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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1852
Page
2
Three years after taking the Mail we have grown from a mere experiment to a steadily favored paper. We plan a large enlargement to meet demand but must collect overdue subscriptions, job work, and advertising payments first. We urge those in arrears to remit promptly by mail or other means. March, 1852.
The passage portrays a legislative fight over pay for lawmakers in Harrisburg. An amendment to guarantee full pay for the length of their term failed by a tie, then passed 40 to 39, prompting charges that taxpayers must fund lawmakers’ pay even as they bear taxes and rising costs.
Reports from Pittsburgh and Southern papers describe an immense flood with Monongahela and Allegheny rivers rising rapidly through the 20th, flooding lower streets and Allegheny City, forcing evacuations. Many rafts and log traffic disrupted valued at about $100,000, as lumber seeks spoilage-free routes to market.
The assembling place is Baltimore and the date is June 16, per a resolution of the late Congressional Whig Caucus.
The Hon. Richard Coulter, a judge of the Supreme Court of this State, died on the 20th instant. He is believed to have drawn for the long term of fifteen years.
Washington notes great difficulty filling the vacancy after Gov Young’s death with no applicants for the $4,000 salary. The editor laments declining patriotism and jokes about a bounty for office seekers. May issue of Graham’s contains excellent contortions and engravings amid California insanity reports.
A past week uproar over street disturbance sparked rumors about local leaders, later debunked as false. The piece laments gossiping as a civic danger, urges verifying accusations before punishment, and criticizes covert insinuations that ruin reputations.
The author argues reproof can be necessary for reform though silence is often best. The piece urges strict observance of restraint to gain pleasure and profit in governance and conduct across various settings.
Rev John Sailor delivered a lecture on The True Civilization at the Warren Lyceum last Monday evening. He outlined three influences on humor conduct education government and religion with careful discussion and practical statistics in a high moral tone. The next lecture will be by W D Brown Esq next Monday evening.
The next meeting of the Warren Dime Society will be held Thursday evening at the residence of Hon. G. Merrill.
The Law Office of L. T. Parmlee moves upstairs to the Curtis & Miles suite. Parmlee’s old offices are being removed and a large new building is planned by Mr. J. D. James on the site.
A letter to the Warren Mail criticizes the practice of rotation in county offices urging Commissioners to renew the county clerk position for deserving candidates. It argues the current clerk is overextended and that patronage should be limited to avoid perpetual incumbency, urging honest adherence to the party’s stated principles.
Henry Underwood of Canandaigua New York seeks a patent for a hand printing press improvement. The device aims to boost output in small shops with low-cost construction similar to a common hand press yet double the work rate. The design features a stationary type bed and a reciprocating carriage with friskets at both ends allowing continuous feeding and delivery of sheets.
A sample of unusually sweet butter made from a calf milked before its first year is traced to John M. Buttery of Lewiston. The calf began giving milk at two months and produced enough to yield butter by six months. W. H. Bristol and Lewiston residents vouch for the facts as true and unprecedented.
North Carolina Whig Mangum declares he will retire from public life and supports Gen Winfield Scott as the best chance for a Whig victory. He notes personal distance from administration agitation, praises Scotts health and healthful policy, and argues Scott can win despite presidential powers and officeholders array.
A North Carolina figure praised General Scott and his merits for the presidential nomination while signaling willingness to support the party nominee if defeated. He warned North and East voters against political isms and urged keeping ideal aims out of party politics to avoid Whig decline.
The Harrisburg Keystone denounces certain lobbyists as despicable vampires in the legislative halls who sell influence to the highest bidder. The piece calls for expulsion of these “legislative borers,” noting their impudence, blackmail attempts, and widespread acceptance by some members, and urges naming and shaming of all such agents.
Bayard Taylor argues from Nubia upper Egypt that Egyptian sculpture shows mainly enslaved Ethiopians and captives. He says Nubian temples carry monarch hieroglyphics, with no evidence the negro race achieved higher civilization than Congo and Ashantee.
The Home Journal notes Dickens earns an immense income from Bleak House and Household Words, estimating as high as twenty thousand pounds yearly from literature. It recalls Virginia’s first press in 1780 with a weekly paper priced at fifty dollars yearly, ads ten dollars first week then seven dollars weekly.
The Massachusetts Senate on Saturday advanced to a third reading the resolutions in favor of intervention after an animated debate. The move follows intense discussion and signals potential formal action pending final consideration.
The essay argues constitutions grow, not are made, contrasting Britain's enduring, unwritten framework with France's repeatedly written, fragile laws. It cites Mayflower era America, Macaulay, and the Bible as sources of liberty, warning against overreliance on written text and urging adherence to a higher law beyond constitutions.
In Wasmgeton on April 25 Mr. Deans speech in the House is described as a manifesto of New York democracy against Gen Cass. An anonymous handbill criticizing Cass and alleging defeat by him has circulated recently. Its authorship is traced to Judy Lynch of Pittsburgh as an agent of Mr. Buchanan.
New York reports ex Governor Young died at his residence at 4 this morning. The Cherokee steamer arrived from Havena with few passengers and no important news.
April 22 reports from Bauuimont note Southern papers harshly condemn Mr. Mangum's recent speech, with strong editorial language criticizing its content and impact.
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