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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1854
Page
2
In 1854 notices the Common Pleas and Commissioners Court schedule sessions and term dates. A public letter urges Tomas Trompson to seek Legislature with promise of broad citizen support.
The Locofoco convention met in Indianapolis yesterday to nominate candidates for State offices for the October election and to endorse the Nebraska fraud. The Madison Courier and Lafayette Courier doubt the move is democratic, but the writer expects the convention to push it through.
The item describes an eclipse event from just after 8 to near 5 in the afternoon, mentioning its 1330 origin and one previous operation. It cites German philosophers on social reflection and accountability, with a stray note about Bornes receiving goods details in another column.
WO Joan Turcier advertises his Main street shop where he can be found at all times to serve friends and customers with fur niture bargains. Advertisements mention John F. Wood Iron dealer and Martin Lane wagon and plow makers at Lafayette. Packets begin trips today and canal repairs follow. Poet Janes Montgomery dies aged 83. Alvin P. Hovey named Supreme Judge to fill Roach vacancy.
An obituary notes Nicholas McCarty died yesterday morning after a short illness of congestive fever. Described as a devoted husband and father, an honorable businessman, a public spirited citizen, and a wise legislator, he is mourned as a man who made few enemies and was widely esteemed. The notice calls his death a loss to all who knew him.
The Hon. Joseph L. White formerly of this state has purchased the J. Fennimore Cooper farm on the east side of Otsego Lake near Cooperstown and intends erecting a summer residence there.
The document notes Western Railroads withholding receipts, a 31 year old Sultan who has reigned since 1839, and a Baltic fleet tally. It also cites a Wayne county temperance convention nominating two Whigs, one Democrat and one Free Soil, amid broader anti liquor sentiment and calls for a stringent prohibitory liquor law. It mentions Brigham Young defending governance and Fremont’s expedition hardships including eating horses and mules.
Condensed notes from Mormon columns noting the Salt Lake City fortification, Protestant missionary conversions in Honolulu Kaunai and Hawaii, Willard Richards funeral prayer, Brigham Young remarks on Zachary Taylor and hell, and Young’s expressed opinions on the general.
Reports from Europe detail the April bombardment of Odessa with part of the city destroyed and eight Russian merchant vessels burnt, plus naval actions around Sevastopol. Other items note blockades, troop movements, and political shifts as France and Britain engage in war measures. A New York dispatch covers ship arrivals and ongoing conflicts, including trade tensions and a Cuban slavery debate in Parliament.
The Baltimore Sun denounces the Walker expedition as lawless piracy and a brutal incursion. It condemns the murder of a US citizen under martial law and hopes future swift punishment if offenders fall under US jurisdiction. The piece notes broader outrage across the press and calls for retributive justice.
An 1849 extract discusses the Missouri Compromise in Oregon and its support by various parties. It praises Henry Clay as the Great Pacificator for preserving the Union and settling sectional tensions, noting Oregon's provisional anti slavery stance and the long standing operation of the Missouri Compact.
Dr. Robert de Lambelle of Paris reports that applying an electric shock to a patient dying from chloroform effects instantly counteracts the anesthesia and revives the sufferer, restoring life.
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