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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1835
Page
2
Caleb Farnifam, chairman, and T. Jo. Gansavoour, secretary, report a dramatic account of a brutal clash in a distant skirmish. The narrator recalls a brutal fight with a formidable foe, a native s sewar, and the heroic rescue by Lieutenant Green after severe injuries. The wounded narrator endures days of care under native bearers, eventually reaching camp and retaining the skull trophy of the rival.
At Brown's Toes in Bath a large Republican Electors meeting resolved in support of William Henry Harrison for President. A ten-member County Committee was appointed, with pledges to publicize, unite parties, and forward names to allied committees. A second column from the same paper lauds Harrison, critiques Van Buren, and urges coordination with Philadelphia for nationwide support.
The Richmond Whig argues that Pennsylvania voting Tuesday would make Harrison victory highly probable. It praises Harrison as a civil educated, experienced leader, contrasts him with military chiefs, and predicts reduced party turmoil and a stable administration if he is elected, while denouncing the Albany Regency.
At a Southwark Democratic Whig Association meeting on October 234 instant the body resolved to publish its proceedings. They extend hearty congratulations to Democratic Whig and other political brethren of Pennsylvania upon the disfranchisement and Harrison in the near presidency.
The Canal Board, after surveys and engineer reports, made a final decision on canal enlargement. The plan calls for a seven foot deep canal, seventy feet wide at the surface, with locks 119 feet long between quoin posts and 16 feet wide in the clear. The existing canal is four feet deep and forty feet wide, with locks currently about five feet long.
The article notes the canal's widening to fifteen feet and the plan to double the locks. It states the work, debated and publicly supported, will take ten to twelve years to complete, with navigation suspended during winter and an estimated cost of about 12 million dollars. The Canal Board will proceed swiftly next winter.
London Times reports plans for India steam communication with depots at Alexandria and Cairo, aiming for Bombay journeys in sixty days. O'Connell arrives in Dublin after delays, Willis wedding in Woolwich, and Earl Spencer offered office but declines. France sees cabinet disagreements between Thiers and Guizot amid religious divides and disaffection in the army. Fieschi accomplice Morey starves amid crisis rumors and pension reforms propose county by county examination to purge pension rolls.
The Court of Common pleas heard several cases with all defendants pleading guilty. Pynpasper Downs, Philander B. Allemeforse, and Chisros Javnemony were sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Rowland Yutea, for defence, was sentenced to three years. Augustus Ponren, for assault with intent to commit a rape, received five years. Three miners were convicted of illness and two acquittals noted. The article also reports on beets, a new magazine, and political shifts toward General Harrison and Pennsylvania election results.
A newly introduced Polish wheat, described as beautiful white and plump with high flour yield, was obtained in New York in May 1234 from a Polish emigrant by a Pennsylvania resident. The grain reportedly withstands adverse seasons and is highly valued in Poland for its superior produce and beauty.
The Argus notes chatter about Mr. Ritner and Mr. Van Buren amid a Pennsylvania press show of Harrison support. A Furnishings Intertissuy cer hints at broader newspaper backing, with sixty five papers in PA endorsing Harrison. Census updates report Boston population up about 33 percent in five years and Albany at 25,085.
Distressing shipwreck details from Sydney papers recount the loss of the British convict ship George the Third with one hundred thirty four lives near the Derwent mouth in Van Diemen's Land, a reef not charted. The report includes a raft brought to East River from Lake Ontario aboard the Rufus King and a remarkable Champlain voyage from New York to Albany in nine hours and fourteen minutes. Also noted is a Revolutionary-era De Forest family with multiple veterans living in New York State and a gathering at Norwich, Shenango County, detailing their age, service, and recent reunion.
An extraordinary outrage occurred in West Springfield on the night of the 10th targeting the Day family. Mr Aaron Day’s daughter, the eldest about two years old, was put to bed as usual in a lower room while other children slept in the back section, indicating access from the street.
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