03 Jul 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1846
Page
1
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The narrative portrays Mexico City as superbly built with Cortes foundations and a grand central plaza. It critiques the President’s Palace for its austere, factory-like look and details the cathedral’s immense silver and gold balustrades, noting the clergy’s reluctance to display wealth.
The observer notes lavish interiors in a Mexico City church and similar wealth in 60 to 80 other churches in the city. He adds that major cities like Puebla, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Durango and San Luis Potosi house equally magnificent houses of worship with substantial treasures stored away.
The piece criticizes Democratic foes for steering issues, defending the banking system and paper currency. It cites David Tod’s anti bank letter, endorses gold and silver as constitutional money, condemns paper money, and warns of sub treasurer schemes. It urges voters to use the ballot box to avert ruinous policies.
Scholo Gazette urges Whigs across Ohio to organize now to counter the Locos and defend the new Tax Law, the State Banking system, and public works. It warns of alleged fiscal misdeeds and gerrymandering, calling for aggressive, fact based opposition and early field effort.
The bill now law expands officer appointments from Major Generals to Brigadier Generals, allows martial law provisions on peace, authorizes militia calls, and sets ranks for volunteer units. It details officer allocations, allowances, and duties across quarters, medical, and ordnance roles with specific pay and subsistence rules. A Washington letter notes illness and political fatigue surrounding President Buchanan and the Fifty-Four Forty faction.
The 1846 prospectus announces a new Tribune format and six daily issues weekly editions. It pledges to oppose war and oppression while championing labor elevation, abolition of intemperance and slavery, and broad social improvement through a reform journalism approach. Subscriptions priced at five dollars yearly for the Daily, two dollars for the Weekly, with multi-copy discounts offered.
A Philadelphia lecture excerpt explains magnetism as a result of spiral electric currents. Silliman describes the magnetic telegraph, polarity of magnets, and the earth as a vast magnet formed by sun driven spiral currents, with needles becoming permanent magnets when wrapped in wire and energized.
A London correspondent reports Dr Silvestre exhibiting petrified organs and flowers at the Marquis of Northampton's home, including a marble skull with exposed brain a stonelike tongue and a bouquet preserved in stone. The piece notes a cheap petrifying method and mocks statuary schemes funded by the era.
The article reports broad support for a new tax law among diverse county residents, noting higher personal property taxes for the wealthy while farmers and moderate earners escape heavier levies. It cites Clarkefield and Peru estates with large assessed values, and highlights related regional railway updates, a Delaware tornado’s impact, and Masonry events.
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