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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1828
Page
1
A Washington correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer argues that Providence allows some good to emerge from evil. The piece criticizes noisy House members for their vulgar bravado, noting their temper harms legislative work and diminishes the country’s regard for Congress. It urges restraint and decorum.
The article details several Indiana lawmakers including Hon. George H L Dunn, Hon. James Rariden, Hon. Albert S. White, and Hon. Wm. Graham. It describes their physical appearance, demeanor, and speaking ability, noting Dunn supports seating Prentiss and Ward while White voted against Mississippi members.
From the Peoria Register Feb 24. Reports of arrests in Princeton Bureau County for passing counterfeit money. A writ of habeas corpus was sought in a county without a jail, but the master in chancery delayed action. Prisoners remain at Garrett's hotel awaiting discharge on a defective mutimus. Related arrests noted in Canton Fulton and Farmington.
A gang plotting counterfeit operations along the Illinois river was disrupted near Canton. Arrests followed, with two members discharged, three jailed, and Clifton turning state's evidence revealing a 200-strong network moving toward St. Louis and the South. Counterfeits include 10s of State Bank Indiana and 5s and 10s of Pittsburgh and Fulton Bank notes. Authorities warn St. Louis police to stay alert as the movement accelerates.
About 9 000 counterfeit notes were found last week in a Beardstown stable. The haul includes 50s from Merchants Bank and 10s from Fulton Bank of New York, 5s from Exchange Bank Pittsburgh, and 10s from State Bank of Indiana. A 5 note passed locally, and two suspected counterfeiters were seen passing through Beardstown Sunday evening but failed to move any notes here.
The Auditor of State presents the special report of Ohio finances for the year ending November 15 1838. Estimated receipts into the Treasury for revenue purposes total 227 230 44 dollars with ordinary expenses 120 000 00 leaving a surplus as of March 10 1838 of 127 239 44 dollars. Canal Funds available 713 100 dollars after deducting interest on foreign loans 330 628 and domestic debt 120 028 totaling 459 228 dollars, leaving 253 872 dollars for other purposes than current interest.
The official recount shows Pennsylvania spent twenty two million two hundred twenty thousand dollars on canals and railroads. The projects yielded about five percent net revenue this year, funded at five percent interest. The state relief from debt is noted while property values increased by at least one hundred million dollars due to these improvements.
From Auburn dated the 1st a report says ex generalissimo Mr Van Rensselaer was arrested the day before on a warrant by Judge Conkling and jailed for trial at St Alban s. The Patriot Army disbanded after days of gathering on an island near Albury and crossing the lines toward Caldwell s Manor. They encamped two miles from the lines and prepared to face the Royal force advancing.
Reports from England note Leeds sympathy for Canada but loyalty to the Crown, while London confirms the Royal Exchange fire and its destruction. The Times recounts US neutrality respect and the O Connell incident in a Leeds meeting, with Lord Melbourne praised. The fire at Lloyd's fells the Royal Exchange.
A Dec 30 letter from St Petersburg reports a catastrophic fire at the winter palace. The emperor and his family fled to the Hotel of the Foreign Affairs as the palace burned completely by evening. Twenty thousand troops were deployed, but the blaze consumed the entire structure with hundreds reportedly injured.
About 12 000 people were accommodated in the shelter. Several individuals are arrested on suspicion of arson as the blaze is investigated.
Reports from Buenos Ayres to December 6 describe Chilean and Argentine movements in Peru and Bolivia with a provisional Arequipa government under Gen. Lafuente and a captured fort at Cobija. An insurgent battle near Arequipa ended with 200 rebels killed and Santa Cruz forces preparing to strike. A Frederick County letter extols a yellow poplar bark remedy after a snake bite, claiming rapid swelling and pain relief.
The public debt of Texas on January first of the present year was 1,700,000 dollars. Government expenses are estimated at 500,000 dollars. Treasury receipts for the year are estimated at 12,802,000 dollars, leaving a January balance of 602,000 dollars for 1838.
The Knickerbocker series highlights Majestic ruins in Mexico and Yucatan. Descriptions include Palenque and Oxmutal with terraces pillars and stucco figures. The writer cites discoveries from Merida Mina and Palencian sites and hints at western ruins in Wisconsin and Circleville as related works.
The Middlesex Bank officers returned the amount of specie as one dollar and ninety seven cents. The terse financial notice records a minimal cash on hand and reflects routine banking status.
A Court of Honor convened in the Texas city on Tuesday, averting a duel and likely saving one or two lives. Remarkably, three of the four court members served as seconds in four of five duels in the past five months, signaling a budding spirit of restraint among local rivals.
Over the past year 140 colored emigrants left Maryland under the State Society and settled at Maryland in Liberia, begun in 1835 and now home to 400 residents. The soil is described as inexhaustibly productive. During the year 234 slaves were manumitted in Maryland, and since the 1831 colonization law, 1581 have been freed.
At a Washington supper after the annual meeting, Mr Verplanck shared a tale of a mixed literary project by several friends whose volumes were well printed. A celebrated review appeared from a journal run by the very compositor who set the manuscript, revealing his role and foreshadowing the critic’s departure to other shores.
A man in Illinois suffered a severe ague attack and clung to a log beam as his house collapsed. After taking a single box of The Universal Pills, he recovered and the timber settled back to its original position.
An exchange unfolds as a philosopher, famed for his unique approach, faces a meddling third party who belittles his shaving soap. He responds calmly, noting in his town two men who prosper by minding their own business, then the scene ends with vivid color.
A fragmentary quote contrasts a philosopher's influence with street wisdom. It likens life to a field of blackberry and raspberry bushes where mean people pick fruit while genius strides on, ending with scratches and torn trousers as a metaphor for effort and hardship.
A survey of diverse items notes Kentucky creating Carroll County in honor of Charles Carroll, Pennsylvania bills on specie payment and duel disqualification, New York militia figures, jury exemptions, silk farming in New Jersey, and Germans in Pennsylvania. It mentions Cuba and sugar crops, Mathias the prophet in Illinois, New Orleans bond suits, and figures on paupers in Massachusetts. Includes a Philadelphia accident and a Louisville church collection incident ending with a digressive note.
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