05 Feb 1847
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1847
Page
1
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The text notes that the Legislature retains the right to alter modify or withdraw a proposed charter before it is accepted and ratified by all contracting parties, emphasizing the need for a sufficient number of bona fide subscribers to the capital stock to show legal acceptance.
A reader using the signature "8" argues the Belpre to Cincinnati route is superior to Todd's fork path. He cites directness, canal tax burdens on Clermont and Brown, and pressure for legislature to require a through route, noting canals are being superseded by railroads and toll costs rise.
The Ohio Sun letter argues for a Cincinnati to Belpre route through the county seat, analyzing the cost, distance, and impact of linking with the Baltimore and Ohio line at Parkersburg. It contrasts routing via Hillsboro and Todd's Fork with a direct Hillsborough to Columbia line, weighing profitability and control issues. A brief crime note then reports two Dayton deaths, Lass weed and Friberger, both described as intemperate.
In a dated 1846 letter from the Army of Occupation, General Taylor explains his movements from Camargo to Seralvo and Monterrey, justifies the surrender terms with Mexico, and notes that officials in Washington were not fully satisfied yet defending his decision to avoid a costly storming of the city.
A generals memo argues against advancing beyond Saltillo, proposing occupation of a Gulf to Pacific line and Tampico area. He discusses siege challenges, artillery, manpower needs, and a blockade plan aimed at forcing Mexico to seek peace while warning of supply limits and current transport hardships.
A fragmentary letter by Z. Taylor discusses movements of troops from Tennessee and Kentucky to Mexico and reflects on transit times and recruitment. It also describes Monterey, capital of New Leon, its location on the San Juan river, population, Moorieh style stone houses, fortresses, and its strategic position for travel between the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico City via the Sierra Madre.
The Senate backed Senator Corwins amendment granting land bounty to soldiers who served in the war by a 29 to 18 vote with Col Benton opposing. The piece notes this as a rare victory over the Napoleon of the Senate and argues for rewarding veterans with public land to sustain the nation and pay debts.
A Pennsylvania post master was judged liable for years of subscription costs after continuing to receive and sell a distant paper. The decision held that sending a used copy marked stop without postmark or locality is not legal notice. A proper written notice with name, place, and reason must be sent, franked, to the publisher.
A London paper fronts a lengthy column on Irish famine casualties and the cruel verdicts death by starvation etch on the poor. The writer laments extreme hunger and notes small aid like Indian corn could have saved lives in many cases.
A Caernarvon correspondent reports a stout woman seen strolling who balanced wood on her head, carried a child on her back, and held a cudgel while driving four cows along. She scolded in Welsh if the beasts swerved from her chosen path.
A physician and patient conducted a medical consultation via Electric Telegraph fifty miles apart. Tyrone county notes a farmer aged 120 with a 99 year old son and remarkable reading ability. Boston’s Tirrell was acquitted of arson after prior acquittal for murder. prosecutors pursue adultery charges.
Judge McHenry of New Orleans holds that a slave who left the country and reached free soil is no longer a slave upon return, establishing a significant legal precedent in emancipation matters.
The article argues that moral wrong underpins opposition to Texas annexation and slave expansion, warning of party splits over slavery in new territories. It urges Congress, northern and midwestern allies, and religious citizens to defend the constitution and resist partisan maneuvers toward slavery and disorder.
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