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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1838
Page
1
Publication line credits W C McAuslen and L Harper as publishers of the Muse. The brief note confirms the joint posting of notices or content within the periodical. It reflects a historical collaboration and printing by the two names.
Poem lines describe a dramatic dawn of freedom as thunder bursts in the sky and a mighty call spreads across valleys and hills. The imagined chorus of stern Freedom echoes from shore to hill, inspiring millions to answer the resounding plea.
A compact poem portrait chronicles a youthful conqueror whose strategic brilliance and iron rule bring war, France, and empires under control. Yet his betrayal of liberty, assassination of his wife, and bid for dominion lead to exile and a solitary, doomed end.
In a lively domestic farce a young man with wealth marries for love despite age and charm gaps. A jealous wife discovers flirtations, a maid eavesdrops, a clash ends in a wreck and a broomstick becomes evidence. A lawyer nudges hush money, delays ensue, and a small payout settles the affair.
A lengthy tale of Harriet Selwood, rich and beautiful, labeled an old maid, until her uncle devises a ruse. He turns her into Mrs Lumley, a young widow, and showers her with jewels and a chosen fiancé amid the town’s flirtations. The plan hinges on timing and a staged backstory. The uncle’s deception leads to swift marriage prospects as suitors flock to the supposed heiress.
An elderly French émigré, driven from France during the revolution, endured poverty across Italy and Germany before returning to Marseilles. A Milanese connection reveals his daughter, Countess Ottolini Visconti, alive in Milan. Letters from exile miscarried, leading to a joyous father daughter reunion after 47 years.
Barbe Mabois states the Mississippi name stems from an Indian term Vamesi-si-pou. Other items include Baltimore American Life Insurance in London, Betsy Myers’s breach of promise payment, New York Assembly actions, Batavia trial start, Wilkes chosen for Exploring Expedition, Prince Jeinville’s Rio arrival, Macedonian and Levant ready for sea, Louisiana lottery abolished, Norristown Valley loan, Columbus and Luther remarks, Haiti debt, Currituck wolf sighting, Columbia voyage shift, whale fleet at New Bedford, Natchez steam packets to New York.
Senator Benton argues the two core goals of the Independent Treasury bill are to exclude banks from public moneys and to bar bank notes from federal receipts and expenditures. He traces history of Bank of the United States charters, stresses prior exclusions, defends constitutional currency reform, and criticizes opponents as pro Bank interests resisting hard money measures.
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