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Newspaper
Oshkosh Democrat
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1850
Page
2
A dated Oshkosh notice thanks donors and asks for continued support for spiritual welfare. The issue includes corrections from the United States Marshal about seizures, plus partisan letters discussing Doty’s election, Whig votes, and Journal critiques of editorials and political alignments.
A compiled roster lists Wisconsin Senate members by district including Theodore Conkey Brown G D Moore Sauls H A Wright Crawford J A Eastman Fond du Lac and others with many counties shown. An assembly roster follows naming Brown Racine Calumet Crawford Rock Dane and more with party notes. A separate column criticizes a Governor proclamation for Thanksgiving as too late and largely symbolic.
Governor Nelson Dewey proclaims the next November day as a public day of Thanksgiving and Prayer for the state and nation. The proclamation praises gratitude for blessings, calls for religious observance, and cites the founders and duties of citizens. Signed in Lancaster on November 10, 1850.
A meeting of the Friends of Freedom is announced at the Court House this Friday evening to express local sentiment on the Fugitive Slave Bill. The notice urges attendance and discussion of the law's implications in the area.
The piece notes Doty and Durkee winning by large margins in their districts, Eastman canvassing against the Fugitive Law, Cass in Cass’ district backing Buel and the Law, Conger winning in Bingham’s district, a conservative ticket in New York led by Seymour but Hunt elected governor, and Massachusetts forming a Democratic Free Soil coalition with Horace Mann elected over opposition.
The St Louis Union projects Benton winning a majority in the Electoral College if he becomes the Democratic nominee. The National Era doubts a Baltimore convention can secure him but argues Benton could win the Northern states if nominated by acclamation. It speculates about Woodbury or Scott's nomination and notes the Era seems to favor Benton.
The New Albany Ledger reports a seizure of two women by the Fugitive Law, with physicians declaring no African blood. The accused have no jury trial. The piece notes President Fillmore's past stance on abolitionist views. It also mentions Connecticut’s Istp election where proposed constitutional amendments were adopted by a large majority.
Pictorial Illustrations for Christmas and New Years arrive with strong praise for engravings including The Country Girl in New York The Dream of Love and Pleasure and The President's Death Bed. The issue outstrips predecessors and sells for 12 cents or ten copies for one dollar by Wilson & Co New York.
The National Era prints a recipe claiming to restore gray hair to its original color. It lists sugar of lead one drachm lac sulfur two drachms rose water four ounces, or substitute soft water. Mix, shake well, apply two to three times daily at first, then less often as it settles.
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