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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1854
Page
2
The Common Pleas holds sessions in Casrell f on the Mondays in January April July and October. Commissioners Court sits on the 1st Mondays of January and December. A Journal error in J Jackson's communication misread a sentence about Governor prompting Temperance to secure passage of Temperance Law if an election of Legislature became necessary.
The Tuesday evening event at the school of Mr Gro Bowman featured an engaging examination and exhibition. Students answered questions and declaimed confidently, reflecting well on the teacher and pupils. Parents and the community express satisfaction with progress and Bowman’s valued services.
Reports describe a surge in military actions as British revenue defenses mobilize 2800 sailors into the navy. Paris police disrupt a Russian secret club while French orders curb troop movements. Omar Pasha mobilizes 50,000 men crossing the Danube, splitting Russian forces near Kalafat Bucharest with fleet positions at Kalafat and Oltevitza.
A citizen received an extract letter from Hon. John Pettit dated Feb 18 1854 reporting a daily Delphi to Frankfort mail service. Pettit says he visited the Post Master General on the subject and that the matter is fixed and will be put on POET.
The note credits the Peru Sentinel for the article that appeared as A Centin arian Gone in the previous issue. It corrects the attribution for the readable story.
Local papers in Lafayette endorse a prohibitory liquor law while Delphi papers show mixed or weaker support. Several merchants traveled east this week to stock up on goods, signaling expectations of affordable spring bargains.
The Lafayette Journal editor disavows an associate's anti Maine Law remarks made during his absence. He notes not yet examining the law but supports an efficient prohibitory measure and pledges to use influence to promote its enactment.
The Nebraska Bill has occupied nearly all attention in both houses of Congress with high excitement. It appears unlikely to pass the House based on present indications.
The Lafayette Courier notes the Cunard Company denied using steamers to transport troops to Turkey. Reports from Vienna say Omar Pacha recovered, Danube fighting near Guirgeby continues, and Kalafat sees daily attacks. Rumors of cabinet changes in Russia and Reshid Pacha replacing Mohammed Ali circulate as France and England prep for large scale war funding.
Washington dispatches warn that the Nebraska bill could kill business and derail projects including Pacific Railroads and related river and harbor work. If defeated the scene changes. if carried, broad consequences for commerce and speculation loom as Democratic opposition remains entrenched.
Dispute reaches high level as voters push for decency in management of the base. Rumors from Washington claim Nebraska influence causes cabinet tension and possible reshuffles amid party discord, with speculation about new Cabinet lines and division of spoils. The Chicago Journal predicts a lively showdown ahead.
The obituary notes Ovid F Johnson former Pennsylvania Attorney General and rumored Governor’s brother died in Washington after being found in a gutter and sent to a workhouse. He aided Caravanish filibustering along the Rio Grande and ran a Brownsville Texas newspaper. His demise reflects the dangers of politics and drink in Washington.
The Chicago Journal cites opposition to Judge Douglas over his Nebraska and Missouri Compromise stance. Local democrats condemn the bill as a grave error and vow to resist abolitionist pressures and ostracism, while praising Douglas’ reputation yet urging impeachment of his current policy.
Mr. Botts of Virginia writes to the National Intelligencer condemning the Nebraska bill as mischievous and pernicious. He argues the issue hinges on the Missouri and Compromise acts and urges its defeat, vowing to pursue any lawful means to block the plan.
Readable fragments report smallpox prevail in Franklin State affecting Baptist College students. A railroad bridge across the Ohio at Madison is mentioned with a proposed cost of about 1,000,000 dollars and a time frame of three years.
A Brookville Spontoon report notes Germain Democrats in Iowa City resolved to back no candidate who does not oppose all temperance laws and supports perfect liquor freedom. Similar stances are seen in Peoria and Chicago with German groups opposing restraint laws, while Detroit groups maintain their state conventions. In Franklin County most German leaders oppose a prohibitory law, and candidates vie for Catholic or temperance votes.
The Maine result shows a Whig Governor and U S Senator after a Democratic split. The Cincinnati Enquirer fears temperance issues end Democratic dominance in Maine and predicts Whig opposition may persist. Garber of the Madison Courier cites three states as lost to Democrats due to similar strife.
Governor Bigler arrived by six oclock train from Fife and left at nine for Pittsburgh. He was greeted by leading citizens to honor him as chief executive. Governor Medill also attended by accident, and the two governors exchanged cordial handshakes signaling renewed good feeling between Ohio and Pennsylvania amid past Erie tensions. The Lake Shore Road traffic will pass through with minimal changes.
fragmentary notice shows Adventists assert another coming event. The Louisville Democrat notes no fear and calls for readiness without specifying exact timing or details.
A state board committee selected fifty to sixty acres near Madison as the 1854 State Fair site. During Indianapolis session, a Marion County Agricultural Society committee declined to seek Indianapolis as the location, citing sufficient funds but preferring Madison. The decision is praised as strengthening ties with the capital.
The Evansville Journal condemns Representative Smith Miller for ousting Gen. Twiggs as postmaster at New Harmony. It mockingly notes the old man’s removal was due to his Whig affiliation, accusing the Congress member of chasing petty offices while doing little else.
A ten mile by five district in Franklin County Indiana swarms with pigeons. Their wing roar at arrival and departure fills the air and ground is littered with droppings several inches deep. Thousands are killed and tree limbs break with the weight while hundreds of hogs feed on the carcasses. Sportsmen grow weary of easy game.
An advertisement by L Larkin of the Royal College of Surgeons touts a medicine claimed to cure small pox measles and scarlet fever in any form. The remedy combines digitals and white vitriol with zinc and a sweetener. dosing is a tablespoon for adults and half for children every second hour until symptoms vanish. It also prescribes jalap preparations for bowel obstruction and asserts no other drugs are necessary.
The Crystal Palace awards list shows silver medals totaling 15, bronze 1210 across exhibitors. Nations tally medals with United States leading bronze and silver, France and Italy among others. reader notes varied counts. A separate Auburn incident reports a lost $2500 money package recovered by a laborer who received seventeen cents as reward.
A notice from Ben Franklin in Philadelphia on February 22, 1738 describes a theft of numerous items including breeches shirts stockings shoes and a hat. It identifies a suspect Loyd an Irish schoolmaster about 300 years old with specific clothing details and offers thirty shillings and reasonable charges for capture and delivery to justice.
Within the next three weeks three weddings are planned in the city’s upper circles. Each groom is over fifty years old and each bride is barely into her teens.
Prices of produce are nominal with little activity. Flour at city mills seven dollars. retail seven thousand five hundred sixty. Wheat demand good at 130 to 135 cents. corn scarce at 37 cents in car, shelled 39. oats 25. rye 45 to 50. hams nine to ten. shoulders seven and a quarter.
New York reports the experimental brig Ericgon steamer sailed Friday and impressed its proprietors with a strong tide and highly satisfactory performance.
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