabama decision lists several litigated cases since the last paper. Tarlton and Bullard versus E L Gibson concerns sheriff returns on slave levies and satisfaction of older executions. Towns versus Riddle discusses admissibility of evidence and the effect of co-sureties on note collection. Beazty versus Richard Beazty concerns handwriting evidence and genuineness of signatures. Little administrator versus Beazty covers related points. The opinions detail the court’s stance on returns, evidence, and charge correctness with affirmations.
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