02 Nov 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1848
Page
1
The notice sets subscription prices at one dollar and seventy five cents in advance or within sixty days, and two dollars after that. It states the paper will not be discontinued for arrears and advert isements appear at standard rates.
Harlan laments the leafless, snowbound landscape and urges the bird to migrate to warmer climes. The speaker mirrors the bird’s escape with a wish to depart this cold world for brighter, more cheerful places beyond the tomb.
Horace Greeley urges Ohio Free Soil Whigs to abandon anti Taylor Cass stance and rally for Gen Taylor and Gen Fillmore. He argues Philadelphia Convention flaws, warns against extending slavery, and defends Whig principles while pressing Ohio to join the national Whig effort.
An exhortation on civic duty urging every citizen to vote to prevent misrule and public corruption. It argues that neglecting the vote harms rights, liberty, and the public trust, and that good governance requires active participation.
The statement emphasizes that every Christian citizen must vote in officer elections to protect community happiness, virtue, and property. It holds that citizens are responsible for choosing magistrates and must contest harmful officials to prevent injustice or injury.
An English express train covered seventy seven miles in 78 minutes 29 seconds, including 5 minutes 35 seconds stoppages. Fifty three miles were run in 49 minutes 13 seconds with speeds reaching 70 72 and 77 mph on a seven foot broad gauge line using engines with eight foot driving wheels. The piece asks how soon Yankee ingenuity will rival such speed.
In England a notion arises that cholera spares people near breweries or mineral springs due to carbonic acid gas. Watering places with springs emitting this gas reportedly escaped pestilence in Germany Spain and England Ralston and Saratoga are said to have escaped as well.
An old German innkeeper in Whig county Somerset jokingly misnames national figures and parties. She insists no Cass, Taylor, or Van Buren followers are present, but half the patrons cheer Rough and Ready and the other half Old Shack as voting targets, in a Washington Com. item.
The Washington Union claims Gen Cass received 63 990 dollars in extra allowances surpassing regular pay. Citizens view the total as 53 399 dollars and 46 cents and say taxpayers will vote accordingly.
James Barker a Revolutionary War veteran died recently in Metamora Michigan at age 107 years 8 months. He once dined with President Polk and received notable honors three years earlier on the Fourth of July.
The New York Sun reports a gentleman arriving from the Pacific with a supposed Californian gold specimen. Verification shows the sample is actually a form of mica. Clarification is sought to confirm the truth of this claim.
The article reflects on a soldier's shout "Old Zack's Coming" at Buena Vista lifting morale and signaling forthcoming victory for the Union. It links the refrain to calls against usurpation, cites state support from Pennsylvania and Ohio, and references moral maxims about tongue and slander from classical sources.
The Washington Union attacks Gen Taylor and magazines of payrolls, highlighting alleged large pay and allowances. It accuses Ritchie and Jeiss of vast Treasury sums and contrasts with Cass and his supporters, asserting improper pay to Cass and Taylor figures amid Democratic faction disputes in Pennsylvania.
A notorious layabout tells a doctor he has tried everything for rheumatism with no luck. After a moment the doctor asks if he ever tried a clean shot, implying a humorous cure.
The Blackwood description paints Kit Carson as small and slender yet wiry with intelligent features. He is acclaimed across the mountains from Yellow Stone to Spanish Peaks and from Missouri to the Columbia River, a famed figure born in Boone County Missouri and praised as a credit to his birthplace.
Mr Brady cites a Brady illustration of Mr Van Buren showing late enthusiasm for Free Soil. He recalls an Indian squaw who mourned a child believed dead twenty years, and upon being challenged, confessed she could not bear the lie any longer.
After a noisy contest in Pennsylvania and Ohio the states have elected a Water Governor. The lead figure Oxp Zack is praised as undefeated and unyielding. The piece urges continued effort against a weakened but rallying foe. The style reflects a wartime political fervor and calls for decisive action.
John Van Buren spoke in Genesee New York on June 29 endorsing the Polk Dallas ticket. He praised the nomination and said he supported Polk's candidacy and administration, noting no complaints had been raised about Polk.
The Atlas estimates 5 900 Whigs in IS counties did not vote in the Governor election and a reserve corps of 20 000 in the State. The Boston Post claims Gen Taylor was swamped in Georgia, recalling his Seminole War difficulties. A Pennsylvanian traveler reports seeing flocks of bats near Cass.
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