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Newspaper
Lima Argus
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1849
Page
2
The Argus announces agents for cities including Lima Alien Co and Evens Building opposite the Factorage with GEO Pratt at 151 Nossa Street Brick Church Chapel named as authorized agents for Philadelphia and New York City.
Distressing death reported for Mr Extas Boweas a longtime Allen County resident. He perished while hauling logs near Cunningham Hill when his wagon overturned logs crushed him. He died about an hour after the accident. Public discussion set by Lima Lyceum on January 27 at 10 a m to debate subsidizing a 50 000 stock purchase in the Great Western Railroad.
Citizens meet at the Lima courthouse on the 27th at 10 o clock to discuss cholera news and border concerns in Allen County. The note calls for a full turnout and notes Ottawa interests in Putnam County seat, plus political resolutions and local election results in Bath township.
The House reconsiders Gott's resolution calling the District of Columbia slave trade abolition bill. A vote of 119 to 0 favors reconsideration. New proposals propose sending the issue to Washington and Georgetown corporations, but passage this session seems unlikely.
The piece notes the Cossacks of the Guard rallying, Old Zack’s Cincinnati and Washington trip, and tensions with anti proscriptive Whigs. It discusses Louis Napoleon’s inauguration in France and questions about legitimacy and monarchy versus republic. It lists Pacific postage rates including 24 cents half ounce letters and Havana rates.
A fragmentary report from a Cincinnati Enquirer column titled Who is Governor discusses a candid statement of the matter. The readable portion references political context but lacks full details or clear names.
The Ohio State Journal details a heated dispute over election returns and the identity of the governor candidate. Debates focus on vote tallies, county returns, and procedures to examine and report the results amid accusations of fraud and calls for a full inquiry.
Editor Ohio Statesman reports that Geo Cass is unanimously nominated to the U S Senate by Michigan's Legislature and likely to be elected after joint convention confirms the result. The article explains viva voce nomination by each chamber and a joint meeting to finalize.
Col John B Weller of Ohio has been appointed Commissioner for the United States to mark the boundary with Mexico under the peace treaty in place of the late Ambrose IL Sevier. The designation is noted by the Ohio Statesman in January 1549.
The piece mocks Senator Goddard for exposing a mean streak in the Senate and his alleged moral posturing. It notes his reaction to Archbold's remark about the Speaker, and accuses him of getting drunk on brandy while votes for Governor were being investigated, praising the critic Statesman’s sharp rebuke.
A reader letter from a Whiz paper correspondent blasts congressional mileage expenses as money wasted by lawmakers. Horace Greeley is cited, accusing reformers and political insiders of padding accounts while public funds drain away.
Fragmentary report describes rich accounts and merchants in a mining region. It mentions sediment deposits, government dispatches, and a large influx of people from Oregon, Santa Fe, and Mexico. Names and precise details are unreadable, but the piece highlights wealth and speculative activity in a distant hills district.
The joint committee probes returns after Sheldon is ousted from the House and Rockwell capsizes Jones as Clinton’s member. election sent back to the people. The session sees broad private business, debate on Apporfonment Bien, and hopes for Mr Rides bill to pass. a fuller summary to come.
A dated account critiques Senate discourse and party pressure in Ohio politics. The piece laments procedural controls by a majority, condemns attempts to curb debate, and highlights figures Holcomb and Pennington amid accusations of political manipulation.
Citizens of Section Ten met at the American House to discuss rail road matters. N White chaired the gathering and a committee including Blise Metcalf Browne Bope and others was appointed to draft resolutions for report at the next meeting on Tuesday evening the 16th inst.
A historic meeting in Lima near Allen and Van Wert counties endorses a westward railway corridor. Citizens advocate the Pennsylvania and Ohio Midland Road crossing via a Miami Extension Canal route, urging stock subscriptions and public meetings in Lima on January 22 and Van Wert on January 25, with a Ten-man committee designated for coordination.
In the Senate the judiciary committee issued an adverse report on the bill admitting California into the Union citing insufficient liberalism for Scmbert institutions. Mr Sawyer moved to abolish flogging in the Navy, which was agreed to. On the sixth Mr Donalace introduced four new lifer the education of California.
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