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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1849
Page
2
A critical essay argues laborers are not fairly compensated and charge debt collection laws and special legislation entrench a wealthy class. It urges abolishing debt collection laws, replacing with general laws, to curb exploitation, and condemns political self interest and pork-barrel legislation.
Citizens note the village youth establish a Lyceum to improve minds and forego idle nights. Lectures by Dr Stillman are praised for instruction and entertainment as Graham's Magazine March issue is received and President's Message documents are acknowledged.
In February sessions the Senate passed bills to authorize the Easton and Somerville Railroad to extend to Elizabethtown and to restore the Farmers and Mechanics Bank at New Brunswick. Other measures approved include chartering the Somerset Eagle Mining Co., updating appropriations for commissioners, and a license law supplement banning Sunday liquor sales. Joint resolutions funded education and public works, with several voting by ballot debates and local annexation discussions.
Washington February 15 Horst Vinton bill creates a Home Department passes 112 to 78. Rockwell bill for Private Claims Board defeated 84 to 98. February 17 Senate discusses security for emigrant paupers to prevent public charge, adopts amendments to print Supreme Court decisions. Mr Webster notes readiness to move California territorial government next.
A congressional debate on California's slavery status and enforcement of restrictions is noted along with a Kentucky citizen reporting Louisville's first public Emancipation meeting. Speakers included W P assson James Speed and W L Breckenridge. resolutions were referred to a committee for report at a future meeting. Emancipation supporters plan further action and publication of the resolutions.
The report cites 4 million paupers in Great Britain and 2.3 million in Ireland with 200 million pounds spent on poor relief since 1816. It notes 585 American ships lost at sea with total vessel and cargo value of 4.528 million dollars and insurance payouts of 2.801 million. It also records California emigration and passenger flows via New York, and 5,359 people emigrated since December.
Washington correspondent notes the president’s protocol stance was welcomed by the House with no action beyond printing. the piece mocks the issue as an empty effort, saying the mountain bore and produced a mouse.
Auction set for the 27th in New York City to sell Eianrr taovs and United States muskets. Over the past two weeks more than five hundred people have left Lovejoys Hotel alone for the gold regions.
Twenty of the forty eight cadets elected last July to the Military Academy at West Point have been dismissed. The action reduces the class size and reflects disciplinary or academic issues affecting the cohort.
Fremont's Geographical Memoir describes the Sierra Nevada as a great coastal barrier shaping California's climate and vegetation. It notes two distinct sides: western springlike conditions with green grass and unfrozen rivers, and eastern winter with snow, frozen rivers, and bare deciduous trees, based on December 1845 observations.
Mr Robert Napier builds a 180 by 35 foot iron rail road steamboat in Govan for the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company. It will have three rail lines on deck to carry a 500 foot train and engines of 250 horsepower. Stationary engines on either side of the Frith will move trains as the Tay shore is higher than sea level. Launch expected in a few weeks.
A ready rule explains that a quarter of wheat equals eight bushels, and at fifty six shillings per quarter that equals seven shillings per bushel. With one shilling worth twenty four cents, seven shillings equal 16 1/2 cents per bushel, converting to dollars and cents.
For a person ill in bed a small lump of unstacked lime wrapped in a damp towel and placed in a dry one will produce a vapor as effective as desired for relief.
Several friends spoke after eleven at night with one urging that honest men should be in bed. A second commented not to hurry and keep calm despite the hour.
Miss Elizabeth Blackwell receives a diploma from Geneva Medical College, marking the conferral of her degree. The scene notes gratitude and the significance of the honor in the historical context of women attaining medical credentials.
Atherton describes California soils as good for grain, notes no wireworm, compares land value from January 1847 to departure, and praises San Francisco Bay as a safe harbor. He chronicles towns, climate, health patterns, Sacramento and American Fork rivers, Sutter’s mill, and launch travel costs for shipping to Sutter’s Fort, noting a rough fare and lengthy voyage.
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