Laws of Ohio General Assembly oath and order text
The document outlines election and oath procedures for Ohio General Assembly members clerks sergeants at arms and speakers. It details the sequence from convening the session electing officers to oaths of office and votes required for officers, plus attendance rules and the handling of quorums and pay deductions for absentees. It names James C. Johnson as Speaker of the House and William Medill as Speaker of the Senate, with a date February 9 1853 and certification by Horace E. Clark County Auditor.
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Court of Common Pleas
General Assembly
Senate
Clark
United States
Ohio
Bec
House of Repreentatives
Atarma
House of Representatives
Massenger
House
Silver Coinage Bill Passes Senate Amended by House
The House approved a bill amending existing coinage laws for half dollars quarters dimes and half dimes and creating three dollar gold pieces. It sets weights values and legal tender limits and details mint bullion purchases deposits bars ingots and a three dollar gold coin to be shaped by the Treasury. The act takes effect June 1 1853 and awaits presidential signature.
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House of
Treasury
United States
Mint
Secretary of the Treasury
Ming
Congressional concerns over coinage and land grants
The piece notes Congress intends to adjourn, approves a silver coinage bill, and discusses railroads and public lands. It criticizes filibusters and income from the treasury, urging voters to hold lawmakers accountable and support genuine reform and equitable land distribution.
Foreign Items in the New York Evening Post
The piece surveys women’s roles in France’s crises, reactions to royal attire, and various European interests. It notes Australian seals in England, a new historical work, court etiquette, Rome currency, Vienna military prep, and English merchants chartering ships for Australia. It also mentions an indicator device for doors, a new Argentine ride book, emigration figures, African expedition plans, rising land near Crystal Palace, and rail electrification developments.
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New York Evening Post
France
Josephine
Bonaparte
Louis Phillippa
England
Victor Cousin
Joarnese de Madane de
Longueville
Rome
War Department
Vienna
Australia
Maceira
Great Britain
Duke of Wellington
Fanny Kemble
J. Norton
London Society of Arts
W. McCann, Esq
Argentine Republic
Vogel
Africa
Dre, Barth
Overweg
U. States
Herr Jockel
Mendelssohn
Gottschalk
Moe
Portugal
Portugal, Is About To Return To the ‘Royal Ltalian Opera
London
Monsieur Ravel
Saint James Theatre
Louis Napoleon
Marshall Ba~celmans
Paris
Uncle Tom
Shelby
St. Clare
Crystal Palace
Sydenham
F. Potocki
Stanislaus Potocki
Nayleon
Kingdom of
Poland
Enisu
Stena
Fuld
Tron Bridge Over Muskingum Promises Lasting Ohio Edifice
The Central Road plans a vast iron bridge over the Muskingum at Stenesville. Stone piers will support the superstructure with heavy castings by Mossie Douglass & Smith. The design aims for a floodproof, non burning, permanent monument to Western enterprise.
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Muskingum Stenesville
Mossie, Douglass & Smith
Ohio
Backus of Cuyhoga Noted in Franklin Closure
Svenn Me sedeR reports FRANKLIN T. BACKUS of Cuyhoga is mentioned in connection with a Franklin matter.
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von Svenn Me
Franklin T. Backus
Cuyhoga
Man and Morality in the Industrial Age
A reflective essay contrasts man’s dual nature, between angelic purity and earthly corruption, urging industriousness as key to virtue. It cites Franklin and Addison as models, then promotes a local rail road meeting at the Court House in Fremont, urging public turnout and collective effort. It references Graham’s Magazine and a plan to fund a college for free Black youth through abolitionist funds.
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Court House
Fremont
Original Books and the Great Books of Nature and Revelation
The text argues that only the Book of Revelation and the Book of Nature are original sources. all other works are extracts. It claims humanity cannot create original works until empowered to originate fear, and that those who heed these two books reappear in the Edenic image, ready for the highest enjoyment and suited for heavenly society.
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Ington
Franklin
God
Adem
Eden
Teachers' Institute Call Stirs Sandusky County Teachers
An 1853 plea condemns Sandusky County teachers for lacking a countywide institute. It urges prompt action this spring, praising intrepid, progressive educators and warning lazy ones to stay home, lest the locomotive of improvement run them over.
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Sandusky County
Sandusky
Sleepy Hollow
Swiss Bell Ringers to Play Fremont Buckeye Hall Next Tuesday
The Swiss Bell Ringers will give a concert in Fremont at the Buckeye Hall on Tuesday evening. Prompt listeners to Ithene who wish to hear something worth hearing should attend. The writer praises their performance and notes they exceed expectations. The note also thanks several officials for documents received and mentions errors in poetry due to shortage of printer’s commas.
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Fremont
Buckeye Hall
Ainsworths Last and Best Ruth Garnett Review
A critique praises This Romance of Court Intrigue as simple and chaste with beautiful passages. It recounts scenes of Ellen and Hubert at a parting, death, and hope beyond the grave, noting the work’s humane tone and moral framing amid dramatic tragedy. The piece ends by noting availability of the book at a low price.
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Ainswort
Ruth Garnett
Ellen
Hubert
Bath
Garnett
Ruth
Ellen Godfrey
Buckland de Co
Resolutions of the Whig Convention in Ohio
The document proclaims Whig principles for Ohio, pledging support for national industry and economy while condemning Democratic governance. It criticizes wasteful state spending, asserts commitment to popular rights, and attacks the Locofoco faction as self serving. It also notes the dominant state party’s three year record of wealth seeking, taxes, and expanded government offices and salaries.
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Windness
Ohio
Ghan
Locofoco Party
Ghio
Fie
Whig Convention Pledges Support for State Officers
The convention denounces prolonged legislative strain and weak courts, warns of dangerous misrule, and pledges Whig solidarity to back the nominated ticket for executive and state officers. They urge fellow citizens to unite to advance the state’s prosperity and secure its credit.
Old Massachusetts Minister Tells A Double Bass Joke
A humorous Civil War era tale from eastern Massachusetts recounts a benevolent minister who clashes with a singing bull in a pastoral setting. The sermon is interrupted by Boo woo calls from the bull, leading to a comical misattribution when the fooling town crier is asked to post the bass during preaching. The sermon continues amid the laughter and confusion.
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Massachusetts
D. D
Bull
Arrival of the Pacific Three Days Later from Europe
The Pacific arrived at its wharf at 2:00 am with dates from Liverpool to the 6th inst and 32 passengers aboard. The Arabia followed at 3:20 pm on the 6th. News from Orleans mentions the Parisienne explosion on the Rhone with several lives lost. Russia and Belgium are forming an alliance. The Consbrook Grotien, en route from Liverpool to Savannah, foundered 300 miles west of Cape Clear. crew saved by the Nicholas Biddle. England reports political moves on suffrage and canal plans. Italy occupied by France and Austrians being debated. Montenegro fighting reports are vague with Austrian and Russian troop concentrations on the frontier.
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Europe
New York
Pacific
Liverpool
Arabia
Ornewal
Rhone
Russia
Belgium
Consbrook Grotien
Savannah
Cape Clear
Nicholas Biddle
England
Arrival of the Isabella Steamer Reaches New Orleans
The Isabella arrived from Havana with dates to the 22d. Mr. King's health improves and the clash with the Captain General is resolved. California reports cheaper provisions and rising crime with Mexicans blamed for robberies. mass expulsion threats emerge. A Frenchtown chief hanged by lynching, and Utah floods affect White Valley.
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New Orleans
Havana
Frenchtown
Utah County
White Valley
Steamer Washington delays departure due to low Sandy Hook water
A New York report states the Steamer Washington did not leave today because water levels at Sandy Hook are too low, plans to depart tomorrow. A Havana letter in the Tribune notes the police confiscated and examined mail bags on the Black Warrior and Empire City, with the Empire’s seat broken. The Houston Register reports excitement near El Paso over rich silver mines sixty miles northeast of Donna, where ore is found in vast quantities and ore is shipped to McGloin to be smelted. Land ore veins are widespread through nearby rocks.
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New York
Washington
Sandy Hook
Havanas
Tribune
Empire City
Empire
Houston
Texas
Rio Grande
el Paso
Donna
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