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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1850
Page
2
In a call to supporters, the Herald asks friends in the country to show this issue to non subscribers and invite them to compare its size appearance and contents with Eastern papers, confident of favorable comparison.
The ticket lists candidates for governor board of public works congress state senator representative county auditor commissioner director of county infirmary and urges Whigs to unite and vote the whole ticket on the second Tuesday in October in Jefferson County.
A lengthy political exhortation urges Whigs in Ohio to mobilize on October 8 to elect a Whig Governor, Board of Public Works member, and a Whig majority to Congress, State Senate, Representatives, and county offices, touting policy goals and fiscal reform.
A row of houses on Sutherland avenue below South street burned last night, destroying about twenty families. Buildings built years ago by Sam B Reeves & Co have been partly sold. Incendiary act blamed on the Schuylkill Rangers near West Moyamensing, with district firemen in a noisy clash and gunfire. A New York arrested porter Marsh’s stolen silverware tied to Allcock and Allen's case. A detachment of 100 regulars leaves for Port Lavacea Texas. Blitz the magician plans winter entertainments for the city.
The piece describes a heated political dispute between Whigs and Democrats over an exclusive metallic currency. In Jefferson County leaders fear raising the issue as many party members would abandon the ticket and vote for Whig candidate Johnson, who is personally acceptable to many. The Bank Democracy of Jefferson is expected to deliver a large Johnson vote.
Alexander Lukacs, a member of the Revolutionary Congress of Hungary, has arrived in New York and travels to the Great West to purchase land for three thousand Hungarian farmers. Once outlawed by Windischgrätz, he fled Hungary after the 1848 campaign and now plans a colony likely in Illinois or Iowa.
AZ Junius Smith of South Carolina reports successful tea plant cultivation in the United States. He planted tea nuts received from China in June and by September 8 to 12 inch plants emerged, thriving from China seed. He asserts plants and nuts suit the climate and should flourish from Maine to Florida.
The Norfolk Herald reports a circulating rumor of a new Cuban expedition larger than prior efforts. Seven thousand men are said to be enlisted with equipment and funds, and the government is reportedly coordinating with Boston and New York to outfit the sloops Germantown Albany and the steamer Saranac at the Navy Yard for swift departure.
In Montgomery County the Lick AHEAD faction declares for Gen. Lewis Cass for the 1852 presidency at the county convention. Tennessee signs point to the same ultimatum. Next step is to whip disaffected Democrats in Pennsylvania and the Tappan party in Ohio.
Report says Robert MIntire Jr and Adam Quillan of New Alexandria were murdered near Harrisburg Pa on the first of last week by a pair of African American men who were captured. Fourteen dollars and money believed to belong to the victims were found with the suspects, with the report coming from Harrisburgh through a New Alexandria contact.
Thompson who escaped from prison was caught at a relative’s home near Bloomfield and returned to jail. The incident involved a long pursuit and effort, highlighting the difficulty of evading confinement and the insistence on proper conduct.
A Georgia man told the editor of the National Intelligencer to stop printing the paper because he claimed to be strongly pro Union. The remark highlights tensions over Union support in early national press.
More than two thousand men and horses are now employed upon the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad. Work completed in August valued at $50,000. To finish to Massillon without debt, additional subscriptions of stock totaling $120,000 are needed.
A young man jailed for robbing a Wellsburgh jewelry store escaped yesterday evening as the jailer brought his supper. Father O Neal is actively pursuing him.
Mr E H McFeely Esq of this city has been appointed as agent for the company which insures on more reasonable terms than any company in existence in this country. Refer readers to the advertisement in this morning's paper.
The News reports from Europe via the Canada reaching New York in five days describe brisk trade and better than expected harvests across Great Britain and France, signaling encouraging economic conditions.
Random era notes report Harrison county debates on Mr. Lewis Whig candidate for the State Senate with uncertain majorities. Warnings on farm wagon thefts prompt officers to curb the crime. Agricultural Fair next month in Cincinnati features hotel rates from one to one and a half dollars per day.
Sept 16 1850 in Subenville a letter from M Roberts to W Huaqart Chairman discusses Congress authority to regulate slavery in new states and districts. He argues for Whig principles and party line, pledging votes to support the Speaker and national policy, while noting restraint in the pending election agenda.
Reports from Washington to Philadelphia Inquirer detail dispatches to Norfolk for rapid outfitting amid Cuba tensions. A Cuban expedition is rumored, Spain’s actions provoke US inquiry, and ministerial demands for release of Cuban detainees surface as caution rises.
The Boston Transcript reports a confrontation near an encampment in Newtonville Massachusetts where local police and military force dispersed gamblers. A riot act was read after stones were thrown at officers, one man Calvin Bailey injured, and gamblers fled toward Waltham. City guards loaded with ball cartridges before retreating. shanties were demolished and militia withdrew. A Galena Illinois ordinance bans whistling within city limits with fines from ten to five hundred dollars.
A Dutch husband, after a neighbor advised sweating with hot tea, piled beds over his sick wife and held her down. He suffocated her and left the house as the wife lay unmoving. The correspondent Cowinnai Vonpareil calls for justice.
The Charlestown Free Press reports a Dinwiddie County case where a negro dying in a field was found with eyes bulging as a large snake allegedly crawled down his throat. Efforts to pull the snake out failed. the snake drew back and the man died instantly, thought to have dozed off when the creature entered.
Three brothers, identical in looks, visit an Olive Street barber shop. A German barber, new to the shop, shaves each in one day, marveling at how the beard regrows. The tale ends with the third brother returning for another shave, prompting astonished exclamations.
The first goods by the Pennsylvania Rail Road were received last week by Messrs Beil and Stveet, agents for the company. They arrived in four and a half days from Philadelphia, delayed by an accident on the railroad. A section boat loosened and ran down an inclined plane, causing several deaths, details not yet learned, per the Pittsburgh Gazette yesterday.
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