16 Jul 1850
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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1850
Page
1
Published every Tuesday morning. Rates show mail subscribers in advance 1 904, town subscribers 1 7571 and 52 40 after year. Ads priced per square for three insertions with 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Three months 3 34, column one year 12, Sylvire B Jnonttis column one year 25.
A fragmentary poem from The London Fines extols a world filled with beauty and urges kindness, forgiveness, and shared humanity. It laments inequality, calls for charitable deeds, and imagines a future where love, peace, and understanding prevail across nations and seas. The verses praise truthful speech and unity, urging a universal harmony.
MISCELLANY reports Capt Stansbury of the Topographical Engineer Corps conducting a challenging examination of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake and a hydrographic survey. After six months of isolation and heavy snows, he describes severe winter conditions, deep snow, and a dangerous western circuit around the lake with troops and a small party venturing along Bear River and Cache Valley.
An expedition traces the western shore of a lake through salt plains and shifting wetlands. They detail water scarcity for mules, salt crust fields, optical illusions from mirage, and the difficulty of triangulation while debating the lake’s size and lack of navigable outlet.
A fragmentary verse chronicle portrays a romantic scene with Kitty Nett, Patsy, and Kate in an Irish setting. The text weaves sightings of moonlit nights, birds, and lilting lines about lovers, drums, pipes, and swans, expressing yearning and affection amid a bustling mid mood.
The article disputes sweeping land totals for public lands, citing a September 30 1869 land office report showing 1 450 379 358 020 acres in fourteen states and territories. It argues the bounty bill aims to reform policy and may pass both houses, presenting a table of lands by state and territory totaling about 1.49 billion acres.
A Knox county handbill circulated by the Central Committee warns Democrats of Old Knox about a convention to form a new constitution. It claims abolitionists and bankers back the effort and that Ohio banks will fund efforts to control the convention to destroy the state. The message urges vigilance against these moves ahead of the election.
Fragmentary note urges voters to resist regro influence and attend a March 25 gathering in Canterbury. Signed by the Young Women’s Central Committee of Vigilance, urging broad turnout and warning of regro attempts to sway votes.
A historic lecture explains electrical principles using a Leyden jar and friction between glass and metal. It describes conductors and insulators, sharp points attracting electricity, and the setup for an electrical discharge with a prime conductor and discharger, noting how moisture and materials affect conduction and charge transfer.
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