26 Apr 1836
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1836
Page
1
Advertisement terms state a two dollar annual payment payable semi yearly with a two dollar fifty cent rate after year end. No paper until all arrears are paid, unless paid or advertised. Ads run three times for one dollar per square with twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal discounts offered for yearly advertisers. Most kinds of country produce accepted in payment.
A Connecticut memorial plan is advanced in Congress to erect a monument to Capt Nathan Hale in Coventry Cemetery, honoring the Yale graduate and spy who died for America. The report compares Hale to Major Andre, noting Hale’s execution without trial and the destruction of his letters, and seeks state funding up to one thousand dollars.
In New Bedford boys playing ball anger an old crockery shopkeeper who confiscates their ball then blows his stove with gunpowder causing about forty dollars of crockery to shatter. The incident finished with the youths tricking him by loading the ball with gunpowder in revenge.
The New Hampshire Patriot notes the two democratic divisions in Pennsylvania remain distinct but share a common tie. The Louisville Journal uses a brutal simile of two tom cats tied by their tails to illustrate the bond and resulting scratches.
The Albany daily recounts Gen. Harrison pushing a difficult campaign despite rain and hunger. He inspires troops at Franklinton, sends reports to the War Department on shortages, and oversees Col Campbell’s violent yet decisive attack on hostile Miames. Harrison’s mercy and leadership win over tribes and a grateful public.
The piece rebukes Van Buren partisans for attacking General Harrison as poor while praising education and merit. It argues wealth should arise from honest industry, not disdain for the common people, and questions Van Buren's source of wealth and service to the public.
A political broadside attacks Martin Van Buren over wealth and power, praising General Harrison as a humble farmer. It contrasts poverty with public service and recalls Lafayette praising Kosciuszko to lampoon wealth in politics. The piece ends by linking Van Burenism to disloyalty to republican ideals.
An act authorizes Huron County Commissioners and successors for five years to borrow up to fifteen thousand dollars at eight and a half percent interest to fund a new courthouse and jail. It also allows an annual levy of up to two mills on the dollar to repay the loan, with the county treasurer paid one cent per dollar for handling funds.
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