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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1850
Page
2
The Batavia Ohio Courier closes its editor pro tempore tenure as Milton Jamieson bids farewell after four months of duty. He praises readers and defends his impartial stance while noting past exchanges with the Sun and thanking foreman M L Bryan for mechanical work.
A Goshen meeting discussed forming a new county from northern Clermont and Brown and southern Warren and Clinton. The paper notes no opinion on the move but suggests Clermont could subsist without its share if created. A reader questions if the name honors the drafter of the late Fugitive Slave Bill.
The New York election produced a Whig gain with Hunt likely elected governor. Whigs hold a strong majority in the Legislature and several Congress seats, despite Locofoco tactics and alleged deception. The Tribune notes a significant Whig triumph across state offices and federal delegation.
The Michigan results indicate two Whig congressmen are elected and the third possibly, yielding a likely Whig majority in the state's delegation. Jubilant voices exclaim Hurrah for Michigan and lament General Cass as the odds tilt.
The state delivered a sweeping Locofoco victory with wins across the governorship legislature and congressional seats, signaling a major political shift. Supporters hail the outcome while opponents warn of upheaval in policy and governance.
The Locofocos of Hamilton County adopt the popular vote system for candidate selection and pledge not to bolt if defeated. A special session of the court is set for the 19th, with ongoing publication of notices and column advertisements.
An elderly narrator laments the season of Winter, describing how the cold guest devastates the landscape. He tells of trees stripped of their blossoms, flowers crushed, birds driven away, and a garden left in ruin by the harsh, withering breath of Winter.
The Temperance movement holds meetings at Odd Fellows Hall with Daughters on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. and Sons on Tuesday evenings. The Sons appear dormant locally, public assertion lacking, while renewed effort in Ohio towns is noted. The piece urges awakening youth and reform to avert a gloomy national fate.
A jumble of reflections recalls shaved hair jokes, a picked up curl, an election miss, a forthcoming Esquire notice, a rental down street, a breeches hole, and a missing bucket. It notes Clermont County’s first Cad had roots near New Richmond laid out September 22 1814 by Peter Light. Stock values cited for Batavia and Union Bridge Company and Ohio Turnpike stock noted. Ford proclaims a day of worship on Thursday the 28th.
A San Francisco report describes immigrant suffering along the overland trail. Capt Waldo warns of severe hunger after Boiling Spring to the Great Meadow. many have no provisions and resort to eating putrid carcasses. Zebras of news note 15,000 to 20,000 travelers remain behind and risk famine or attack. Col. Collier considers $100,000 funds via Gen Smith for relief. the Alta Californian praises the move.
The Cleveland Herald reports fugitives were overtaken by their masters near Chicago on the canal. A mob rescued six slaves and sent them to Chicago, then down the Lake on the Niagara. Masters pursued to Detroit, but the slaves had been landed in Canada above Detroit.
The barque Kingston of Philadelphia, Captain Bowen, docked at Norfolk after repairs then sailed for Kingston Ia. Five men shipped in Baltimore refused duty. Deputy Marshal Wing arrested Edward Curtis, Andrew Wallace, John J. Bowery, and John Andrews. They were taken to Norfolk and committed to jail for examination by the U.S. District Court.
The Telegraph steamboat serving Baltimore collapsed a flue near New Castle about forty miles below the city. With about fifty aboard, fourteen were killed and nine left at New Castle. Several survivors, badly scalded, are hospitalized here including a mother who lost four children.
Fifty thousand dollars in counterfeit currency, largely drawn on the Bank of South Carolina with some on the Bank of Missouri, has arrived in New Orleans from California.
H J Newett of Alton Illinois returning home from Peoria with 1500 dollars robbed and beaten by three men just out of Peoria. He died later. A similar robbery was reported nearby recently. About 160 rods of plank are laid on the road between there and Williamsburg.
Citizens of Goshen and vicinity meet to form a new county from parts of Hamilton Warren Clinton Brown and Clermont. A five member committee will publish notices. an executive group will oversee efforts. February 26 adjourned meeting minutes approved and signed.
The 1850 Clermont Courier notes Burlington suffered a heavy cholera outbreak with over a hundred deaths in five weeks ending August 10. The letter then describes a Des Moines and Henry county excursion to Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, praising its fertile land, agricultural output, machines driven by horse power, and town features including a courthouse, four churches, two weekly papers, and two colleges with active religious conferences.
The writer travels west from Burlington through timbered country to the Skunk River near Rome and on to Fairfield. It describes Fairfield as thrifty with a fine courthouse, churches, schools, hotels, and a population around 1200, noting rapid growth anticipated with Des Moines navigation improvements. Government lands remain collectible 15 to 50 miles from towns, offering first choice selections.
A Charleston Evening News correspondent urges a Union cause on the Missouri line as the Coffin Regiment by metaphor is mocked by the Richmond Republican. The piece imagines coffins as gear for marching and questions funding and logistics amid Civil War talk.
The act empowers circuit and territorial superior courts to appoint commissioners with powers to arrest, imprison, bail, and remove fugitives from labor. It extends concurrent jurisdiction to state and territory courts, outlines duties of marshals, and permits warrants and posse comitatus support to enforce recovery of servants or laborers who escape between states or territories.
The act details how to apprehend fugitives owed service or labor, naming commissioners and courts for summary hearings, deposition proofs, and certificates. It sets authority for force to return fugitives, bars fugitive testimony, and imposes penalties for obstruction, with marshal fees and commissioner payments specified.
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