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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1852
Page
1
A Brooklyn lecture recounts how Nicholas I became emperor after regiments resisted Constantine era plans. The piece notes Nicholas’s long reign, a son valued for progress, and plans to free serfs, amid rail expansion and noble power.
A Cincinnati printing house invited veteran editor C J Cist to be a manager for an upcoming grand ball. Cist declined in a humorous letter, criticizing dancing as a childish, silly pastime and noting his lack of experience on the ballroom floor. The piece also recounts a Sabbath baptism in a cold city river with a dove-like moment observed by worshippers.
Rev. Calvin Fairbanks was tried and found guilty of stealing enslaved people and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The Louisville Courier endorses Gen. Scott for President and Joy for Vice President, predicting victory, while Fillmore is expected to lose and not carry Kentucky.
The Turbocrxst Office has moved to a new location behind the Court House next to Charles A. Clark's Law Office. Due to the move, this week’s Journal is published one day later than usual.
The piece denounces public printing grafts tied to political favors, noting a plan to benefit Washington Union editors with a $200,000 windfall. Gov. Doty of Wisconsin backs a bill creating a Government Printing Bureau with a $3,000 salary superintendent and $1,600 binder, aiming to cut costs and curb corruption. It also cites local temperance results, and reports on railroad progress and New York elections.
A periodical roundup reviews Harper and Brother’s Harper’s Magazine with items on Redolphus a Vranconia Story by Jacob Abbot and other features. It notes Louis Napoleon stabbing rumors, Chicago Tribune dispatches, and G C Raw Road rail improvements in Wisconsin. Dickens new Bleak House ahead, Southern Literary Gazette pricing and format, Charleston publishing plans, fire destroys Warham Gates farm dwelling, and commentary on Irish migration and public spending.
Major Jack Downing quotes a late letter to the National Intelligencer describing old Democratic ideals. He recalls three aims: the Bank, the Tariff, and Internal Improvement, framing Whig principles as antagonists and noting Democrats fought against them to win offices.
Prospects of early completion of the Chicago and Galena Railroad reach Rockford area with cars to Cherry Valley and plans to extend to Rockford. Rockford to Chicago day trips now possible. California debt noted by Gov Bigler. Temperance interest grows in Rockford. Lusha and Free State brothers in Cincinnati Lodge. Mormons attempt Sandwich Islands conversion with limited success. Local ads for Rawson Buckley and Galena & Chicago Rail Road. Barcx Minn rebuilding contracts sought. New paper prospectus for Minens Wen y Transenipr from Shullsburg Wisconsin. German reform meeting at Court House tomorrow at 10% clock.
Hi S Jones argues the liquor license law is inconsistent and ineffective. He questions legislated quantities and urges a pause on aggressive prosecutions while seeking better control, proposing a Maine like approach for mechanical and medicinal use. He requests republication of his letter to the Journal.
News reached press of William Rice son of Jacob Rice of Westrove county found in his father's barn hanging from a rope. No cause given for the youth about age ten. Editorial remarks on liberty justice and legislative tax charter amendments. Mentions proposed tax increase by referendum and city river improvements. Australia gold diggings noted as highly profitable.
A letter laments the recurring insult of congressional wrangling and calls out Messrs. Stanley of North Carolina and Giddings of Ohio for a disgraceful scene. The piece blames a national culture of blackguardism at the Capitol and urges lawmakers to stop degrading the country's government with indecent tactics.
The official diagram of the Central Railroad route has been deposited with the Register of the Land Office here. It traces entering the district near Section 36, Township 41, Range 1, crossing the Hillneis River at La Salle, then north to a junction in Section 28, Township 36, Range 1, and proceeds via several townships to Dixon, Rock River, Freeport, and toward the Wisconsin line, finally joining the Mississippi opposite Dubuque.
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