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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1849
Page
3
The General Assembly of Ohio enacts to extend the act that requires recording the official bonds of certain public officers to include bonds of executors administrators and guardians. Signed by John G. Breslin Speaker and Brewster Randall Senate Speaker, dated March 13 1849.
The General Assembly enacts procedure to appoint trustees for minors with property in Ohio who reside outside the state. A court in the county where any property lies may appoint a trustee to manage, collect, lease, and protect the minor’s assets. The trustee’s powers extend to all Ohio property and require bond, with duties to report to the court. The act limits sale authority and aligns with guardianship rules, extending until majority, with funds paid to foreign guardians or administrators as applicable. A second act provisions revise jury venire procedures and penalties for noncompliance, including sheriffs summoning talesmen and fines up to thirty dollars.
Report covers changes to coroner juries in Ohio requiring six jurors for inquests into violent deaths and repealing conflicting provisions from a 1824 act. Includes legislative note by John G. Sere on March 20, 1849 and a brief cholera update from Paris with rising hospital cases.
The Europa reached Halifax with fifty three passengers and no specie and will sail to Boston by Thursday morning. A pistol fired at Queen Victoria caused no injuries. French politics tilt socialist with a 484 to 436 vote. debates over war against Russia and Austria intensify as General Cavaignac pushes energetic measures. European unrest persists with insurrections in Germany and Hungarian resistance to Austria and Russia. Moscow-backed Russia pledges intervention to quell rebellion as Bologna’s surrender remains disputed.
A May 7 letter from Frankfort to M. Rothschild reports the Hungarians totally defeated the Russians and forced a retreat to Cracow. A Kossuth proclamation claims 36 000 Russians surrendered. Austrians fortify Vienna for an imminent Hungarian attack.
New York reports confirm Hungarians defeated Russians at Presburg with heavy casualties and spoils. A convention between the Roman Republic and France is noted as concluded. Rumors place Russian movements near Dala with potential defeats for Dembrinsky, while Kossuth asserts Russians surrender at Kraivan and Arsa.
The Troy Whig and others denounce the bishop's defalcation with detailed debts totaling about 5090 dollars to ice cream makers bakers and butchers in Burlington Mt Holly and nearby. Commentary in the Union and Dayon Journal urges political action against swindling defaulters under Polk. A Savannah incident ends fatally after a grave wager on a negro man's neck breaking from the impact. An exchange lampoons the Atlas on hair and prescribes drastic measures to keep hens from gardens.
Flour sales reported 200 bushels from canal at 3 75 and 100 from store at 3 80 per bushel. Grain shows 313 bushels Yellow Corn sold at 30 cents. Wheat steady at 75 to 80 cents. Oats dull with large lots under 26 cents.
A compiled list of banks by state with sale percentages and par status. Includes Tennessee Alabama Arkansas North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Louisiana Illinois Virginia Ohio and more, noting solvent banks, par values, and discounts. Also lists eastern banks and regional notes.
Doctor S J Alexander presents a non secret remedy for cholera claiming to aid in incipient stages. Recommend prompt medical aid, use tincture every ten minutes until diarrhea halts, then induce gentle perspiration, with warmth to feet. If collapse threat, add a calomel spicae morphine cayenne powder and continue until bile appears in stools.
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