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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1836
Page
3
The Illinois Temperance Herald reports on editor health delaying issue, temperance notes from Griggsville and Edwardsville with sermons, pledges signed, and formation plans. It covers temperance campaigns, meetings, and a fatal church-site accident, plus local society updates and a marble discovery in St. Louis.
In Maine Peterscor and Lixcorn districts report partial results with leading men Bailey Hobbs and Carter in various towns. Maryland and Missouri updates note electors, governors, and senate counts amid delays and contest. Detroit dispatches include Siamese missionary letter detailing Bangkok dispensary and early expansion.
A court granted bail to Rathbun in the morning, set at $60,000 after consideration. The Montpelier Patriot reports votes in 199 towns with Jennison leading in the West. Heman Allen is elected to Congress from the 4th district, and a Whig gain in the Senate while the House shows a Whig majority claimed by papers. The Journal of Commerce tracks quarantine passenger totals and a Pittsburgh era debate on emigration. Reports from New Orleans describe a violent assault on Judge Bermudez linked to the Giquel case, with multiple deaths and rising public fear. Other items note sugar from beets in France, a drought in New England rivers, and various international notes from Smyrna to Odessa. A letter-writers’ panorama includes cholera-like plagues, a theft of a $39,000 shipment, and reflections on religion, education funding in Pennsylvania, and elections in Indiana after death.
The document outlines membership by signing the constitution, vows to abstain from intoxicating liquor except for specified purposes, and procedures for removal. Officers include a president, two vice presidents, six directors, and a secretary, chosen annually. Violations lead to private admonition and possible public erasure from the constitution.
The St. Louis Observer was destroyed by a mob after dissenting on Judge Lewlers view of burning a negro alive. The paper resurfaced as the Alton Observer, enlarged and improved, edited by Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, signaling a shift toward religion and morality in Alton.
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