28 Dec 1844
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1844
Page
1
A. M. Gest publishes a weekly periodical detailing local notices, notices, and community items. The brief header notes the publisher and the regular weekly schedule for community readers.
Delegates from Ohio counties convened in Columbus at 6 AM to form the Ohio State Temperance Society. Richard Douglass was elected president with a slate of officers and a detailed constitution outlining membership, duties, and annual meetings. The body passed resolutions urging license-law repeal or amendment and called for a state temperance paper and agent, plus mass meetings in Dayton and Cleveland.
A Cincinnati Herald writer travels through Virginia describing an aging Sussex county home. He paints the interior as pristine and orderly, noting a ninety year old dwelling, a graveyard, a family prayer book from 1738, and an elderly owner who recently died. Autumn’s mood and pine forests frame the visit, with distant railroad data from Germany about late August totals.
The Kentucky electors conveyed heartfelt respect to Henry Clay at his threshold. Clay’s reply expressed gratitude for public support, affirmed obedience to the electoral result, and urged the Whig party to persevere in pursuing its principles for national harmony and strength. He emphasized unity, constitutional duty, and hope for stable policy.
The piece reports Alabama Supreme Court upheld a Butler circuit court verdict in a conspiracy case where a forged marriage license and fake justice of the peace ceremony were used to deceive a couple. It holds that civil marriage is valid when the couple declares intent before witnesses, even without a license or authorized ceremony.
An essay argues that great men should not violate the Sabbath, citing Waterloo New Orleans and Lake Champlain battles where attackers were defeated. It also reports a Cherokee Nation prairie fire death toll, describing two men Fields and their two sons burned trying to save lives, one boy saved by courage.
Gen Simon Perkins an early Western Reserve settler died at Warren on the 15th ultime He was born in Norwich Connecticut and moved to Western New York in 1795 then to Northern Ohio in 1798 He served as a land surveyor and agent and resided in Warren from 1801 until his death
The Richmond Whig reports that Mr. Clay, in a letter to Mr. Botts, says his public life is over and he will spend the remaining days on his farm. Also noted is Mr. Clay's emancipation of his long-time attendant Charles on the 6th, described as a creditable act. The notice also mentions heirs of Mary Brown and a potential large bequest to J M Williams in Ohio, inviting editors to publish to claim their thanks.
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