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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1836
Page
3
The text notes the Senate bill to incorporate the Upwississippi Insurance Company read and saved to a second reading. A bill to charter the Missouri City University was twice read and committed to a committee by the whole house.
A compilation from the New Orleans and Virginia notices touches on Mr. Hamilton’s Presbytery complaint, Texas Treasury bills, and land grants. It reports the Hamilton case nearing assembly review, Texas soldiers paid in debentures, Montezuma’s Count and exile, an Indian lawsuit with Seneca advocates, and a Virginia University expulsion over militia ambitions. It also notes a Boston political quarrel ending with a dogged exchange.
The State Bank of Illinois establishes a Mount Carmel branch in Wabash county with Joshua Beal as president and Ezra Baker Jr as cashier and a Quincy branch planned. The Mount Carmel editor lauds the bank’s solid finances amid hostile foes and urges Indiana to compare favorably with its currency.
A New Orleans Standard report notes Mexican authorities seizing goods from Americans after forced loans, prompting a dispute with Tornel and a challenge from Botiey. It also mentions Mexicana shipments from Havana, Canton forbidding Christian faith, forecast of a large sugar crop and a 3 AM church event with bells rung at 1 42.
A quotation from Harris' Prize Essay criticizes the modern world for its universal selfishness and urges a laborious effort to revive benevolence. It portrays a call to baptize the departed spirit of kindness anew in the element of love.
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