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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1854
Page
2
The Court of Common Pleas sits under J. W. Braxy as president. J. L. Martin reports Spring goods arriving. Drs Jackson and Beck dig a cellar. cave-in forces partial removal and rebuilding. The canal opens. the first packet traveled downstream Monday and now runs regularly.
The associate editor bids readers farewell after months of service to a Whig paper in Carroll County. He stresses independent press values, hopes for the Journal’s continued prosperity, and thanks patrons before retiring with a final bow.
The writer declines to debate the issue with a Times editor over state authority to regulate sale of spirits. He cites Chief Justice Taney and M Lamar and argues the editor’s stance reflects a narrow, self-contained view, pursuing a party line rather than broader questions.
report states the New York governor vetoed the liquor law recently enacted by the Legislature. it now faces a two thirds vote for passage. mark it.
The Mississippi Penitentiary reports a profit surpassing ten thousand dollars each year. This figure reflects the institution's earnings from its operations and related activities.
Dr Waxertetp and J ARM race Esq left for Minnesota on Monday. They will join J B Waxe rigid Esq in Chicago and travel west to the Minnesota River about 120 miles southwest of St Pauls. The Minnesota region is praised as the finest in the northwest. Readers may hear from them in due course.
16 Potter and Sipe announce receipt of stock for the Spring trade and advertise selling as cheap as ever.
W. A. and J. H. Barnes of Lockport promote a large stock of dry woods and groceries offered to the public at low prices. See advertisement.
Ten Schuyler Colfax and other Whig editors oppose making temperance a party issue in the upcoming canvass. The Journal notes the Sentinel’s hue and cry aims to partisan ends. It predicts the Sentinel will shift to democratic framing of temperance reform and back Neal Dow for President.
Me Hunt of Louisiana criticizes the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in a House speech. He argues repeal risks disunion and future compromises and attacks northern and southern politicians who favor the bill. He cites expectations of northern opposition and warns of political fallout.
The speech argues repeal of the Missouri Compromise risks disaster, urges harmony under the Constitution, and questions why Southern states resist settled pacts. It praises Lincolnian unity and warns against divisive rhetoric while urging calm North–South cooperation to preserve the Union.
The Canada arrived at Halifax with Liverpool dated to the 18th. The Baltic had not yet arrived and the Kansas sailed on the 18th with troops. Vienna reports the Western Powers and the Porte reached a preliminary treaty while Paris notes English reluctance toward Russia talks. The English cabinet favors action at Constantinople and a third Baltic squadron.
Reports from Washington on March 29 describe remonstrances against the Nebraska bill in the Senate led by Foote Summer Fisk Everett and Thompson. A House action allowed Council Bluffs Iowa residents to enter lands at minimum price. Rumors persist of a duel between Cutting and Breckenridge with no official confirmation. The Ohio brought 320 passengers and 580000 in gold. D Holbrook former city treasurer was arrested for embezzling 125000. Three Tailor Protective Union journeymen were jailed for conspiracy to block others from working.
Reports from New York and abroad recount tense chatter about a duel hoax on the Isthmus and American protection aims for residents and travelers. Steamers Black Warrior and Canada are noted, with Napier fleet movements and Paris rumors of Danube orders amid a Calcutta earthquake toll of two thousand.
The State Sentinel rebuts critics of Nebraska voting rights amendment and Atchison’s speech. It asserts the bill’s origin with Clayton and dissects claims that all Whigs supported it. The piece cites vote tallies showing Northern Whigs opposed and lists Democratic supporters, noting the amendment’s political context amid émigrant FR shelving and Territorial franchise implications.
The Plymouth Banner links German emigrants in Illinois Michigan Oregon and beyond to votes for or against the Nebraska Bill. It notes Senators Douglas Cass Pettit and others backing the bill while urging foreign-born citizens to rally for Democracy at the next election. It cites Nebraska Bill copy variations compared with the Senate version.
Otto Statesman warns that the Nebraska Bill harms national character and gains little House support. He cites New Hampshire and Ohio voices urging restraint and predicts shrinking chances of passage as debates lag a week and more. The piece marks a Democratic perspective on national peril and public patience.
A Peoria News report denounces Chicago residents for burning an effigy of Senator Stephen A. Douglas. The piece claims Douglas’s actions have brought disgrace on the city and notes the act was carried out by Douglas’s supporters.
The Louisiana House unanimously passed resolutions deprecating the slavery question and declaring the Compromise final. The action reflects broad support in the body for the national framework amid tensions over slavery.
David Jewell was executed today in Priespuren as a large crowd gathered outside the jail yard. About 400 people witnessed the event amid disorder and a reported dying declaration refuting the court verdict and claiming no memory of the fatal blow. He urged friends to avoid intoxicants and forgave all.
The Louisville Times warns against counterfeit three dollar notes from the Farmer's Bank of Kentucky, noting no such notes exist. It also reports a Washington Cabinet meeting where Nebraska bill fate remains under warm debate, with speculation it will become an Administration test.
It is estimated that there are in Oregon and Washington territories between sixty and seventy thousand Indians, and forty five thousand in Utah territory.
The record notes that eighty three German papers are published in the United States and seventy five oppose the Nebraska Bill, signaling a political division among immigrant media outlets.
A Cincinnati beggar boy was searched recently and found with between seventeen and eighteen dollars in dimes in his pocket. He was observed begging in the streets as authorities investigated the incident.
Lexington dies Sunday and a committee is named to honor the obsequies. Mrs. Susan Bigler mother of California and Pennsylvania governors dies the 16th in Mercer County Pennsylvania at age 70.
In Banesville Indiana a schoolmaster named Long was knocked down by James Gwinn and badly injured while advocating the Maine Law. Gwinn reportedly could not answer Long’s arguments and used force to silence him. The Maine Law dispute is a centerpiece of the incident.
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