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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1850
Page
1
The Steubenville Herald outlines subscription terms and advertising rates. It details prices for various ad sizes, payment deadlines, and conditions for printing, extension, or discontinuation, including weather and insertion rules and the emphasis on prompt prepayment.
A long letter debated Lat in wording in a Daily Herald exchange, attacking Catholicism and defending Protestant views. The writer disputes papal authority, cites Marian devotion, and compares church history to oppression, while criticizing Protestant ministers and urging rational argument.
A correspondent reports a party of men attacked Smith Mining Association operatives by a band of Apa near Mexican town. The attackers were surrounded by warriors who stripped seven men. Several were killed, including individuals connected to Princeton New Jersey and Kentu. among the dead is a young lawyer, son of a Northern Port resident.
Industry notes show commerce and fashion shifts diminishing staple goods demand. Analysts warn that reduced consumer spending weakens core markets, while manufacturers face tighter margins and delayed production. Local observers expect gradual stabilization as prices adjust and demand reconstructs.
At the Whig Convention in Philadelphia, capital toasts praised the National Administration as honest, hailed General Zachary Taylor as a successor to Washington, lauded Henry Clay for fair compromises, and affirmed the Whig party as the guiding anchor and beacon for the nation.
Judge Taylor held that those claiming as the Church South were not entitled to be parties in the suit and declared B Wheat and others, the complainants, the true beneficiaries of the case, closing the litigation.
Late news from New Mexico via Independence disputes prior telegraphic report from Texas. Col Monroe’s proclaimed convention for a New State Government is unlikely. Major Neighbors failed in his mission. Mexican people reject Texas authority. Santa Fe held a convention and instructed their Washington representative Hugh N. Smith on requests to Congress. Ardinger carries these instructions.
From Mexico reports cholera reaches Brownsville causing alarm as residents seek divine protection. The General Government donates 10,000 for the poor and a private donor adds 3,000. Sonora passes a law stripping citizenship for leaving without a passport amid large emigration to California. 5,893 have moved this year.
Washington telegraph reports Mr. Clay left the city for a rest at Charles Carroll Esq near Ellicott's, avoiding a public reception due to ill health. Mr. Webster and his wife proceeded to Piney Point to remain until Monday. The weather was exceptionally hot as the House adjourned to Monday.
The Maumee River Times reports Irish laborers near Neeley’s Hotel uncovered the remains of two aborigines buried long ago. Sculls and bones stayed well preserved, along with silver earrings and belts found with the remains. Venetian red pigment also remained intact, likely for use in posthumous painting.
The schooner Lamar reached Savannah four days from Havana with word that the city remains quiet while citizens drill daily. They wear muskets on their shoulders and fear another attack on the island. Americans captured in the Lopez expedition stay imprisoned, and two clerks were jailed for cautious remarks about Gen Lopez.
A German party has established an ash and lime facility in Steubenville Ohio. The plant will manufacture Soda Ash and Chloride of Lime, expected to yield 40 000 to 50 000 dollars of Soda Ash and about 20 000 dollars of Chloride of Lime in year one, with potential to double in year two.
The New Orleans Crescent makes a brief but truthful remark about Gen Taylor's administration. It states they have never known a better abused administration, signaling strong criticism of the leadership in the current period.
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