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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1858
Page
2
A Raleigh Gazette excerpt accuses the President of corrupting Congress, using patronage and funds to secure votes and favors, and warns of escalating government expenses. The piece urges loyal Americans to elect reliable Congress members and cut off government supplies to curb central power.
Bayard Taylor, writing from Moscow, praises a grand palace whose exterior belies its interior. He notes floors of beautiful wood, gold ceilings, tinted marbles, and walls overlaid with silk. The halls feature carved white, blue, and crimson motifs and rooms adorned with massive silver and malachite furniture.
A Dowling Green steamer deck hand named Joan Urea aged 83, born German, disappeared Friday night September 24 about ten miles below Portland. He was 5 feet 2 inches, heavy set, dark complexion, short black hair, no socks, wearing a red funnel undershirt, blue hickory overshirt, old jeans and half-soused high boots. His wife and three children in Louisville seek information to recover his body. any leads may be left with Uncle County room.
A confrontation occurred on the 19th near Juieloond Washington between Hon. B. Challens of Wheeling District and Haywarer editor J. Wise. Wise faced accusations tied to Cov Wise in a dispute over portraits.
In New Orleans the Ladies of Charity undertake the care of yellow fever patients. They brave heat and disease, entering crowded, filthy rooms to comfort the afflicted, tending the destitute sick beyond yellow fever, and risking their own well being in acts of mercy.
Maj. Townsend announces order from the President creating three Pacific divisions with California headquartered at San Francisco and Oregon at Fort Vancouver. Clarke designated to command California, as the War Secretary commends Clerke for coordinating forces against northern tribes amid extended communications.
The article notes M. Doudin’s observation on lightning safety in cities versus open country. It cites Paris reporting no deaths from 1000 to 1851 and London’s 1786 estimate of two lightning deaths in 750,000 over thirty years. It discusses trees as risk sites and historical France data from 1525 to 1652 with an annual average of 72 deaths.
In Lafayette Indiana a local exhibition features a towering eight foot seven inch Indian youth aged nine and weighing 486 pounds. The display draws curiosity from residents and visitors as the unusual figure stands prominently in the show.
A fragmented verse notes a poor man with a pack is decenter than the Wrackles who travel with a pick, then breaks off with unreadable ending. The line hints at a playful, nonsensical comparison in old playful language.
The piece extols home as a divine haven, contrasting the wandering traveler and the devoted parent. It frames home as a source of earthly comfort and heavenly hope, stressing a husband and wife’s bonds, children’s joy, and the heart’s longing for that sacred place. It concludes with faith in a heavenly home prepared by God.
The receipts of the St. Louis Pair totaled 32000 dollars. Proceeds covered expenses amounting to 12000 dollars.
In a British press debate the Times notes American joy at the Atlantic cable amid minimal public celebration in England. It argues the event binds the world for the United States, while Britain gains only wider reach to America and British America, with merchantsSeeing instant communication as a practical convenience, not a cultural triumph.
A Richmond newspaper prints a candidate card by Abram who seeks the Virginia governorship. He proposes using 160 million acres of public land and proceeds to buy slaves to resettle them beyond the Union to fund gradual emancipation. The piece dismisses his chances, contrasting him with Pleasants Floyd and Wise.
The Ohio State Fair saw receipts about equal to expenditures and the Illinois State Fair recorded a similar balance. Both fairs faced a near parity in income and outlays, reflecting tight budgets across state event operations.
A local editor of the New Orleans Picayune praises love as beautiful amid sorrow. He likens tender affection to brighter light in ruin or a churchyard than in festive halls, suggesting compassion for the wretched over alluring displays.
Fragmentary notes indicate discussion of passenger numbers and fares for steamer service disruptions. Mentions Hambing and Baines as possible figures or persons involved, with six passenger counts cited in scattered OCR.
A passenger recounts the Austria steamer fire and explosion on the 13th as the Lotus rescued sixty seven survivors. Many passengers perished on the poop and within cabins, with boats crushed or swamped, several saved by the French bark Maurice and another vessel.
A nineteenth century notice invites sick readers to use Dr Hasterly’s Lodine Sarsaparilia Gridley’s Salt Stheum Wetter Ointment Dr Carters Couch Balsam Dr Bakers Specific Dr Looper’s Female Cordial and Dr Hasterly’s Fever and Ague Killer. The medicines are prepared by a educated physician chemist and pharmaceutist and marketed as safe effective standard remedies. June 10-18-ly.
An 18th or 19th century notice lauds De Reback a Swedish physician for replacing much of the Materia Medica with two remedies Blood Pain and Blood Pills. It claims these Scandinavian herb extracts cure many internal external disorders and displace standard doctors and apothecaries, noting widespread western popularity.
The article extols Dr Mvynx and the discovery of Mann's Acne Belsam as vastly superior for chills fever and ague and intermittent fevers. It urges readers to try the balsam and notes it is sold by reputable druggists.
Tru is Mrienty and Writ Pre vit It is a truth that Bragg's Arctic Liniment has performed more cures of chronic and inflammatory rheumatism in the past year than any remedy before. It claims to heal Old Sores Ulcers and wounds of all descriptions and to cure erysipelas cancers nasal and ringworm and all skin diseases. It is touted as a infallible specific for the Lites and is sold by respectable druggists in the country.
The question asks how Adam’s orthodoxy is proven, noting that his belief is described as ere angelic, implying pre-Fall or primordial sentiments. The fragment suggests inquiry into early doctrinal alignment with divine will based on biblical phrasing.
The State Census lists Arkansas population at 318,313 with 70,048 enslaved residents. The figures reflect the distribution of enslaved people within the state and provide a census snapshot of social structure during the period.
Citizens of Norwich Connecticut plan celebration for the two hundredth anniversary of their town's settlement. An American woman in London reports hearing Rev. Mr Spurgeon praised for excellent lungs and ready wit after hearing him preach.
A young man named John Coates was arrested in Chicago on forgery charges involving 3800 dollars. The report notes a board of trade notice from London about unrestricted salt trade and cites alms distributed in the United States in 1357 by the Catholic Society of the Propagation of the Faith totaling 90285 dollars.
Leavenworth received orders to detach two companies of the 1st Cavalry under Col. Sumner and Maj. Emory to proceed to Fort Arbuckle. The deployment signals active military movements and unit leadership in the department.
Leading men from Boston and Roxbury announce plans to petition the Legislature next winter to unite the two cities. New York papers debate locating a new quarantine station and consider a Long Island site after Sandy Hook rejection. Prentice urges a pay out mechanism for newspaper subscribers.
A Newport correspondent to the New York Tribune quips that a toilet for a pretty woman is an effluence of natural religion, suggesting under dressing equals infidelity and over dressing equals heresy, reflecting period attitudes on attire and morality.
In Philadelphia a court held that a child placed at school remains under the teacher’s authority and may be punished by the teacher when necessary, and that others have no right to interfere with the teacher in performing duties.
A West Point grand ball celebrated the successful Atlantic cable laying. Ladies wore head-dresses featuring a flag motif on each side and a silk red white and blue cable linking the two flags, symbolizing unity of the nations.
The Raleigh Register notes Black Tongue has struck deer and cattle in eastern North Carolina. In Beaufort County no live deer remain within twenty miles, though many carcasses are found in the woods.
The remains of Perry's flagship Lawrence are being raised by Capt. Van Norman and wrecking gear. Much of the hull has been lifted while the timber remains sound. Planks and heavy timbers show cannon ball marks and significant damage after years underwater.
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