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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1850
Page
1
A long reflection on parental treatment of children, a Boston family tale, and a father who learns too late the price of stern discipline. It recalls a boy’s brave rescue at the wharf and the enduring pain of a parent who misses a child’s smile, urging gentler guidance.
The New Orleans True Delta criticizes Lopez for supporting the Cuban invasion, saying one thousand American citizens are shamed and humiliated by his perfidy. It calls Lopez a renegade who deserted his Venezuelan allies to satisfy greed and lust, risking lives of friends and supporters.
A new fold from Mr Gliddon s Egyptian mummy revealed a papyrus and a winged scarab. The papyrus pre-dates Israelites in Egypt and could not be unrolled without crumbling. After unrolling, experts debated the mummy s sex but ultimately agreed with Gliddon s reading.
The Savannah Republican notes a curious dismissal of cholera in Havana when news of the expedition arrived. It compares the decline to armies on the eve of battle, saying no cases were reported the day after the news reached the city.
The excerpt argues that discontent is a sin and punishment, arising from the mind rather than circumstance. It cites Paul in prison and Ahab in a palace to show worldly wealth cannot satisfy, while endless desire leads to constant vexation and perpetual fretting. Matthew Henry is referenced as the source of the reflection.
Mr Webster proposes a proviso adopting a trial by jury for fugitives claimed under state laws. If the fugitive denies owed service and swears to the denial after caution, a twelve man jury is summoned to try the claimant’s right, with the commissioner or judge presiding to determine proof.
A snatched apart line imagines Mrs Caudle becoming the subject of a lecture if she possessed such gifts. The remark hints at social satire and public speaking as a judgment on character in a playful, era voice.
Concord convenes as Richard Jenness is chosen President of the Senate and Nathaniel Baker becomes Speaker. The session plans for constitutional revision delegates and a new railroad law, while Gov. Dismore notes 453 miles of railroad costing about sixteen million dollars amid shareholder pressures. Ohio agriculture report highlights Clermont and Harrison counties’ crops and value, with corn and hogs as leading outputs and notable variances from year to year.
A writer condemns bad reading as poison and cites the Boston Bee tale about a washerwoman who drove a nail into a sleeping man reading The Robber of the Rhine Valley, saying the man died from the book not the nail and any reader could not be hurt by such a nail.
The New York Mirror warns that red Republicans crave a bloody civil conflict in France. It notes a divided working class likely to respect laws for sustenance, while hardline Republicans, Robespierre supporters, and Canton loyalists fear the republic’s betrayal and seek looting of the rich through civil war.
Dr. James A. Gregg, key witness, testified about Clark and Brown conversations. He quoted Clark’s assertion that Horace Wentworth summoned Parker from the saloon and swore that Wentworth killed Parker with Henry and Asa aiding. Clark also said he received a similar letter from Henry Wentworth inviting him to Manchester at the murder time.
A Free Church minister in Glasgow read Psalm 19 during a Sunday lesson, paused to snuff his nose, and provoked a ripple of laughter as the congregation strained to follow the verse about the soul cleaving unto the dust.
The Fossil Remains of an old settler of the Mammoth tribe were yesterday exhumed on the farm of Daniel Hubbard Esq near the Marsh. An investigation by geologists will be conducted and their report will be published.
The text argues that the combined market value of one year's agricultural production in Clermont and Harrison equals about one third of assessed value, leaving twenty six percent for labor after six percent rent. It notes 9000 able bodied men and asserts each man could earn seventy cents per day from agricultural output, claiming Ohio’s wealth foundations are strong and enduring.
Gov Wright commutes Charles Gates sentence from death to life imprisonment in the State Prison. William Gross gains a respite from execution set for June 7. The new execution date, July 19, remains subject to Supreme Court reversal of the decision.
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