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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1831
Page
2
Reports from Warsaw and Cracow recount heavy fighting on the Vistula and Praga fronts with Polish defenders holding, while Russian forces suffer thousands killed or missing and horses lost. Observers note shifting plans as Diebitsch’s additional corps maneuver toward Warsaw and Praga burns, with European papers voicing consternation over impending bombardment and battlefield casualties.
Bell's Peekly Despatch reports Parisian talks on a new Paris society formed to resist the Bourbons. It aims to insure France’s independence and perpetual exclusion of the fallen dynasty. Subscriptions target key papers and offices as rooms.
The packet Hibernia arrived with London dates to March 29, 25 days out of Liverpool. Poles and Russians clash near Warsaw. Polish losses around 6,000, Russian about 16,000. Diebitsch could concentrate 80,000 men and 200 guns within 24 hours. Poland fields 60,000 regulars, 5,000 cavalry, 70 guns. France reshuffles ministry. 80,000 conscripts called for 1830. Paris sees mobs. Russian ambassador hotel windows broken. deputies insulted. Austria, Metternich pressures for intervention. Louis Philippe may yield to popular will. Spain convulsed. Cadiz governor Oliva killed. insurrection in St Ferdinand. strong measures imposed.
Dispatches describe Italian insurgents near Rome prompting papal defense measures. Cardinal Benevento reportedly captured and taken to Bologna as Belgians elect a Regent claiming Luxemburg, a duchy also contested by Holland. War between these factions looms. In Britain Lord John Russell moves a sweeping Reform Bill, exciting radicals who back broader changes.
A Portland boy about thirteen leaped from a third story window after breaking the sash in his room while dreaming of an intruder. He suffered lacerations to both arms but escaped with no broken bones. His father found him bleeding at the door and a physician treated him. the boy remained in good spirits and recovering.
The Worcester Massachusetts Evis announces the death of Isaiah Thomas L J D, long known as the Patriarch of the Printers. The Antiquarian Society of Worcester, of which he was President, issued resolutions expressing deep sorrow. He was aged, respected, and praised for a life of elevated conduct and self made achievement.
Washington Globe reports resignations of Secretary of State, War, Treasury, and Navy accepted by the President. April letters reveal grounds for stepping down, suggesting a new Cabinet organization is planned and a shift in high offices.
The Norwalk Debating Society announces a mental improvement meeting at the Court House tomorrow at 7 o clock to discuss whether Eloquence or Music pleases the human mind more. The Bible Society urges those who borrowed Bibles from the Depository to submit distribution reports to the Depository before June 1 for inclusion in the annual report, signed by Jowan Kennan, Depositary, Norwalk, May 2, 1831.
Samuel Appleton of Boston donated 1000 dollars to the Asylum for indigent boys. Louisiana grants licensing for sixteen gambling establishments at 7500 dollars per year. Jails and poorhouses in England overflow with starving poor. New York Legislature passes law to abolish imprisonment for debt. New York papers claim a new 3 dollar counterfeit emission from the Geneva Bank in circulation. Jacoby powder mill near Sumneytown Pennsylvania exploded on the 18th. no lives lost. Carlisle Herald notes Brindle dyeing-house fire on the night of the 19th. furniture lost. Washington Globe reports the President has not appointed Samuel C. Stambaugh sub-agent to the Menominee Indians. Honam Lloyd, formerly a distinguished member.
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