Printed and Published Weekly by A. M. Gest
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04 Jan 1845
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1845
Page
1
The fragment notes that a weekly publication is printed and published by A. M. Gest. No further details are provided about dates, location, or content.
The outline shows fiscal year revenue totaling 30 381 700 03 from customs 26 183 570 94 public lands 2 059 939 8 and miscellaneous sources 261 007 94 Treasury notes loans under act of March 3 1843 1 877 181 35. Expenditures were 32 958 827 94 with debt payments 14 556 134 34. Existing U S debt July 1 24 748 188 23. December 1 prior 23 850 673 03. Secretary recommends a sinking fund of 2 million annually to pay interest and redeem principal. Imports year ending June 30 1844 gross revenue customs 29 137 060 60 net 26 183 570 94 cost of collection 2 954 489 60. Sec recommends tariff reform of 1842 for import revenue. Critique notes lack of perspicuity and varying duties at ports, and concern about treaties and domestic manufacture incentives within necessary revenue limits.
The speaker argues that the proposed review and modification of the 1842 act aims to awaken attention and prompt inquiry rather than immediate congressional action. The report contains additional material likely to merit further examination and possible future reference for informed legislation on the contained principles and interests.
The Columbus correspondent notes a dense Cass faction network within the Democratic party. Leaders, office seekers, and caucuses clash over Cass influence, Polk administration access, and postmaster appointments as Medary and Brough allies push for spoils.
The Custom House now operates in the marble former United States Bank building. Interior repainted and refurnished for officers with neat furnishings. A fifty foot flag staff on Chestnut Street proclaims Philadelphia’s grand and beautiful new facility.
The people of New Hampshire overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would strike from the state constitution the clause barring anyone not of the Protestant religion from serving as a State Representative or Senator.
A stranger courting a young woman elopes toward Boston on a departing afternoon train. The mother confronts the lovers at the depot, the girl lacks a ticket, and a last ditch chase ends as the train pulls away. The tale serves as a moral urging parents to vet suitors for daughters.
A discussion on how slight slopes drive water motion. Three inches per mile yields about three mph. The Ganges drops eight hundred feet over eighteen hundred miles, taking over a month to reach the sea. The Magdalena maintains steep rapids over a thousand miles, while the Rio de la Plata's descent and winds lift ships upriver for miles.
A Greek maid states she can bring her husband a heart unspotted and virtuous, a treasure more valuable than any wealth. The text notes that returning good for evil and not resisting injuries reflect a great mind and noble conduct.
The Oxford Mercury reports a new tobacco candy in North Carolina. Dr. John Downey presented a dark bitter sweet candy made from boiled tobacco stems, claiming tobacco offers medical value and the preparation could become an effective remedy.
Mr Josiah Tewksbury and wife of Danville died within three years of each other after living seventy one years in wedlock. The piece notes the long union as a lengthy period, then reflects that time passes swiftly and those years were “a tale which is told.”
Georgia paper reports the death of John A. Murrell at Pikeville Tennessee the so called land pirate once prominent in the press for years and recently released from prison. He died of consumption and denied guilt of the principal charges until his last moment.
Macaulay portrays the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France with brutal detail. He cites daily executions, widespread cruelty, and inhuman acts from Paris to the provinces, including mutilations, drownings, and mass deaths on the river Seine.
The New York Tribune prints an 1844 letter from Trieste announcing the capture of a large piratical barque named the Avenger. The crew allegedly committed at least 200 murders and plundered multiple ships over two years. The vessel is English built, 700 tons, with tall masts and a sharp deep hull. The same issue notes Morseian magnetic telegraph plans linking New York, Boston, and Philadelphia toward the new national network.
The body of Joseph Bonaparte was laid to rest on August 2 in the Santo Corce church in Florence. He reportedly left about three million dollars to his widow and daughter, who is married to her cousin, the Prince de Marignano. The Bordentown estate is said to fall to his widow, with Lucien Murst, nephew by marriage to Napoleon, as the only resident remaining.
A man from northern New Hampshire argues against abolishing capital punishment by saying those who deserve hanging would move there, and the state already has enough of that class.
An English gentleman with fourteen years in Western Africa, a former governor, asserts that about nine-tenths of Africa's population are slaves. He notes slave-to-free ratios of up to thirty to one in places and describes slavery in varied forms from absolute control to family privileges, even heredity of the master's property. He argues eradication requires universal Gospel promotion.
Mr Catlin pursues a lavish London publication titled Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. It will be subscription only and backed by royal and noble patronage including Queen Victoria and the Emperor of Russia, with support reportedly secured.
An eye witness recalls Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage on October 29, 1844 presenting General Armstrong with the sword worn at New Orleans. The moment was described as exceedingly interesting.
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