17 Jul 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1846
Page
1
The notice lists the weekly publication by A M Gest and L D Morris and outlines subscription terms. One dollar and seventy five cents annually if paid in advance, two dollars if paid within the year, and two dollars fifty cents if payment is delayed beyond the year. Advertising is charged at the usual rates.
A Baltimore newspaper editorial condemns partisan caucuses that push policy through electioneering conventions. It warns that secret party maneuvers threaten foreign and domestic policy, urging public debate and restraint to avoid war over Oregon.
The passage condemns irregular caucuses and conventions that sway elections with surreptitious schemes. It warns voters to scrutinize acts and declarations, to rebuke undue influence, and to demand accountable leadership beyond four year meeting cycles.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser explains wheat and flour price fluctuations tied to British demand. It cites Britain's 106–120 million bushels crop, 1 million imported from abroad, and rising stock in bond to nearly two million quarters as Parliament debates a corn bill, with U S export prospects about 20 million bushels.
The article notes Ireland’s crop failure may raise flour demand while peas oats and beans remain plentiful. It cites English port arrivals from Ireland and the continent, warns prices depend on the next crop, and foresees low prices if other famished regions do not drive speculation.
The Dayton Transcript compares 1844 and 1846 figures to show large gains in money and credits, boosting total property much beyond prior levels. Horses and cattle rise in headcount but not value, revealing tax shifts that leave farmers paying half on some stock while other property expands tax bases.
The Washington Union explains Mexican toponymy from Palo Alto to Boca del Rio. It defines Palo Alto as high timber, Resaca de la Palma as a flooded place then dry, Matashoras in honor of a revolutionary curate, and Brazos de Santiago as St. James Inlet. It notes river names Rio del Norte Rio Grande and Rio de Palmas and explains ranchero from rancho and rancherias as huts or farms.
The piece contrasts tariff policy debates with Walker era revenue concerns and warns against further tariff cuts. It notes provoking financial consequences historically, then details cholera spreading from Persia to Herat, Meshid, Teheran, Ispahan, Odessa, Tiflis, Orenbourg, Caspian to St Petersburg, with earlier outbreaks in France in 1831–32.
The heart’s four chambers drive a continuous blood cycle from arteries to veins. It details the aorta and pulmonary vessels, the path to the right auricle and ventricle, and the return via pulmonary veins to the left ventricle. It notes the heart’s weight about 24 pounds and blood composition of eighty percent water with twenty percent albumen and respiratory elements.
The excerpt presents Gen Bun cum praising expansion, likening America to a growing nation seeking the continent from Canada to Cape Horn. The piece follows with a political jab about tax zeal and a separate note on Boston churches and Sunday Schools.
A Mississippi merchant neglects to charge for a saddle sold for forty dollars and uses a ledger search to assign the item to every customer. Jim lists thirty one paid saddles before the plan is revealed as a trick to settle accounts. The notice notes a Washingtonian tone in a General Taylor Am pudia exchange, urging courtesy in correspondence and a mild rebuke from U. S. Gaz.
The Richmond Whig reports the statue project for Great Sisterman will be completed in marble. Kentucky sculptor Joel T. Hart made the plaster mould then left for Kentucky before sailing to Italy to finish the work, destined to be a city ornament.
The Missouri cot ton state, rich yet poor and slaveridden, must raise money for Union volunteers after Gov. Brown urged citizens to lend funds. He says the state cannot raise bonds and calls for loans from those with the spirit of war, condemning repudiation and citing the indignity attached to debt.
Letters rage over Oregon title and a man Edward Baldwin’s suicide linked to a girls encounter in Nicholas. Illinois horse thefts: Kane county Star notes twenty four horses stolen, twenty four suspects jailed. Authorities report trials and prison sentences.
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