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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1841
Page
2
Citizens of Buffalo New York condemn British government handling of the Boundary dispute and the McLeod case in a public meeting. They urge the United States to stop the war of words and demand Britain atone for the Caroline incident and American deaths.
An Indiana newspaper cites a Washington letter claiming an extra Congress session will convene before midsummer and a National Bank charter with deposits. It also predicts repeal of the Sub Treasury law, distribution of public land proceeds to states, and a tariff generating enough revenue for ordinary government expenditures.
The Terre Haute Courier cautions the public about a new counterfeit Indiana Fifty Dollar scrip. The engravings appear identical to the genuine bill, with only a darker shade lighter paper and cruder signatures by W. S. Hubbard and N. B. Palmer.
The Cass Circuit Court will open on the fourth Monday in February and August and may run two weeks from the start of each term.
The Legislature has set the state tax at 40 cents on every one hundred dollars of property value.
Bright mock suns known as parhelia appeared at the site on the mornings of last Wednesday Thursday and Friday drawing observers.
Indiana Legislature passes an act reviving the 1838 stay law. Beginning after March 1, it subjects real and personal estate to execution. The current Stay Law in force will terminate this month.
W. T. T. Jones, Esq. of Evansville was elected a director of the State Bank of Indiana to succeed Calvin Fletcher, Esq., whose term expired.
The Indiana Senate gave third reading to bills creating a new revenue assessment method. In the House the focus remains on classification with a Wednesday report detailing a suspension of public works. An amendment would divert 150000 to the White Water canal, 100000 in railroad iron for the Madison and Indianapolis line, and 50000 for the rap.
The Indiana House debates amendments to Dunn’s measure allowing private and corporate access to works under state control with ten year non-escapable terms and six percent interest. A Bank Director election yields W T Jones of Evansville after five ballots, as the assembly adjourns for dinner.
The Indiana Journal reprints a letter from a Washington insider predicting an early May or June extra session. It claims a Whig program including a national bank, land proceeds distribution, and a tax to cover deficits, with emphasis on Treasury reforms and a bold distribution plan.
The article traces the origins of the British Chinese conflict and the opium trade. It accuses the East India Company of greed and deceit, recounting Clive Hastings and Hyder Ali campaigns, Calcutta massacre, and the expansion of British control in India. It argues opium funding fuels empire wealth and condemns the trade and suppression efforts.
In a late lecture John Quincy Adams argued Louis Philippe lacks rightful claim to the throne and warned France faces ongoing unrest. He praised France under cautious leadership yet predicted turmoil if the dynasty ends with the ruler and warned European peace depends on stability.
Report from Dayton Ohio recounts a Monday clash following an anti slavery meeting. Four Negro men and two women resisted attackers after a false accusation about a white woman. McCleary died, Davis later succumbed, and a leading Black man was jailed as a mob fire destroyed a nearby house.
On Tuesday evening Mr. Daniel Dare married Mrs. Jane Minton by the Rev. John Wright in this place.
Died Sunday evening last of consumption Mrs Saran Ann consort of Capt S S Trieron in her 27th year. Amiable and benevolent in her social relations she was beloved and respected by all within her acquaintance. She departed early from life leaving memories of her virtues.
An obituary notes the death by consumption of Mrs Saran Ann on Sunday February 7 1841 at age 27 wife of Captain S Tipton. The verse laments a life cut short praising her as a summer flower transplanted to the heavens and spared from earthly cold.
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