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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1837
Page
2
A meditation on fervent prayer urging true hunger for God over ritual shows. It contrasts lukewarm, habitual praying with passionate devotion and cites saints and biblical figures to illustrate perseverance, humility, and spiritual resolution.
The piece quotes an autograph of a stanza attributed to Sir Walter Ralegh, written the night before his beheading. It argues the verses counter Hulme’s claim that he was a Free-thinker or Infidel, reflecting faith in divine resurrection and the afterlife despite earthly wars and mortality.
A Boston correspondent recounts arriving near Hempstead to view the Mexico wreck. In Lou's barn lay dozens of frozen bodies, including children and a grieving sister, with rope marks, a cake bite, and other grisly traces. A coroner arrives as a girl seeks her lost sister, and the scene staggers belief. The piece shifts to political news of land bills, abolition petitions, and congressional disputes, including Calhoun and Adams, with petitions and censorship debates shaping the era.
The notice names Rev. Jurius Bean of Bruooks La Harpe and Rev. J Warsaw of Illinois as new agents for the Caster Carthage area. Details appear in the Alton observe report with addresses and affiliations.
A Washington anecdote notes that after the expunging resolution passed in the Senate, Mr. Benton sent the President the Clerk of the Senate's pen used to draw around the black lines and inscribe Expunged by order of the Senate.
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