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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1839
Page
2
A correspondent recalls a contract to cut timber as sap ran and finish a schooner at leisure then deliver to Philadelphia before winter. Eighteen years later the same vessel appeared sound with its "feathers" in good order, leaving the writer to sign off as An Opt Man.
The Matamoros and Tampico dispatches recount Santa Anna in defeat after Mexia's death and his harsh wartime proclamations. Also cited are New York Times and New Orleans Picayune summaries of Mexican actions, Santa Cruz abdication rumors, and wartime finance critique of Van Buren era policy. The report mixes regional Mexican leadership, Peru Bolivia matters, and cross Atlantic political chatter.
A June 25 1839 notice in Norwath reports the Hon Francis Gaaxcen visiting the village. The piece argues his stop was for private business not politics and urges courtesy toward the prominent Whig, noting few Loco Focos match his height and stature.
On Independence Day a Belle Vue committee plans sunrise Federal salutes and a public procession to Chapman Harkness warehouse for a Bellevue House dinner with cannon discharges and speeches. Soldiers of the Revolution and the second war are urged to attend. nearby towns are invited to join the festivities. The Huron County Sabbath School Union holds a July Fourth service at Mon Joeville, with addresses from Presbyterian Church leaders. A New York Express note lauds Sabbath School children’ s Staten Island celebration plans and calls for similar rural events nationwide to foster patriotism and virtue among youths.
Norwalk invites the public to a concert by the German Brass Band on June 24 1839 at four o'clock in the Court House. Admission is one shilling, half price for children under twelve. Citizens are urged to attend and support this meritorious musical venture.
The Madisonian argues that New York frauds and receivers’ defalcations over the past years could not occur under proper Treasury oversight. It cites Globe reporting as proof of Treasury chaos. Cincinnati banks are faulted for failing to fund a broker who bought country bank paper, then withdrew specie. Mrs Vance suggests preserving green peas in bottles as winter stock. Col Peters of Perrington Monrocco in New York, a Wheat forwarder, allegedly died by leaping into his own well amid loss fears.
A village near Now-Grecafug was battered by a rare storm of huge hail on the afternoon of the 25th ult. Stones weighed about ten pounds three ounces and reached seven inches in circumference, killing pigs and injuring a woman. Local report urges verification at the post office.
The Cincinnati banks underwent state-ordered examination. Five chartered banks were scrutinized and found sound, with the Mechanics and Traders Bank also deemed safe though not examined by the commissioners. The process included counting money to verify the accuracy of returns, reflecting the commissioners' cautious oversight.
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