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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1850
Page
2
The Daily Times announces the death of President United States General Zachary Taylor at 10 30 PM after illness. The Vice President Cabinet Mayor and physicians surrounded his bed as he spoke his final words I am pare I have endeavored to do my duty the report notes.
Messrs. M. Jamieson and M. L. Bryan are authorized to receive and receipt for all money due the Courier establishment during our absence.
The town denies cholera cases after reports of outbreaks abroad. Health is excellent for the season. Citizens are urged to maintain precautions to protect health and prevent disease.
Cholera returned to Bethel with three fatalities and several suspected cases. Dr. O P Griffith, a young physician, died after a brief illness. Mrs Keziah Tice and John S Vice, relatives of John R Tice, also succumbed within days. Rumors of additional cases emerged while officials noted no further deaths at that time.
The July Term begins Tuesday with a docket totaling 183 common law 136 chancery 74 partition petitions 26 criminal 269 law issues plus 12 divorces and 13 supreme court mandates. Judge Cortines will attend the first week as 17 days remain to hear 269 law cases and 96 criminal matters across designated days.
The Fourth was celebrated in Batavia Williamsburg and Amelia with Sabbath School events. Churches held processions and talks by Rev. Ross Scofield Whitmer Garley Brownly and others. A communal dinner followed at the court house with generous local provisioning.
T D Hartshaw Esqr transmits a late report on Cynthiana events on the Fourth. A pole with the flag was raised, a morning crowd gathered, J W Lowe Esqr gave a patriotic address, followed by a sumptuous dinner cooked by the fair and attended freely. Dozens offered toasts, with full publication promised next week.
Judge Johnston, candidate for governor, visited Judge Wood at his lakeside homestead eight miles from Cleveland. Wood’s Ohio farm features a renowned deer park and gardens, praised grounds, and abundant fruits. Johnston reports successful meetings, asks Wood to stump with him, but Wood declines to compete with the Woodchopper.
The Gazette and Chronicle report July 1 to 7 deaths with cholera dominant. Board of Health notes 93 deaths in 24 hours, 65 from cholera. 187 weekly interments include 118 cholera deaths. Reports show fluctuating daily totals and a hopeful decrease in cholera mortality.
A Boston dispatch reports another hearing for Professor Webster before the Executive Council with petitions urging sentence commutation. A final hearing is scheduled for the 18th.
A Keck and Davenport railroad car factory near Sportsman’s Hall Fulton was destroyed by fire Sunday with $25 000 in finished work and $45 000 total value. Sportsman’s Hall sustained about $2 000 in damages with no insurance. A separate blaze at Brooklyn Turpentine Warehouse owned by Mr Thorn caused about a million dollars in losses. New York suffered another fire the same evening, destroying property worth forty to fifty thousand dollars. an ensuing firefight injured several, one fatal. An editorial notes partisanship and infighting in local politics, warning the Whig allied factions to reform.
A two and a half foot cast bush sprouted through the Court House floor during the Lo tofoco convention. It grew from a tree twenty feet away, its roots threading under the building and emerging between the bricks before being destroyed. The author ponders a moral to the incident.
Congress details offer little of note with the Compromise bill stalled in the Senate. A proposal to vote Monday was dismissed by Mr. Clay who said final questions depend on many amendments and speeches. He suggested leaving the debate to proceed without restraint, with a rough bet of Christmas at latest.
A town report notes the Constitutional Convention has adjourned in Cincinnati in December with no further details forthcoming.
A request asks residents in cholera affected parishes to inform authorities of any deaths due to the disease to aid public health response and record keeping.
The Board of Health reports Louisville in good health with only a few spasmodic cholera cases. In Nashville the disease is highly malignant and local papers have suspended publication due to the outbreak.
The monument rises above sixty four feet as construction resumes in spring. Four courses have been added since work restarted. June receipts total three thousand three hundred dollars. Wheat crop reports are favorable from multiple regions.
Puapeventa July 9 a fire at Brooks Kent & Co wholesale grocery on the Vine street wharf spread rapidly across four blocks. 1000 bags of saltpetre in the Brooks warehouse exploded, killing many, with reports of thirty dead and others blown into the river. The blaze engulfed warehouses and homes along Front and Water streets, leaving scenes of chaos as families fled and residents perished.
The steamship Philadelphia arrived with two weeks of California news. It carries San Francisco dates to June 1 and two and a half million dollars in gold, mostly on freight and some with passengers. The Georgia sailed June 26, 34 hours before. The Lucy Ellen disappeared after leaving Boston on July 15. No major California news beyond continued gold finds and a San Francisco fire blamed on an incendiary. Indians and Whites show few new incidents. Markets in San Francisco unchanged.
Later from Havana July 8 notes Georgia from Charres 29th ult via Havana arriving this morning. Congress and Germantown still at anchor. nine American prisoners reportedly dead per British Consul, authorities say all alive. Costa Rica political upheaval rumored with Gen Flores shot. Passport requirement for Isthmus travelers to Panama abolished after New Grenada request. Californians no longer need passports.
News comes that the distinguished advocate and orator S. E. Prentiss died near Natchez on the 1st instant after a period of infirm health. He had many political and personal friends in the city where he studied law, and his loss is deeply lamented. He was regarded as one of the nation's most promising intellects.
W. W. Thompson of Locofoco origin took a congressional seat from Town at the session start. Daniel Miller a Whig challenged the seat after a larger popular vote was certified by the Elections Committee. The Locofoco House sent the matter back to Iowa voters.
A provincial convention organized at morning and adjourned to 2 PM chose Alexander P. Miller of Butler as the Democratic candidate for the Board of Public Works after five ballots. The crowd praised Miller’s quiet manner while denouncing hard money factions and urging anti bank resolutions. Several cholera deaths in Washington and Chillicothe are noted as Congress readies adjournment.
Rev Dr Putnam presents a confession attributed to Professor Webster claiming he killed Dr Parkman. The document dated Nov 20 outlines a plan to plead for time payment, an argument with Parkman, and a fatal blow in the Upper Laboratory after Parkman pressed for money.
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