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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1849
Page
4
A dense column laments political removals under Gen. Taylor and mocks Whigs while praising charity and officials. The page also reports on Pittsburgh merchants Tanner & Co, Brown & Ledley cutlery, and a robust Ohio rail and telegraph news roundup including Scioto Hocking Valley Rail Road votes, New York Washington telegraph line trials, and a statewide railroad convention emphasizing regional unity over local gain.
A Harrisburg correspondent reports a late night stabbing after a dispute over a girl, three young men injuring Mr Neip and his son Kemble, Baumgarden’s son a tavern keeper, with Kemble arrested and Baumgarden a fugitive. Earlier, a Camden man named Davis killed himself over unrequited love at Bank Spring Church, leaving a note for the lady.
The Louisville incident reports a free black man driving a horse through Eleventh street who ran over and killed a German cooper's boy named Bruar. Bystanders, enraged, arrested the driver and planned to administer one hundred lashes. He collapsed after thirty-nine lashes and was taken to a nearby house to endure the remaining sixty-one.
The Dispatch argues the total city and county scrip sums to 596000 with Allegheny City at 230000 and calls for rapid redemption. It notes half the issue is held by workers unable to be deprived of money, urging borrowing and asset sales to redeem about 100000 more and proposing a legislature with taxing power to redeem the rest.
The Express correspondence from Washington on April 21 says Walter Forward from Pittsburgh is an applicant for a Foreign Mission, with Hampton and Ritchie also filing claims. Forward, formerly First Comptroller and then Secretary of the Treasury, has since practiced law in Pittsburgh and previously sought the Pittsburgh Post Office but stepped aside for others.
The New York Legislature adjourned after approving 383 bills with Governor assent. Among them is a mandate for steamers to carry small boats and lifeboats, with size and capacity requirements based on vessel tonnage, plus a $2000 penalty for violations. District attorneys are charged with enforcement.
Gen Combs of Kentucky, just called up at the Clay Festival in New York, had married the day before and excused himself from a long speech saying he would retire quickly to a fitting place for a young husband. The remark drew laughter and cheers from the audience.
The Cambria arrives from Halifax with London papers to the 13th and Liverpool to the 11th. It carries 52,000 pounds in specie and four passengers for Boston, expected Friday around 4 pm. Reports cover Baltic grain supply fears, bread prices in Liverpool, and widespread European warfare including Prussia versus Austria, Italy, Brescia siege, and Palermo Venice blockades. Irish poverty, Paris cholera among troops, and prisoner movements in Dublin.
Telegram reports raging disturbance in Montreal after Governor General signs the Rebelson Loss Bill. Parliament House is set ablaze and destroyed amid the upheaval. Cleveland reports April 26 as the date of these dramatic events.
The Town Council votes to subscribe 10000 to the Springfield and Columbus Railroad ensuring organization and construction of a link between Columbus and Dayton. The road will span eighteen miles and, with existing contracts, form an eighty mile east running line.
The Swatara arrived from Liverpool with dates to the 17th aft and passengers were landed ashore below Cape Henlopen on the beach. The Mt. Wollaston arrived at New Bedford today bringing 20000 dollars in California gold dust produced last season by Mr. Washburn’s efforts.
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