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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1870
Page
1
The Register lists advertising rates for local notices and columns. Rates include one square up to ten lines and various insertions with quarterly, half column, and whole column prices. It notes double charges for local column ads and advance payment for transient notices.
A composite of brief items notes enrollments in Mobile, marriage costs for Mark Twain, temperance lectures in Chicago, minimal religious leadership in Montana, a large British Bible Society print run, universalist gains in the U S, women clerks elected in Western legislatures, European theatre counts, American generals in service to Ismael Pasha, Egypt’s troop numbers, a new Justice of the Peace in Montana, a Baltimore YWCA formation, Dickens’s Edwin Drood announcement, Koopmanschaap’s planned visit, Booth’s Manfred audiences, Italy’s theatres and towns, Russian barracks plans, a breach of promise suit in Philadelphia, Miss Middy Morgan’s Italy lecture, a nursery query rewarded by marriage advice, a cheap blonde heir remark, and the Princess Metternich’s ball gown cost.
The Judiciary Committee proposes a restrictive naturalization bill to delay and limit citizenship for immigrants. It would require a notice of intent, four years residence, and credible witnesses, with trials in limited courts and possible denial of many rights, risking vast disfranchisement and political shifts.
A long passage describes the multiple uses of a horse after death, including blood preservation for dye, mane and tail for sieves and bow-strings, boots for combs, skin for leather, flesh for animals in menageries, stomach and intestines for cords, bones for buttons toys and dental use, and fat for oil. It ends with a quotation about the Fifteenth Amendment from the New York Tribune and Louisville Courier-Journal.
A critical column denounces Washington society as extravagant with balls dinners and luxury for the President Cabinet and senators. It accuses officials of living beyond salaries, funded by taxes, and warns public outrage at corruption and inflated expenses in the capital.
A Patriot era clash of wit and etiquette is recalled as citizens compare past parliamentary splendor with current ribald humor. The Harrisburg Patriot quotes a Massachusetts member provoking laughter with hearsay, while Mrs Partington warns Ike about marriage and adult bonds amid lighter youthful talk.
The text notes varying population ratios with 240 to 1 in France, 728 to 1 in England, and 31 to 1 in Austria. It presents a comparative statment on how the ratio differs by country, without additional context or details about what the ratio measures.
A Muskingum county figure urges Congress to pay soldiers who enlisted before the legal tender act in gold rather than greenbacks. The piece cites Supreme Court rulings, bondholder demands, and calls for equal gold pay for veterans, widows, and orphans, arguing the cause across regions.
The Radicals push legislation to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment before formal adoption. Senator Morton introduces a Senate bill granting voting rights to all but certain disfranchised rebels, with similar measures likely in the House. They may seek federal marshals and troops to back enforcement where state laws conflict, amid warnings of public distrust and political manipulation.
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