08 Jun 1839
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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1839
Page
1
The Annual Register records shifting U.S. military posts across the Indian Territory. Fort Towson on Red River near Choctaw lands, Fort Gibson near Verdigris, and Fort Leavenworth near Missouri River are described with dates of establishment and strategic roles. The piece discusses frontier defense and trade, plus a court scene involving jurors, a bailiff, and a judge with lively behavior.
A Georgia court hears the arraignment of Henry Day accused of attempting to kill his wife. The exchange includes legal quips about beating one’s spouse and the rule that man and wife are one, with jokes about self-punishment and authority. The judge and counsel fumble over legal authority as the jury is charged.
The Kittanning Gazette presents General William Henry Harrison as the same man who won at Tippecanoe and defended western lands. It praises his military career and civil leadership, noting his honesty, prudence, and advocacy for western land policies aiding smallholders.
The piece discusses 95 000 Indians from 22 tribes across the Northwest Territory and the need for a territorial government. It notes linguistic divides, limited formal law, and calls for a convention of tribes to frame governance with an Indian delegate to Congress. It also mentions Bishop Chase founding a college at Peoria and the President's planned northern tour.
A compilation shows state debt totals 170 707 162 51 with state deposits bringing the aggregate to 198 808 807 50 and outlines loan purposes. A Buffalo Advertiser correspondent mocks Congress members as ambitious debutantes doomed to failure in the House.
A stark, dated tally of wars and massacres from Julius Caesar to Jenghiz Khan and to European conflicts, asserting hundreds of thousands to millions killed. It questions Christian complicity in perpetual slaughter and echoes a moral condemnation across eras.
An essay urges the rising generation of mechanics to be intelligent and industrious as the best guardians of free institutions. It warns that ignorance and idleness would corrupt them into tools of the few, and lists Buff alo Journal hints stressing thorough mastery of one’s trade and study of allied sciences to excel and command fair pay.
An essay contrasts city life with farming, arguing agriculture offers true independence and moral clarity. It laments urban ambition, notes overstocked professions, and warns that neglect of farming harms production and prices. Obituary: General Duncan McArthur of Ohio died April 29 at 68. noted for service in the last war.
The New York Courier notes fire proof roofs invented by L Knapp and installed at 43 Water and 110 Fulton streets by Summer and Naylor. After three years of observation the roofs are praised as more durable than slate, cheaper, and potentially lowering insurance costs, urging builders and insurers to inspect Titus stores at 48 50 52 54 William Street.
The Charleston Mercury notes French egg shipments in market with profitable prices for importers. A New York Lake region steamboat navigates elevated waters near Chateauque county. England pins output reaches 360 million yearly. The steamboat Pennsylvania sails from Pittsburgh to Falls of St Anthony, about 25 days. Treasury Notes outstanding May 1 total 6,963,554 dollars. Newfoundland faces severe distress with famine and bare clothing. A New Orleans patient abandons diet for mint juleps. Van Buren spares England minister over Maine boundary. Philadelphia butchers cap cattle price at ten dollars per hundred weight. Wire rope fails for steamboats. iron chains used instead. Maine military costs around one million dollars. Connecticut legislature divorces a man for unknown consent. New York Lottery law largely ignored. Ex-President Houston supports temperance. Texas holds 130 million acres unlocated. New Brunswick timbers go to market with eight shillings per ton duty or security. Bangor crafts a passenger-powered carriage by weight. Army flogging persists. deserters in Detroit face lashes, branding, and drum-out. Russia: drivers fined for injuring others. horses seized. Ohio Supreme Court sees forty divorce applications. Harrisburg beef at twenty cents per pound. Savannah fines for street smoking. Cleveland grain entries total forty seven thousand five hundred seventy-seven bushels. prices 7.4 to 3.78 cents. English House of Commons door-keeper dies at 75, fortune over half a million dollars since appointment. The term loafer appears in 1791 Philadelphia banking prose. Pottsville Journal notes timber fires near Catawissa Creek causing major damage.
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