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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1838
Page
2
The bill sets pay and duties for court clerks, a court marshal with a 200 dollar fee, and a district attorney at 200 dollars annually, to be funded from state and federal treasuries. It outlines authority to issue orders and collect standard fees, aligning with existing East and West Tennessee practice. Approved June 18, 1638.
Federal pre-emption rights are extended for two years to settlers meeting age and residence requirements. Provisions limit claims where land is already set aside, post treaty Indian lands, town lots, canals, or education land, with oaths required for claims and penalties for false statements.
Provision halting sale of lands due to default by U S officers until a board of commissioners investigates claims under the treaty and Congress acts on the report. Approved June 22, 1838.
Joint resolution authorizes Savannah Georgia authorities to reopen Reynolds and Wright streets closed by Fort Wayne works and to continue Bay Street through U S lands forming Fort Wayne site. Approved June 1 1838.
The article recounts a July 1 debate over a Wright bill to modify the 1886 depository law allowing small notes, Webster opposing the move as reviving a faulty bank depository system, and the Senate Republicans pushing a repeal, with a five vote majority, before sending the bill to the House.
The House and Senate clash over the deposit law of 1850 with Mr Curtis and Mr Webster shaping amendments. A tie vote on a provision to bar banks from using public funds for banking led to the Speaker's tie break, ending with Wright's bill passing as introduced. Opposition efforts to revive the old deposit system fail in both chambers.
From Mexico reports show the U S frigate Constellation arriving off the Mississippi mouth with 151 546 in specie for New Orleans merchants. The fleet at Vera Cruz including French frigates and brigs is said to prepare a bombardment and assault on San Juan de Ulloa.
A Louisville Journal quotation argues the New York fire raised under 15 000 from outside New York and under 2 000 from the South, while Charleston relief neared 70 000 with most funds from the North. The piece questions Northern thrift versus Southern sympathy.
Incoming from the Santee reports a clash near Newnansville as Capt Beal with 30 to 40 troops and Lieut Howe with 12 encountered about 60 Indians. Walker was killed and five of Beal's men wounded. Five horses fell to the fight. Gen Taylor with six companies arrived at Black Creek to restore order and curb the crowding into civilized society.
An Observer correspondent notes near the Colorado river fifteen miles from Bastrop a native gum tree akin to caoutchouc. A Mustang prairie saline spring yields ample water and salt deposits. Coal and ore, including irreplaceable ore, are abundant near the Trinity river, with extensive forests throughout Texas signaling a major discovery.
The House amendments to the Senate Army bill were concurred in with no changes and signed by the President. The measure increases the army by adding fifteen hundred rank and file to the military establishment, with possible supplementary amendments to follow.
Captain Marschalk reports extreme flooding at Matanzas with 12th 14th 18th rain days. Thousands of boxes of sugar molasses lumber lost as homes flooded forcing evacuations. The barque Avon sailing to St Petersburg wrecked. cargo and vessel total loss. Crew reached Matanzas aboard the schooner Clear.
Test accounts from the Mexican coast indicate a French squadron may bombard Vera Cruz. Vessels from various ports would join at the port to siege the town with Santa Anna leading the garrison. The sickly season and yellow fever are noted as factors likely ending the quarrel swiftly.
A Texian journal rouses readers to seize the moment as hostilities erupt between Mexico and France. The editor urges immediate action to promote independence acknowledgments from Mexico and France, arguing favorable conditions may not last. The piece pressures Texans to act within two to three months to gain glory and strategic advantage.
A Quebec Gazette note says a Newfound land vessel reported cholera at St. Pierre Miquelon with 80 deaths in a day, risking depopulation. Other reports claim typhus has been very fatal there for three months, possibly spread by French fishermen from the Mediterranean.
Mr Crayton and a married lady ascended in a Bantoon in the afternoon, the balloon rising high and drifting east until out of sight. A large crowd watched as the lady waved a handkerchief in triumph. They later landed safely in Clinton County, Ohio, about 11 pm, after traveling 33 miles, disproving earlier reports of a sighting near Maysville.
The Ohio Statesman reports the Senate approved Mr Wright’s bill repealing the 1835 deposit act. If the House sanctions, government may free itself from discriminatory bank practices and return to pre-Whig prosperity era. Vote tallies: 20 yeas 28 nays. bill ordered engrossed and read third time.
Major Lewis of Jeffersonville Indiana possesses the first chair ever made in Kentucky. Constructed by Daniel Boon it is an old fashioned chair of split ash. On each arm are marks from the pioneer repairing his gun lock. The chair will be sent to the Nashville Museum.
Senate originated regulation bill passes House with key amendment. A five thousand dollar fine for every life loss from steamboat boiler explosions is attached, introduced on motion of Mr Cirrips. Senate action pending. The measure is expected to become law in some form.
A Texian letter reports General Humperson and Britain reached a commercial arrangement admitting Texan vessels to British ports. The piece then relays a Carolina Watchman tale about Cousin Sally Dilliard and Capt Rice’s wedding with rustic humor, ending with a Latin mot and swamp travel.
A Red River envoy brings word the Texian Congress may suspend disputed region laws until the line with the United States is agreed and marked by both governments. The steamboat bill passes Senate with a Webster clause making boiler failures prima facie evidence of negligence.
The Madison Courier denounces the Whigs for altering the deposit law to relieve state banks of note-discount disabilities. It condemns National Intelligencer for praising the bill and argues the move aims to rebuild Jacksonian rule and pressure the public before the next presidential election.
A man named Benath from a neighboring town is described as prodigiously ugly with a mythic tale that his appearance once turned a negro’s woolly head white instantly. The story, cited by Cin. News, notes the man’s face as so unbearable that it mocks sleep and forces a wakeful rest every two hours.
Bids open to hire two or four horse teams and supply Indian ration provisions for their move west of Missouri. Proposals due July 24 at 12 oclock M. with payments staged at Quincy or Alton Illinois Independence Missouri and St. Louis. Security required. Logansport Indiana July 13 1838.
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