09 Dec 1843
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1843
Page
1
A weekly publication circulated under the imprint of A M Gest. The notice confirms the periodical’s publication by the named printer and publisher, indicating regular issuance and ownership details.
A long excerpt from Tales of the Colonies extols the book as a masterwork of vivid adventure and peril. It recounts a narrator escaping a burning hut and native attack, detailing cunning, courage, and near death culminating in rescue by Crabb and companions.
The editor of the New York Commercial rebukes the profusion of titles by noting common people called professors after balloon ascents and dancers labeled artistes. The piece cites rising vanity in titles, contrasting a plain Mister with ornate ranks, and calls out recent incidents of attempted assaults and legal actions, including a Providence Journal remark on the insanity defense and connoisseurlike behavior.
Born August 6 1775 at Carhen near Caherciveen Kerry Daniel O Connell rose to prominence as Liberator educated in Europe studied law in England admitted to the Irish bar Easter term 1796 Married June 3 1802 to Mary O Connell of Tralee inherited Darrynane after 1809 Uncle General Count O Connell Knight of the Holy Ghost died July 9 1833 near Blois France at age 99 indicates the O Connell family tradition of long life.
The Vermont lower chamber passed a bill 167 to 5 to block enforcement of the 1793 act. It prohibits judges officers and citizens from acting on enslaved person claims and bans aiding transport. Violations carry a $1000 fine or five years in prison. Reports from South Carolina note a deadly incident in Laurens district on October 28.
The narrative details a remarkable altered rock landscape near Goshen’s hole with white marl and limestone cliffs, resembling a fortified town with domed parapets and minarets. It notes wind and water carving cliffs along White river and a pass two miles wide leading into the hole, viewed by a lone traveler. Nearby police pursuit and theft cases are briefly reported in Lebanon Star.
An account from a French source details the martyrdom of M Borie, missionary to Tong King in China. He is said to have confronted arrest with calm majesty, preached to onlookers, and endured a brutal execution requiring seven sabre blows, without a cry. Also noted is a Cincinnati steam packet sailing to New Orleans with over 2000 barrels of provisions and a large cheese shipment along with nearly 10,000 flower pots aboard.
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