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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1841
Page
2
A Rochester Daily Advertiser piece condemns extravagant purchases at an auction as a warning. It argues a wrong start in life leads to debt, loss of home and furniture, and eventual poverty. It warns pride, desire for show, and dishonesty follow from uncontrolled spending.
A satirical reflection on a large religious gathering seen by a friend, noting many did not attend churches or lyceums but frequented theatres and billiard rooms. A veteran officer proclaims, “I have the orders in my pocket,” amid storming a supposedly impregnable battery. A captioned scene shows a servant boy unsure of sunrise and the meaning of the alarm.
The Saturday Evening Post reports McLeod’s defense in the Niagara frontier trial. Spencer argued McLeod acted under government orders and could not be guilty of murder. Hall contended the Caroline burning and Durfee killing were acts of national concern. After six days of testimony and lengthy summations, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
John Tyler argues for a single term and no re election in a Whig public dinner toast at Southampton Virginia. He contends the one term policy serves national interests and questions popular suffrage in 1840. The piece also notes a lady avoiding a store due to a gentleman’s drawers on display, illustrating a vein of delicate satire.
Norwalk Ohio residents face depreciation of bank notes as calls for specie payments rise. Farmers refuse paper currency, citing Michigan precedent and urging suits against banks that fail to redeem. The piece references Thomas Ewing and a Treasury loan dispute, then shifts to Atlantic news about the Steam Ship Columbia, Corn Laws, and Van Buren era political intrigue with Locofocos and Holland’s Life.
The Honorable JOHN FORSYTH, late Secretary of State, died at his residence near Washington City on the evening of the twenty first of the last month, in his sixty first year. McLaroy, after acquittal, has been handed to Canadian authorities at St Johns Lower Canada and has since toured Montreal as the current public figure of note.
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