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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1849
Page
2
The community will observe the national day of fasting humiliation and prayer tomorrow in Batavia at 11 AM with services in the Presbyterian Church. Citizens are urged to attend the public exercises and participate in the observance.
At a recent board meeting the Clermont County Agricultural Society resolved to hold the annual exhibition on the last Saturday in September at a location along Alrey's Run to be selected later. A list of premium items and certificate awards is prepared but withheld for next week's publication.
About 12 o clock Tuesday night a large frame barn owned by John F. Talley two miles south of town caught fire and burned with two horses hay grain and contents. Loss estimated at about 1500 with part charged to tenant J M Rust. Fire believed to be the work of an incendiary.
Three cholera deaths occur in town since last issue including Wisner in town on Friday and Mary Wisner on Sunday. Do not know new cases since Monday and old cases likely to recover. Across county past week deaths include Peterson of Williamsburg Worthington Rodecker at New Boston Butler near west Amelia Armicost near Felicity and an unnamed at Milford. Dr John Robinson, formerly of this township, died of cholera near the line with Brown Brows County at Slyetown. Georgetown Standard notes about 85 deaths within twelve miles of Georgetown and over 100 in the county. no more cases locally reported.
A Sun correspondent titled A Democrat derides former Whigs who joined the Democratic ranks for office, criticizing their ingratitude toward the party and warning opposition leaders in Clermont County that apostasy will not be rewarded. The writer calls these men presumptuous hypocrites and predicts their fate in party spoils.
A late act of Congress creates a Census Board in Washington City. Members John M. Clayton Reverdy Johnson and Jacob Collamer will determine which statistical subjects should be collected in the next year’s census and prepare forms. They solicit early suggestions on topics not in the sixth census.
The Board of Health lists weekly burial counts by cause for cholera and other diseases for the week ending Tuesday noon. Citywide mortality over six weeks totals 4277 with a noted decline after the 15th of the month as daily reports improved. The Gazette traces cholera progression from May 10 to July 30 with a cumulative 2950 deaths.
A Saturday night blaze at St Louis destroyed four steamboats the Algoma San Francisco Mary Phoenix and Dubuque with heavy freight loss. Captains Young Worth Kennett Beebe Leonard and McComas involved. riots erupted as Irish and firemen clashed and police suppressed further violence.
Telegraphic summaries report Sandusky with 100 cholera deaths in two days and population drop from 4000 to 500. New York records 152 cases and 52 deaths on Sunday, 69?2 cholera deaths that week. Philadelphia and St Louis also report high cholera activity with hundreds of cases and many deaths. Pittsburgh logs 34 cases and 12 deaths in 24 hours.
The town greets Cyrus Famiteo a former resident as Postmaster at Amelia replacing Mr Satton who was removed from the position in this county.
Gov. Ford names Col. Philo H. Olmsted of Columbus to serve as Quarter Master General of the Ohio Militia after Gen. Gale's death. The appointment is regarded as strong and appropriate.
The tenth annual report shows 1210 admissions and 873 discharges for 1848 with 541 cured 149 died and 183 removed. There are 337 patients now in the asylum with various forms of insanity. During the year just closed 183 patients were received and 155 discharged with 93 cured. The report urges planning for one or two additional institutions to meet future community needs.
Scioto Gazette criticizes Dr. Townshend of Lorain county as an English abolition chartist. It accuses Ohio Locofocos of siding with him for petty offices like associate judgeships, calling it surrender to British influence. The note mocks the doctor’s lineage and suggests misdirected reform harms society.
An 1844 account notes Senator Benjamin Tappan cast the deciding yes to Texas annexation, extending slavery in new territory. By 1849 a convention of anti slavery advocates honored him for guiding the Ordinance of 1787 anniversary celebrations, praising his consistency.
A richly furnished carriage stops near the old Brown place north of Bethel. A six to eight week old infant is found on a doorstep with a card naming Wivuram Accorn. Miss Jane Cox and later Mrs. McCall of Bethel care for the child. Bethel, July 28, 1849. OCEOLA.
Arrival from Venezuela reports Paez landing with about 10,000 troops at Coro on July 2. He fought Government forces on July 10 and defeated them, then assumed command. Paez reportedly intended to annihilate Monagas or die.
From Honduras July 30 Captain Canfield of the schooner B. C. Foster from Balize Honduras reports a circulating tale of a July 8 battle at Brealer between Mexicans and Indians in which the Mexicans suffered about 500 dead.
In Cleveland John Van Buren declared that he had always acted with the Democratic party until last year and then questioned if such a party even existed. He voiced uncertainty about party identity and loyalty amid shifting political alignments.
The Danville Tribune reports a white man, John Rider, killed two miles from town on the Dix river road. His body was found eaten by hogs. Rider, an Englishman running a wool factory for nineteen years, had $322 in money and about $2900 in bank notes and accounts on him. A coroner's inquest returned death from an unknown cause.
Professor Olmstead of Yale College argues in the New Haven Palladium that there is no unusual connection between atmospheric electricity and cholera. He contends that factors changing atmospheric electricity may influence disease impact, but do not prove a direct causal link to the epidemic.
The London Medical Times reports a risky Russian experiment where four murderers slept in beds believed to be from cholera victims. The beds were unused, yet within four hours three of the men died of malignant cholera, a result the article notes with caution.
The Crescent City arrives from Chagres with later California news. Gold shipments top $500,000 on Panama voyage and over $200,000 aboard the Crescent City. California miners number 20,000 to 30,000, many foreigners, while San Francisco trade suffers and lumber sells high. A June 12 mass meeting in California pushes toward forming a state government under Peter H. Burnett and Thomas Butler King.
The lettered excerpts warn Californias gold era dulling, citing 250 passengers on a San Francisco steamer with 120 returning. It notes mass distress in Mazatlan, robberies, and meager profits from mining while U.S. emigrants sell belongings. The piece contrasts Whig governance with Locofocoism in Ohio, praising Whig measures and debt reduction.
A Fort Kearney letter dated June 10 notes 5092 wagons passed toward California by sundown with about 1000 more behind. It says fever subsided in many cases and a few more rain doses aid recovery. Some turn back, fearing ridicule upon return, while Pioneer line coaches reached Fort Kearney on the 9th aiming for 70 to 100 days travel. one month left to cover about 300 miles.
A hunter named Mr. Harter, six miles from town, confronted a large catamount or lynx in a woods encounter. He fired a single shot, killing the animal which measured 43 feet nose to tail. Its origin and ownership remain unknown.
A countryman chasing geese that fled his wagon encountered three birds near the Bank Exchange. They scattered before capture and waddled toward the Atlas Dispatch and Globe offices, a minor episode amid a bustling Western city.
A harsh critique from Xenia Torchlight targets political tricksters who push partisan legislation as if it were vital reform, likening their tactics to making footballs of important laws and underscoring the manipulation of public policy for gain.
The Charleston Courier prints seven columns of Mr. Calhoun’s speech replying to Mr. Benton. Calhoun denounces Benton as unworthy of notice and insists he opposes disunion while blaming Northern fanatics for blocking compromise. He asserts merit for Clay ton’s compromise, denies authoring the Missouri Compromise, and accuses Benton of proposing to abolish slavery in half of Texas. The speech is bitter and forceful throughout.
The 21st engagement near Pered pitted 30,000 Hungarian troops under Gergey against Austrian forces including Whelgemuth’s corps and 10,000 Russian auxiliaries under Panintin. After a daylong battle, reinforcements swayed the fight, forcing a Hungarian retreat across the Waag with heavy losses on both sides.
Paris, the London Morning Herald reports good authority that France will not bind the Pope with conditions entering Rome. It urges resuming administrative reforms, open public employment for laymen, municipal expansion, radical justice reform modeled on the French code, and a French Conseil General, outlining Odillon Barrot’s program.
The Kentucky struggle centers on freedom or slavery as the decisive matter in the Conventional canvass. The aim is to win public ear through discussion, even if the Convention fails to endorse Emancipation, as the conversation will continue. N Y Tribune notes the noble effort persists and gains attention despite electoral outcomes.
The Washington Union urges that a Democratic candidate be chosen who will vow to remove every officeholder who currently or in four years admits being a Whig and to strictly keep that pledge. The Albany Journal notes the Union’s focus on preventing spoils from influence.
Hamilton County grand jury returns two bills for murder in the first degree against James B Summona accusing him of poisoning. The indictment highlights alleged intent and outcome under state law and sets the stage for prosecution in the county court.
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