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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1838
Page
1
A dramatic monologue describes a woman confined in a private madhouse. She protests her madness while recounting the cruelty of an unjust husband, longing for her child, and hearing horrifying sounds as a keeper and unseen fiends torment her. She insists she is not mad and imagines escape and release.
A traveler strolling from Jaffa recalls a lush Ramleh garden scene just after rains. He describes marble gates, orange groves, citron and pomegranate trees, a fountain, a Turkish host on a carpet with a pipe, and sunset prayers from Jaffa minarets before they walk the garden. The tale shifts to a voice from a Mississippi humor piece about snake hunting in North Carolina and a playful exchange in a rural settlement.
A fragment notes a Turk addressing Heath's Book of Beauty with a grave yet gracious smile. The phrase Effendi and a remark about showing friends only the sunny side appear, indicating a literary or social exchange in a historical context.
A moral discussion warns against judging suitors by wealth alone. It emphasizes virtue over riches and urges parents to seek honorable character in a daughter's husband rather than gold. The piece cautions that wealth can mislead and that true happiness comes from virtue and respect, not riches.
A dated critique argues that women change opinions slower than men, basing it on impulse versus reason. It claims men adopt opinions through argument, while women resist change until time or novelty, forgetting past impressions and clinging to perceived infallibility.
A historical tally notes among the fifty six signers nine born in Massachusetts eight in Virginia five in Maryland four in Connecticut New Jersey and Pennsylvania and four in South Carolina three in New York three in Delaware two in England two in Scotland and one in Wales. It lists occupations and education with eighteen graduates from Harvard and Yale among attorneys merchants and physicians. It records death ages from under forty to over ninety across multiple decades.
The text lists the ages of the signers, noting Ed ward Rutledge and Thomas Lynch as in their 27th year, Benjamin Franklin at 71, Steven Hopkins born in 1707 and died 1785, Charles Carroll at 96, William Ellery at 93, and John Adams at 91. Franklin lived to 1790, outlasting sixteen younger brothers.
A Saratoga Sentinel recounts a 1812 incident in which Mr Papineau, then a captain with a company leading prisoners from Hull, refused to march with troops who insulted American prisoners by the tune Yankee Doodle. He argued his duties to his country did not require inhumane treatment of captives.
In town, General Scott spoke of a July 1814 battle scene. He described three drummer boys facing fire, two drums spoiled, a dispute over a third drum, and two boys killed by a cannon ball. A survivor, about 15, gazed at his fallen companions, an image Scott said moved him to tears. The incident names Jarvis F. Hanks of this city.
Col Croghan’s table shows a wartime deficiency at coastal forts with France, listing shortages of 1572 guns 18 and 42 pounders 180 carronades 156 mortars 2064 gun carriages 162 mortar beds 1,258,229 shot 98,753 shells 79,651 rounds of grape and cannister shot and 10,048,393 pounds powder. Present needs reduce to 418 guns 18 and 42 pounders 92 carronades 57 mortars 826 gun carriages 64 mortar beds 66,583 shot 2972 shells 9542 rounds of grape and cannister shot and 875,375 pounds powder.
An English anecdote from Arrretina in Mrs Bray's Letters on Devonshire tells of a woman in Charles I's era who spurned a beloved suitor, who then joined the King's army and died at Newbury. She later marries a Parliamentary officer, but on her wedding day reveals her heartbreak and asks to be buried near her first love. On deathbed she points to a cabinet hiding the letter revealing her true grief.
In the Senate, Benton rebuts opposition attacks on Andrew Jackson and Van Buren, arguing the 1837 ruin claim rests on bold assertions rather than data. He tests domestic commerce at Louisville canal and St. Louis port, showing fourfold growth in seven years despite the era’s turmoil, and cites port data from Boston to New Orleans to contrast perceived economic decline with actual gains.
The speech compares imports and exports totals for the year of ruin, cites public land sales in 1825-28 and 1837, and argues the Treasury order favored settlers over speculators. It notes Indiana and Illinois land sales in 1837, reports total public land sales at 7,004,538, and discusses currency, specie, and bank notes in the 1811 and 1832 periods. It critiques the Bank policy, claims increased specie, and condemns bank note redemption issues.
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