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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1838
Page
2
Henry and his family rescue a shipwreck survivor found clinging to a loose deck fragment. The stranger, older than Henry, shows signs of life after a night of nursing by Alice and the family. He bears a handkerchief with initials W A and speaks of a sister as he recovers at the house.
An aged man, pursued by anxieties about a ship and its fate, recalls that others around him avoid questions. He offers quiet endurance and a veteran’s steadiness, while bystanders withhold medical input as they try to calm him. The scene closes with no name or voyage details revealed.
A Philadelphia meeting quotes the New York American on Cherokee emigration. About 8,000 gathered around General Scott’s camps with 4,060 in three others, and 103,090 sent West in June. Indians reportedly content to emigrate and governed to conduct the removal themselves.
A Glasgows woman received a cat from Edinburgh housed in a basket. After two months the cat produced two kittens and she released them with the mother choosing to depart with both. The missing kittens returned weeks later, thin but alive, suggesting the cat carried them one by one over the forty mile route between Glaslow and Nainburgh. The tale notes clever nocturnal travel and the cat’s careful planning.
At the August 23, 1838 Philadelphia gathering in the Board of Trade room Nicolas Biddle presided and Frederick Fraley served as secretary. Resolutions urged Philadelphia citizens to unite for a steamship link to Europe, citing New York's success and Pennsylvania’s central location and industrial potential to advance commerce and internal improvements.
Maj. Gen. Edmund P. Gaines reports Lt. Col. Mason warns Cherokee chiefs near Red River plan a council to unite tribes against Arkansas Missouri settlements. He seeks authority to raise 5 000 mounted volunteers from Kentucky and Tennessee to defend the western frontier and prevent a large coordinated Indian attack. Governor Newton Cannon urged readiness to mobilize 3 000 to 5 000 men if needed.
A comical exchange unfolds as a humorous speaker asks about the bump of generosity while a phrenologist taps the skull, claiming to detect a generous nature. The scene blends curiosity and whimsy in a light sketch.
The Herald notes that the Pottawattamies departed on Monday toward their new homes west of the Mississippi. Some remained sick and are expected to be removed with others likely to go early next spring.
A public Philadelphia meeting discussed forming an Atlantic Steam Navigation Company with Britain to run ships linking London Liverpool and Philadelphia. A ten person committee was appointed to report a plan. The discussion noted European efforts to create packet lines to US ports including New Orleans St Louis and Louisville. An aside described a risqué street anecdote involving a misinterpreted action with a timpan and apron.
The Mayville Sentinel clarifies there is a lake near Rochester in New York and dismisses the notion of it being inhabited by a mysterious “vage ioue ster.” The notice reframes the earlier error and asserts the lake’s existence without endorsing the other unfounded claim.
A fragment notes Charles announces an excellent story about the Volger family. The first part appears today and the count will be published next week.
A comic editorial laments weak election returns, then shelves politics for anecdotes on absent mindedness. It recalls a post office letter box gag and a printer’s press room sighting, ending with a playful note on Hoosier lasses at work.
A New York editor asks the New Orleans True American editor if New Orleans is hot, noting a broiling summer. The Australian editor replies with irony that Yorkers would envy their cool temperature in latitude 29 N, longitude 90 W after a day below 90 degrees.
The Cincinnati Chronicle notes W. Thomas of Cincinnati is preparing the Emigrant poet Clinton Bradshaw and others for press with Adventures of a Poet a Tale told in Rhyme. The paper praises portions praising sentiment pathetic descriptive humorous and satirical elements amid shifting scenes.
An annular solar eclipse is forecast for Tuesday evening the 18th. The American Almanac notes it will pass through the District of Columbia and Wisconsin, and cover or affect parts of Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, New York, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and North Carolina with regional variations.
A new company forms to build a railroad from New Orleans to the Gulf and Lake Borgue path. Louisiana subscribes about 100 000 dollars and individuals add 260 000 dollars more.
The New York Evening Post reports a Mexican robber band constitution copied by the New Orleans Bee from Themis. It mentions discovery on a robber’s companion, with commentary on authorities in Mexico. Also notes Mr Rush’s arrival with bequest funds and a Royal Ball incident involving Queen Victoria.
A man bound for the seat of government in the territory was late in leaving to assume the duties of the office. The journey to assume the post was delayed as he traveled toward the capital.
The note from George Washington Richmond lists solutions to the Geographical Enigma puzzle printed earlier, identifying places such as Cantario New Jersey Trenton Osween Warsaw Athens Norris Eaton Goshen and noting the river Niger and a lake in the United States.
A historical puzzle uses 12 letter word hints tied to dates and places. The note mentions North Carolina Virginia rivers and counties and references East ern people and ancestors. The text arrives as a dated fragment from Richmond dated September 6, 1882.
Canadian reports state Theller and Sunder faced transport with payouts. The Toronto papers note two British subjects in the United States jailed for soliciting desertion among soldiers, bail set at 0GL. Sir John Colborne's possible resignation is discussed with candidates including Sir Colin Campbell and Sir Frederick Maitland. The Montreal Gazette covers a U S tour by Edward Hilton and others, a Niagara sentencing of Beamer, and broad transport sentences for prisoners.
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