Locofoco Tariff Debate and Cabinet Shakeup Dominate Clermont News
The Clermont Courier reports on the Locofoco tariff effects harming American cotton goods and closing Steubenville furnaces, urging protection for domestic industry. It notes Secretary of the Interior T. M. C. McKennon's resignation and recommends Enoch G. Dial for State Senate, predicting his defeat despite past reformist ties.
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Clermont Courier
Andrew M. Gest
Baren
M. Jamieson
Asigesare Batron
Bataniay
Founston
Board OF Public Works
Alexander G. Conover
Auglaize
Locofoco
Steubenville
Cincinnati
T. M. C. McKennon
Interior Department
Fire Wrecks Ashtabula Court House and Records
The Ashtabula County Court House burned on the 27th, destroying valuable record books and a library worth over $2000. The public note warns of large losses from defalcation by office-holders and mentions upcoming National Circus exhibits in town. The laws are prepared for distribution.
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Ohio
Ashtabula County
Chaffer
Senate Debates Bounty Land Bill Amends Puzzling
Congress discusses amendments to the Bounty Land Bill with details unclear. The Senate passes the Fugitive Slave bill as the House tackles the Texas Boundary Bill daily. Henry Clay returns to Washington in good health, and a biographical excerpt on James Evans is published with a first chapter this week.
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Congressional
Senate
House
Henry Clay
Washington
Newport
National Intelligencer
United States
U.S
Letter flames scornful reader jibe in Courier critique
A Clermont Sun letter ridicules a weekly misclassification of readers as a dog family or ape breed. The writer mocks insults about calf and pup terms and defends that readers merely whine and bark without harming anyone.
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Clermont Sun
Wool-growers Remember Dennis Smith in County Vote
A local political note warns Clermont county wool-growers to recall Dennis Smith now seeking votes for opposing a dog tax law intended for protection against dog injuries.
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Clermont County
Dennis Smith
Great Freshet in the East Across Schuylkill Region
Reports from Paraveruta describe a severe freshet caused by rains over Sunday and Monday. Bridges on the Schuylkill at Reading and other structures along the river were swept away, with rail and canal facilities damaged and homes lost. Lehigh towns flooded and the Tidewater Canal embankment at Havre de Grace failed, suspending navigation for a week.
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Schuylkill
Harrisbu
Lancaster
Reading
Reading Railroad
Schuylkill Navigation Companies
Millcreek
Lehigh
Havre de Grace
Atlantic Arrives Off the Battery with Jenny Lind Aboard
The steamship Atlantic reached off the battery at 10 P M carrying 133 passengers including the celebrated Jenny Lind Germany Reports from Schleswig speak of a ceasefire between the armies though tension remains High cholera ravages persist with 300 dead since June Floods blanket low lands up to 60 miles between Pellie and Neier Belgium may need foreign corn France Lyons banquet speech appeases most factions Pope Pius IX declines to sign death warrants for six condemned murderers Malta and Alexandria report cholera activity
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Atlantic
Jenny Lind
Germany
Schleswig
Pellie
Neier
Belgium
France
Lyons
Louis
Napoleon
Hamburg
Italy
Pius IX
Malta
Alexandria
Mules Bring Contraband Goods to Interior of Mexico
Advices from Vera Cruz and Mexico City report merchants excited by a seizure haul. An American wrecking schooner from Key West landed a cargo worth about 70 000 dollars at Tuspan. Mules carried goods inland while a suspicious Vera Cruz return trip sparked customs action. Cholera near subsided. Arista emerges as the top political candidate for the presidency.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Americas
Key West
Iran
Mexico News from the Capital and Frontiers
The N C Picayune cites Mexican papers up to the 25th. The presidential campaign advances with modern electioneering and friends of candidates announce meetings. Mazatlan rumors favoring Santa Anna prove unfounded. The Ca jaca insurrection persists led by Melendez as he retreats then reappears with new followers. Cholera decline may allow a congressional quorum and frontier defense plans. Sixty nine members attended the informal capital meeting. Yucatan members may gain admission.
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N.C. Picayune
Mazatlan
Santa Anna
Custom House
Cajaca
Melendez
Tehuantepec
Congress
Supreme Court of Justice
Yucatan
Tehuantepec treaty rivals and cholera news across Mexico
The report covers debates over the Tehuantepec treaty and American incursions into Mexican territory, the Legion's decline after delays in justice, the arrest of Villaplando in a deputy murder case, a $200000 treasury loan, a failed Cajaca uprising, and cholera deaths rising in Puebla and Mexico City with Governor powers to borrow funds. It also notes Vera Cruz passenger flows and the execution of Professor Webster.
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Legron
Franco Erangere
Traits Union
Legion
Villaplando
Canedo
Sr. Payne
Cajaca
Vera Cruz
Hard money stance at State Convention targets banks
The Speme cracy at its State Convention declares opposition to banks and endorses exclusive hard money. It argues wages would plummet under reduced circulating medium with wages, debts, and prices collapsing. claims laborers would suffer while the rich grow richer. The piece warns voters to oppose locofocos for office to avoid ruinous policy.
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Speme@cracy
Europe
France
Italy
Austria
Tuscara
Locofoco Office Holders Testimony Sparks Contempt Bid
Congressional reports show Mr. Stanley pursuing contempt attachments against Locofoco office holders who refuse to testify on their spending to defeat the Whig party. He demands action after Old Ritchie and the penitentiary warden balk at answering. The episode signals a dramatic clash as the House weighs compelling testimony.
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Stanley
Locofoco
Old Ritchie
Stanly
Locofoco House
Cincinnati Market Fiovur Weekly Prices Report
The Cincinnati market summary shows sales totaling 18500 bushels at opening $3.70 and closing Monday at $3.60 with some weekly trades at $3.55 to $3.57. Market heavy and buyers lower to about $3.50. Wheat price around 70 cents in high offerings. Corn and oats prices varied with mixed bulk values and rye and barley listed.
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Fiovur
Clermont County Agricultural Society Names Premium Committees
The Board of Officers met at Slade's Tavern on August 31 1850 to elect committees for the 2nd Annual Fair to be held at William Slade's on Alrey's Run September 27 and 28 1850. Committees cover classes from livestock to farm implements and horticultural awards with officers listed and meeting details at Slade's on September 27 at 7 AM.
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Clermont Courié
Clermont County Agricultural Society
William Slade
Alrey’s Run
Andrew Coombs
Jose Johnston
H. N. Talley
Charlotte Quinlan
Andrew Fagin
E. B. House
Robt. Neal
Elisha Simmons
Wm. L. Fulter
John Corbly
Dr. Wayland
Fragmentary Philosophical Quotation on Wealth and Governance
Fragmentary lines discuss superfluities and the value of taxation, pondering if national wealth could support benevolence and governance. The author argues that abundance would generate more poverty, suggesting a paradox about public spending and governance.
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Expositor
Springfield
State Senate
Republic
Troy Times
Delevant and
Nathane
James Evans
Batavia
New Hampshire
Paraveruta
Havre de Grace Bank
Barrimore
Colder
Maryland
New
New York
Mexico
Webster
Boston
Putnam
Puttnam
Jones
Eveleth
Prof. Webster
U.S Courts &c. &c
Haydi Money
Wennesday
Joseph McConnell
Thos. Donaldson
T. L. Shields
O. T. Fishback
Samuel Cloon
Hamilton County
Jas. Pollock
C. B. Huber
J. L. Teal
G. M. Pease
Sable Justice
Samuel Weaver
Col
GB Ramsey
Robert Skyle
Harvey Irwin
Samuel Cordry
Col. Dunham
Benj. Archy
Jos. Parrish
Benj. Morin
E. G. Beck
Cornnelius Tice
Andrew Coombs, Mott Titus
J. E.offutt
Henry Hammond, and
Joshua Dole
Abbott Fagin
John Salt
John McGuire
Abel Dunham
Enoch Hawkins
Jesse Hunt
Thomas Boyd
Hiram McClure
Thomas Starks
C. B. House
J.C. Moore
Blair Jeffries
Gen. T. Gatch
Enoch Tracy
D. Turner
Augustus Glancy
Wm. Cook
Jas.Robb
Palmer Thornton
J. Corbly
James McKinney
James Simmons
Darius Perrin
Joshua Dial
Henry Bartley
Butter
Thomas Thompson
Dr. Pinkham
Daniel Fee
Robi, Justice
Wm. Rice
Cheese
Thos. Kidd
Edward Sinks
Samuel Walriven
W. C. Dole
Linsey C. Moore
Abram Miley
Jos. Smith
Dr. Roggers
Geo. Gatch
Thos. Lytle
Chas. Robertson
John Burnett
Jno. Nichols
Joseph Dawson
William Ashton
Wm. Curry
Dr. Johnson
Jacob Jackson
W. Butler
J. M. Brown
Geo. Ramsey
Pease
Judge Fishback
Alvira Rice
Rachael A. Fagin
Chas. B. Huber
Thomas L. Shields
Henry Fosdick
John Branch
Elizabeth West
Horticultural Department
Daniel Parker
J. D. Morris
George Gatch
Harriett Hubble
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