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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1849
Page
2
This September 27 1849 issue announces that all communications must carry the writer's name and address for good faith. unsigned letters will not be published and will be given attention instead.
Public notice urging immediate insurance enrollment from those not yet insured. Promotes Custos Mutual Insurance Company with agent status announced and offers information and surveys at the local office. Fire risk emphasis underlines urgency for prompt action.
The column promotes local merchants offering stoves clothing and harness in Elizabethtown and Newark. It comments on General Taylor and Andrew Jackson in defense of government dignity. It notes public debates in Trenton over ten hour workdays homestead exemption and juror qualifications amid liberty ideals.
The author argues for ending debt collection by legal seizures and urges full abolition of debt laws to ensure honest credit. They claim ten hours of labor suffice under such reforms and condemn freehold juror qualifications as absurd, likening them to arbitrary rules that fail to justify eligibility.
A political tract argues taxation harms producers by taxing labor and wealth, urging favorable and unfavorable circumstances be balanced by remuneration. It stresses serious consideration by all classes of society.
Correspondence of the Tribune argues that government policy has enriched a few and impoverished many. It decries land and capital monopolies, claims 7 percent returns on capital rob labor, and warns that wages and housing shrink as wealth concentrates. The piece calls for free use of natural elements and reforms to curb avarice.
A mid nineteenth century reformer argues against land monopoly and unjust laws. The plan calls for breaking up large estates, favoring small holdings, and a graded taxation to fund universal education and wealth distribution toward greater equality. The author urges land limitations and a redistribution to empower the laboring classes.
Report of a serious riot in Yellsville Arkansas after Sheriff's attempt to arrest murder suspects. A firefight killed eight and wounded several as armed defenders fortify the town and vow to resist authorities.
The Gazette urged Plainfield women to avoid men who shirk labor and live by their wits. It urged industrious, faithful suitors over wealth, warned against idle husbands, and praised practical virtues for a stable home. It also notes a town clock project caused disrupted weddings.
The steamer Jamaica at Scribner's coal dock Newark burned Saturday morning with casualty. A man named John Ings perished in the flames. The wreckage was cleared between 1 and 5 o'clock. The vessel’s origin is unknown and the tow-boat belonged to New York.
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