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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1858
Page
2
An oration lauds Bible distribution as a noble global purpose led by the American Bible Society. It argues the Bible fosters liberty, dispels ignorance, and should be taught in schools, with the book's spread seen as crucial to civil and religious freedom and moral improvement.
The article urges renewed effort to revive the Davie County Agricultural Society, arguing the county has rich lands and strong potential in farming, stock, and mechanics. It laments apathy, notes neighboring counties advancing, and calls for organized action to share knowledge and boost statewide honor.
The speaker urges a timely meeting to form committees draft resolutions and prepare by planting time. The aim is to demonstrate active effort and avoid idleness or failure in field work through firm determination and organized plans.
The Senate referred the Kansas message to the Territories committee. In the House Mr. Keitt gave a personal explanation for Friday s conduct admitting he was the aggressor and expressed penitence. The piece urges replacing “Yankee Sullivans” with men of sound judgment and questions future Democratic actions.
L A Prather of Virginia now in Kansas declares he is a democrat and Southerner yet vehemently opposes the Lecompton Constitution promising to resist or even die rather than submit. The piece suggests many Democrats share his reluctance toward pro slavery principles and recalls past anti slaving tendencies.
The report recounts a Saturday incident in the House of Representatives where Mr. Gron of Pennsylvania and Mr. Keitt of South Carolina exchanged blows, sparking a general fight. The piece condemns Democratic members and questions party integrity amid alleged plans to push the Lecompton Constitution by force.
A country paper features a widow advertising for sale of one baboon five tabby cats and a parrot. She explains that after marrying she has no further use for them and invites offers.
A aged criminal banished to a distant land recalls a song from childhood that awakens memories of his mother father home church and old school. Overcome he weeps then ends his days peacefully in a village graveyard near his family's resting place.
The Boston Company has suspended work on raising the sunken Russian steamers at Sebastopol. The Philadelphia Marine Exploring Company clears vessels, prepares caissons with floating decks, and plans to raise ships next spring using buoyancy and submerged caissons after divers finish winter work.
A Cincinnati based notice warns a man calling himself John Glenn George B Cobb or J D Stanford has swindled a city woman of 500 to 600 dollars of clothing and papers. She urges restitution and threatens publication of his real name and conduct if not settled promptly, noting a family in the eastern part of the state. The Indiana polis Journal reproduces the appeal for justice.
In the last six weeks several individuals in Rhode Island have lost all hair from head and body with eyebrows and eyelashes dropping out. No illness or dye use explained the sudden alopecia after two weeks of onset. Physicians can offer no cause for the strange condition.
A Wayne county suitor abducted a lady from her aunt and married her at night near Noblesville in a moonlit yard. Sheriff backing and a small posse ensured the license and ceremony, with witnesses and a speedy return to their new home. The aunt opposed but relented as the couple pursued their clandestine nuptials.
Senator Gwin of California has introduced a bill to authorize the construction of three Pacific railroads and a magnetic telegraph through U.S. territories. It sets aside public land along the routes for twelve miles on each side and designates Southern Central and Northern Pacific Roads with termini from Texas to San Francisco, Missouri to Pacific ports, and Wisconsin to the Pacific.
Norfolk Virginia residents hold meetings to promote a waterway project completing a canal from the Kanawha river to the Ohio. The plan links Virginia to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, aiming to mirror New York's commercial rise via a grand western canal.
Mr Keith, a long time resident and respected figure, died on the ninth after a short illness described as apoplexy. The note laments the passing of the town’s elder veterans and the dwindling number of early settlers.
Local readers complain of delayed Telegraph issues due to negligent mail service. The paper asserts regular weekly mailing and urges subscribers to blame those responsible for the delays. It notes eastern and western mails mis delivering newspapers from Vincennes and Saint Louis, with customers receiving papers days late.
Our exchanges note the Golden Prize a large well printed quart form paper by Beckett Co with popular day writers. It costs $2 and is praised as a good family newspaper worth twice the money. Copies are widely taken and readers speak highly of it.
The article notes a surge of weddings among Vincennes youth amid hard times. It playfully claims old bachelors will resist but acknowledges many young men depart the single life for love and protection, while noting wives bring relief from dull care.
The Ballard Chancery and Criminal Court adjourned after a session that ended with the Commonwealth's Attorney entering a Nolle Prosequi in the case of the slave Sandy owned by Mr. Rose for killing Heny owned by Mr. Penn. A prior steamer Ohio Belle tragedy involving Jones shooting clerk Capt Ed Stephens yielded no provable testimony. Jones disappeared after the murder between Cairo and Hickman, and Hickman authorities arrested Captain Sebastian. The trial was postponed repeatedly until this term.
The Washington Bee editor declares he never belonged to the Know Nothing order. The paper notes many others have made similar denials after being seen in positions suggesting otherwise. The editor says in 1864 he was named as "the Roman Catholic editor of the Washington Sun" but the paper did not recall the incident and regards it of little consequence.
The quoted exchange shows Horne Tooke replying to a distinguished foreigner about how much treason an Englishman might risk writing without hanging. He responds that he cannot tell yet and is “trying.”
One half of the corn crop in northern Ohio and Indiana is reported unfit for use due to rot. The notice highlights widespread deterioration affecting farmers and local markets.
Reported action states that suspended banks in St. Louis will resume specie payments on March first. This sets expectations for creditors and the local money market amid post crisis stabilization.
The notes of the Indiana Free Banks are now being taken in at Cincinnati at a discount of one percent.
Local obituary notes the death of J. M. Moore last month, identified as president of the Branch Bank in Madison. No further biographical details are provided.
In Carlyle Illinois two men are held to bail of 1000 dollars each on charges of passing counterfeit currency. Chas Denby esq has been appointed inspector of the port at Evansville replacing Dr I Hutchinson removed.
The report notes plentiful green peas and new potatoes in the vicinity of New Orleans, indicating favorable local harvest conditions.
The Douglas State Convention has been postponed from the 22nd to the 23rd of this month, delaying planned activities and schedule.
Miss Dora Shaw performs at Hageman's Theater in Terre Haute delivering a well received engagement.
A starch factory owned by H. W. Lagan & Co. was totally destroyed by fire on the morning of the fifth. Aerius predicted the Southern Illinois Railroad would be completed in eighteen months. We hope so.
The Administration sees four or five votes in the Senate for the Lecompton Constitution while House support remains doubtful. Horace E. Eldridge warns that any attempt by troops to enter Salt Lake City could lead to bloodshed.
The steamboat Col. Crossman burst her boiler on the sun, within one mile of New Madrid Missouri, and burned to the water edge. Twenty five passengers were lost.
A historical note states that under the March 1855 bounty land law the total warrants issued reach 219,786 in number, with 27,000,000 acres of land required to satisfy them.
The editor argues a war with Spain may be justifiable to gain Cuba. The piece analyzes possible objectives and questions the propriety of pursuing conflict to secure Cuban territories.
In the spring, Capt. Van Veit travels to Leavenworth to fulfill duties in outfitting troops for the long march across the plains.
The total products of the Mexican mines since the conquest of Cortez are estimated at 11.7 billion dollars. This figure reflects long term mineral output and economic significance across the colonial period.
The Washington Bee’s editor hails Congress for abandoning the policy of a House chaplain and derides the idea of an unpaid state chaplaincy in Indiana. A Democratic editor from Indiana is mocked for supporting paid chaplains and for claiming novelty in such a role.
A local legend named Ba Fortune is said to tire of bearing a constant male companion on her back. The image recurs in village tales, illustrating endurance and burden. No formal event or organization is tied to the claim.
The prominent inventor behind the Boop Piirs and Brioop Punieien has died. His popularity is shown by the vast mail and patient reach across the West, South, and New England, numbering about 100000 users who rely on his preparations as their only medicines. Months show a remarkable historical note in the medical world.
Medical Journal notes that many human diseases stem from impure blood. It claims consumption relies on blood sediment, and dropsy gout cancer ulcers eruptions result from blood deposits. It praises Dr Aven’s Cathartic Pine for purifying and invigorating the blood to control and cure disease.
Bragg's Liniment marketed as best remedy for deafness with claims of rapid, sometimes complete cures. Anecdotes include a 15 year old Hartford asylum student, Benjamin Crawford, who reportedly recovered hearing and began learning speech after treatment. Available at drug stores. Novembro 1 month.
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