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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1837
Page
1
The American Union announces its publication details and rates. It notes printing services by W C McAussen and L Harper and offers various job and card printing services with a boast of high-quality west‑region work.
A poem extols Quaker girls over worldly beauty praising their pure souls uplifted by simplicity. It contrasts fashionable traits with the plain kindness in the Quaker lass and Qua keress known for thee and thou language. The speaker declares the Quaker girl the ideal muse.
Sir Walter Scott recounted a strange story linking Lord Melville and President Blair dying about the same time. A dentist named Dubisson met the President the day before his death and heard him use the President's own words in saluting him. A second death followed when the dentist joked he might be the third, and he soon died.
A confidential servant in the life of Talleyrand is described as devoutly loyal yet inquisitive. After being entrusted with a fetter, the prince notices him calmly reading a letter while watched from an apartment window. The next day a similar order arrives, plus a postscript indicating a verbal reply via the bearer, revealing the servant’s prior reading.
Captain Walsh fled with Mr Lillybridge’s wife. They met in Detroit where Lillybridge, armed, hurled a bladder of Scotch snuff into Walsh’s face and eyes and held him down as long as skin remained on his back.
The remark defines the gambler’s mind as a landscape of kings queens and knaves. It reflects Addison’s casual observation about the passion for gaming and the mental fixation it creates. The line underscores the drawn fascination with chance and strategy in gambling culture.
The Globe discusses Miss Martineau's claim that mobs in the United States are composed of gentlemen and argues that even organized threats and law violations by self styled friends of the Constitution are treated as non riotous when right people partake. The piece contrasts democratic and whig behavior, labeling mob actions as gentlemanly by those in power.
C Alton Illinois May 31 1837 describes the Piasa rock carving on a bluff above the Mississippi near Alton. The piece recounts the Indian tale of a giant bird that devoured men, the legend of Chief Owatoga and his warriors, and the sacred mark carved in rock. The author visits a cave above the river, notes extensive human bones, and reflects on the mystery of the Piasa figure still visible on the cliff.
Judge Story urges reflection on republic duties to future ages and the perils and promises facing the United States. He praises Greece and Rome as warnings, notes Britain and Europe’s failures, and emphasizes self-government, a free press, religion, and knowledge. He calls Americans to preserve their constitutional gains and temper optimism with vigilance.
The speaker urges Americans to uphold unity and sustain public instruction. He appeals to mothers to teach children love of liberty, and to fathers and young men to value national heritage, resist disunion, and defend the liberties of the country with courage, even at the cost of life.
A Victorian era meditation on Emmet the Trish Patriot, condemned for treason during Ireland's troubles. The piece chronicles public sympathy for a brave young man, and the poignant devotion of a former lover who endures exile and social pressure while clinging to memories of him. A brave officer pursues her, but she remains loyal to Emmet.
A woman who found kindness from friends weds a man despite a heart pledged elsewhere. They move to Sicily hoping for forgetfulness. She remains dutiful yet sorrowful, wasting away until death from a broken heart. Moore wrote lines about her, mourning a lover’s grave.
Instructions describe skimming tomatoes in boiling water then stewing to make a sauce for roast meat. Green tomatoes yield pickle. Ripe fruit makes a catsup with salt, allspice, pepper, mace, garlic, and mustard seed, boiled to one third then bottled. Garlic removed before bottling.
A London visitor recounts how Reverend Rowlano Hill drew shoemakers to church by promising to show the quickest way to make a shoe. He delivered a stirring sermon and then, from the pulpit, cut the leg from a boot and held up the shoe as he pronounced the benediction.
A compact view from Boswell on Dr Johnson arguing that luxury aids society by promoting industry and employment. He contends luxury benefits the laboring poor through market demand and productive activity, rather than merely aiding the idle needy.
A young man tried to climb near Canajoharie Falls and slipped, grabbing a dry bush that broke. He tumbled into the cascade, leaped to clear rocks, and landed in a basin forty five feet below, escaping with minor injuries despite a perilous eight foot wide pool and steep surroundings.
The New York News recounts a prosperous city merchant who started with a plan to devote all profits to advertising for two years. He found it impossible to exhaust spending as faster outlays yielded greater returns, claiming if he could control all city papers' ad columns he would gain fourfold.
An honest farmer, venturing into the woods in deep winter with an ox sled, slices his foot with an axe by accident. Thinking the injury fatal, he returns home, where his wife and daughter lift him to safety and dress the wound, only to learn the skin was intact. The tale ends noting how fear and imagination can amplify pain more than reality.
Lawrence's Oration recalls the disbanding of American veterans after victory and independence. Soldiers, unpaid and exhausted, face a silent farewell as officers salute, the flag advances, and a nation weighs gratitude against self interest in a godlike act of magnanimity.
A passage urges fathers to educate every child to sustain the union and oppose tyranny. It argues that ignorance threatens the republic, while knowledge fuels liberty, national glory, and lasting prosperity, warning that education strengthens the beacon of freedom.
The Boston Post notes a Naval Board report backing the sailing ships for the South Sea exploring expedition. All ships, the frigate, two barques, a store ship and schooner, are approved with barques to be altered to brigs. The President supports the report and will aid rapid departure of the squadron.
The Lane Seminary stands four stories tall and includes a stewards hall chapel and library. The library named Lonie features pillars and a portico and houses a carefully chosen collection of 10 000 volumes purchased by Professor Stowe while abroad in Europe.
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