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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1836
Page
1
The message asserts the sovereign power of the people as refuge when liberties are strained, signaling a political stance advocating popular sovereignty and government accountability. It emphasizes distrust of centralized authority and appeals to civic empowerment.
A long report describes Ohio's Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Columbus, its 1827 incorporation, current term of fifty pupils, and five year program. It notes religious instruction, sign language methods, and annual cost of 75 dollars per pupil. The piece also covers army health, two deaths, and unit movements toward Montgomery with billets and expectations for duty.
A poem extols General Harrison and the cause of liberty. It celebrates victory at river battles, warding off tyranny and praising American bravery, with wreaths, music, and a pledge to freedom. The piece imagines liberty’s banner unfurled and welcomes heroic deeds.
A Columbus writer signed M. F B argues for humane effort to restore reason in the mentally ill and restore the deaf and blind to knowledge through humanity and religion. He urges gentle nurture to awaken intellects instinctively ready for light and virtue.
A July 12 1836 diary entry from the Nashville Republican Volunteers describes crossing the Pensacola River at Ditton Landing with two ferries and a flat boat. It praises Geo Armstrong for leadership on the riverbank and details forage shortages along the Tennessee frontier as Alabama volunteers push toward subsistence and heavier campaigning.
The Louisa Advertiser reports the Invincible left for Galveston Bay with Archer and others aboard. Steamer Choctaw brings word of 300 well equipped volunteers from Natchez plus 150 earlier arrivals. Texas forces under Geo Rusk encamped at Coxs Point with 2500. Mexicans about 10 000 advancing within a day’s march.
The recent Upper Canada elections produced a decisive conservative victory with an overwhelming majority in the Provincial Parliament. The radical reform party suffered a disastrous result as Mr Bipwech, the late Speaker, retired from contest, leaving Rohin as the sole competing candidate to Courier and Enquirer.
A fragment notes that a small amount of plant leaves, when green and soaked in water, form a tasteless colorless jelly. Children reportedly drink it easily, and it is claimed to be the best remedy yet found.
A citizen recalls supporting General Jackson and defending Harrison against critics within the party. He denounces foes who call Harrison a coward, praising his early bravery and leadership. The piece notes broad Jacksonian insistence on reform and party unity across districts and even touches a traveler’s global observations.
An excerpt from the Boston Galaxy recounts Oconnell returning from a South Pacific isle where he was shipwrecked and captured. He survives through wit and fooling the islanders, is tattooed and married to a chief’s daughter, and notes Ascension Island as a trade point with natives who are kind yet wary of iron theft.
A boy riding a pony along between Ecclefechan and Waterbeck heard the pony speak in a booming voice claiming to be eight years old. The rider fled, thinking a trick or danger, while the ventriloquist and onlookers investigated. The boy recalled the animal threatened punishment if the switch was used again, prompting fright and eventual reassurance from Mr. Sibbald and others.
A Rochester article promotes a wooden horse collar as a humane, cooling alternative to leather collars. It claims reduced chafing, improved neck freedom, and durability, produced by Wing and North in the Globe Building beside the railroad office.
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