12 Sep 1848
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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1848
Page
1
A veteran narrator recalls a tightly knit community torn between the old ways and new innovations in mill practice. The essay contrasts rigid ancestral rites with evolving modern methods, highlighting tensions, debates, and the risk to social cohesion as factions clash over change and tradition.
A Methodist preacher rebukes British policy in Ireland, detailing land confiscations and absentee ownership. He cites 12,634,711 acres seized, 2.9 million acres unimproved, and 35 million dollars yearly drain to landlords. He laments rent, church taxation, and famine-era misallocation, urging reform or drastic action.
A 1848 letter expresses Mr Tale’s refusal to stand for the Buffalo Convention ticket, thanking supporters and urging unity behind the nominated candidates. He states his duty to the great interests of liberty, declines personal ambition, and pledges continued support within his feeble powers. He sends respectful regards to Sir and those who aided his position.
An essay debating if Welter, accused of mismanaging a Surplus Revenue Fund, is honest, capable, or fit for governor. It accuses him of improper self-loan usage and withholding books and vouchers, while noting silence from his political allies and press. A separate quoted excerpt reflects on a visitor’s arrival and a poetic aside.
The near approach of the cholera to western Europe prompts warning on sanitary measures. Reports from St Petersburg Moscow and Jassy Moldavia describe rising cases and high death tolls. Cairo and Belgrade records show rapid fatalities, with outbreaks near Ancona and along the Danube. A peculiar caterpillar event is noted as the disease nears Belgrade.
The text critiques Taylor and slavery extension, noting Native North animosity toward annexation. It highlights Martin Van Buren's shifting stance, his opposition to slavery’s extension, and his past actions supporting Rufus King and Arkansas admission, while detailing his views on the District of Columbia and western territories.
The gasometer building of the New York Gas Company at Centre and Test er streets burned last week causing about 430 000 in losses. Dense black smoke rose high over the city as flames spread, with observers describing the scene as terrible and sublime.
In ancient Egypt the plague arose after a shift from sacred burial customs to modern interment practices. The author notes the preserved health under strict sanitation, but the change in cemetery rites and soil conditions after 542 AD led to repeated epidemics, as explained by Afr. Walker on Metropolitan Graveyards.
Reports from Santa Fe and the Plains Sellers recount Captain Griffin's party clashing with a Camanches, one Indian killed and six or seven wounded, contrary to earlier claims. Captain Jones and 100 men attacked Pawnees near a grove, killing 21. A survivor, Charles Town, died in the field, while Elliot Lee was wounded and later found after six days in Cimihjar condition.
In a fragmented report, mentions of widespread unrest within the Mexica and clashes with armed Velas arise. Claims of towns forewarned, references to Col. Washington and Bragg, and notes of revolts growing in several Mexican states including Durango. Indiant of Sea Louis noted as defeated in unclear context.
The Jewish Chronicle notes growing fear among European Jews in liberty era as many families join a mass exodus toward America. Wealthy and poorer alike face pressure, with a thousand resolute to depart, seeking safer life and opportunity abroad.
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