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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1847
Page
2
A doctor advises a patient to eat a large mince pie with spice, gingerbread, and cake, followed by gin gerbread and a stiff glass of something warm, then to sleep. The aim is to ease a lingering cold and restore strength overnight, with guidance to stay well layered and seek rest for recovery.
A Boston correspondent recalls Benjamin Franklin's boyhood home at Hanover and Union streets. The three story brick house, later altered by show windows, is linked to Franklin’s early reading and apprenticeship at James Franklin’s printing office nearby. The writer urges preservation by the Historical Society and laments changes that erase Franklin’s birth place and early environment.
The Westminister Review cautions against Hydropathy and Pressnitz methods, noting ignorance of human physiology and dangers of adopting the water cure. It recounts Pressnitz of Grafenberg, inventor of Aydrotherapy, and his rise from a failed farmer to a popular healer with followers in England, France, and Germany. A distraught admirer threatens suicide amid unyielding passion for the practice.
A Saltillo letter recounts the Buena Vista encounter with vivid detail. It portrays Mexican forces marching in uniform splendor, the US volunteers' grit under heavy fire, and Col. Davis guiding a retreat. It covers battlefield dead, wounded, and the harsh hospital scenes that followed, with reflections on heroism and loss.
The Liverpool market report notes ships from Liverpool arriving after fifteen days, with corn prices easing yet markets still unsettled. Strong breadstuff imports across the UK push down grain prices while American wheat ranges and rye quotes shift. Ireland and Germany seek breadstuffs to balance demand as weather aids harvest prospects and exports rise.
A Hanoverian report cites free port plans for Haatburg and Geust while Denmark edges toward parliament. Pope censorship rumors rise then fade amid Austria ties. Guizot endures in France as Spain nears conflict. Madrid awaits royal return and Montpensier accouchement amid intrigue. Paris opens rail to the sea. Naples may gain free port. Paris bread tickets funded. Poland distress deepens. Frankfurt suspends rice duties to September.
Letters from Turin say the King of Sardinia is dangerously ill. The Pope orders gas works to light Rome streets. Belfast dates to March 26 reach Cheltenham bazaar notices. William Kennedy arrived with Belfast dates. Indian corn arrivals push prices down but turn firmer later. corn and wheat quotations: Prime Red Wheat 17s9d-18s4d, White Wheat 18s-18s6d, White Corn 14s10d-15s, Yellow 14s5d-15s, Corn meal 15s-15s5d white and 15s-16s yellow per cwt. United States Flour 19s6d-42s? per barrel. Price drop then firm.
The Cambria reached Boston at night as wine days after Europe reports reach Paris of court petitions. Paris alerts mention Lord Palmerston urging Vienna and St Petersburg to declare on the Montpensier marriage, with Vienna likely to comply while Russia resists. Mortals note the death of Madame Mars in Paris aged 68. Prussia and Austria plan army reductions, and Tysoffyki departs Cracow for the United States, facing possible death or life imprisonment. The Austrian government assists his banishment and migration aid. Egelsbach residents seek emigration to the United States, with Bremen seeing more departures.
Across Germany panic rises as vast emigration plans threaten to hollow regions. In Rome a wanted Baldi, claiming Papal ties, aimed to assassinate Pope Pius IX, while French deputies back a four-steamship deal to link Havre and New York and Prussia concludes a treaty with the United States regarding extradition.
The Elyria Courier summarizes licensing votes across Ohio counties with many townships approving or rejecting licenses. It notes patterns such as large towns opposing licenses while smaller towns lean for license and mentions political figures like John Brough Reuben Wood and Alfred P Edgerton as governor candidates.
Governor William Bates Bern issues a formal directive to assessors in Ohio townships to enumerate white male inhabitants over twenty one residing in the state, with precise timing May 1 to May 25 1847, and to return lists to the Court of Common Pleas. The proclamation is dated March 23 1847 at Columbus. It precedes a note on Mexican War coverage and related editorials.
The piece argues against nominating Gen Taylor for the Presidency, warning that military merit should not trump broader qualifications. It notes the harms of sectional bias, the need for a Free State president, and concerns that Southern influence has dominated the executive too long. It urges a candidate from the free states to restore balance and justice.
The speaker argues Congress has no constitutional right to prohibit slavery in new territories, citing the Northwestern Territory ordinance of 1787 which bans slavery except as punishment for crime. Virginia Legislature reportedly agrees, with a mixed Southern North voting pattern noted. the record praises the alliance of states north and west.
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