25 Jun 1846
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1846
Page
1
Printed and published weekly by A. M. Gest and L. D. Morris, the notice lists subscription terms: one dollar and seventy five cents per year if paid in advance, two dollars if paid within the year, and two dollars and fifty cents if paid after the year ends.
A historical passage from Col Benton’s speech lauds Timothy Pickering, Washington’s trusted aide, and notes his roles. It discusses political rancor and later justice, highlights the Utrecht treaty line between France and England, and cites Tim Pitkin’s letter and Hutchins’ narrative on Louisiana and West Florida as supporting evidence.
A transcription recounts Col. Pickering's 1804 communication to Jefferson about the Utrecht treaty and the 49th parallel boundary in relation to Louisiana. It cites Pitkin correspondence, Hutchins' narrative, and Jefferson's table discussions, praising Pickering's decorum and recalling an 1813 congressional scene.
A Paris letter ridicules Mr W H Polk brother of the President, showing a $4500 salary and embassy perks paid by taxpayers. It mocks his European miming, calls him unable to converse in any European dialect, and notes his long Parisian stay. Also cited: chlorine soda as a burn cure from the London Lancet with an anecdote of attorney burns and rapid healing.
The piece argues the Whig Tariff of 1842 proved essential for war preparedness and debt repayment, praising its protection and revenue effect. It criticizes Polk administration policies and Democratic alignment with slaveholding interests, highlighting political betrayals and the push to repeal the tariff. It also cites Boston religious statistics with 99 worship places costing 3.25 million and 80 Sunday schools educating 17,000.
The account outlines General Taylor’s intended advance on Monterey from Camargo, with Camargo acting as supply base and depot. Capt. Sanders races to secure transports as water routes limit movement, while Reinosa would be taken en route. If Taylor reaches Monterey and seizes northern Mexico, vast regions including New Leon and Santa Fe could fall under U.S. control, potentially ending the war.
In Columbus townships two wealthy men pay no tax under an 1840s reform, while total personal property listed by assessors across seven townships totals 190 838 dollars. The piece condemns the law as oppressive to the poor, urging a Whig legislature to exempt the rich and tax the poor. Also included is a long collation on the magnetic telegraph’s spread and a dramatic in-studio test of Morse’s system across Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
A period-voice piece urges cheerful temper as a key marital virtue and links health and household duties to lasting happiness. It argues exercise and active domestic work curb irritability and lists strawberry bed observations, plant vigor, and implications for cultivation. It also reports a nutrition study and locust outbreaks with notes on insect cycles and wing markings.
A veteran enslaved man, referred to as a colored servant of Capt. Shally of the Talladega Boys, travels to Mexico with his master. He claims a long service record from the Revolution at Yorktown to recent wars, and participation in Seminole and Creek conflicts in Florida and Alabama during 1836-7, expressing keenness to reach the war front. The note adds that U S armories hold eight and a half million muskets.
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