Local Batavia Paper Dated March 22 1849
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1849
Page
2
Batavia Township Assessor Candidates Named
The announcement lists Lester G. Boors as a candidate for re election as Assessor of Batavia township. It also names Dastet Sracx as a candidate for Assessor and Witliam Har pe as a candidate for Assessor of Batavia township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester G.boors
Batavia Township
Dastet Sracx
Witliam Harpe
Rome Deposes Pope and Proclaims Republic
Reports from uproad indicate the deposition of the Pope and the establishment of a Republic at Rome. The event occurred at ten o’clock in the morning on February 9, with fuller details to follow in another part of the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Father Mathew to Attend May Temperance Jubilee in Cincinnati
In a letter to S F Carey Father Mathew the great Apostle of Temperance says he expects to be in New York in April and will probably attend the Nations Jubilee of the Sons of Temperance to be held in Cincinnati in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mathew
Apostle of
Temperance
S. F. Carey
N. York
Sons of Temperance
Cincinnati
Law repeals printer price fix for legal ads
The law fixing printer prices for publishing legal advertisements has been repealed. This act may credit the Legislature and allow County Auditors and other officials to award public printing to the lowest bidder.
Sudden Death of Mr William Johnston at Georgetown
Mr Wm Johnston son of Dr Johnston of New Richmond was found dead in his Georgetown bed a week or two ago after retiring in health. He served two campaigns in Mexico, including Monterey, where he earned note for bravery and faced death with steadiness. His character earned him broad esteem and goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Johnston
Johnston
New Richmond
Georgetown
Mexico
Monterey
Democcratic Index News Sheet in New Richmond
A new paper titled Democcratic Index begins in New Richmond with editor John Bell and associate editor F B Strickland. The prospectus promises dissemination of Democratic principles as taught by Jefferson Madison and Jackson, signaling partisan alignment. The writer opposes Jackson Democracy and wishes the paper success only in financial matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
John Bell
F. B. Strickland
Jefferson
Madison
Jackson
Deaths by Lightning Strikes Three Boys by Back Row
The Doughty and Collins families report that three sons were fishing near Fast Fork when a lightning strike hit a sycamore tree. Two boys, aged about 15 and 17, died instantly while the third, about 15, was severely injured and may not recover. They were found by M. Cowen Esqr. and Mr. Slade and son around 3 PM. one was unresponsive under the tree, another lay nearby with bruises, and the living boy showed partial paralysis and distress. The event shockingly affected the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds Doughty
Collins Doughty
Back Row
M. Cowen Esqr
General Scott Arrives in Washington In Fine Health
The veteran chieftain arrived in Washington City on the 16th in excellent health and paid respects to the President.
Ohio State Journal praised for steady Whig principles in Columbus
Scivtos Gaz praises the Ohio State Journal for enduring difficulties in Columbus, noting its adherence to Whig principles, investor support, and fair conduct by Turra and Reep. The piece highlights readers across Ohio valuing the paper’s independent stance and respectable conduct amid controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Columbus
Messrs
Tura
Reep
Scivtos Gaz
California Cold Winter and Emigrant Influx Report
Letters from San Francisco to December 24 describe a massive emigrant inflow while California suffers a record cold winter. About 100000 bushels of wheat rotted for lack of harvesters, real estate prices fall in the Sandwich Islands as California prices ease, and island settlements grow deserted. Barque Undine and schooner Starling sail to the Columbia River for provisions and lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Boston
California
Sandwich Islands
Undine
Starling
Columbia River
The Sources of the Nile Discoveries by Mr Verne
Mr Verne reports returning from a Nile voyage up the white branch and publishing an account. He notes a waterfall interrupting his course far below the head springs and discusses how latitude four degrees lies beyond common maps. He describes Central Africa as lush and populated by large, savage peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Verne
White Branch
Nile
Murder in Jamestown Greene County
The Torch-Light reports a murder at Jamestown Greene County on Friday March 2. Victim John Stinson was killed by his son in law Nelson Farmer after Farmer hid in the garret and Stinson removed the ladder. Farmer struck him with wood then tried to stab his throat but was stopped by women. Stinson died Saturday morning and Farmer fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Jamestown
John Stinson
Nelson Farmer
Farmer
Stinson
Rev. Isaac Van Tassel Found Dead Near Keeler’s Prairie
The Rev. Isaac Van Tassel, formerly of Plain township Wood county, and superintendent of the Ottawa mission, emigrated in 1824 to the Mau mee river. His body was found in a water filled low place near Keeler's prairie on the morning of the 3hinst, likely from a fall from his horse. He was about sixty years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac van Tassel
Plain Township
Wood County
Maumee River
Ottawa
Keeler’s Prairie
Shooting in Steubenville Leaves Man Dead
A man named Johnson was shot and killed on a Steubenville street on Saturday night. The Herald reports this as the fourth shooting in eight months in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Suott
Johnson
Steubenville
the Herald
Party composition shifts in Maryland legislature noted
The current body has 24 Whigs, 32 Locofocos, 3 Abolition Locofocos, and 1 vacancy from Alabama. It is expected Maryland’s next session will elect a Whig to replace a Locofoco, shifting to 25 Whigs and 31 Locofocos, baring uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Alabama
Maryland
Mr George W Crawford Arrives in Washington as War Secretary
Mr George W Crawford the new Secretary of War landed in Washington on the evening of the 12th. He is expected to meet with President and cabinet members to discuss defense and policy amid ongoing military affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Crawford
Washington
Growth of the West and the Rise of Steam Power
The piece surveys western development highlighting steam’s rise on the Mississippi and tributaries. It cites 1816 expectations from the Philadelphia Platform, notes about three steamboats in New Orleans, a Lake Pontchartrain venture, and an estimated thousand steamboats transporting produce, underscoring rapid growth and uncertain future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Platform
Mississippi
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartran
Mobile Bay
American Republic
West
Senate Reports Gen Shields Not a Citizen
Mason leads select committee find Shields is an alien by birth and produce proof of naturalization only as a circuit court certificate from Stringham County Illinois dated October 21 1840. Committee resolutions void Shields election nine years before March 4 last. Shields defends career in state legislature judiciary General Land Office army and Oregon governorship and disavows assassination accusation in Breese letter. The Senate adopts the committee resolution. Cin. Gaz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Gen. Shields
Stringham County
Illinois
United States
Shields
Senate
Oregon
Wisconsin
Breese
Cin. Gaz
Ohio
House
Hook
Crook
House of Representatives
Journal
Northwestern Ohio plank roads spur regional growth
Enterprising northern residents push for plank roads to link Toledo Maumee City Perrysburg Sandusky and Findlay with navigable water. The soil favors durable cheap travel and financiers back wide networks, hoping new roads will boost stockholder profits and regional wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praxx
Toledo
Maumee City
Perrysburgh
Sanduskey
Findley
Cass accused of pocketing public funds Lo cofocoism charge
The Philadelphia Sun mocks General Cass as the Facile Princeps of Lo cofocoism claiming he earned nearly one thousand dollars from the public treasury by entering the Senate late and leaving as the session ended. It describes him as a half million dollar man and accuses him of disinterested patriotism for a trifling extra payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Philadelphia Sun
Senate
Whig Mayor Elected in Buffalo After Charter Election
A late charter election in Buffalo produces a Whig mayor and nearly a full Whig council with one exception. In Maryland a young woman named Woods hanged herself in Hagerstown after elanders circulated against her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Hag
Woods
Hagerstown, Md
Important From Rome Proclaims Roman Republic in 1849
Correspondence from Rome describes the February 1849 proclamation of the Roman Republic after deposing the Pope. It notes the vote margins, the lifting of the Capitol flag, and the shift to a democratic government while critiquing Pope Pius IX and his exile. It also covers Ohio legislative adjournment delays and partisan reactions in Cincinnati and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Chronicle
Rome
Paris
France
M. Mamiana
Italy
Austria
Maso
Agostius
Constituent Assembly
Six Drowned near Montauk Beach Inference of Shipwreck
On Wednesday last week six bodies dressed for burial were found on a Montauk beach three miles north of the lighthouse. The victims include a captain and his son and a Portuguese seaman. A boat with its plug out was found nearby and a schooner was sighted days earlier with colors at half mast, suggesting a foundering and total loss of those aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrrosep Sinewreck
Montauk
Long Island
Locke selection of artisans for magnetic clock at Washington
Prof Locke of Cincinnati travels east to recruit top artisans for the magnetic clock project at the Washington Observatory. Congress appropriated 10000 dollars, an economy since annual longitude observations costing that amount will be saved. Invention is patented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke
Cincinnati
Washington
Congress
Fatal Gas Explosion at Theatre Kills Sixty Four in Glasgow
A gas leak ignited by a lit pipe caused a theatre disaster at Theatre Royal in Glasgow on February 17. Fire brigade and police responded as 61 people died, many youths aged 14 to 17, with one three year old girl among the dead. rest were hospitalized or identified later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Royal
Dunlop Street
Glasgow
London Globe
Royal Intirmany
Clyde Street
Fear of constitutional alteration by current legislature
The passage argues that fears of changing the Constitutional Apportionment Law are unfounded, despite temporary ascendency of disorganizers and traitors in one branch causing indirect assaults on the Constitution.
Boyle County Emancipation Call Seeks Meeting in 1849
A signatory list from Boyle County citizens requests emancipation supporters to meet at Danville Court House on March 17 1849 to discuss gradual emancipation with colonization and to appoint delegates to the Kentucky State Emancipation Convention planned for April 25 in Frankfort. The note frames emancipation as a social and political issue and notes both slaveholders and non-slaveholders as signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Kentucky Tribune
Boyle
Court House
Danville
Friends of
Frankfort
Senator Hannegan Named Minister to Kerlin Controversy
The Philadelphia Sun denounces Senator Hannegan’s nomination as minister to Kerlin, calling it a midnight appointment by Mr. Polk and a partisan betrayal. It accuses the Senate of servility and critiques treasury theft to reward party favorites, urging President Taylor to resist proscription and condemning the action as disgraceful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannegan
Polk
Kerlin
Senate
Taylor
Congress
Benjamin
Locofoco
Phil. Sun
Miami University elects Rev Dr Stockton as president
Trustees of Miami University in Oxford Ohio select the Rev Dr Stockton to serve as president succeeding Dr McMasters who has accepted a professorship at the New Albany Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami University
Oxford Ohio
Stockton
MceMasters
New Albany Theological Seminary
Senate Executive Nominations and Proceedings March 14–20
The Senate debated Shields case and confirmed yesterday’s nominations. March 16 saw Atchison elected president pro tem and customs and treasury appointments confirmed. March 19-20 into Executive Session. several nominations and a Minnesota Territory governorship question discussed. funeral arrangements noted for Rodolficus Dickenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Shields
Foote
Hale
Jefferson Davis
Wood
Berrién
Rast
Cass
Downes
Butler
Cathou
Charles’ W. Rockwell
Customs
A. Hall
Tennessee
Register of the Treasury
Rifle Regiment
Virginia Tunnel Bill Promises Blue Ridge Passage
The Lec ture of Virginia supports tunneling the Blue Ridge to reach the Ohio river and boost western trade. The Richifend Republican predicts Virginia can tap western arteries without other states, while Ohio and Kentucky rail lines approach the Gay andotte area and Big Sandy region. The tunnel remains incomplete and will be a public bore until finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Ohio River
Ohio
Gayandotte
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kentucky
Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington
Big Sandy
Guyandotte
Phil
Forty engineers at Chagres wait for river passage to California
On April 15, about forty engineers waited at Chagres for an opportunity to move up the river as no vessels could accommodate them. Over 500 people waited anxiously for passage to California while ships departed crowded with passengers. A Peruvian war steamer has been sent to protect the subjects who traveled to the diggings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuacres
Chagres
California
Collision near Stubenville sinks Caroline. four die
The steamer Consignee struck a small craft named Caroline above Stubenville on Thursday night and capsized it, drowning four people. The Consignee was sailing downstream while Caroline operated as a packet between Stubenville and Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati: Chronicle
Stubénville
Stubenville
Wheeling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glerwive Gourter
Andrew M. Gest
Batavia, Ohio
The
U. Ss. Senxute
Pius IX
Gaeta
Russia
Naples
Khome
Witherto
Solomon
Ritchie
Union
Father Ritchie
Calhoun
Webster Anortat
Mr. Norris
Philadelphia
W. Il. Leroy
Navy
James Collier
Jas. Rhea
Brazos Santiago
Ghenagher
Minesota Territory
Rodolficus Dickenson
Llouse
É&Cc
Gaugher
Minesota
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