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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1843
Page
2
A Statesman editorial praises the democracy across the state for banking legislation and predicts a fall triumph. It mocks Whig opponents for futile schemes and claims the Democratic ship, bearing the banner Individual Responsibility, sails safely to port with bankers safe banks or none as its motto.
The late coen Congress drew wages surpassing two million dollars, largely for enacting and repealing the bankrupt law. Bernard of New York Albany District laments his party’s course, while praising tea and coffee taxes as a means to tax the poor to fund the treasury.
European journals report widespread snow and hard winters in Holland France and Switzerland but St Petersburg stands out with mild weather erasing snow claims. Persistent rain has closed streets caused fevers and scurvy to spread in parts of the country, a rare winter anomaly.
A Philadelphia private carriage has been equipped with a flexible tube and two mouthpieces at its ends so that passengers inside can direct the driver outside without raising the window. This invention aims to improve signaling while the carriage remains closed.
M Arago reported to the Academy of Sciences that birds do not die from eclipse fear but may be affected. An experiment with linnets showed three died as the eclipse ended while a fasting dog stopped eating at onset. Field animals and mice also displayed unusual reactions during the darkness.
A brief note records a religious service held in Vermont on Friday April 14 to mark the passing of Beate, with community members gathering for prayer and remembrance. The event details are concise and reflect a local observance.
The article argues that historic parish ties and harsh laws bound laborers to their villages, creating surplus populations and low employment. It notes routine poaching, machine breaking, and vagrancy punishments, contrasting Scottish migratory peasantry with English rural laborers and highlighting the density of laborers in English counties compared with Scotland and the Highlands.
A Philadelphia Ledger letter recounts the Society of Industry led by Rev Henry Ginal a German minister in McKean County Pennsylvania near a year. The society holds 400 members with 40 000 acres, 70 houses, a steam sawmill tannery school and store. Land is divided into districts each with a model town and houses built alike. Members share property money and furniture, profits are equally distributed, and trades elect their own inspector. Agriculture and cattle are primary but manufactories are planned. Population totals about 420 with 140 men able to work and more to arrive in spring.
A passage extols intelligence and dignity alongside incorruptible integrity and self sacrificing patriotism. It praises fraternal affection for humanity, calm judgement, control over passions, moral courage, devotion to truth, and mastery of self government as the core of American character.
A concise reflection on natural beauty as honesty and moral truth. It links beauty to truth in faces, architecture, harmony, and music, asserting poetry remains guided by truth despite its fable-like form. The passage emphasizes真假 in art as the ultimate standard.
Henry Cray resumes law practice in Kentucky amid political setbacks as opponents in the Clinton Republican attack his nomination. Tom Marshall tours Kentucky delivering stamp speeches against the Ashland hero, citing Cray’s votes on the bankrupt law repeal and a Senate veto-abolition resolution as proof of opposition to Kentucky sentiment and balance of power.
Large groups gathering in Illinois Missouri and Iowa form to travel to Oregon starting May 12 from Iowa City. We will report upcoming meetings resolutions and proceedings as they occur and in subsequent issues Statesman.
The census estimates 7,000,000 cattle and 32,000,000 sheep in Great Britain and Ireland, with total livestock value at current prices about £110,000,000.
The Grenada Mississippi Register reports a dire poisoning incident affecting the Morehead family near Zazoo Pass. A daughter died on her wedding eve as others fall ill, including the eldest son who had just returned from studies at Harvard. The family mourns as death silently consumes them.
Captain Spencer brother of the Honorable John Spencer has arrived in New York from the American squadron in the Mediterranean. He has resigned his navy commission amid circulating rumors about his motive for doing so.
The New York Journal of Commerce says inquiries support a belief in a summary execution on the John Adams, though facts remain unauthenticated. The New York Post notes no public confirmation but reports belief that a mutiny and execution may have occurred on board.
James Bishop was hanged at Chesterfield New York on the 17th for murdering his wife. Before departure he spoke clearly for about eight minutes, urging honor and integrity, fidelity for women, and warnings to young men to avoid bad company and ruinous associations.
A passenger aboard the Schems from Point-au-Petre to New Orleans on the 13th confirms the city destruction by an earthquake. He estimates at least 5,000 dead and about as many maimed, noting his wife saved from total ruin. The editor calls the event highly volcanic in character and describes calcined ballast resembling pumice as proof. The loss is deemed incalculable and the city, once pride of the West Indies, fell in under two minutes.
The trial of young Mercer for Heberton's murder opens yesterday in Woodbury New Jersey. Miss Sarah Mercer, the victim's sister, is to testify for the defense. Mercer is defended by General Wall P D Vroom A Browning and Peter A Browne of Philadelphia with others. The prosecution is led by Attorney General Molleson and Prosecutor Carpenter. The mother of Heberton is not pressing for the death penalty.
A burning abolition institution near Quin, Illinois, was reported yesterday as the main blaze spread. Armed men accompanied a troop from Hannibal and Palmyra to the scene, heightening the incident's tension and suggesting possible conflict implications.
A fragment notes a confrontation where Quincy parties aimed to destroy a building but Providence intervened, causing them to abandon the plan and return home without incident.
The Nashville Union reports General Jackson was seventy six years old on Thursday the 15th, his health is good and spirits cheerful. He entertains friends with hospitality and cheerfulness, making the aged feel at home as at a brother’s house and the young as with a father.
From Jayer's History of the Jews, this passage notes that some peoples abstained from certain meats and fishes for religious reasons. It cites Egyptians avoiding pork and fish, priests shunning foreign meat and drink, and the Mosaic law using dietary rules to separate communities, preserve health and morals.
Why neighbor Simple debates hay seed and grass as Mr Farsight contrasts it with a town meeting vote against school funding. The parable warns that sparse sowing leads to weeds next year, linking marriage virtue to communal education and prudent investing in children.
A Cincinnati Chronicle account recalls a blind man guided by a young girl on Fourth Street after dark. The child calmly leads him toward their lodgings, while the mother discovers a tragic scene on the stairs. The tale ends with a quiet, mournful family moment and a blessing for the brave child.
A dated reflection argues that flirting does not forge lasting marriages as only rational, refined minds capable of securing a woman's lasting happiness are attracted to such behavior. The writer contends flirtation undermines stable unions.
The passage argues that flirting corrupts both sexes and that youth beauty and talent do not need flirtation for conquest. It cautions the emancipated maiden and pretenderly accomplished woman to avoid flirtation, urging modesty and self-respect while noting society ridicules those who rely oneffect.
Mr Swift of Erie county Ohio reports a nine acre trial producing over 300 dollars per acre with about sixty dollars in labor, selling madder at fifteen cents a pound and earning roughly two thousand five hundred dollars above costs. The piece adds remarks on preparation and lists blessings and a note on religion.
New York recorded 154 deaths in the past week, including 51 children under two, with 35 deaths attributed to consumption.
A splendid silver pitcher is being manufactured by Samuel Kirk as a gift from the wives and daughters of reformed men to Mr. Wm. K. Mitchell, president of the Washington Temperance Society. The thoughtful tribute will be forever linked to his temperance work and the era’s reform memories.
SAAC N. Whiting publishes Swan's Manual for Executors and Administrators in Ohio, detailing duties from creditor notices to inventory, sale, and settlement. The 1843 Steubenville release promotes the concise, practical guide by Judge Joseph R. Swan, aimed at nonlawyers and estate executors.
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