26 Dec 1845
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1845
Page
1
Printed and published weekly by A M Gest. Terms of subscription: one dollar seventy five cents a year if paid in advance, two dollars if paid within the year, and two dollars fifty cents if not paid until the year expires. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates.
The Joint Select Committee reports it is expedient to arrange immediate printing for the current session including laws journals and public documents. Charles Scott offers rates for laws and other printing and a contract is urged with bonds. The report compares Scott's plan to the prior state printer and concludes substantial savings.
Summary of the War Department report notes the regular army consists of about 6,500 rank and file across all arms. It records a single regiment stationed on the Northern frontier from Maine to Lake Superior and only one Dragoon regiment plus two infantry regiments along a vast 1500 mile to New Orleans stretch with artillery reduced by detachments.
The text discusses reorganizing the militia and proposes lowering the enlistment age from eighteen to twenty one. It argues eighteen year olds may bear arms but lack means to equip themselves under the current law.
A reflective essay warns young brides that romantic fantasies of wedded happiness often give way to disillusion and strain. It urges women to pursue intellectual growth and mutual respect while noting the shift from superficial joy to deeper bonds and calls for moral guidance in parenting.
The article urges strict fire vigilance in homes shops and outbuildings. It calls for chimneys and stove pipes protection daily removal of combustibles and ready water buckets. It recounts a Virginia mesmerism scene and notes a November Petersburgh fire destroying twenty buildings with heavy losses.
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