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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1849
Page
1
The notice lists payment terms: one dollar and seventy five cents if prepaid, or two dollars if paid after sixty days. The paper will not be discontinued for arrears until all amounts are settled. An advertisement indicates rates and terms applied.
Correspondence from the New-York Tribune describes Major Emory's expedition toward San Diego via Santa Fe, detailing a route across the Del Norte valley, Santo Domingo and San Felippe, with notes on climate, terrain, mining prospects at Bernalillo and the Gila watershed, and forecasts of Indian lands and marriage market dynamics along the way.
A July 28 1848 letter from California resident describes voyage around the Cape and the wealth boom after gold discovery. It notes rising wages, depopulated towns, women managing households, and vivid reports from Monterey and the Sacramento region including fortunes and moral concerns.
A fragment laments the future of the region as a harsh decline in population. It warns that only the worst elements will stay while commending pity for any decent white man remaining six months hence.
An essay extols farms as ideal schools teaching geology botany and practical farming. It argues for integrating scientific study into public schools including geology entomology chemistry and drawing for agricultural gain. It cites Franklin and urges summer practicals and winter theory with home study.
The Official Gazette of Stockholm notes workers unearthed a 260 pound lump of pure silver on September 14 and a 436 pound find on October 6 at the Korgsberg mine. The mine, once offered in London for £10,000, has mostly yielded government profits around £20,000 annually.
The article notes Louis Napoleon favored a Republican Union and remains unmarried. His cousin, Princess Mathilde Demidoff, is mentioned as performing duties at the French President's establishment.
A witty exchange notes that man alone possesses laughter as a power and perhaps deserves to be laughed at. The earl remarks that humans may be the only beings worthy of ridicule.
A discourse extols truly great men for resisting conformity, forging original paths, and shaping the age with fearless will. It contrasts impulse with reason, praising enthusiastic action, sympathy, and fidelity to friends while urging compassion for impulsive errors.
The Richland exploded before burning to the water’s edge while on the Cheraw to Georgetown, South Carolina voyage. Several lives were lost including John McFarland of Cheraw and a Mr. Davis and his wife. About 1000 bales of cotton were aboard the steamer.
Advice on keeping feet warm to prevent colds. Avoid tight shoes and damp footwear, choose easy shoes, and prevent restricted blood flow. Do not sit in damp shoes as moisture steals warmth and slows circulation, leading to cold feet.
Worcester inventor Henry M Paine reports to Scientific American a method of producing light by mechanical action using only water and lime. He claims a four thousand gas burner intensity in a four square foot apparatus costing one mill per hour, with electricity generated by a winded machine and all parts except the generator visible for public inspection. He plans a public exhibition for one year before revealing the generator mechanism.
At a late E Church South conference in Elizabeth City, Rev. Roaser extolled Zachary Taylor and his Spartan band against Mexican forces. The scene drew cheers from Taylor supporters and fear from his opponents as the preacher concluded with a quip about salvation and faith. A Democratic pastor then led the hymn Come on my partners in distress, provoking laughter among Taylor friends.
A Hoosier member mocked Horace Greeley after an exchange in Congress, muttering that he had never seen anyone like him out west, leaving observers amused by the encounter.
The passage notes Wisconsin exempts a homestead of forty acres or village lot of half an acre with improvements from liability up to 1000 dollars, suggesting three fourths of people have no responsibility for debt. It adds Michigan laws are similarly liberal on this point.
The letter states General Taylor resigns when called by the people to serve in another capacity. The Hamilton Intel remarks on Speaker Lester's lengthy session, calling it an attempt to hatch treason. New York City records 14,618 deaths in 1848, about one per 29 residents.
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