24 Jul 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1846
Page
1
Printed and published weekly by A. M. Gest and L. D. Morris. Terms of subscription are one dollar seventy five cents in advance, two dollars if paid within the year, and two dollars fifty cents if paid at year end. Advertisements inserted at the usual rate.
A brief chapter from the six hundred page report on rascality details misdeeds in the State public works. It cites Wentz Mulrine Crossan and others as plundering revenues, with bids and contracts for gravel and miles manipulated to favor insiders. Testimonies describe false letters, subcontract schemes, and threats to conceal fraud from the Legislature.
The report details bid rigging and misattribution of contracts for limestone and metal for miles 87 to 142 in 1844. Witnesses allege subcontracting under false names, inflated prices, and profits diverted from the state, with claims of collusion by Mulrine and Davis and testimony of Thomas, Pope, and Livingstone about manipulated bids and subcontract terms.
A Newark Gaz letter rails at the new tax law for taxing libraries, arguing it taxes free air and sunlight of heaven. It condemns Glessner and the Whigs for exempting the Bible while taxing farmers and doctors' books, calling lawyers’ and physicians’ volumes capital in trade. A venerable divine sails from New York to London for a World’s Convention.
In winter 1844 in northern Maine the narrator, keen on skating, recounts a perilous encounter while exploring a stream near the Kennebec. Wolves pursue through frost lit pines as the skater dashes to reach the bank and home, perilously escaping into the river on swift ice.
A man recounts skaterlike evasion of wolves on a frozen stream. Wolves slip, he darts past, gaining yards with each turn until they retreat past a house. Hounds bay from kennels as the pack considers their chase and finally flees. The narrator then returns to safety with mixed relief and awe.
A correspondent recounts meeting a recruiting officer named MacDonald aboard the Ben Franklin after a Madison jaunt. The officer, who fought in Florida and Mexico, defends Mexican troops, recalls Taylor and 89th actions, and notes bayonet charges and artillery in a spirited exchange. The piece also mentions Marcy and a political challenge in Harrison County.
A western woman, accusing a city man of desertion and bigamy, traveled with the Great Western to Mackinaw in disguise. She confronted him aboard, threatened vengeance, fired no shots, and finally lowered her pistol after a struggle. The incident drew strong opinions on marriage abandonment and female desperation, with no clear verdict on guilt. Lieutenant Lincoln, famed for Resaca de la Palma, killed a Mexican to save a comrade and fought hand to hand, earning praise as a true block of the old stock.
Washington correspondent cites Courier and Enquirer text arguing McLane pressed terms as courtesy not ultimatum. Reports suggest Senate feared President's duplicity, accepted a less favorable treaty, and question Buchanan's role and Supreme Court nomination amid strong Senate opposition.
A reflective piece on life as a frail fountain beset by dangers cites disease, decay, and a fragile balance of health. It notes a young man in Newburg named Hayszier who died by self-inflicted gunshot, leaving a will naming favorites including a German girl. Reports from Cleveland Plaindealer on Randolph Negroes and security measures lead to further tension.
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