02 Jan 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1846
Page
1
Printed and published weekly by A. M. Gest. Terms of subscription: One dollar and fifty cents a year 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.
In Washington the Senate debated the Texas annexation as a slave state with Webster opposing and Calhoun and others supporting it. The measure passed the Senate by a large majority and was sent back to the House. Levy proposed opening negotiations with Spain for Cuba cession, with the resolution laid over. The House adjourned its business to elections for a chaplain.
On the House ballot Milburn led with 35 votes on the first ballot and was elected after the third ballot. The Senate passed the Texas annexation actions and confirmed ministers and judges while adjourning for Christmas. The House printed 16 000 maps for the President's message and public documents as petitions oppose Texas annexation.
The Ohio State Temperance Society met at the First Presbyterian Church Columbus on December 17 1845 with Gov Bartley presiding. Delegates were registered by a three member committee and attendees could join by pledge or as visiting members, amid debates on licensing laws and measures to eradicate temperance evils.
A late nineteenth century temperance assembly endorses total abstinence and stricter liquor laws. Resolutions call for preaching on abstinence, mass meetings in multiple cities, opposition to grain distilling, and memorializing the legislature to restrict licenses. Officers and committees are named, with Gov. Bartley presiding at evening sessions.
The secretary lauds ships and establishments as orderly. It notes Philadelphia naval asylum care for veterans and a Naval School at Annapolis for midshipmen before and after sea service. Calls to extend Pensacola yard and evaluate Memphis for ship repair and shipbuilding. Emphasizes live oak preservation and mineral region supervision. reserves lake defenses for Congress.
The piece argues against claims that banks escape taxation and presents a Kelley data-driven comparison. It cites seven state bank branches paying in November an average capital of $425 509 and average four month employment of 1320. etc.
The Cincinnati Gazette editors urge fair math on banks versus individual taxes, noting 9 3-10 mills vs 14 more mills on money at interest. They report Judge Garland’s preliminary examination in New Orleans with alleged document fraud and a dramatic plea scene. Benjamin Franklin’s electric machine is praised for scale, and other notes mention women’s status, pork weighing in Iowa, and a Philadelphia Ledger quote.
Paris Messenger recounts a wager between Count de Brechtenstein and Carol Lieftern over frightening a friend. Lieftern hid under a bed, dressed as a skull, fired a pistol, and Brechtenstein died of apoplexy. Lieftern and the valet were arrested and to be tried next month.
The piece argues education aims to form character through example and surroundings from infancy. It warns early experiences shape life habits and dispositions, comparing shaping to how soil affects a tree. It also cites a US Journal piece on reading time and social expectations.
After a medical consult, several physicians decide a dropsical patient should be tapped. Hearing this, the son begs his father not to submit, claiming nothing in their house ever tasted as weak as the operation.
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