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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1841
Page
3
At 4 o clock voting began on the amendment to strike out the enacting clause. The motion was rejected 102 to 90. The next amendment sought to strike after the enacting clause and insert the Friday report. Efforts to modify the amendment failed. By a quarter to five the bill was reported and the test question passed 120 to 97. The bill heads to the Senate in the morning.
A wagered bet in St Louis drew 500 signers to a petition asking for an immoral and impossible law. Referees counted the names including some signing officials. The petition urged Congress to empower the President to deprive troubled fools of life. The incident urges renewed caution in signing petitions.
From Temiscouata to the Little Falls, Captain Nelson of the Royal Engineers orders muskets and defences for frontier posts held by the 56th Regiment. Lieut. Norton and Mr. Tennant move guns and stores to Black House as Temiscouata, Grand Falls, and Lake Temiscouata posts are strengthened. Detachments under Lieut. Jones Smith and Captains Walmsee and Charlewood bolster positions amid tensions with the United States.
The act repealing the sub-Treasury took effect and Robert C. Corneil received orders to pay all funds to the Merchants' Bank as depository. He transmitted drafts lists to the bank for payment and closed his accounts with all money paid over. The accounts balanced to a cent, praised as Whig promptness and integrity.
It is noted that the suit by the Directors of the Bank of the United States against Mr Biddle originally stated at 1,000,000 dollars. A bill of particulars has now been filed reducing the claim to 249,000 dollars.
Three Columbus residents found a naked seventeen year old boy fleeing a cornfield. He asks to shave with a Monroe Railroad Bank dollar bill while the men deny broker duties. A tavern tights wager ends with the whip cutting a dandy to the bone.
The Secretary of the Treasury has obtained a loan of one million dollars recently advertised in our paper at five and a half percent annual interest.
A late session law allows a wife of an alien to seek divorce after two years in the state if her husband does not claim marital rights, potentially affecting the Countess Hautville and her child. The United States Gazette notes the first U S silver mine deposit at Philadelphia Mint from Davidson County North Carolina with 73 parts silver and 8 parts gold. value around 390 dollars.
The hay and corn crop failures in Maine and parts of New Hampshire may push southern and Western produce into the force market this year and affect price estimates. Potatoes also show a short crop with 15 ssid mentioned.
Fragmentary text lists town plots, lot numbers and several surnames such as Bowen I Enyart B and Werrick H in Liberty and Rochester areas. Mentions Bowen I Lot No. 57 and Comparet F with lot numbers 45 109 117. Old Town plot references suggest a catalog of property ownership and transfers.
The copartnership between Reighter and Hutchison is dissolved by mutual consent as of September 1, 1841. William H. Reighter intends to carry on the distilling business.
Fifty boxes of superior quality tallow candles offered for sale wholesale and retail at Israel Johnson's Store Logansport dated September 10 1841. Prices described as the slowest in the market.
The article describes St Gabriel College gaining a state charter after a five year probation, listing a Europe-trained faculty, a Vincennes University building, a large garden and playground, a future gymnasium, a library and a botanical garden. The institution plans two departments preparatory and collegiate with four year preparatory work and a classical college track including music drawing and modern languages.
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