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Newspaper
Daily Courier
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1854
Page
1
A Democratic convention for the Third Congressional District will be held in Waupun on October third to nominate a candidate for Congress and address other business. Delegates from each Assembly district and senatorial district will be chosen to attend, with several named officials listed as organizers.
The Democrats of the South Assembly District in Wintelace County are notified to meet in proper towns or precincts on Saturday September 5 for electing delegates to the Assembly District Convention to be held at Warpan in October. Each precinct will be entitled to three delegates. EWATMAN, B. FEIKE, KENNEDY named as committee members. The meeting aims to appoint a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
The Sun notes New York papers use high quality imported stock from Prince and after duties and charges the cost equals or exceeds revenue. It urges removing the 20 percent duty and predicts other papers will follow if scarcity and prices stay high.
Constantinople correspondent recalls Lieutenant Burke's final courage as he fought off Russians on shore. He received 33 wounds, lost both legs hide, jaw broken, ring fingers severed, and was killed amid bayonet and sabre attacks defending Turkish troops. Sapper stayed with him until the end.
New York reports flour declined 13 and corn advanced 7 amid speculative demand. Consols sit at 94 and 1 95. Maine election chatter spots Merrill of the Whig as likely governor contenders. A murdered man’s body washed ashore near Bay Bridge line in Brooklyn. Fort Laramie sees Indian attack. several killed. A family perishes in Essex County fire. Savannah yellow fever scenes paint a bleak health picture. An orphaned boy drowns near Kenosha. Railroad consolidation chatter drives Cincinnati and Chicago lines toward a merged future. 72 horses arrive in Milwaukee as horses move between ports.
A Bugalo Express tale recounts a city scene where a woman mistaken for Potiphar’s wife corrects a judge after he calls her husband Joseph. She clarifies Joseph is her husband but not Potiphar, then departs.
An 1804 letter from an art resident in Kansas Territory describes eastern portions about 200 miles wide with rich soil and abundant springs. It notes navigable rivers, timber scarcity with rapid regrowth, mineral finds, and the promise of wagon roads by nature. The writer envisions a strong agricultural and stock-raising future, with export via Santa Fe and California routes and eventual statehood, while warning settlers to prepare timber and organize governance if federal neglect continues.
The reader is told that claims of republican ingratitude in Missouri were false and that the speaker now accepts the old saying. He recalls being accused and challenged, mentions travel to Congress, and asserts nullifiers conspired with Calhoun faction. The letter closes with a pledge of enduring loyalty to the author and a personal sign-off.
The Syracuse Standard excerpt argues that stooping to help a wayward man draws sympathy while a betrayed woman is shunned. It laments society’s harsh, unequal moral code, noting the betrayer is honored while the victim bears a lifetime stigma, with no forgiveness or comfort.
A Cockney listener at a tea party overhears a lady discuss a private gar and protests that there is a law against privateering, highlighting opposition to privateering through a sharp aside.
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