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Newspaper
Evansville Journal
Location
Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1845
Page
2
W K Haw is our authorized agent for collecting moneys due this office and for receipting for new subscriptions. He will visit neighboring counties in a few days and we hope all indebted to us will settle with him.
Physicians and country dealers are urged to inspect W and C Bett’s advertisements in today’s Journal. Their eight year residence here guarantees expert selection of drugs medicines paints oils dyes glassware and related goods. Prices are claimed as cheap as any market west of the mountains and a call is recommended to avoid regret.
Samuel Lister, Bookseller, offers the Indiana Annual Register and Pocket Manual for 1845 and the Daily Memorandum and Pocket Account Book at 374 and 25 cents respectively. Available via Louisville prices through Lister, with call to see him.
A meeting at Point Commerce supported extending the canal from Terre Haute to the present location. The stance favored progress on the proposed waterway expansion and integration with regional trade routes.
A bill granting alternate sections in the Winneca met district for the Erie and Ohio Canal extension passed the Senate on the 26th alt and moved to the House. A letter from Hon. Robert Dale Owen dated the same day notes that the House Public Lands committee favors the canal bill, predicting passage in both houses.
The Supreme Court declines to grant counsel's prayer to bring Don before the bar in the Corn. The item questions what new expedient demagoguery may use to keep the convicted criminal in the political spotlight.
The Alabama House of Representatives approved a near unanimous set of resolves denouncing state debt repudiation. In Shepherdstown Virginia a small Polk vote contrast showed Plaquemine’s larger support. A fatal knife fight between two black men near Muener left one dead. authorities report the assailant jailed.
The Treasury reports a half yearly balance of 30 million dollars but includes 28 million deposited with states in 1837 under the June 1836 act. General Houston, in his valedictory, urges Texas to refrain from seeking admission to the Union, unless the United States supports it.
Washington correspondent reports a House debate over a bill to graduate and lower public land prices for long-held lands. Some Western members push for low prices to spur emigration while Eastern members resist, fearing benefitting speculators. A Kentucky substitute by Mr Thomason is discussed as a potential compromise offering land to poor families after ten years.
The North Carolina Annual Conference unanimously agrees to divide and refuse to act with the North. Delegates are elected to attend the convention at Louisville Kentucky in May 1845 for the Methodist Episcopal Church split.
A State paper argues there will be no U S Senate election during the current legislative session and hopes the matter goes to the people in August. It mocks the Whigs and labels the Locofoco party as generous and honest, while noting political maneuvering and predictions about future elections.
The text notes that due to not registering the birth of her last son, Queen Victoria faced a legal fine of Ts. Od. for the omission, imposed for six weeks.
In a Congressional debate Mr. Foster of Pennsylvania recalled that in 1840 rail road iron became duty free and prices jumped from forty five to sixty dollars a ton. He noted current duties of twenty five dollars per ton and argued protection harms the people, domestic industry, and capital.
Hon. Joan H. Thompson of the Whig party was elected by the Legislature on the 2nd instant to serve as Secretary of State for a four year term.
The excerpt claims Governor Porter of Pennsylvania earned over one hundred thousand dollars in a short term. It asserts convicts released from prisons enrich him, noting the irony that only poor convicts complete sentences in Pennsylvania penitentiaries and jails.
During the six days ending December 14, 149 paupers were admitted to the Bellevue Alms House in New York. Among them 111 were foreigners, seven had been in the country but six days prior to admission.
The head of John A. Murrel, long deceased and once a feared land pirate, was obtained by two physicians for a phrenological speculation. The skull is described as remarkable in size and contour.
The Philadelphia U S Gazette reports a sea shore strewn with dead fish for 30 to 40 miles from perch to sturgeon and sea bass. At Leaming's Beach a spectator estimated ten thousand bushels. Cause unknown, speculation hints at a volcanic eruption or other deep sea influence.
The Whig Women of Virginia announce forming a society at Richmond to erect a statue for Henry Clay. The officers Lucy Barbour, Leen Jour, Larry Fry, Louisa Cannincron urge Virginians to support a nonpartisan tribute honoring the statesman and patriot.
The Liverpool Times notes the election of Mr Pax as President reduces demand for United States securities. Transactions are scarce and quotations remain nominal, with future policy of the new government dictating rises or falls.
The North British Edinburgh Review notes before the election that Cray and Freturscuvsen winning would honor the American people. It argues such an outcome would disprove charges of subservience to special interests and foster national prosperity and stable government.
Citizens of Point Commerce gather August 20 to back extending the Wabash and Erie Canal to Evansville. Dr D Shepherd presided, W C Andrews served as secretary, and a preamble and multiple resolutions were unanimously adopted advocating the extension as vital for national unity and western development.
A Washington letter to the Philadelphia Ledger reports the entire cabinet condemning Mr. Shannon's conduct. It notes that without State Department correspondence, every act would be disavowed if Mr. Calhoun's wishes could prevail. It says Calhoun is implicated through improper despatch use and that the effort to vanish errors involves higher parties.
An Naples letter from Gallignani reports the Salfaiara volcano near Puzzoli showing renewed activity. The last eruption dated 1198, but recent steam and boiling water rise from the eastern crater, with water highly charged with sulfur and issuing 15 to 20 feet high.
The New York Herald notes Denmark plans measures to end slavery in St Thomas and Santa Cruz. The Danish assembly unanimously appoints a commissioner to remove emancipation obstacles. Also mentioned is a spoof on wealth and a note that Mr Webster may replace Mr Choate in the Senate in Boston.
The Buffalo Patriot and Journal is cited as presenting a premier article from the Whig Paper, highlighting quality and value. This fragment signals notable opinion or reportage in historical newspaper context.
A Louisville paper attacks Gov. Whitcomb and Indiana leaders for repudiating state debt and opposes tariff policy. It argues Indiana cannot pay 543120 yearly debt while paying high import costs and calls for honoring obligations to widows and orphans. It condemns free trade as harming western labor and export prospects.
Proceedings from the Baltimore American describe Senate actions on January 2 1845 including a Cumberland road bill for Ohio Indiana and Illinois and a Benton Mexican indemnity resolution. The House discussed annexation of Texas post offices public land pricing and a Cumberland road bill with vigorous debate. adjournment followed executive session.
A Greek maid replied that she would bring her husband a heart spotted with virtue and unstained by any treasure, the purest inheritance from her parents. The remark emphasizes moral virtue as the highest value beyond material wealth.
The Texas intelligence notes President Jones aims to uphold public credit and reduce government expenses. He calls for ending government paper issues, a revenue tariff, common schools, peace with Mexico, immigration encouragement, frontier Indian relations, penitentiary and internal improvements. A Galveston paper questions Texas independence vs annexation prospects.
A bill seeks to abolish the death penalty for crimes like forgery and theft by replacing it with imprisonment fine and corporal punishment. The article notes South Carolina codes have grown more merciful, erasing brutal enactments from statute books.
From the New Orleans Bee we learn that Graves, the suspected Mississippi treasurer thief, was overhauled in Texas and brought back, now in custody.
The document itemizes bond totals including surplus revenue and irregular bonds, listing numbers for the Lawrenceburg Indianapolis Railroad Company and other categories. It then outlines annual interest: six percent on 100000, seven percent on 36000, and five percent on 10986000, totaling the reported interest.
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