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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1851
Page
2
A contemporaneous report details Mr Paine’s device that allegedly splits water into hydrogen and oxygen via a reversed magnetic pole process. It explains the apparatus, including a water jar, turpentine, an Argand gas burner, and a magnetic electric machine, with observations on gas generation, ignition, and theoretical motion costs.
The paper announces its enlargement and new type and notes the office relocation to the New Herald Building. Built of stone and brick, five stories high, 23 feet front by 65 feet, it operates a steam press printing 3,000 sheets per hour. The publishers are praised for their prosperity and continued success.
The Norwalk issue publishes combined census data for 1840 and 1850 with township totals, plus a constitutional committee recommendation set. It outlines limits on legislative terms, independent property rights, and eligibility rules, and reports county deaths, farm and mill counts, wheat and corn yields, and local tax figures.
The city learns that contracts for building the railroad to Toledo are nearly settled and work is to begin in a few weeks. Contractors are described as go ahead men, set to push the job with dispatch. 17 miles of the West Port were taken by an oledo company, 124 miles by a Fremont firm, at about 2860 per mile, with 20 percent in stock. Subscriptions from Toledo and Fremont will fund the segment between those points, without using county subscriptions.
The January number of Harper's Magazine offers a rich mix of articles and features. Vor sa is available at Newman’s Bank Store, where issues are received regularly.
The excerpt promotes U S Law Magazine with annual volumes and a free Lawyer Directory. It also contains miscellaneous items from a Siamese letter and Louisville matinees, noting English death rumors, Parisian names, and midday social events with skating, waltzes, and flirtations.
A report details counterfeit three, five, and one dollar notes falsely marked as State Bank of Ohio issues. Descriptions include coarse lithography, yellowish paper, misprinted letters, and altered backs. Noted counterfeits include Guernsey branch notes dated June 1850 and various engravers Danforth Spencer and Huffy.
Mr Sackett pressed Congress to cut annual postage on country papers from the mail. He argued the current rate undercuts a large share of weekly papers leaving most circulations to carriers. A ten cent yearly rate could bring hundreds of thousands more papers into mail, boosting revenue and public access. He proposed one cent postage for out of state papers and two mills within the same county, hoping for House support.
The annual figures include 5 633 divisions in the United States and 109 471 members admitted during the year. Nine thousand seven hundred expelled for violating pledge, 6 120 reinstated, total contributing members 292 933. Cash received 739 175 47 dollars, less benefits paid 208 793 53. A Georgia newspaper comment mentions a Kingston secession meeting and a veteran's tearful plea not to dissolve from Enron, crying “Don’t let them do that till I am dead.”
In a Delaware speech J M Clayton lauds President Fillmore and Cabinet, pledging to uphold the Constitution and laws. He recalls Taylor era settlement of disputes and defends the administration, praising patriotism and unity amidst sectional fears.
From census hints the next apportionment will shift seats among states. New England loses four seats while New York drops two and Georgia gains one. Overall, Eastern and Middle states wane slightly. the West gains several seats. the South holds its own, with mixed gains and losses among slave and free states.
The Southern Press argues against free public schools as a national model praising private schooling and opposes state funded education. It claims education by government fails, benefits may exist in the North but not the South, and warns of an aristocracy of talent created by schooling for ruling classes.
The Vermont Watchman argues for habeas corpus and trial by jury in fugitive cases, citing Vermont precedents and US court rulings. It denies collusion with Congress or nullification and urges relief under the state constitution, defending Governor and Vermont from partisan attacks. It asserts no power collision and faith that laws will be enforced fairly.
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