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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1838
Page
4
A defense counters charges about abolitionism and Lovejoy. The writers defend his candor and magnanimity, challenge Journal of Commerce claims, and recount Lovejoy’s stance on slavery, press liberty, and the abolitionist cause amid memorial controversy.
Editor Mr. Greenleaf catalogues marine disasters from the past year totaling 490 vessels lost including ships brigs schooners and sloops with 1295 lives reported. Most losses were American and many events occurred in the final months of 1836 with incomplete fate notes.
The Georgia judge argues that even a small newspaper subscription is worthwhile as it informs and improves students. He recalls schoolmates with access to papers outperforming peers in debate and writing, calling newspapers a history of current events and a stimulating read for youths.
Col Merrick wins Maryland legislative election to fill the vacancy caused by Mr Kent's death. He will serve the balance of the senatorial term ending March 4 1839.
A Washington source claims the Mandan nation is extinct with only fourteen or fifteen men surviving. The smallpox outbreak is said to rage among Black Feet Assineboines and other tribes, with many Assineboines among the dead. Portraits of Mandan chieftains are displayed at Calin's Gallery, Stuyvesant Institute.
The Louisville Journal reports a spate of crimes in Louisville. A man had his skull fractured with a brick, a man shot his wife dead, another man was stabbed and robbed, and an attempt was made to set fire to Judge Jones's house as a gang of thieves and murderers infests the city.
Petitions of extraordinary character were presented in the Assembly by Mr. Sibley. He defended petition rights though differing from memorialists. One petition seeks repeal of Sabbath labor laws and bars clergy from marriage contracts and school inspections. Sibley notes the lead signer was named as Monroe County's former first judge.
The American Temperance Society reports a two thirds drop in imported ardent spirits over seven years, with domestic production and consumption decreasing even more. Alcohol demand rises for arts and manufacturing, four fold. New York distillers fall from 1129 to about 200, and licensed liquor stores decline nearly fifty percent amid social improvements.
The steamer Black Hawk burst her boilers on the 28th near Deman's Island about thirty miles below Natchez. Several lives were lost and $10,000 in government silver was reported aboard.
The speaker reflects on crop prices from last year and foresees uncertain value for this year. He states he does not intend to sell, planning instead to feed the harvest to his own cattle and rely on his own market.
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