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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1838
Page
1
Historic notice announces The Herald published weekly by J C and D Douglass at Market and Bridge streets corner. It lists location and Thursday morning edition as standard.
A verse piece to Kate expresses steadfast affection without flattery. The speaker vows honesty, shared sorrow, and mutual fault handling, while acknowledging potential dissent. The poem blends romance with restraint and declares devotion despite imperfect language.
A first person tale of a wooden leg that survives war injuries and comic mishaps. The narrator hides a sham limb, endures pranks, and plots to reclaim the leg by tricking an arrogant socialite Beau Babbleton. Misadventures unfold as secrets threaten social ruin among the Clackabouts and Boston society.
A tale recalls Beau who bore misfortune after a war injury. He cannot endure any reminder of a wooden leg and sighs at anyone with a hitch in their gait, even long after the incident.
The bill authorizes the Treasury to require special deposits of public funds in selected banks every sixty days under Treasury direction and requires a report to Congress on bank names and rules. It limits bank note handling and prohibits US debt payments with notes issued after Oct 1 1841 below certain denominations, repealing parts of the 1836 deposit act except for debt collection.
The Chillicothe Gazette notes that in January 1826, three dollars bought twelve bushels of wheat, forty eight bushels of corn, or one hundred fifty pounds of beef or pork, illustrating cheap living and canal-era transport advantages.
The House authorized by a large majority yesterday to revert its interior arrangement. Seats were swapped and the speaker's chair moved to its former position opposite its current place, restoring the pre 22d Congress setup.
A lyrical ode extols beauty in autumn and summer scenes across landscapes and nature. It praises starry nights fields and woods and the steadfast love within families, ending with winter praised as the fairest gem of light.
The Louisville newspaper piece laments printer hardships and delayed payments, arguing printers endure long hours and precarious finances. It explains advance subscriptions as essential, outlines risks from unpaid papers, and extols press independence before relaying a New York Herald note on steam propulsion experiments and canal navigation.
An overland dispatch from India via Marseilles describes the famine in Madras Calcutta and Bombay regions up to late March. Accounts cite corpses near Agra and a river near Cawnpore choked with dead as residents struggle for relief. Calcutta opens a famine relief fund with subscriptions over 40 000 rupees by March 15.
A historical note lists about 400 steamers on Western waters, 60 on Southern rivers and Sounds, 80 on the Hudson Delaware and Long Island Sound, 20 in New England, and 60 to 80 on the Great Lakes North. The U. S. total is near 700. The question asks how many remain to explode.
The Independent Treasury bill to separate government finances from bank influence failed in the House by a large margin. The statement condemns private banking influence on government and urges a strict separation to preserve republican principles and prevent corporate control.
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