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Newspaper
Alton Spectator
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1833
Page
1
Text discusses perceived insufficient chances to subdue the United States, arguing that further encroachments would lead to defeat and deeper depression, echoing prior outcomes and warnings.
The Alton Spectator discusses abundant harvests in the south, scarce help in some areas, and potential price impacts from northern markets. It covers cholera deaths in Carmilion and St Charles, relief on cholera near Lower Alton, and local mail routes and schedules reflecting ongoing regional issues in July 1833.
The Eastern mail to Bellevue runs three times weekly in winter on Wednesdays Fridays and Sundays. It connects with Alton and Edwardsville routes meeting at St Louis to Springfield, extending to Vandalia. The current plan outlines how the mail operates between Belleville and surrounding towns.
J T Hupson states he was absent from the board meeting that passed two town ordinances on July 1 and was confined to his house due to indisposition Stephen Griggs, Esq presided that day.
In this city a German named Philip Harman was found dead in a well with a stone tied to his neck. Janes Hubbard, his roommate and suspect, seized nearly all Harman’s eighteen hundred dollars and belongings, and was arrested after an inquest. Hubbard is jailed to await trial. both men were recent emigrants.
On Monday a Western warner and suite arrived in town and lodged at Congress Hall. They appeared gratified and friendly to locals. As the procession moved along Third Street past Congress Hall the Indians were observed.
Black Hawk and his allies watch the towering military display from windows and express mixed awe and sorrow. The elder warrior vows to seek peace after acknowledging white power, wishing to spare further bloodshed and return to his people as a friend of the white man.
The Norfolk papers recount Indian Chief Black Hawk and his party touring Portsmouth and viewing naval ships including the Delaware. In Bridgeport cholera spreads causing panic, deaths, and relief efforts as physicians aid victims, while other city news covers public meetings, a church service, and a disturbance involving a Methodist pastor.
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