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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1838
Page
1
The Herald lists publication by J. C. and D. Douglass, publishers of the Laws of the United States, located on the third story at the northeast corner of Market and Bridge streets.
A church service near the Hermitage venerates George Washington as a hero and statesman, with a reverent description of his homage and the procession to the Lord's supper. A farmer’s column advises diligent work, timely ploughing, proper manure use, crop rotation, and inventive improvements, stressing stewardship of the land and practical remedies.
The poem frames brief, bright encounters between ships at sea as moments of revelry on deck. In distant waters two vessels pass in cheerful sweep while hearts hidden ashore carry sorrow. Time together is fleeting, and parting births doubt about future happiness and unseen pain.
The text discusses self incrimination as insufficient proof of capital crime and cites historical witch trials in Salem and England. It cites cases of false confessions and motives such as financial gain, and notes individuals recanting or being cleared by subsequent events. It then includes an Act making fortification appropriations and another act remitting duties for goods destroyed by New York City Fire of 1835.
An Eastern paper reports a new animal in Boston described as a mix of monkey, squirrel, skunk and fox called Cat aringtail Macauco. The Boston Atlas editor publishes a officer’s letter from Trieste dated May 8 noting an Austrian frigate being prepared to sail with an Archduke. U S officers were treated with great courtesy at Trieste.
An act to create a new collection district in Mississippi named the Vicksburg district. The area north of the range line along the Mississippi river between townships thirteen and fourteen is designated as the district with Vicksburg as the port of entry and Grand Gulf as a port of delivery. Approved July 7, 1838.
The Act provides detailed funding for the Indian department for 1838 covering pay for superintendent and agents, interpreters, and presents, provisions, and repairs. It funds numerous treaty stipulations with tribes including the Six Nations, Senecas, Ottawas, Wyandots, Miamies, Pottawattamies, Chippewas, Winnebagoes, Sacs and Foxes, Iowas, Dela wares, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Pawnees, Omahas, and others, plus mission support and delegations costs.
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