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Newspaper
Peru Free Press
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1852
Page
2
The Peru Free Press laments lack of news and feigns a column about nothing while venting on national mood after a small presidential win. The piece ridicules factions, mentions the Wigwam and Mishawaka, and critiques war, conquest, and treason plots with satirical flair.
The piece ruminates on the worship of wealth as the dominant modern idolatry. It recalls Athens and the unknown God while warning that gold drives doctors, lawyers, physicians, and workers to chase the phantom, ending with a sense of futility.
A new bank with proprietors A. Decrarr and P. Drake opens in the area under last winter’s free banking law with a capital of £260,660. State stock on deposit is $50,64. The paper notes the bank’s circulating notes, fine engraving, and expected positive impact on local commerce, alongside editorials and local remarks on grammar and public writing.
An engraving is hailed as a lifelike portrait taken two minutes after a clash on the Malay Peninsula on the 9th ultime. Attest CHARLES H.TEST, Secretary of State. Prisoners in the city jail escaped by sawing a grate yesterday afternoon and remain at large. Indication of railroad work: iron laying to begin next week at Noblesville on the Trail.
The fragment notes an 1852 Indianapolis seal and signature by Charles H. Test at the city’s end of the document and confirms a formal attestation on a Sunday in November 1852.
The Law Reform Commissioners unveil changes in the Criminal Code. Indictments must clearly state Grand Jury finding and jurisdiction with plain language. Quashing for minor defects ends. solemn affidavits govern venue. alien jurors barred. last defense speech allowed. limited defense and prosecuting speeches. executions to be private with twelve witnesses.
A dangerous counterfeit ten dollar note claiming to be from Merchants Bank of Boston appears in Albany. The engraving features a sailor, two ships, bales, a girl by a pitcher, and a tiny detailed work near the dock. The piece claims to fool even skilled judges, with the only genuine variant showing the Boston Custom House vignette.
The passage urges young men to reject drink after describing a violent act and its victims. It asks whether pleasures from wine justify misery and crime and calls for a negative reply and a pledge to abstain. It exhorts citizens to join the virtuous and prevent society's ills.
The Buckeye Belle steamboat exploded near Beverly on the Muskingum River last Friday night. Ten to fifteen killed and many missing or badly injured. Forty passengers aboard with many unaccounted. wreckage and bodies strewn across the shore and water as townsfolk recall the calamity.
WITS. DIED On Thursday Nov 23th Orsamus EH Arnwoopa infant son of Robert M and Barbara Anne Taylor.
The Free Press Office notes a long unseen site reappearing in clear light since Saturday with continuous glow each evening. Streets remain muddy and busy, while quotations hold. Wheat 60 to 70 cents, Corn 39 to 85, Oats 25, Rye 50, Barley 50, Flax Seed 73, Butter 12, Fags 0.5, Apples 5 to 7.5, Potatoes 20 to 25, Cranberries 1.50 to 1.75, Clover and Timothy Seed unavailable in market.
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