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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1854
Page
2
The Delphi Journal of Delphi Indiana November 9 1854 marks the end of its fourth volume and extends thanks to its paying patrons while noting some subscribers have fallen behind. The paper pledges continued effort and invites readers to support with renewed subscriptions as it aims to grow next year.
DCP Armitage and Davis announce they have purchased the Drug Store of Drs Jackson and Beck and may be found at the old stand ready to deal out medicine for man or beast. They offer a good stock of the purest kind and are selling cheap. See advertisement for particulars.
The Telegraph office has been relocated to the Drug Store of Armitage & Davis, described as a central point for convenient access and easy finding.
J. Tutewiler says he remains stocked with furniture that is selling off cheap daily. Call in to inspect and compare prices.
Citizens question why certificates or commissions for the newly elected county officers have not been issued after thirty days. Old officers continue to operate amid promises of transparency, while Ohio and Indiana Railroad completes a Fort Wayne connection with a through Pittsburgh line. Byrd Hawkins, a well known Ohio and Indiana figure, dies in Eaton on October 11.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports experts believe Kentucky Trust Company notes will be worth at least seventy five cents on the dollar. Brokers will not buy below twenty five or fifty cents unless their value justifies it, so holders should retain notes until the Trustees report.
The Suffolk Bank of Boston discredits Bank of Hollowell Ship Builders Brunswick in Maine and notes Lewis County Bank in New York has failed. A Cleveland fire on the 27th destroyed the New England Hotel and the Customs House among others, with losses estimated near a quarter million. In Topsfield Massachusetts a single apple tree on Nehemiah Perkins farm yielded an extraordinary one hundred bushels of apples from its fifty year lifespan.
A Texas letter warns that the frontier is in the midst of an Indian war with frequent murders and outrages reported. The correspondent details ongoing conflicts and the harsh climate of the border region.
In a volatile period the city of London records nearly ten thousand deaths amid a harsh winter and ongoing conflict. Officials warn the tally may rise as hospitals strain under demand.
The Vincennes Gazette forecasts a pivotal sixty day session with major questions. Banking law revision and marital property reforms loom, while liquor prohibition and Senate selection occupy decisive ground. Anticipated conflict centers on Missouri Compromise repeal and potential gubernatorial appointments shaping early action.
The Washington Star argues a war with hostile Indians in the far West is likely. The paper notes reclaiming fugitive Burns cost $27,000, with $15,000 paid from the U. S. Treasury. It also reports a rail fare rise from Jeffersonville to Indianapolis to three dollars.
In Quessec on October 27 the Legislative Assembly heard the second reading of a stringent bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. The measure seeks to curb alcohol production and distribution within the jurisdiction.
The Delaware Journal reports a Grand Meeting to organize a True American Party in Dover urging all citizens to drop party prejudice. It aims to reform naturalization laws, repeal alien voting rights, block the Homestead Graduation Bill, and secure religious toleration and liberty of speech for all. Certificates of election issued to Peoples party state officers noted. A Genesee County fair stallion drew a wagon with 47 men. A former Utica Lunatic Asylum patient was found near Green Bay. Henry Fortman, who killed a Covington schoolboy, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years.
Boston reports vigorous enforcement of the Maine Law with seventeen Charlestown dealers arrested and many more seized in Lowell and surrounding areas. In Boston municipal court Peter B. Brigham, a large liquor dealer, was fined one hundred dollars and required to post bonds totaling one thousand dollars to stop selling.
The piece notes a democratic majority in the New Mexico territorial Legislature amid national defeats, includes oblique references to Pierce administration stability, and briefly cites other 19th century events such as deaths in New York and Ohio, a sculptor’s real estate bid in Kansas, and a Hungarian patriot’s cousin dying of yellow fever in Houston.
The passage recalls the allied and Russian forces clashing at the Alma in a fierce contest. It notes how hard it is to discern the true outcome from partial accounts but asserts the battle will be remembered like Borodino and Waterloo for its fearsome details.
A London Times special correspondent recalls the brutal Alma battlefield. He describes vast piles of Russian and French dead, heavy casualties among English troops, and the horrific aftermath with vivid detail of the earthwork fortress and fords. Reductions in Sevastopol garrison and Canton insurgent attempts are noted alongside cholera abating in London.
News from the Pacific and Europe arrives with details from Sevastopol and Crimea battles. British French forces in the Crimea, Russian forces near the Pruth, and dispatches from Vienna and Sevastopol frame a wide wartime picture. California reports include gold shipments, emigrant massacres near Boise and Oregon, and ship arrivals at New York.
A rich quartz and lead mine was opened at San Oades on the north fork of the Mokelumne river. The American river project to divert water into the Placerville vicinity has been completed.
The State Sentinel reports official county results for all counties except Stark and Vermillion. Secretary of State votes favor Erasmus B. Collins by 12 65 while others show varied tallies and apparent majorities with some discrepancies noted. The majorities average 12 598.
Cholera is prevailing in Louisville with eight deaths from Saturday morning to Sunday evening in the area bounded by Brook Preston Maine and Market streets. Henry Ward Beecher comments on laughter in church saying it is not harmful.
A Toledo Blade report describes a bunker politician at that place who threatened to mark every Democrat who abandoned the regular ticket. He has kept busy, using up several pots of paint without finishing the job, likening it to taking the census.
A Prix Four describes a stalemate as four members of the Missouri Legislature are pledged to join the majority yet no party holds a majority. The deadlock leaves the chamber without a clear path to passage on key measures.
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