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Alton Observer

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1837

Page

3

Remonstrance and market turmoil hit eastern cities

The text notes strong remonstrances in Philadelphia Baltimore and other cities. It describes widespread business failures dull trade low prices and ships halting with limited freights. It cites alarms in New Orleans and Lynchburg with cotton selling weakly and grim financial distress spreading southward.

Philadelphia Baltimore Perrod N. Orleans Madison Nort West Agienst Coconty Lynchburg Maryland Treinia

Domestic Railroad Survey and Slave Trade Notes

Acting commissioner ir. McConnell and engineer Mr. Chinn survey the Sacksonville to Spring road to locate the route from the state east line to Quin. Bucklin travels east for survey materials. survey to begin on the Illinois side once returns. The report on Mobile slave trade estimates 1835 1836 profits and a ten million dollar debt for slaves. military and social notes follow.

Ir. McConnell Chinn Sacksonville Spring Quin Bucklin Hlinoiser Jackson News Hiesissippi Natches Courier Mississippi Werop Leanper Comins Elk Cook County Chicago W. Scorr Territory of Missouri van Buren Crawford Ark Sman Joan Wicaurt Colt Court St. Francis County Arkansas Hersong Mo. Rep Patterson

Carlist offensive halts Evans at Hernani after severe clash

Report says Evans retreated to St Sebastian after heavy losses totaling about 1060 killed and wounded. He had moved on Hernani to assault when Carlists struck. Blame falls on Spanish troops allied with British and Espartero for allowing Carlists to reinforce Hernani. Carlists suffered heavy losses but remained undaunted. Queen of Portugal announces pregnancy on February 26. Bandit Sehubry commits suicide after Hungarian frontier raids. Teaea la an engagement with Hulans.

St. Sebastian Evans Hernani Espartero Portugal Sehubry

Abner Jones Gifts For Theological Seminary And Mystical Abstinence Tale

Abner Jones of this city donated twenty five thousand dollars to the New York Theological Seminary to endow a professorship of sacred music and support ministerial education as the institution grows. The piece also recounts a trial of abstinence by Cornet Macnaughton involving a thirteen day confinement in a wooden chest at Pokhur, describing belief in extraordinary powers and a test of credibility.

Major Spiers Almeer Cornet Macnaughton Pokhur Speexvip Abner Jones New York Theological Seminary Linden Wood Missouar Jinden Wood St. Louis St. Charles Gro. C. Storey Conner & Cooke Nassau and Ann Streets New York N.B United States Canadas Joseph M’cloy Alton Tantine Row N. York Alfred Suannan T. & T. Lfwaples State and Third Sts

Religious and political notes from the nation and beyond

The item lists Protestant foreign missionaries, new Buffalo churches, and a Trinity Church formation. It notes gifts to the Methodist Manual Labor School in Georgia, a Wisconsin paper, and calumnies about Duff Green moving to Texas. It cites a Baptist missions grant, Burmese Karens baptism, lamp light logic, lime's effect on wheat fly, Havana gas light plans, Boston failures, Ohio mills and distilleries, Chickasaw wealth, steamboat Cavalier, Maine bread purchases, wheat rewards, Chatahooche bank stoppage, Comly estate sale, Journal of Commerce troubles, and Randolph's 1322 will ruling.

Massachusetts Spain Four Friends Marseilles Bandes Noires Chris Maryland Estern Pa Perth Scroois Boston Massachsetts Senate of the United States Bank of the Commonwealth of Court of Appeals of Kentucky Mobile Register Down East the Ganges Prince of Wales’ Island Gazette Singapore Canton Macao Malacca Bristol Rocket Joseph Day Journal de Frankfort M. Henry Berghams Elbe Buffalo St. Paul's Church Trinity Church C. S. Hawkes Hawkes New York Josiah Harney Putnam County Methodist Episcopal Society Wisconsin Pioneer Milwaukee Col Philo White North Carolina Standard Washington Charleston Courier Calhoun Duff Green Texas New Orleans Bravo Metamoras Baptist Board For Foreign Missions Burmah Tavoy Albany Argus Paris Acre Tacon James H. Caldwell Havana Montgomery County Ohio Cavalier Upper Mississippi Galena Maine Farmers and Traders Bank of Chatahooche New Orleans Commercial Herald Samuel Comly Philadelphia Journal of Commerce Messrs Hale & Hallock the Express Alexandria Gazette John Randolph Virginia

Sabbath School thanks from Upper Alton visitors

Representatives from the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal Sabbath Schools thank Upper Alton for the invitation and warm reception during a shared Sabbath School celebration. They express pleasure in the day and hope to reciprocate in the future.

Upper Alton Griggs Baptist J. A

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