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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1853
Page
2
A lengthy Ohio act outlines procedures for laying out viewing altering and vacating county roads. It details petitions bond damages assessments notices viewers and surveyors duties and the sequence to establish public highways with width options and payment of costs.
An Atlantic voyage tragedy is reported with the burning of the ship Orlando off Havre, 127 passengers mainly Irish and 25 crew, many perish or are rescued after 64 hours at sea. Survivors aided by the Orlando, with a subscription launched for them. A separate New York schoolhouse fire drives 2000 pupils to safety under Miss Mills careful leadership.
Fragment from a poem describing a sailor's return to home after long voyages. The text follows a dying man awaiting family scenes, the wife and children at the cottage, and the churchly vow that he is “coming home” as the homeward dream sustains him through pain and memory.
A niece recounts a visit to Old Uncle Josh, humorously detailing his stinginess and greed. She describes meager meals, excessive hoarding, and odd behavior such as magnifying glass on pigs and taking the largest bed half. The narrator laments his cruelty to family and questions how he could wed.
The Vermont State Banner notes M Kossuth's flying visit to America and discusses how his support for Mr Pierce boosts his friends in both countries. It questions his aims, suggesting possible motives like funding Hungary or a possible cabinet offer, and doubts his success in reshaping American views.
An account states General Minon attacked Guadal on the 6th with spirited efforts but yielded limited gains and heavy casualties. Armies combined lost fifty artillery pieces per side in two hours. Gen Blancarte launched a counterstroke, and a column sent to arrest its oma was crushed with about three hundred killed and wounded. Survivors dispersed near Hospicio.
The Journal notes a leading Democrat in Sandusky County subscribed to support the paper, praising a Whig subscriber for backing it. It urges more readers to recruit subscribers, mentions an ordinance against hogs running at large, condemns persistent grunters, and cites Washington dispatches on the President elect’s lodging and inaugural plans with a call for simpler, less ostentatious ceremony.
Buchanan's Journal of Man enters its 4th volume at 32 per annum, with topics on physics phrenology and spiritualism. The Ohio Journal of Education editors and Sandusky County teachers invite names and payments to Lorin Andrews Columbus. Local notes cover Clay Monument cost, arrivals in New Orleans and New York freight, Alabama bank bill penalties, and Fremont’s civic enterprise. The piece ends with thanks to Hill for received documents.
A fragment from a periodical mocks perpetual motion claims and the notion that force equates to equal reaction. It notes a proposed device moving for over twenty years, audible movements and a questionable authority, while satirically critiquing the applied science.
A Fremont audience hears a learned professor deny Spiritualism while asserting Mesmerism and clairvoyance are real. He hints at secret methods, raps, and a battery system to explain supposed phenomena, prompting sharp critique of science, credulity, and the era’s embrace of experimentation.
Freemont residents urged to vote for three school directors who will oversee schools and manage funds. Citizens are advised to discuss with neighbors and choose men worthy of trust who will attend to duties and protect children and money.
The Fire Department held a February 7 1853 meeting to elect officers. Foreman M A Elder and Assistant Foreman Jas H Slawson were chosen with C J McCulloch as Secretary and E M Hulburd as Treasurer. Hose Company officers and a constitutional draft committee were also named. E F Dickinson and C R McCunnocu signed as President and Secretary. A Baltimore merchant quietly donates large sums under an alias to fund gospel outreach totaling at least 24000 dollars.
Mr Wilson reported back the bill to provide for drawing the public arms distributed to the militia of this State by the law of Congress with amendments, agreed to, and the bill ordered to tie engrossment. The bill for Justices of the Peace concurrent with Coroners, read the second time and referred to the Committee of the Whole. Also, the bill defining road laying and establishing State roads referred to the Roads and Highways committee. Trustees of townships authorized to establish water courses and locate ditches.
Reported votes on conference on the bill for Legislature organization and on the Supervisor bill with majorities. Debates on repealing the act for publishing laws in newspapers and pricing, with amendments proposed from 30 to 75 cents per thousand items, including calls for fair pricing and broader publication in counties.
In a Saturday Senate session, the committee of the Whole was discharged from a bill to suppress ardent spirits and referred to a select committee of one. A bill for aiding the poor was readied for engrossment and third reading. The State Treasury reorganization bill faced an amendment on enacting clause and governance, while Mungen defended Democracy against charges linked to a Kalida Venture editor. He warned the editor to expect exposure of a January convention chapter.
A Lake county petition with 850 citizens seeks suppression of liquor traffic. Brown county bar and judicial officers support M E Durwin’s revision and publication of Ohio Statutes. Windham Portage county residents remonstrate against repeal or modification of capital offense punishments.
On Monday February 8 1853 in Senate Mr Riddle presented a petition from Jones Brothers Co and 46 other mercantile houses of Cincinnati requesting a law to protect against an importer selling large quantities of merchandise by ample sale alteration without paying taxes. Referred to the committee on Commerce and Manufacture. Mr Pardee reported back the bill to suppress the traffic intoxicating liquors with amendments which were agreed to and the...
The bill for the relief of the poor was read a third time and committed to select committees of one. Mr. Fudge urged amendments as part of the committee process. Mr. Rice signaled plans to introduce a bill authorizing a State Reform School for juvenile offenders. Pudge reported back the relief bill with amendments that were agreed to, and the bill passed.
A record of petitions and bills in the 94th Ohio House includes proposals to mimic Maine liquor law conditions, abolish the death penalty, and allow county appeals when school districts refuse to divide. The chamber passes a publication bill through first reading, facing opposition over cost and German-language translation. News notes detail arrests, a fatal shooting of Edward Fuller, Nicholson’s capture, and reports from Washington about mint loss attributed to female influence amid a Dubuque fever outbreak feared by doctors.
A veteran steamboat owner quoted by the New York Journal of Commerce predicts that within nine years no boats will remain on the Hudson River, possibly sooner, as railroads gain supremacy and preferred transport persists despite arguments in favor of steamboats.
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