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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1849
Page
2
A VISITOR writes on grace and license, contrasting belief and infidelity. The piece recalls the stark statement no God no Heaven no Jesus Christ no Hell, painting the infidel as a "poor homeless orphan" and a universe of despair. It laments secular doubt and urges reading the Investigator to keep Christians vigilant.
A temperance pledge adopted by several Massachusetts societies aims to ban handling or supporting intoxicating liquor. Members promise not to wake, buy, sell, or give liquor, to avoid establishments that deal in it, and to vote only for temperance candidates who back enforcement of liquor laws.
A fragment from a periodical page discusses frankness as honesty and courage, urging plain dealing with friends and public life. It quotes moral guidance, reflections on human nature, and a long excerpt on Frances Wars and moral decay, noting a newspaper commentary on value and public sentiment.
A letter from Wap Bryant in Oregon City dated August 8 reports on Willamette Valley wheat and labor wages, emigration packers, cholera near Blue River, and ship traffic on the Columbia Bar. Gov Lane’s message highlights Oregon’s vast resources, education needs, river navigation, and plans to open agriculture, mining, and trade along the Columbia system.
The article notes strong emigration to California will swell Oregon’s population from about 9,000 to near double in a year. It cites $2 million in gold dust brought in since discovery, predicts prosperity from mining feeding agriculture, and advocates Congress funding for Cayuse War expenses and land grants for settlers. It also covers Hungarian refugees in Hamburg and critiques Austrian actions and reactions.
In Columbus Hall of Representatives Asa Whitney of New York outlines his railroad to the Pacific. The plan proposes a 2030 mile line from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, financed by selling 78 million acres at ten cents an acre and using proceeds to build and operate a free road with tolls. Government holds land as security. settlers acquire titles from the government. Public support grows as details are debated.
The proposal argues Congress can grant land for a continental road without government funds or credit. Settlers would pay $125 per acre before survey, with government oversight and potential forfeiture if conditions fail. Whitney claims a 60 mile wide corridor of farms along the route and asserts the southern, more temperate path is superior to a Panama channel. He contrasts agricultural viability, climate, and geography with competing routes and warns against relying on treasury appropriations or land donations to individuals.
The article reviews competing proposals to build a St Louis to Pacific railway funded by land grants. It favors Mr. Whitney’s public road plan over Bayard & Co. private toll road concepts, arguing a government-backed route promotes vast Asiatic trade and avoids private toll burdens while highlighting the economic scale of cross‑Pacific commerce and existing European and American maritime trade data.
Passengers aboard the steamer Millanst arriving in Madison Indiana from New Orleans report cholera prevailing there to a considerable extent. Earlier notices suggested few deaths but the condition appeared worsened during the voyage.
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