Congress Convenes for Short Session in February
The second session of the thirty third Congress began on Monday and will adjourn March 4. The President's Message, delivered Tuesday, will be reviewed by readers when available if not overly lengthy.
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1854
Page
2
The second session of the thirty third Congress began on Monday and will adjourn March 4. The President's Message, delivered Tuesday, will be reviewed by readers when available if not overly lengthy.
The Peru Sentinel notes a clash in language with a Thanksgiving reminder from the committee of arrangements calling citizens to attend. The writer contrasts this with local practice where thanks are returned without authorization, suggesting a contrast with the governor's suggestion.
The first issue of the Indiana Republican is issued in place of the Chanticleer and is published and edited by Carman and Petenson. The paper is described as able and deserving of success, with copies available at the office.
The Durham Post highlights Denison & Peterson in Philadelphia promoting a year of fiction and sketches from authors like Mrs Carlen Grace Greenwood and Mrs Southworth with prices for subscriptions and multiple-copy discounts. The issue also notes political commentary on Presidents as drinkers and a harsh winter mail route through snow banks 7 to 9 feet deep and buffalo sightings along the Arkansas River.
A letter cited by the Indianapolis Journal reports Caleb Jackson a wealthy Wayne County resident died suddenly Wednesday night near Greenfield Indiana. He was found in bed the next morning with his trousers partly on. An inquest will be held. Also noted are a Lancaster Ohio financier Nathan Tallmadge bankruptcy and musings on Madrid and Wisconsin politics with party tallies from Milwaukee.
A medicinal note touts a valuable medicine as anodyne and restorative with strong healing claims due to its chosen ingredients. Separate column advertises its chemical mix. Prof. Hare lectured on spiritualism before a large Boston audience at the Melodeon. Evansville Enquirer reports Bank of Mt. Vernon redeeming its circulation in coin.
DP Ayres Cherry Pectoral praised as an excellent remedy for coughs and colds after repeated winter use. Advertised as widely available in drug stores. Massachusetts Governor elected by a majority for the first time in seven years. a Democrat reportedly wins the Legislature but described as a know nothing. George Washington La Fayette, son of Gen La Fayette, seen in New York. New York Times suggests women as apothecaries. Rail service now daily between Terre Haute and Paris, Illinois.
A Philadelphia Dispatch letter describes Gen Tom Thumb in eighth avenue cars with his two married sisters. The 22 year old dwarf is said to be stout, childish, penurious, and unable to climb a chair without aid. He lives with his Connecticut parents, owns a pony and sled, and is to be sent to school for education.
The Daily Indiana Journal notes corn fed hogs at 3.80 to 4.00 with limited slaughter and cautious packers. Louisville’s Courier reports prices offered at 4.50 to 4.75 for No. hogs, with expectations of 5 in the near term and constrained buying. Cincinnati sees improved hog demand due to light arrivals and good weather. no change in cut meats.
Editorial notes from Madison Banner correspondents with Indiana state officials on free bank notes. Auditor Dunn sketches circulation decline from seven million to about three and a half million as retirement proceeds daily, detailing which banks received and honored free bank issues in cities like Indianapolis Logansport and Wheeling.
Two workers A and B earn from ditching at rates of 75 cents and 1.25 dollars per rod respectively. They seek to dig enough rods so each obtains 50 dollars, starting from a 100 rod task in which both earn 100 dollars total. The note also mentions new advertisements and two runaways.
Col. Thomas H. Benton issues a notice from St. Louis on November 17 1854 stating letters addressed to him via the city post office should be returned and sent to the dead letter office if not opened. He condemns the postmaster appointment as influenced by “nullifiers” and lawless manipulation, while denying personal attacks on Mr. Pierce.
A lengthy Washington dispatch notes rising discontent among officials and diplomats over the era's state of politics. It cites Mr. Soule, Mr. Marcy, Lord Palmerston, and others amid Cuba, Spain, and Italy tensions, plus rumors of changes in cabinets and ministries abroad.
Reports from Havana dated the 23d inst describe disaffection rising in several areas but lacking confirmation. A Baroca court martial is said to have executed nineteen Creoles recently returned, and the sentence was carried out. A lottery prize is won by a group of free negroes. Havana plans to establish free arts and sciences schools and new measures to suppress the slave trade.
George and Nancy Jones were sentenced at the last term of the Madison court Texas to be hung for the murder of the father of the first and husband of the latter, committed about two or three years ago. A South Brooklyn gentleman presented by Mrs Cowden with the veritable jug that Shakespeare once owned.
Data show more births occur in October than in any other month, suggesting seasonal patterns in birth rates. The finding highlights October as a statistically dominant month for birth events across the year.
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