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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1834
Page
3
A concise elegy lauds a man who fulfilled his duty with honesty and virtue. The speaker reflects that had his final speech been delivered, it might have earned public gratitude, ending by stating the deceased lived and died an honest man, worthy of esteem.
The wagon price of flour in Baltimore last Saturday stood at 475 dollars.
The Hon. Dante Webster receives thanks for the able report of the Committee on Finance, forwarded to us by him.
In Franklin County a special election for representative was held on the 18th. James Dunlop, Esq. ran as anti-Jackson and won by a majority of 545 over the Jackson candidate Mr. Maclay. The county had elected Jackson representatives in the previous fall.
The Baltimore Gazette lists subscribers from the city supporting a memorial to Congress demanding the restoration of Deposites to the Bank of the United States. The editor notes the list includes the entire commercial and business community without party distinction.
The writer laments unprecedented financial distress across major cities. In New York cheapest paper rates reach 2 to 3 percent monthly. The President opposes those credit-restoring methods, and supports opponents of the proposed remedies.
The tremor previously reported in Lancaster was also felt in Columbia Westminster and York along with other locations. Residents reported shaking sensations and brief alarms as the quake’s effects spread beyond the initial area.
A legislative committee departs from the seat to study the North and West branches of the Susquehanna canal system and canal commissioner conduct. The session also notes petitions, turnpike bills, land pricing, and a rejected resolution to require free masons as a peremptory juror challenge.
The passage discusses rechartering the Bank of the United States with restrictions, condemns the withdrawal of government deposits as unconstitutional and harmful, and urges placing future revenue in the bank. It notes the February 11 action where a bill to move criminal cases to the Supreme Court by writ of error failed.
The piece notes growing discontent across the nation with hints of violence. At a Richmond Capitol meeting Col. Peter F. Smith urged armed resistance as a last resort. The Globe cites anonymous death threats to the President and confidants over bank charter issues, with Philadelphia letters warning of assassination.
On Thursday morning last, Mrs. Kandlehart widow of Lewis Kandlehart, deceased, of this borough. On Friday last, Miss Ann Armstrong daughter of Isaac Armstrong, deceased, of Cumberland township.
Washington reports say Members of both Houses united to honor the late Hon. Tuomas Boutpin of Virginia with funeral ceremonies in the Hall of Representatives. Prayers were offered by Chaplain Haren and a sermon by Chaplain Stockton as the body was escorted to Eastern Burial Ground. Attending were the President, Supreme Court justices, and heads of departments. the tone was notably solemn. Also noted: a clothing shop discharged six hundred sempstresses, many with young children.
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