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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1841
Page
2
Local party leaders announce De Keem Rere has authorization to seek a seat in the state legislature. The move positions Rere as a candidate in upcoming elections with party backing and formal support.
A 1841 Whig convention at the Chapman of Vincent Robison convened to nominate a candidate for the next State Legislature. Samuel Tabor chaired. Lyman Brackett secretary. A five‑man county committee named Ranell[ s] as candidate and approved resolutions urging support and publication in the Logansport Telegraph and South Bend Free Press. The meeting adjourned to August polls.
John Tyler records a treaty made November 28 1840 at the forks of the Wabash Indiana between US commissioners Milroy and Hamilton and Miami chiefs. It details land cession, payment amounts 550000 dollars with instalments, debt claims, individual grants to John B Richardville and Francis Godfrey, removal west of the Mississippi within five years, and annual annuities and rations support. The document binds the United States and the Miami tribe upon ratification by the President and Senate.
The United States Senate approves amendments to the 1840 treaty with the Miami tribe at the Forks of the Wabash and the president ratifies on June 7 1841. The document lists signatories Samuel Milroy Allen Hamilton and Miami leaders and includes Article tweaks and a new Article 12 reserving land for the Miami people west of the Mississippi.
Witnesses describe a man ejecting from the Post Office with a barrage of coarse insults and threats. He declares his fury at “high pressure horse leaches” and other harsh epithets before being warned into a calaboose as bystanders intervene.
Washington letters report the House passage of a public funds distribution bill after tumult and a small majority. The Senate Bank Bill debates continue with Dayard, Hiven, Clay positions. potential later introduction of Buchanan Weight Calhoun and Benton. Central discussion includes presidential veto risk and changes in foreign missions with Barory to Portugal and Wilde to Naples.
The Land Bill passed the House outlines that after December 1 nine new western states excluding Kentucky and Tennessee receive 1 percent of public land proceeds within their limits. It also distributes net proceeds by representative population after expenses, sets preemption rights, and reserves land for internal improvements. The measure could lift debt burdens on states and push tariff considerations.
The steamship Britannia arrived in Boston on Saturday evening, Daly 3d, completing the voyage from Liverpool in about thirteen and a half days. This report is sourced from the New York Hearth extra dated the 5th.
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