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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1854
Page
2
The Delphi Journal appeals to old subscribers and readers to renew, promising low printing rates despite rising prices for Wheat flour corn meat and wood. The piece humorously notes past favors owed and invites payments and renewals for the present volume.
The Tribune projects a narrow Clark victory under 2000 votes, with 30 anti-Nebraska to three Nebraska Congressmen chosen. A sufficient anti-Nebraska Legislature could elect a Senator, signaling a glorious victory for New York. Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois show widespread anti-Nebraska wins.
Snow fell Sunday to depth of four or five inches and has already disappeared leaving muddy ground. The note remarks on the unpredictable weather of this country.
Our fellow townsman Mr J P Drean has returned after several weeks away. Friends are glad he has regained his health and can attend to his business duties again.
Advertisers praise William K. Everton's remedy as the cure for fever and ague, noting it sweeps away illness in its line. The column urges readers to try the medicine as a trusted treatment.
Arlison author of the Cincinnati infernal machine, blamed for the explosion that killed Allison and his wife, has been arrested in Muscatine Iowa and is en route to Cincinnati.
The State Sentinel notes a push for a new Whig paper in Indianapolis with C F Clarkson proposed as editor. It argues against Champson and asserts The State Journal is sufficient for the party. The piece mentions Ohio election shifts and U S Senatorial plans involving Mr Pugh.
Fragmentary political note mocks a coalition of states opposing a measure. The writer claims states including Maine Vermont Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire Pennsylvania New Jersey Indiana New York Wisconsin Michigan Illinois and Ohio have voted against the question. A coffin imagery is used to threaten Pierce and Douglas and labels lumber suppliers as old hickory states.
The St. Louis Intelligencer reports a winter expedition to wage a war of extermination against Sioux and other hostile tribes. A force of the 2nd Infantry, three companies of the 2nd Dragoons, and one light battery from Baton Rouge, under Col. Sumner, will assemble at Jefferson Barracks and advance as weather permits. Additional frontier volunteers may join, aiming at actions against the Comanches in Texas frontier areas.
A miscellany of economic notes and political remarks appears from 19th century trade and politics. Rumors of Isa Indiana Free Bank, a Virginia suit from 1829 ending in 15,000, and stock shifts. Reports touch on Russia, Sevastopol, and global incense spending with terse commentary on leaders and markets.
The report details the execution of Nicholas Beehan for murder and his defiant last words. It follows with a graphic account of an Indian massacre near Fort Boise Oregon, describing the brutal killing of emigrants including women and children, theft of cattle and money, and subsequent military mobilization by Oregon authorities.
A Galveston News correspondent reports a severe Matagorda storm causing distress and suffering. The writer laments the devastation and hopes never to witness such scenes again.
Eyewitness describes a dramatic event where a woman with four children was hurled into the streets with all possessions blown away. One infant retained clothing while a daughter and other children were torn away and presumed lost. Roughly all personal property in the area is reported as destroyed.
Two Kansas Territory citizens killed after a dispute between Kentuckians and Platte county residents over a land claim. A third party sided with the Kentuckians, prompting a Platte county mob led by Buress to attack and injure the Kentuckians with knives. The Governor at Leavenworth ordered arrests and pledged strong action to halt such lawless acts.
A Wednesday night blaze at Geo. Cecil & Co. large coop shop by the aqueduct quickly consumed the building and spread to a nearby flour warehouse containing 500 barrels of flour and many pork barrels. The loss totaled 3,200 with no insurance. two hundred pork barrels lost and only a few flour barrels saved.
In Harrison county corn is valued at 3 dollars per barrel in the field. The pork packets of Louisville began slaughtering on the 4th. Willard Halt of Missouri is said to be appointed Governor of Nebraska replacing the late F Burt.
Mercy B. Jackson of Plymouth signs a formal protest dated October 14 1854 objecting to taxation for infant public expenses and school costs without representation in the Commonwealth and United States.
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