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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1850
Page
2
Fragmentary text lists names like Johnston William F. Masters Shane Cunningham and roles such as arbiter commissioner director. Likely a political or organizational roster from a weekly newspaper page. No clear events or outcomes, but identifies several individuals and positions.
The Steubenville Herald, a weekly tri weekly and semi weekly paper, has forty four years of circulation in Eastern Ohio Western Pennsylvania and Virginia. Advertisements offered to merchants and manufacturers in Eastern and Western towns via agents in Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore and others. Job printing of books pamphelets and all descriptions at Herald Job Printing Office opposite Washington Hall Market Street Steubenville.
The Whig Delegates of the 11th Congressional District are ordered to convene at Monroeville Jefferson County on September 18 in conjunction with Columbiana and Carroll delegates to nominate a candidate for Congress to be supported on October 2, 1850. Township and Election Districts in Jefferson County will elect one delegate on September 7. Joan Shane serves as Chairman. August 22, 1850.
The abolitionists meeting in Cleveland on the 22nd nominated Edward Smith known as Bully Smith for Governor and Uriah Seely of Lake for the Board of Public Works. Bully Smith, once a Democrat turned abolitionist, aims to split Whig slavery votes to defeat Johnston and aid Wood, the campaign’s target.
Reports from Jefferson Court House fire in Ashtabula County Ohio destroys court records while Treasurer Auditor and Clerk offices survive. Loudon Leadbetter clash over progress and failure to settle a principal. Webster execution nearing with community fundraising for his family.
The Painesville Telegraph, Free Soil outlet of Lake County, endorses President Fillmore's boundary plan for Texas. It praises the message as patriotic and principled, urges readers to study it, and expresses support for the administration's stance and compromisers of liberty.
A Washington correspondent reports Hon. J R Giddings may support Judge Johnston for Ohio Chief Magistracy and possibly endorse him in Ashtabula. The note says such a move could realign the Old Guard and restore good feeling among Whigs in his district.
The Times notes scramb ling for Mr Bright's seat in the United States Senate with Robert Dale Owen and John Pettit named as contenders, pending a Legislative Caucus decision. John L Robinson, currently in the House, also seeks the post.
The Greensborough Patrol of the 17th records returns from nearly all counties for governor. Reid leads with 44 208 votes to Manly 41 263, a Reid majority of 2 645. The count shows two counties with only majorities reported.
A dispatch received by the Columbus Journal states that Joseph Ridgeway Jr. died at De. The note is dated August 23 from Mt Vernon and provides the basic death report information.
The item discusses unsafe practice of accepting post dated checks as payment, citing a case where a check drawn by Mr. Schoyer for 800 dollars dated July 23rd was dishonored after the death of the payer on July 22nd. It also covers California fraud rumors involving Col. Collier, a San Francisco collector, and commentary on political reaction and administration positions.
The St Louis Republican argues Colonel Benton's political path is narrowing as the legislature's party split forms. It cites Senate totals 33 with 7 holdovers and 26 new seats split among Whigs Bentonites and Anties, while the House stands Whigs 53 Bentonites 41 and Anties 25 with nine counties still to report. Even with anti Bentonites counted, Benton would lack a majority.
Census takers visited the Five Points Old Brewery and counted 220 residents including 155 from Ireland and 49 from Italy. Of all, 68 are over 20 who cannot read or write, with 43 Irish and 15 Italians illiterate. notes Ireland laborers and Italy organ grinders beggars.
The St Louis Reveille reports it is likely news from the plains Santa Fe and mountains will come by telegraph from Independence before winter. Messrs Schaffner and Veitch have received encouragement along the route and are actively pushing the work to completion.
A New York City patent medicine vendor is reported to have sold his business. He received 28,000 for the machinery and 100,000 for the goodwill. The success came from liberal and judicious advertising.
Mr. Cairns of Orange North Carolina handled a supposedly dead viper tied in a handkerchief. The snake revived and bit his finger, and he died shortly after from the effects of the bite.
Fred Douglass recovered 313 damages and costs of suit from the Ohio Stage Company for being refused an inside seat on a Columbus to Wheeling stage coach after paying fare. He is noted as a strong advocate of negroes rights.
William F. Hunter, currently the effective member of Congress from the 15th District, has been nominated for re election. T L Jewitt Esq is his opponent in the race.
The Detroit Free Press reports increasing flour shipments to the east. The Central Railroad is moving freight from Fob Md for SAMMI, highlighting a growth in early commerce and rail activity.
New York Tribune cites a source claiming Prof Webster made a full premeditated murder confession in which he admits the crime against Dr Parkman. Authorities hold the document for after the execution, with public release likely timed to the next spectacle of Yankee enterprise.
An exploring party reports a cave near Madison Wisconsin extending under much of Cove and Iowa counties. They found large masses of high quality lead ore over three miles, fine copper ore and eleven pounds of native silver. Crystals stalactites and incrustations are plentiful with a water fall and a 37 foot deep lake explored by canoe.
Correspondent from Rome reports 37000 banished and 140000 distressed by reactionary measures. The writer claims Rome is like Venice at its worst. The Pittsburgh Gazette notes small notes pass easily in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, with rewards doing little, and the law a nullity.
The Whigs of Iowa have secured a minority majority in both legislative chambers and captured two Congress seats, a favorable outcome for the party this season.
In Boston the Bee editors sent their 'devil' with a lump of ice to cooling aim. The ice melted before he ascended the stairs and his shoes filled with hot water, illustrating the extreme heat.
Harrison County voters see tickets for Representative MarsHay McCat Franklin Auditor Kk Price Freeport Recorder Launcelot Herron Cadiz Commissioner Luther Rowley Monroe Director County Infirmary John Conaway Stock Ouro Strate Farr Postrporep The State Fair in Cincinnati moved to October 2 3 and 4 The Loco candidates contest for Congress in this district is warm with the field broad and open.
The September number of Sarrain's Magazine edited by Mrs. Kirkland and Prof. John Hart has been received. Embellishments are fine, portrait of Millard Fillmore is worth the price, and contributions from Harriet Martineau and others add value. Historical sketches and illustrations are valuable. price is $3 per annum from J. Sartain & Co., New York.
A rich mix of civil and political items, from Ohio Whig motions urging donation of public lands to settlers, to California travel reports on Sacramento and San Francisco. Readers learn of census quirks, bank debates, and shifting mining prospects, with travel impressions and local governance tensions shaping the era’s public life.
A heartfelt poem recalls a mother’s patient kindness and the speaker’s lifelong sorrow. The voice laments parting, longs for her presence, and reflects on love and reverence felt after her death. The verse contrasts memory with loss, describing a deep, enduring bond.
A garbled excerpt mentions curios and oddities from wartime items, a caped figure, a shirt sleeve, a barrel of musical war hoops, and a nosegay with flowers. It references a towel for wiping a face, a fight between two strikers, and an Odd Fellow from a lodge in a vast wilderness.
A brisk note from the Louisville Courier reports the steamer Gov. Bent bringing a newlywed couple, Mr and Mrs McCarver who wed seven days earlier. The Hindoo then brought US troops from Cincinnati as the fife and drum music spurred the husband to enlist for five years and desert his wife with the remark she must fend for herself due to lack of money.
A fable-like vignette shows two men, a surgeon and carpenter, walking past a village on fire. The carpenter mutters my corn is ripening hoping for profits from rebuilding, then falls into a ditch. The surgeon notes my corn is already ripe, reflecting misfortune and irony.
Mrs Susan Balty, jailed for further examination on a bigamy charge, was yesterday re examined. Witnesses prove she married Balty who lives in Allegheny and that she recently wed a young man named Jackson of Allegheny. Jackson's father initiated the prosecution to separate the couples. Balty committed for trial and sent to jail.
A century old note explains a hay measuring method: multiply length by breadth by height to get volume, ten solid yards equal a ton when hay settles. Clover reportedly requires ten to twelve yards per ton. Suggested as a practical rule for farmers lacking scales.
The Gazette notes two practical signs of B and O Railroad work near the city with a load of wheel-barrows from Mr Mcasin and sheeting bought by Messrs MCartney Otterson. The report claims work will begin on the sections beyond this city, a development waited for twenty years.
The Ohio papers boast of a field owned by James Davis in Ris County covering 1800 acres, previously planted entirely in Indian corn. They claim if rivals come to the valley this spring, a whole township could be shown, with 25 000 acres or more in a body. A boy tending 1800 acres on a pony could still attend school most days.
A subaltern and a grave archbishop exchange quips about the difference between an ass and an archbishop and then between an ass and an officer. The subaltern gives up the army distinction, and the arch prelate concedes the lack of difference, walking away.
A windy orator in the New York Legislature demanded a drink of water after a long speech. Bloss called for a point of order, questioning the "point" itself as a windmill joke underscores the moment.
A 4th of July celebration in Pennsylvania is cited with a hopeful sentiment about unborn millions. The Boston Post notes the paradox of unborn voices shouting, suggesting they might better express joy after birth.
Lieutenant Colonel W W Burns, son of the poet, bought the Dumfries house where Robert Burns lived and died in poverty. The article notes Burns died penniless yet left a strong name, now used to support his descendants through government provision, a contrast to the poet’s wishes.
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