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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1837
Page
3
Senate. BENJAMIN O'TAPPAN Representate SAMUEL M'NARY Commissioner GEO. MITCHELL Mr. PlEasant Tr. Prosecuting Attorney JOHN K. SUTHERLAND Treasurer JOHN 8S. PATTERSON.
Authorized notice names Alexander SutHerland Esq as candidate for re election as County Recorder. Also corrects a prior Grove Academy report misstating Steubenville population, now stated as at least 6000. Hon Joan Mitcer former Missouri governor and current congresswoman visited on Friday the 18th and departed for Washington.
Democratic delegates in Carroll county nominate for the upcoming election Senate James Thompson Assembly Isaac Atkinson Sheriff Ben J Griffith Commissioner J W Russell Auditor William Holmes Assessor John Potter Treasurer James Cameron. They warn of wealth influence and urge vigilance for victory. Harrison County convention nominates John Gruber Wm Milligan James McNutt Samuel Colvin Samuel Slemmons E M Stanton for prosecutor, with other local entries. The Mobile Register reports county votes for governor and congress in several counties with majorities and projections. The Jonesborough Sentinel notes Armstrong leading governor votes in several counties. Arnolp wins district congress, and Jesse R By num u m is re elected to Congress in North Carolina. The ex-president is in good health and active on his grounds. a whig editor seeks an exchange.
A historical critique comparing early Federalists and modern Whigs to present anti bank forces. The author attributes to Hamilton a monopoly bank push and a shift to metallic currency, alleging consistent opposition to popular government, leading to panics and the 19th century banking crisis, framing both eras as pro bank and anti public interest. The piece cites 1808 propaganda and contrasts Jefferson’s democracy with current party lines.
The speaker criticizes a government policy as dangerous and accuses federalists of attacking democracy and democratic leaders. He extols a strong constitutional defender and condemns the opponents who reject the doctrine of construction and seek to govern the nation by a distant authority. The passage frames the dispute as a long-running partisan battle.
The Sheffield brings London dates to the 7th and Liverpool to the 8th. The cotton market remains firm with steady demand for American produce. The dead king’s body will be buried with pomp on the 8th alt. Reports from Bayonne and Saragossa on Don Carlos and Elia. Cholera in Palermo and Naples rising. pleurking for plague cures. Whig anxieties over bank policy and state institutions. Local crime notes, a counterfeit case, Balloon Ascension plans, and a fatal carriage accident in Philadelphia. Import statistics show 1835 to 1836 shifts in silk sugar coffee. Chicago flour price.
A letter attacks a Whig banker director for defending the banking system and attacking Jackson and the Democratic candidate. It questions his claims on stock liability, bank solvency, and the notion that wealth affects credit. The writer refutes the assertion that private banks expose debtors to greater risk and mocks the iron versus silver currency argument.
A. B.C. attacks Judge Wilson and the Bank Directors, arguing banks influence fortunes by expanding or contracting issues. He cites Steubenville real estate deals, Ross property purchases, Wellsburg lots, and western land speculation as evidence of directors’ profiteering and interest in rising or falling prices.
News from Havre via Sully reports France in tranquility with the royal family and Belgian king on a pleasure tour. Hamburg notes a US export crisis affecting exchange, Bremen hit hardest. Count Schimmelpenninck named ambassador to St Petersburg, succeeding Baron Van Heckeren. Carlist leaders Sopelana and Moreno die near Barcelona. Two French squadrons prepared for the Mediterranean, one ready for Levan, one to assist if needed.
Details describe two fleets sailing from Toulon with ships San Petri Jupiter Triton Montebello Jena Suffren Trident amid fine weather. Mentions strong cotton trade with 9000 bales changing hands in two days, signaling a favorable market and improved domestic manufacturing outlook.
Widespread critique of petty shinplaster notes in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia cited. Steubenville reports no local shinplaster circulation. An ordinance fines sand removal from the Ohio River beach up to five dollars, with enforcement by the street commissioner, passed August 19 1837. City officials John K. Sutherland mayor and A J Leslie recorder pro tem dated August 23.
Jefferson county residents are notified that the treasurer or a deputy will collect county taxes by visiting election sites in each township on specified dates. Knox Island Creek on Sept 18 and 19. Saline on 20. Brush Creek on 21. Cross on 22. Springheld on 23. Salem on 25. Wayne on 26. Smithfield on 27. Mount Pigasant on 28 and 29. Warreo on 30. Wells on Oct 2. Cross Creek on Oct 3.
Flour price 6.00 and 100. Flaxseed 100. Batter 10 to 12. Beef 6 to 8. Bacon 8 to 10. Philadelphia markets August 2 1837 report Flour 9.00 to 9.87 per barrel. Coffee 104 to 103. Sugar Porto Rico and Cuba 6 to 34 per pound. Rye whiskey 31 to 33. Market notes include domestic and imported goods and weekly sales ranges.
Market notes from Baltimore dated August 4 1837 list coffee Porto Rico and Laguyra at 10a 12c Cuba at 10a 11 St Domingo and Rio at 9 12 10 Feathers Western quoted at 50452 ¢ per th Fish Madlerel No 3 at 450 Flour Sales of Howard street stores at 9 00a 950 wagon price ranges 8 2 50 Bacon Western Bacon rising with good lots selling at 10 10 2c Whiskey Birds 33 cents and 34 1-2 to 35 for barrels.
A dated market list from Pittsburgh shows prices for commodities like flour bacon whiskey wheat flaxseed salt and potatoes. Figures include flour per barrel 6 62a 6 75 and whiskey per gallon 31 a 32 with other items listed at varying per unit rates.
August 18 1837 market prices list flour flaxseed and grain. Flour and bacon prices shown by wagon and store offerings. Wheat at 160 corn 62 rye unavailable. Flaxseed 67 1 2 per bushel. Hog round 7 1 2 to 8 1 2 from wagons or stores.
From New Orleans dated July 28 1837 market notes report sugar prices at four cents for prime quality and inferior grades around twelve cents with moderate demand. Flour prices risen to thirteen or fourteen cents and butter of western origin good quality commands around twenty cents.
Louisvilles August 5 1837 price list shows bacon hams ten dollars per hundredweight, hog round six to seven, clover seed four dollars per bushel, flaxseed sixty two cents per bushel, cotton from Tennessee and Alabama nine and a half cents per pound, superfine flour seven dollars eighty cents per barrel.
A public notice from John S. Patterson urges all individuals indebted to the late firm Patterson & Scott for subscriptions, advertising and job work to settle promptly. The speaker emphasizes urgent need for funds to restart his business, noting books are kept at his residence on Third Street above Dr Mairs'. August 74-11m.
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