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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1872
Page
2
A speaker blasts the Republican Party for corruption and missteps in the current administration while urging purification. He questions whether one leader alone should marshal the party and hints at a possible alternative candidate better suited to lead the nation, provoking laughter from the audience.
Dated December 30 in New Orleans, a letter from Louisiana legislator Fhat Mass Means to Elizabeth Cady Stanton discusses about two thousand U S troops at barracks under Gen Emory. A staffer notes troops could be within three minutes of the State House to quell anti Grant forces and oust Warmoth allies. The writer predicts possible bloodshed near the State House as martial law looms and blames Collector Casey and Marshal Packard for the plan.
A Boston pastor Rev EK St Wale entertains his congregation's children on Christmas Day with a fresh tale about good girls and naughty boys who reform into first class juvenile Christians. The piece contrasts such endings with harsher stories where characters die. It praises Cinderella style happy marriages for children’s stories.
The New York Tribune argues against the government storing private citizens coins in the Treasury, urging Secretary Boutwell to remove it. It suggests buying fifty million dollars in bonds in 1869 and saving interest, condemning current practices as unproductive and urging action now.
An 1865-era notice notes a dangerous scene in New Orleans following the Gatling Gun and Bayonet State Convention at the Custom House last summer. The Cincinnati Commercial reports the President’s failure to rebuke the scandal, marking a controversial public disturbance.
The essay lampoons the local editor as a bond slave of affliction, mocked by both the ignorant and the intelligent. It humorously portrays his weary days, precarious finances, critics, and the lure of sensational scorn, concluding that contumely refines him for death.
A Indianapolis woman died after a mysterious illness followed by post mortem discovery of worms infesting the scalp. Doctors found the head a mass of worms linked to wearing jute switches, a case Evansville Courier confirms as true.
A recent law sets that Senators are to be elected by the legislature chosen most recently before their term begins. Thus elections for the 1873 term occur now only in states with biennial legislatures or legislatures elected in two-year cycles. Names include Spencer Alabama through Howe Wisconsin, among others.
A New Albany Standard critique targets the Republican organ for opposing Grant renomination and opposing Ulysses’ supporters at the February convention. It questions why the state journal is restive and out of tune, suggesting a “rotten” mood and asking federal officials to explain. A Knox county bachelor asks about reducing marriage license rates for group purchases.
The Democratic State Central Committee session in the Senate Chamber was harmonious with speeches by Holmes Edmunds McDonald Williams Shirly Taylor Mack Hanna Voorhees Hendricks Kirk and others. Delegates debated postponing the State Convention, maintaining the party, and nominating a trusted presidential candidate while eyeing district delegates to the National Convention. The piece ends noting the gathering was an old fashioned Democratic love feast inspiring hope and zeal for the future.
Prof Hilgard cuts through census data to map the westward drift of the U S population center. From 1840 near Cumberland Mountains to 1900 projected near Bloomington Indiana, the center shifts steadily westward through Virginia West Virginia Ohio and Indiana.
A discussion on how journalists sanitized coarse words from London speech. The anecdote recalls Sir Robert Peel’s phrase misprinted in The Times as a string of gutted letters. Walter the editor rebuked a delinquent for the coarse but truthful insult, and the proprietor notes the word’s blunt accuracy.
The Posey County Board of Assessors met December 30 1871 in Mt. Vernon with County Auditor Frank D Botton presiding and John S Curtis named Secretary. They set 1872 personal property tax rates across townships including livestock, crops, domestic items, and standard goods with various per unit or per head charges and a uniform corn price of 30 cents per bushel in three townships.
A list of patents granted by the United States Patent Office to Indiana inventors for the week ending January 2, 1872 includes Railroad Switch by J. M. Mickman of Richmond, Belt Tightener by J. Alberteon of Richmond, Wagon Wheel by C. Anderegg of Lawrenceburg, Mill Stone Dress by K. Deer of Annapolis, Roller Skate by J. H. Fenton of Indianapolis, Bridle Bit by N. Hayward of Roanoke, and Mode of Attaching Sleigh Runners to Vehicles by A. Gregg of Anderson. the item dates are shown as of that week.
A Chicago Times remark compares the Secretary of the Treasury signing his circular to collectors with imperial signatures such as Alexander of Russia or Napoleon of France, noting the grand style in official decrees.
The notice details pricing for single copies and multi year subscriptions with a one year rate of 1.50 dollars for a single copy and a six month option at 1.90. It mentions ten copy deals at 1.50 per year and free specimen copies sent to agents for club orders of ten or more.
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