Logansport Telegraph Accounts Placed With Collectors
The Telegraph reports that all subscription accounts are placed in the hands of Pratt & Palmer for collection to meet pressing office claims.
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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1841
Page
2
The Telegraph reports that all subscription accounts are placed in the hands of Pratt & Palmer for collection to meet pressing office claims.
The President vetoes the Bank Bill citing constitutional and moral objections while Whigs discuss the Bank question. The piece argues for a national currency and compromise between federal and state banks to support agriculture manufacturing and commerce. It quotes criticisms and responses involving Gov. Wallace and J. Vigus.
Notice of a public meeting in Logansport on Saturday September 4 to discuss the President’s late veto message. Full attendance requested.
A Telegraph letter to Mr. John L. Miller protests the use of the writer's name in public prints about the Logansport Post Office appointment. The author accuses Miller of political capital moves in July and denies claims about circulating a petition to remove Mr. Carter, demanding a reply to Gov Wallace.
President John Tyler returns to the Senate his objections to the Fiscal Bank of the United States act. He argues Congress lacks constitutional authority to create a national bank and objects to implied state assent provisions allowing branches without state consent. He notes historical debates, calls for essential fiscal power limits, and outlines why he cannot sign the bill.
A creature described as a mermaid arrives in New York from the Amizon. A naturalist notes it is shy and harmless, feeds on aquatic plants, and sleeps with its head out of water. The female bears two young, sees poorly but has keen hearing, and it takes hay and vegetables by hand.
The Southern Planter discusses using corn cobs as cattle feed. A reader praises cob meal and shares methods from Col. Burfoot, soaking cobs in salt water for cows, or boiling and grinding them for easier consumption. The note favors grinding to reduce cow labor and preserve fodder value.
The article notes that the one hour rule has improved congressional eloquence by curbing lengthy speeches. Senators often pause as the clock runs out, abruptly halting even their most soaring passages. Business proceeds, but some emotional impact is lost, the writer laments in North American.
The narrator describes a vision of three angelic voices urging a return home to heaven, reminding of a father mother and sister. The voices speak of divine calling, memory of loved ones, and the beauty of earth before inviting the soul to rest and ascend. The scene ends with quiet dawn and the transcription of the vision.
A historical note presents a letter allegedly from William Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway, describing a lock of hair and vows of love. The archaic spelling and phrasing imitate Elizabethan prose, praising fidelity, affection, and devotion with ornate metaphors and a farewell cue.
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