21 Jul 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1848
Page
1
The notice states subscription prices of one dollar and seventy five cents in advance or two dollars if delayed beyond sixty days. No discontinuation until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted at usual rates. Published by Drew M. Gest.
The Clermont Courier discusses lying as breach of promise and deception in various forms, urging honesty as essential to reputation and society. It cites Webster Paley, quotes Rev. 21 8, and extols truth as manly and God like, then adds Gen Taylor’s civil qualifications via John C Spencer’s observations on his writing style, discipline, and garrison habit.
A Washington city campaign weekly paper named The Battery supports Taylor and Fillmore. Published by the Whig Executive Committee of Congress, it aims to harmonize Whig action, spread its principles, and rally enthusiasm. It is a large quarto with advance subscription rates and discounts for clubs.
The Methodist General Conference after debate votes to restore to the Book of Discipline the Rule of Wesley prohibiting buying selling or using spirituous liquors except in extreme easer.
In Florida Taylor disclaims authority over captured African Americans. He refuses to surrender them to slaveholders or to mediate with Creek agents, asserting his duty to remove Indians and enslaved people west of the Mississippi while protecting rightful owners. He notes his commission, and his honor, cannot be overridden by the President.
The Salem Register notes Joshua R. Giddings in 1844 stated anti-slavery duty may require voting for a slaveholder to prevent greater evil. The piece asks whether Whigs or dissenters have abandoned Whig principles, claiming the doctrine remains relevant today.
A Philadelphia North American item presents candidate Q A exchanges on protection public lands Wilmot Proviso and harbor river improvements. The candidate declines fixed positions citing circumstances letters and noise and confusion.
A historical column reviews Senator Cass's military affairs bill to supply clothing in kind for volunteers at rates tied to regular army grades. It notes an Adjutant General letter clarifying monthly clothing allowances and compares former 1846 acts. It then summarizes the President's message on war treaties, territorial government, debts, and distrust of broad congressional powers, critiquing the debt figures and river improvements.
The Cincinnati Dispatch cites Gen Taylor refusing bad currency in 1814 15 at Green Bay after a paymaster exchanged funds for Pratt Bank notes. Taylor insists soldiers be paid in sound money, saying his men will not receive money he himself would not take. The paper notes it as a manly deed.
The Cin. Com. reports three wrecks of men found in the Lower Market House stalls. Two lay in rum soaked, heat swollen stupor while a third writhed in a drunkard fit, gnawing his fingers as strangers tried to restrain him. The editors remind these men were once friends and respected citizens, now a warning to youth.
In a 1838 letter, Lamartine argues that conscience and intelligence impose duty in politics. He warns against inaction, saying every small actor bears weight, and a grain of sand could tilt the balance toward good or evil depending on choice.
Mr Potter of Yale College delivers a temperance address in New Haven recounting three early friends who showed brilliance in math, accounting, and chess. One beat the Automaton Chess Player and died in drink, another earned high salaries but followed the same fate, and the third disappeared into intemperance amid mire and filth.
A practical note explains that pounding alum purifies water. Sprinkling a large tablespoonful into a hogshead and stirring, after hours the suspended impurities settle to the bottom, yielding clear fresh water. Four gallons can be purified by one teaspoonful, offering a simple domestic method.
Mr. Coomb notes thirty years in the legal profession show that prosperity follows active intelligent moral conduct while failure stems from lacking these traits. He links success to character and diligence among the middle class.
An Ayrshire couple emigrate to America seeking a farm near the Wabash after selling belongings. The husband dies of fever. the widow fights mortgage woes, endures sale of belongings, and miraculously saves the old Family Bible and two notes promising assistance from England. Her daughter Alice grows, while a local widow and neighbor drift into sorrowful scenes at the village church and tavern.
The passage cites Tae Brece and others like Sir Isaac Newton Milton Locke Boerhaave to emphasize the value of daily Bible study. It notes a seventh of time as a divine gift and urges regular spiritual reading as part of intellectual pursuit.
The ring symbolizes fidelity and recalls the marriage vow. Russians use emblems during weddings that unsettle some couples while the bride is crowned with a yarn garland. It signals the duty and potential triumph of married women over hardship to turn it into victory.
The Court of Queen's Bench England declares all marriages to a deceased wife's sister null and void. Spouses are treated as concubines, children declared illegitimate, and hereditary rights and property claims extinguished.
A young girl of wealth eloped on Monday with a Philadelphia lover on the eve of an arranged marriage. The bridegroom waited, but the pair fled. A note found in the daughter’s chamber prompted immediate police pursuit, though no trace was located.
A forty year old maiden answers in verse about waiting for a good husband. She argues that delaying marriage could lead to a better match and, if unlucky, less time to endure a bad one.
An elderly man advertises in the New York Mirror seeking a wife for his son. The editor endorses the advertiser’s respectability and the proposal’s good faith. The son, as described, will gain a mansion near New York and a hundred acres of land.
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