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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1854
Page
2
The Miss Caroline A. Belles School will be moved to the brick School-House on the upcoming Monday. Locofoco leaders condemn temperance and abolitionism as disruptive to democracy, while opposing whiskey and urging sober voters and officeholders.
The Sentinel and other papers denounce Dan Mace in coarse language. The writer predicts Mace will retaliate and expose their tactics.
Notice announces a Frerval by the ladies of the Episcopal Church at Harris and Co Hall on Thursday and Friday the 22d and 23d. The brief notice is expected to draw a large attendance and a good time.
S. D. McIntosh issues notice to former patrons that he is now prepared to supply everything tasteful and proper in his line of business to their satisfaction.
Camden announces the opening of a new furniture wareroom by Messrs Varnes and Ridgway offering quality goods at low prices for ready cash. Customers are urged to call and inspect the stock.
John Baker advertises his farm for sale describing a good bargain opportunity for buyers.
The Laurel Wreath has been sold to D. W. Burroughs and renamed the Standard. The publication is enlarged and improved in presentation and scope.
Cholera is present in Michigan City with twelve to fourteen deaths reported in the past week highlighting a rising public health concern.
General Hendricks wins a Connecticut Senate seat in a surprising electoral result. He secures support from key factions and defeats rival candidates amid a tight race that drew regional attention.
The New Hampshire legislature has elected Democratic officers to lead the chamber. The vote confirms party control as lawmakers finalize leadership assignments and begin the session.
The South Bend Register urges Delphi readers to heed cholera warnings as summer nears. It calls on town authorities to inspect streets and alleys for decay and improve sanitation, arguing proactive measures reduce mortality and suffering from any outbreak.
Northern Anti Nebraska members met in Washington and resolved to oppose all nonessential appropriations and adjourn swiftly. Chicago Journal reports rising resistance and aims to drop the measure.
Fort Wayne Times reports on a Democratic stance opposing slavery expansion in new territories and resisting agitation in Congress. It cites a Baltimore Convention resolution and a recent Indianapolis state convention platform, calling it the platform of the executioner.
A Washington letter writer predicts a Southern governor for Kansas and a Northern appointee for Nebraska. Slavery is to be legislated in Nebraska within ten days of the legislature meeting. Washington would appoint legislature, executive officers, and draft laws in which conspirators have interests. Atchison allegedly guides the movement as governor and lawgiver of both territories.
The City election on Tuesday yielded a sweeping victory for Prohibitory Liquor-Law candidates led by Mayor hopeful Ropar T. Conran. Controller nominee John N. Henderson and City Solicitor Isaac Hazlehurst won by large margins, with other Prohibitory wins across wards and city offices as Democrats were defeated. The Saturday Mail notes the extraordinary success in Philadelphia.
A letter from Laf. Courter of Cy argues Democrats can support the party while opposing Maine Law and related enforcement. He contends the Indianapolis platform diverges from core Democratic principles and predicts a factional split if the convention leaves these questions unresolved.
Washington June 5. The House met at noon and faced a failed adjournment motion after failing to secure a quorum. A call of the House was ordered and again adjournment occurred. The Union reports the Gadsden treaty will be accepted and the Star notes Spain dispatched special messengers and talks of Cuba settlement and possible purchase on favorable terms.
Thos. Ritchin Jr. of the Richmond Enquirer died recently, leaving newsrooms mourning a longtime journalist and editor. His death reduces staff with decades of reporting and editorial work in the city.
The piece recalls Mr. Ellsworth urging temperance restraint at a Democratic convention while cries of Let them go echo through the hall. It notes leaders shunning Maine Law and anti Nebraska Democrats and a later Indiana Journal account of a South state convention misreading a committee list during a governance dispute.
The Cleveland Herald reports growing dissatisfaction in Erie with a council plan to tear up the rail track and pull down bridges within the city limits. Mayor King asks for legal counsel before approving the resolution, which the council favors and could enact at any time.
Senator Douglas spoke in New York amid serenades by the Democratic Union Club and said he would seek public approval of the Nebraska bill. He argued the people of a territory should decide their laws and institutions and noted growing support as understanding increases. He warned that mere nonopposition is not acquiescence.
Speakers rally behind a hard line on slavery expansion, urging voters to demand clear positions from candidates. They insist the Kansas Nebraska issue defines party loyalty and call to extend the principle to Cuba and the Sandwich Islands when admitted. The crowd hails the stance as decisive for November elections.
A Washington report discusses Cuba’s status amid U S tensions with Spain and possible U S action. It notes proposals to send a special commission to Spain to press for Cuba policy changes and hints at a sale offer of the island with slavery as a focal issue, plus Southern fears of a free Cuba under abolitionist influence.
The piece argues that ending slavery entails blocking it and confining it to current borders. It questions if the nation would pay two or three hundred million for Cuba and predicts the current Congress is the slave power's last chance, with the President ready to back it.
The report notes slow fighting progress as Russians suffer defeats at Nicopolis and Rassova, Danube floods, widespread sickness with 18 000 invalids, losses at Nalafat, and a four day bombardment of Sebastopol. The Czar plans 100 000 more troops while Anglo French forces push toward central empire. fire hits Constantinople. Spain signals Cuba policy shift while Washington Union urges immediate Cuban possession.
The Southern Standard accuses party leaders of seeking expansion and slavery across the Americas and reopening the African slave trade. The piece mixes current events such as cholera cases in New York and drownings in Terre Haute, with commentary on regional politics and editorials criticizing Nebraska measures.
The markets list grades and prices for grains and livestock with wheat at 1.50, corn in ear 37 36, oats 28, rye 62, barley 1, flour 98, salt and lard values, and smoked hams and pickerel noted among the latest figures. Calves inspected and fish prices appear in the same market digest.
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