14 Jul 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1848
Page
1
An old newspaper notice states subscription terms: one dollar and seventy five cents if paid in advance or within sixty days, two dollars if delayed beyond that. The paper will not be discontinued until arrearages are paid and advertisements are charged at usual rates.
The Baltimore Patriot reports Andrew Stewart’s House remarks alleging Cass drew extra salaries totaling over 97 thousand dollars, plus pay for travel and treaties, while volunteers in Mexico faced clothing cuts. The piece contrasts Cass with Zachary Taylor and previews wider political scandal ahead of November elections.
The Independent notes Cass provided sufficient warrant to abolish a system seen as highly temptations prone and subject to strong accusations. The remark frames the political move as necessary and justified.
The article critiques Gen. Cass for dodging the question of internal improvements. It cites a Cleveland exchange with Judge Wood and references Cass’s letter to the National Democratic Convention. It asserts Cass adheres to the convention resolutions denying federal power to fund internal improvements and predicts he would veto such bills like Polk.
The Geauga Republican riffs on the so called hero of Monterey, mocking his self aggrandizement and ignoring Taylor's official despatches. It laments forgotten tax and apportionment laws and criticizes Gen Ford while noting the war and Texas boundary talk.
The Locofoco papers accuse General Cass of receiving about 60 412 dollars in extra pay from 1813 to 1831, arguing such service would bankrupt the nation if widespread. The dispatch notes Van Buren's nomination shocks the democratic party, foreseeing defeat and the end of spoils and corruption led by Van Buren.
Patrick Quinn, a grocer on the Ohio Canal near Jasper, shot himself on the17th in a drunken fit. The Piketon Journal cites the coroner calling this county's fifth alcohol related fatality in just over a year, prompting a grim warning from scripture on drink.
The death of Captain Niles of the Queen City Cadets Cincinnati is reported from Jalapa Mexico where he died of fever on May 29.
Hosea Middlebrook, a young man from Rochester, sprang over the Tennessee Falls near the spot famous for Sam Patch’s death and met a fatal end.
In early Oneida County history a judge seeks peaceful settlement with the Oneida, trusting a wary sachem. The chief proposes sending the boy to his wigwam, promising return in three days. The judge pleads to keep the boy safe, yet agrees to the trial. The boy returns unharmed, and peace follows as the chief pledges friendship and civilization.
An 1860 population forecast suggests 32 million in the United States, 18 million in the West, signaling rising Western political influence and its impact on national policy. The note discusses shifts in representation and potential implications for patriotism and religion amid expanding western power. Separately, a letter from Fergusson recounts a near miss involving General Washington’s forces in the battlefield, describing a Hussar officer and a noted misidentification that led to heightened caution.
Describes vast Hudson Bay Company territories from Atlantic to Pacific with sparse settlements and forts. Portraits of small fur trade posts, few women, and mainly Indigenous and mixed populations keeping up clothing and crafts in primeval wilderness.
In Kamtschatka bears starved for fish roam villages. One bear enters a house, burns himself on a kettle of fish, and in rage crushes the kettle. Neighbors arrive as the bear dies from self-inflicted pain. The village names such self punishments bear and tea-kettle.
A well dressed stranger arrived during service in an Albany church and walked to the niggers seat in the gallery. Wardens asked him to move, he refused saying this was the best seat and would stay for courteous company.
Telescopic observations reveal an unmistakable mix of two states of matter on the Sun. One is luminous while the other is not, with spots and pores implying the non luminous portions are gaseous. This suggests radiant matter floating in a non radiant medium and tendency to separate by subsidence, akin to snow in air.
A pair of men feigned a death to place a man in a bag for sale to a local physician as a dissection subject. They carried the bag to the doctor and fled after payment. The supposed subject began kicking at the door, prompting the doctor to shout that the man was alive. The culprit answered that the doctor could kill him when he wished.
A Boston Cultivator excerpt questions whether washing butter in cold water preserves flavor. It argues well made unwashed butter retains aroma and longevity, while washed butter loses fine savor. Mentions sugar as a preservative and notes health opinions on saltpetre vary.
Mr. Philip Wilbur of South Dartmouth reports an experiment using salt to preserve fence posts. Two posts of identical timber were cut the same day. one decayed, the other, saturated with salt, remains in remarkable preservation. He bore an oblique hole about eight inches above ground and filled it with salt as it dissolved, a method noted by Scientific American.
A 19th century style remark notes that human nature blends good and bad. It warns sects and parties overlook the balance of virtue and vice and misclassify people by labels. The quote reflects on moral complexity and self awareness.
A hard faced customer asks a doctor about chest oppression. The physician calmly explains water on the chest as the cause, while the patient quips about not drinking for fifteen years and jokes about brandy. The exchange highlights a diagnostic term in a humorous, period voice.
A keen language buff encounters a boy fishing for shiners by a mill pond. He asks if the youngster seeks to lure fish with a barbed hook and enticing bait. The boy simple replies I am fishing.
A fastidious young lady swore she would avoid an Irishman a Presbyterian or a parson and ultimately married an Irish Presbyterian parson.
A state law in New York prohibits any person from betting on the presidential election under penalty of losing the vote. The measure targets gambling on electoral outcomes and enforces voter rights accordingly.
Brief item notes a query about Gen Taylor asking Mr. Polk's special friend Santa Anna, as presented in the Maumee Times.
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