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Newspaper
Watertown Chronicle
Location
Watertown, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1849
Page
2
The Steamship Caledonia reports events from July including the election of Rothschild and surrender developments. Telegraph summaries note turmoil in European theaters, with references to Croatia, Vienna, and military movements. Names of places and entities such as Prussia, Hungary, and various cities appear in the evolving conflict coverage.
The article notes objections to the Prince of Prussia's promulgated constitution. Main critique holds that the constitution cannot be established or the diet convoked without Austria's consent. The piece underscores Austrian veto as a controlling factor in constitutional moves.
The Europa arrived in Halifax last evening carrying 105 passengers. Across England and Ireland, heat and cholera worsen conditions with rising deaths in London while Ireland endures hardship as workhouses overflow. Ireland's distress deepens as people face poverty and famine amid poor crops and disease.
A transcription from Matamoros publishes a Declaration of Independence by the Republic of the Sierra Madre, dated June 25, asserting separation from Mexico. It lists grievances against tyranny, religious threat, and poverty, pledges, and notes a failed foray by Mexican territory invaders and subsequent arrest.
An excerpt from the Journal of Commerce notes the Parian medical scene buzzing over Miss Blackwell, a young American doctor, diploma in order to cut and bleed. Opinions split between alarm at a supposed socialist plot and praise for her energy and modest demeanor. After delays, Hospital of Maternity directors grant her entry as a pupil.
The Washington Union reports public funeral ceremonies for Mrs Madison on Monday July 18 at St Johns Church and Congressional Burying Ground. President and cabinet attended. ministers delivered sermons. she will be laid to rest at Montpelier beside her husband James Madison Ex President. Also notes Wisconsin Iron Company in Mayville moving into production with iron sold from Ludingtons Old Corner Store as first iron made in Wisconsin.
All Sorts of Paragraphs report a son of Horrace Greeley dying in New York from a prevailing epidemic. Efforts to establish a Baltimore paper to support H Benton for President. A blast sent seven hundred yards of a ledge on the Montreal line into a lake. Proposals to bridge the Hudson at Albany with a suspension span. French public debt rising to fifteen hundred million. England at four thousand. Albany water at a low level. Ex King of Sardinia died in Portugal. Sulphate of Quinine urged against cholera in France. Harrison Rowe killed by Indiana near Platte on way to California. Death of James C. Mangan reported. Dublin Irishman praises Mangan as poet and polyglot. Florida news: two Governors Mosely and Brown. both in office. Augustus Littlejohn died in Ohio Penitentiary under alias Hamilton.
Gen Cass states in a Washington Union letter that Congress cannot or should not enact the Wilmot Proviso. He argues the move is unconstitutional and unnecessary, aligning with southern opposition. The letter signals Cass’s firm position against federal slavery restrictions and frames him with pro-slavery defenders of the Northwest ordinance values.
An extract from a Yorkville letter in Racine county warns the wheat crop is ravaged by rust and blight, with winter wheat damaged and spring wheat blighted. Potatoes rot and corn looks poor. some fields, like a 40 acre bearded wheat patch in Emmet owned by Lawrence Warnac, yield 39 to 40 bushels per acre. The piece also notes severe village cleanliness concerns in Watertown and cholera fears.
The article discusses whether laws limiting interest rates are justifiable, arguing money has unique qualities as a monetary commodity and should have a fixed legal rate. It contrasts money with other goods, notes money’s role as currency, and critiques the lack of a stable interest rate under current law, urging a clear statutory rate to prevent capitalist exploitation. It also includes local notices about mills, a new hotel, and regional events.
The Dodge county union convention split as two delegations from Lake Peak claimed seats. A committee proposed admitting half from each side, union delegates left in disgust, and Simon Pure Democrats surged. Madison Platform adopted with district based delegates and adjournment to Sept 7. Grorck W. Garen nominated for County Judge amid unusual party alliance between Free Soilers and Democrats.
A Rochester Democrat letter questions why a $100 bridge repair fund is not spent. The note urges those responsible to apply the money properly. It also reports on obituaries, naval wrecks, political clashes, and a Mississippi settlement delegation departing Green Bay.
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