25 Jan 1849
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1849
Page
1
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Poem tribute printed in the Clermont Courier dated January 1849. A mourning piece recalling the early sweetness and lasting memory of a departed soul, with lines inspired by Byron and imagery of dawn, sunset, and eternal rest.
In a Baden salon a phrenologist’s bold claim uncovers a murder amid a tale of romance. Carl Hoffenen confesses to killing a rustic wife to win Clara Hartmann, and ingloriously dies by poison after a dramatic trial. The wounded baron’s ward Clara later marries Professor Leyden, linking fate, science, and passion.
A Virginia debtor named Reuben Rouzy owed General Washington about one thousand pounds. After a petition and a swift Philadelphia order for release, Washington discharged the debt and let Rouzy pay the amount in the form of gifts to his children. The tale ends with Rouzy’s gratitude and the family’s prayers for their benefactor.
The article notes Arab cavalry avoid stallions and mares to prevent alarm during surprise attacks, while Africans favor open plain warfare with superior force. It also reports Louisiana Governor's message: sculptor Hiram Powers to make a Washington statue for the State House in Baton Rouge, but $5000 is deemed well below the price.
The piece argues Americans share a national weakness for titles a lingering leaven from founders days. It cites 1789 debates on styling the President as His Highness and contrasts with Jefferson who rejected Esquire and embraced simple Quaker address.
Excerpt presents a meditation on love and virtue as life poetry, contrasting selfishness with Christian love and urging duties of usefulness. It then presents Napoleon Bonaparte's inaugural address, calling for democratic stability, conciliation, and progress within the Republic, acknowledging General Cavaignac and urging unity beyond party lines.
The Pittsburgh Journal recounts a veteran printer who left home at nine and trained at thirteen. He claims travels through Europe and across twenty seven U.S. cities, service in merchant ships and the army, two publishers’ ventures, medical and ministerial study, temperance lecturing, and a personal fortune of 7350 dollars before age 26. He also notes two marriages and attachment to Ringgold's artillery at Trenton.
A drunken man on New Year’s Day in a Chatham street groggery falls asleep. A nostril snuffing prank using a pipe and Scotch snuff makes him sneeze for fifteen minutes, sobers him, and he leaves the house sneezing with snuff still in his head.
Mrs. Mary Dickson, postmistress of Lancaster, acknowledges receiving an anonymous letter with fifteen dollars in gold. The writer says it was unlawfully taken from her about ten years ago and asks forgiveness from her and God, whom she says he will soon meet.
Items aboard the U S store ship Supply include water from the Dead Sea Jordan River and Siloam Pool, and a pillar of salt claimed to resemble Lot s wife. Also on board are an Egyptian mummy cattle of Arabia wooden rosaries Dead Sea shells gazelles and more. Lieutenant Lynch may later publish his travels.
Lord Lindsay records finding a two thousand year old mummy in Egypt with a tuberous root in its hand. He planted the root, exposed it to sun and rain, and weeks later the root sprouted and produced a blooming dahlia in his care.
A New York hatter asked President elect permission to make a hat for General Taylor. Baton Rouge replies with thanks. The General prefers black, but allows the manufacturer to choose material and style, provided it follows prevailing fashion.
The Bank of Norwalk assigns its assets to Wm Patterson and C T Sherman who will exhibit the bank's affairs and wind up the business.
The New York Tribune reports a surge of educated and wealthy Americans leaving for new regions aboard ships from New York Boston Gloucester Nantucket and New London. Prominent publishers editors artists officials and professionals are among the departures seeking faster wealth. Vessels from New York twelve sails and twenty more planned. Boston nine and nineteen more. Gloucester Nantucket and New London also listing departures.
The Cincinnati Atlas reports total cholera deaths in New Orleans since its onset reaching 1,115. Asiatic cholera deaths number 870, with claims the Swanton ship from Havre brought additional cases on December 11. The peak day saw 92 total deaths, including 4 Asiatic cases.
The Paulding Clarion notes many emigrants mainly from Alabama and Georgia travel westward along public roads seeking a promised land. It is not uncommon for up to a hundred wagons to traverse in a single day as they seek a new home.
The report outlines receipts of 2,968,400 and expenditures of 2,541,848 for the year, with 441,142 left to reduce the state debt. It notes a total state debt of 19,173,223 and a temporary loan by fund commissioners. Canals and repairs receipts are listed, and a Boston Post item on Captain John Taggart’s air navigation project is criticized for overoptimistic claims.
Washington correspondent for the New York Courier notes that sectional developments have been deliberated with consequences in mind and that plans for a Southern confederacy have been sketched, designating Atlanta, Georgia, as the future seat of government.
A large Cincinnati meeting discussed building a railroad to St Louis. Professor Mitchell reported the route practicable. St Louis contributed 500000 dollars. A committee of Hall Wright and Robt Buchanan was appointed to memorialize the Legislature to authorize Cincinnati to subscribe a million dollars in stock with citizen backing.
A person in Springfield Massachusetts aimed at a shadow reflected in a mirror on the evening of the 13th, firing through the window. The glass shattered but the intended target escaped without injury.
A resolution invites General William Taylor and all Kentucky officers and soldiers who served in the war to meet General Taylor during his upcoming official visit to Frankfort as the guest of the state.
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