05 Dec 1845
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1845
Page
1
The notice outlines weekly publication pricing by A. M. Gest with rates: 1.75 dollars annually if prepaid, 2 dollars if paid within the year, and 2.50 dollars if payment is delayed past the year. It notes advertisements at ordinary rates.
The Memphis Convention chaired by John C. Calhoun and C. C. Clay adopts 15 resolutions urging expansive federal funding for river and coast defenses. Highlights call for deepening the Mississippi, linking to the Great Lakes by canal, expanding naval material, improving mail and telegraph, and granting railroad right of way on public lands.
Resolutions urge fair remuneration for road value to public lands and call for removing St. Louis harbor obstructions. They also demand a dry dock and repair facilities for Government vessels at two Gulf of Mexico points.
The Ohio Auditor’s figures show grand list property rising to 144,160,469 from 136,142,666 and merchant capital nearly doubling. Canal tolls total 466,598.51 with several canals up or down, including large increases on the Miami Extension and Wabash and Erie, while drought dented returns.
The article notes historical U S exports of flour and wheat, compares U S supply to Britain and Europe, and discusses price levels and market openness. It also includes agricultural notes on fall and winter plowing to curb pests, planking methods for bripees, and details about Carter the Lion King’s horse General Washington, destined for the United States.
A Kentucky trader Richard son narrates bold frontier feats including a chase by three Black Foot Indians. He shoots one with a rifle, destroys a pursuer with a pistol, and returns home with two spare rifles after killing the enemy. The tale blends danger, resourcefulness, and providence on a remote hunt.
In a Maine town a wealthy, mild husband faces a challenge from a scolding wife whose endless chatter tests family, workers, and courtship. A young suitor vows to win his beloved by curing the wife, proposing a thousand dollar wedding prize if he succeeds.
A husband confesses a dream revealing his sorrow caused by his wife's scolding. The wife repents, the couple reconciles, and six months later the suitor marries the daughter after a large payment. The piece weaves moral tales with legal quips and social commentary, including a lawyerly joke about costs and a note on criminal procedure reforms.
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