28 Dec 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1848
Page
1
Printed by Andrew M. Gest outlines subscription rates and payment terms. One dollar and seventy five cents if prepaid, sixty days net, or two dollars after that. no paper stops until all arrears are cleared. advertisements billed at standard rates.
A letter from John Smith Jr. argues for preserving the existing non compulsory public school system, warning that forced education risks despotism and social disruption. It praises gradual improvement, cites past progress, and urges cautious reform to protect liberty and national character.
An essay about a rich heir who cannot choose a profession after university. It contrasts a self-made bricklayer who accumulates wealth with his heir who idles despite fortune. The piece warns that wealth without labor wastes both body and soul and urges parents to teach purposeful work.
Sophronius admonishes his grown children to avoid the impure. Eulalia doubts the danger until a coal from the hearth proves it. He draws a parallel that associates coals with the company of the vicious and their influence.
Local report notes Tre Caurrormans may suffer shortage of provisions soon. Letters from gold diggers say they have no time to eat, one man not stopping to eat for three weeks while chasing the root of all evil.
A historical piece explains the many steps in producing a newspaper from blank sheet to mailed edition. It highlights handlings, failing payments, and the printer’s toil while urging subscribers to pay. It contrasts this with breathing exercises to expand the chest and health benefits.
A gun barrel was found recently in a hemlock tree in Armstrong County Pennsylvania. The barrel runs nearly horizontally through the trunk and is over three feet long with a square breech and fluted muzzle. The sights are gold and silver. The tree is about 100 years old. the barrel shows little rust. The breech was above ground and the muzzle partly buried, and the barrel was loaded with a ball.
In L Orient a young priest of Ethiopian heritage recently graduated from Saint Louis College in Paris inherits potential rule in Senegal through death of relatives. He declines the crown citing devotion to religious work and has named his mother and aunt regents.
A man with a grudge against a sausage shopkeeper burst into the store while customers were being served and plunked down a large dead cat on the counter saying it makes nineteen. He exited quickly, leaving startled patrons to abandon their purchases.
Mr A J Stephens of Gaeea delivered a speech to the Rough and Ready Club of Washington on Thursday evening. He critiqued the President's message noting it as elaborate ill-timed and ill-tempered. A friend compared the document to a lawyer arguing after a court decision.
A reflection on history as a tool to learn from past deeds and mistakes. It argues that imitating heroic virtues and avoiding detected vices can educate and mature individuals, guiding conduct by the actions of the Worthiest and marking errors to be avoided. Feltham.
Closing paragraph of Patrick Henry's will asserts that property to his family is complete but he wishes to leave them the Christian religion. He notes that without this, even with money, they would be poor, and with worldly wealth, religion matters more than wealth.
The committee proceeds to Baton Rouge to invite General Taylor to Cincinnati for the inauguration. The Hartford Whig notes indications that Taylor plans a northward journey before the inauguration.
A historical fragment notes how a person’s persistent worry can transform minor injuries into serious harm. It suggests that fear itself, magnified by anxious foreboding, may lead to fatal outcomes through a chain of imagined perils.
A poor man seeks a boon from a miser and insists on a request. The miser counters with a paradox: grant mine first, then I will comply with thine. They agree that the poor man must ask for nothing, turning the exchange into a moral riddle.
A counsellor taunts a countryman in the witness box about lying. The remark, delivered in a smock frock, questions the honesty of the man and implies he is underpaid for his deception.
John Randolph tells a young friend to tell his father to avoid novel reading and whiskey punch. He notes both amusements are injurious to the brain and warns against their influence.
Extensive barn and out buildings of Jeremiah Johnson burned Saturday morning with crops. Six horses and two cows perished. Total loss estimated at seventy five thousand dollars.
Washington cor respondes that gold specimens sent from California to the War Department reveal both high commercial value and vast geological promise. The writer argues gold production is costly and not a sure fortune, warning speculators and urging the U S to sell its interests to spur regional development.
The Pittsburg Gazette outlines costs to reach San Francisco using the Chagres route. It cites about 375 dollars total with 150 to Chagres 20s across the isthmus and 200 from Panama to San Francisco. Second cabin saves about 80 dollars and sailing vessels reduce to around 250 dollars. Travel via Vera Cruz and Acapulco may be faster but cheaper. Panama to San Francisco runs roughly 35 days, with Panama to Realegea 64 dollars, to San Diego 225 dollars, and to San Francisco 250 dollars in state rooms and 100 dollars in forward/cabin options. Pay in advance required.
Report from Mr. Snowden shows California gold meets mint standard 900 to 1000 fineness. About $35,000 to be coined and marked as California gold. some ore and bars stored in the Secretary's office. Specimens of platina and cinnabar are first class. diamonds not confirmed.
The newly arrived Minister Mr. Davis complains of a gross insult as Canton Governor refuses to receive him. Davis vows to wait a week then consider forceful action with four ships of war to assert Uncle Sam's authority and the minister's rights.
Immense numbers of people mainly small farmers are leaving Ireland for America. The current season shows emigration far exceeding spring and summer levels as the tide grows larger daily.
In Patland a resident recalls a fall from a two story house. The speaker asks if the fall hurt and the reply says it did not due to the quick stoppage by something, describing a rustic exchange with humor.
Col Whittlesey reports a wild rice species growing in lakes on the northern Minesota border along Government survey lines. The plant yields rice comparable to Southern staples and is widely harvested by local Indians for food.
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