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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1849
Page
2
A Chicago statement by Drs Bud and Hetrick promotes sulphur as a cure for cholera. They claim success in many cases including collapse, report detecting uzane in cholera zones and sulphur expulsion. Public interest grows though medical professionals remain cautious about the claim.
A mixed digest notes medical ozone tests with cautions on potassium test accuracy, reports a massive St Louis fire injuring or destroying fifteen blocks and burning twenty three steamboats with much insured loss, plus late Rome updates on Garibaldi, Mezzini, and Neapolitan forces and political tension surrounding the Papal state.
A telegraphic summary from St Louis notes California emigrants near the frontier report vast gold discoveries in the far west. Mormons at Salt Lake are said to prosper while dissension rises with a published Mormon heretic Lyman Wright. Emigrants meet at Laramie with wealth but five deaths occur from improper fire use. Local settlers push for territorial government and seek a Washington delegate.
Reported failures in pecuniary engagements involve Rev. G W Doaxe of New Jersey with an income linked to his wife’s property. an Episcopal Convention faced a negative vote against investigation. Other items discuss Irish sentiment toward Whig administration, a clerkship appointment in Indiana, and a New England view claiming slavery hurts whites while enslaved people thrive.
The article surveys the 1848 French Republic, Rome defenses, and Hungarian independence in Debrecen, detailing Kossuth’s leadership, Hungary Transylvania strength, and Austria Russia risks. It notes French Parisian reaction, Roman priests versus republic, and European power plays, with cautious outlook on liberation from papal and imperial forces.
Mrs T G Srunces publishes a letter from her husband dated May 21 from 260 miles west of Independence. It chronicles the overland emigrant trek to Oregon via the Platte and California routes. Notes cover camps, guard duties against Shawnee and Pawnee hostilities, cholera outbreaks, river ferries, trading posts, and scenes of prairie life.
May 19 to May 21 entries describe the Suniy Creek encampment 45 miles east of the Platte River, with 19 wagons and Indian horsemen stampeding cattle. A Columbus company loss near 250 miles from settlements, captured goods scattered on the ground, and a deserter from Fort Laramie named Newton Leonard is pursued. Reports from California emigrants Wickham and Vredenburgh note health and spirits.
A report notes Gore county petitions for recall of Lord Elgin with 10000 signatures and Leeds with 4000. French papers favor annexation to the United States. A dispatch from Lord Grey to Canada’s Governor General urges him to stay in office amid a Times rebuke labeling rebels as protecting factional interests and denouncing provincial plunder and attempted domination.
Sartain's Union Magazine edited by Mrs C M Kirkland and Professor Wart boasts 26,000 monthly readers, 62 pages of original content, engravings, and features from Mrs Sigourney Mrs Osgood NY Willis GT Tuckerman H W Herbert. Also notes mishaps on the Ohio River steamer Memphis, the Embassy explosion with 13 dead and 5 missing, and cholera outbreaks in London and Ireland. Includes death of Dr James B Patrick in Independence Missouri and obituary tone from Charleston Va. Republican.
Reports from Jersey City recounts huge Hungarians gains against Russians with claims of 170000 Russian forces, 250 Hungarian casualties, and 80,000 Georgians sated. Proclaimed Hungarian Republic at Kaschau. Buda fortress reportedly taken. French move toward Rome with tensions rising between French Neapolitan and Austrian troops.
An unnamed young man formerly from this place leaves town, while Benjamin Franklin Brown of Ohio is notified that US government machinery may run without him for four years. He writes Gen Taylor demanding reasons for removal and threatens to appeal to public opinion. Night at Buena Vista ends with Old Zack sleeping amid threats. Dayton Journal.
The Guard of Managers met and ordered premiums for livestock grains and farming utensils with detailed awards for best bull oxen milk dairy grain and carriage entries. The Milan Agricultural Society announces the annual fair on the Witch day in October and urges members to pay fees thirty days before the event. Also notes the Crescent City brings a large gold shipment and California news lacks a provisional government.
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