16 Jan 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1846
Page
1
A concise notice stating that the publication is issued weekly under the control of A. M. Gest. It confirms the newspaper’s weekly schedule and custodial attribution to Gest.
A 1846 Batavia letter denounces the district’s failure to establish a free school. It cites a near finished $2000 schoolhouse, funds $500 to $1000, 270 children with 150 unserved, and costs of $1200 yearly versus $600 for a proper free school. It questions trustees oath and calls for action to ensure universal education.
The 29th Congress debates Oregon policy as Mr Adams urges giving formal notice to Great Britain to terminate joint occupancy. He links war danger to delay and favors a measured show of force only after notice. Critics accuse party factions of pursuing Texas and Oregon for political gain.
Members discuss the notice to Great Britain as treaty required before asserting possession of Oregon. They urge unity if war occurs, caution military buildup, and call for protecting emigrants and frontiers with stockades. Two memorials from citizens are noted. adjournment ends the debate.
A House bill by Mr. Douglass outlines Oregon governance north to latitude 54 40, west to the Rocky Mountain crest and Pacific, with Iowa laws extended, a treaty notice by the President, a mail route from St Joseph to Columbia mouth, stockades, two mounted rifle regiments, and land grants to each eligible white male settler and his family.
The report updates on the Appaction Case with Judge McCoomas set to hold a special Parkersburg term and may admit bail of $100 per prisoner, a reversal from prior freeholders’ bond demands. It notes Ohio citizens offering to identify Virginians, but bail remains uncertain amid lingering confinement and questions of conviction likelihood. It also recounts New Orleans serenade customs funding charities, a Boston murder suspect captured near New Orleans, Christmas laws in 1651 Massachusetts, Mormon removal concerns in Illinois, and urges U.S. government attention to the issue.
The piece recounts a childhood tale of Daniel and Ezekiel Webster, contrasting their temperaments. It also reports Mississipp i Conference 1845 membership gains, Sunday Schools, and preacher counts, plus damage from a powder keg blast at Akron Second Advent Tabernacle, with the Bible undamaged.
A compilation of opinions and reports: true friends differ from fair weather smiles, Louisiana’s duel ban signals civilizing change, a New England Society toast mocks Pilgrim sentiment, Natchez husband/wife death rumor after Belle Zone sinking, U S District Court indicts Mormon leaders for coin forgery, magnetic telegraph line progress Baltimore Philadelphia New York, and a Clark County Missouri prairie fire death of Mrs Kyle and Amos Kendall’s mother-in-law.
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