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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1849
Page
2
The Batavia-based Clermont Courier notes Wool sellers are referred to Titus advertisement in today’s issue. It publishes the Sun office financial exhibit for the county for the last year, and thanks Mrs. Jno Atchley for a fine cake accompanying Pisgah friends’ Fourth of July events.
Notice calling attention to an advertisement for the Western Military Institute. It states copies of the Catalogue with regulations and course of studies may be viewed at the office.
Our Common Pleas Court failed to convene Tuesday as judges and jurymen were absent. Judge Beatty, detained by high waters, arrived Wednesday with a quorum and probate business proceeded. They adjourned to meet again Tuesday week the 24th instant. Judges have not been able to leave home.
Judge Beatty longtime resident notes the Tuesday flood on O Banion Creek was higher than any he knew. Mills on the creek suffered near total destruction and grain and hay losses were heavy. one neighbor lost over 100 shocks of wheat along with other damages.
Reports from Clermont County and surrounding towns recount multiple cholera deaths. Rob ert Hopkins dies in Clermont after seven hours illness, others include Mrs Gravis Mary Murphy and Dr Felix Leeds. Bethel Berne and Milford areas report further fatalities as the outbreak continues.
Telegraphed notice reports the death of Mrs. Madison at her Washington residence on the 9th inst. She is described as the venerable widow of former President Madison.
The Court House in Cincinnati was destroyed by fire on Monday evening. Originating in the cupola, the blaze spread from a burning fragment from a distant building. The city authorities saved all books and records. The Ohio Statesman reports widespread wheat crop destruction across the state due to rust and fly weevil.
The Catholic Telegraph reports Bishop Purcell warning Cincinnati clergy and laity that Catholics are losing more than seventy people daily and over five hundred weekly from the diocese, highlighting a rapid decline.
The Auditor of State determines state taxes at three mills per dollar on property, with allocations for General Revenue, Common School Fund, and interest on debt. The rates match last year, and about $360,000 of debt was extinguished last year, easing future burdens as the debt is gradually reduced.
In a July 3 1849 proclamation President Taylor urges nationwide observance of the first Friday in August as a day of fasting prayer and abstention. He cites a "fearful pestilence" and calls for public worship and suspension of business to implore divine mercy and protection for the nation.
A telegraph dispatch from Washington on July 5 notes cholera has appeared there causing postponement of Fourth of July celebrations. The message from Washington City to Baltimore confirms the outbreak and altered public plans.
The ship Admiral arrived in New York on Tuesday from Havre carrying many passengers. During the voyage the vessel reported thirty deaths from cholera among those aboard.
Monufreat July 10 crowds welcome Hon. George Moffatt to Toronto where he rides with cheering thousands to the Huron Hotel. July 11 anticipates unrest at Kingston meeting. cholera shows limited progress with a few cases and deaths. St. Louis Republic cites high emigrant toll from the Sultana voyage. Ohio Penitentiary reports ten cholera deaths from June 30 to July 7. Lafayette Journal notes cholera in Lafayette with six deaths.
The Gazette notes three weeks of cemetery reports with city interments totaling 520 for June 23 week, 884 for July 1, and 1,031 for July 8. It records 2,485 total deaths in 21 days, cites hospital and diet as factors, and lists multiple cholera deaths across Dayton IA Aurora Madison Hanover Collinsville Belleville Alton Louisville Nashville Piqua Irvine and Greene county with interments and cemetery details.
Daily cholera tallies across St Louis New York and Putnaveeruta show rising interments and deaths. St Louis reports 118 interments Saturday with 83 cholera deaths and 105 interments Sunday with 78 cholera deaths. New York records 33 cases 27 deaths Friday and 140 cases 36 deaths today. Putnaveeruta logs 23 cases 10 deaths yesterday and 39 cases 20 deaths today. Weather is extremely hot and health officials warn of increase.
A Covington family of eight moved to Boone County Kentucky to escape cholera. Soon six members contracted the disease and died, leaving the father and one child to mourn the loss. The family belonged to John Brashear, a Covington merchant. The Commercial warns against fleeing cholera.
The Mint in Philadelphia has coined three hundred sixty thousand five hundred thirty nine gold dollars up to the 28th ult. The new small coin is praised for its beauty and convenience.
The Dispatch reports a severe outbreak in Fulton with five deaths daily since May 5, affecting families of five or six. The Board of Health has used lime to purify the town, yet some apparently healthy districts suffer high mortality, as observed in the German neighborhoods over the canal.
A man named Mr. Schneider, believed dead from cholera, was found alive as pallbearers lowered his coffin at the cemetery near Carondelet and La Fayette. The episode, along with a local case of a living woman, underscores the need to confirm death, amid suggestions of burning flesh to test life.
The New York Globe notes the marriage of Colonel Bragg famed for notoriety with a remark that his surrender to “the small arms of woman” was well earned. The piece casts the event in a witty, sardonic tone reflecting the era’s gendered humor.
Justice Cushing of Boston declares beer a liquor class claiming it is a more maddening variety than other drinks. The ruling casts beer under stricter regulation and public controls.
The crevasse near New Orleans has been effectively halted, halting breach risk and stabilizing levee conditions. Officials report temporary control of floodwater and ongoing monitoring for further breaches.
Citizens of Pisgah and vicinity gathered with Sabbath School at Pisgah to celebrate the Fourth of July. Speakers included I V Kerr and J Tritt, with a hospitality table and several patriotic toasts honoring liberty, farmers, youth, and the American eagle, in a spirit of civic festivity.
Baltimore Sun reprints a Louisiana letter detailing a rapid cholera outbreak among enslaved people in June. Victims die within hours with no prior symptoms, spreading across plantations. White coastal residents remain unaffected at this time.
Dr Edwards of Ohio argues flannel around the body wards cholera. The piece praises flannel as a health guard amid variable weather, noting skin stimulation and better adaptation to heat and cold. It urges weak individuals to wear flannel for better resilience.
Vincennes Sun corresp from Newberry reports bodies pulled from White river on the 25th near Newberry. The victims include a woman older, a little girl, and a boy.
Theobald Mathew, Apostle of Temperance, arrives by ship to Staten Island and is welcomed by the City authorities and Temperance societies. A grand reception at Castle Garden includes Mayor Woodhull, cheering crowds, and a formal address, followed by a dinner at Irving House. He vows to support temperance travels despite poor health.
Old Bullion speeches in Missouri are cited as targets for anti slavery views. Dimmock of Holmes Farmer argues Benton defeats Calhoun and Congress can legislate for territories. Cass’s electoral loss blamed on President and Congress abusing power over the Oregon Territory. Belmont district loss linked to staking democratic creed on that abstract authority.
The Union notes claims that General Taylor never reads the Union, contending the idea unsettles readers. The Union argues the President’s heroism stands despite press opinions, citing Macon on newspaper habit and pride in facing criticism.
The Free Soilers and Locofocos repudiated in Michigan by Whigs have called a convention at Jackson on the 20th the same time and place set for the regular Whig gathering. The move reflects party factionalism and reaffirms sectional alignment amid evolving party lines.
Record notes five hundred sixty eight total deaths from cholera in Cincinnati during the outbreak period from September 24 to November 14, 1832. The figures reflect the entire year’s mortality linked to the epidemic.
The piece laments California’s lack of stable government after Congress adjourned, warning of lawlessness, murder, robbery, and racially charged conflict amid gold rush settlements. It criticizes the national legislature’s preoccupation with party tactics and urges swift action to establish authority and protect settlers. The author assigns heavy blame to those who blocked essential measures.
A New York association secured a forty year right of way from Atlantic to Pacific through Nicaragua. A steamboat will navigate the San Juan river and Lake Nicaragua to Granada, with coaches and wagons to Realijo. The route offers two harbors and shortens California distance by about a thousand miles.
Telegraph report from Detroit says at 10 am a westbound passenger train failed to stop, crashed into the depot end, destroying baggage and emigrant cars. Two killed and seven wounded immediately. more injured and extrication ongoing as of 11 am.
A Rochester News excerpt recalls a nostalgic scene of beans and a whispered kiss between two lovers. The couple shares a quiet moment by a pan as the familiar rattling of beans becomes the only sound heard, evoking a melancholy, reflective mood.
The Glasgow Reveille reports Jerry Vaughn a Barren county country merchant absconded with his neighbor Mrs Harri son Poynter. A pursuer tracked them into Tennessee where property and enslaved people were taken. The couple rode toward California leaving spouses with several children.
During a Taunton thunder storm on Saturday, Mr Peter Burt Jr was struck by lightning. He escaped serious injury though his whiskers were singed and one leg bore the dry soot track. A passerby quipped about nature’s beauty after the shower.
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