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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1837
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text describes a debate over bank power and political influence. References to London bankers, nature, and alleged suppression of currency, with mentions of a bank and financial actions affecting society. Specific names and details are unclear due to garbled text.
The Liverpool Mail quotes a harsh demand over specie export from America to England. The piece highlights phrases urging Mr. Biddle to dictate terms to the U.S. government, to drain banks of specie or perish, reflecting heated rhetoric on financial policy.
The Democratic Voters of Jefferson invite members to gather at the Hotel of Witt B Kerury in Steubenville on Monday December 25 at 2 PM to appoint delegates to the Democratic State Convention in Columbus on January 8 to nominate a Governor candidate. A general attendance is requested and a county meeting will precede the state gathering.
The publication provides today a complete list of the current Ohio Legislature members for reference. It enumerates senators and representatives, aiding readers in identifying officials and their districts.
The Washington Globe publishers Blair and Rives are thanked for forwarding a copy of the President's Message by Express Mail and are asked to charge postage to the sender. Senator William Allen is also thanked for a similar favor.
Readers receive the President's Message hours before rivals thanks to the prompt efforts of J. E. Weirs Col. John Wallace and John H. Patterson.
The article presents President Van Buren's message to Congress, praising his clear style and Republican principles. It aligns Treasury and Land policies with Democratic views, asserts public support, and notes the party's resilience against Federalist and Tory opposition across past conflicts.
A column prints John C Calhoun’s reply to a committee invitation to dine. The piece praises his honesty of purpose and devotion to the country, while noting his past alignment with the Federal party and warnings against policies that would hamper freemen and centralize executive patronage. The writer anticipates opposition from Federalists but backs Calhoun as a patriot.
The paper notes several well written articles must be deferred while messages are prepared for readers. It mentions forthcoming poems by the author of The tears flow lines and hopes for more poetic effusions next week.
A rousing dispatch praising imperial unity while urging Canadians toward liberty. It argues for reason over despotism, invokes rights endowed by the Creator, cites Brutus and Washington as precedents, and asserts that a people’s armed struggle may come if necessary to win emancipation.
The President's Message was read in Congress on Tuesday at noon and arrived in Wheeling early Thursday. An express carried it to Wheeling, while our private line departed soon after, with the dark clock showing fifty two hours from Washington City to press. The piece ran full but a neighboring paper cut three columns, angering readers. We had five compositors versus eleven elsewhere, and claimed to be exhausted by the workload. Sam Patch’s remark about doing things differently is echoed here.
The passage critiques Federalists for seeking government funds and banking privilege, warning against expanding treasury officers, chartered monopolies, and tying wealth to the government. It questions Congress and public support for merging associated national wealth into government power and signals the people's readiness to respond.
Readers are invited to a public dinner at D. Camerons on Market Street on January 25 to honor Robert Burns. The note praises Burns and notes Scots and American Democrats share a reverence for Scotland and its famed leaders.
The governor’s message denounces the rotten banking system and will be published for readers next week, according to the note. The remarks span the full length of the message and reflect strong criticism of current practices.
The Mississippi result shows Democratic Whig picks replacing Claiborne and Gholson while Federal candidates faced a Waterloo defeat. The press notes the Federalists ran alone with a weak showing and laments their exhausted campaign and supposed shifts to prop a rotted cause.
The Ohio Senate opened with Leicester King presiding and elected George J. Smith Speaker pro tem along with John Osburn Clerk and Alexander Delorae Sergeant at Arms. The House, led by David Chambers, chose Charles Anthony Speaker pro tem Smithson E. Wright Clerk pro tem and John Cook Sergeant at Arms, all confirmed for the session.
The Albany Argus tabulates 1834 and 1837 votes with Democratic decline from 181,905 to 140,670 and Federal drop from 198,969 to 155,883. It notes a 41,000 Republican absence and a 13,086 Federal vote drop, leaving a 12,886 Democratic edge near 1834 levels with Kings and Albany counties highlighted for changes.
The Baltimore Republican notes a dramatic shift in New York where banking power, forged by a Democratic Legislature with merchants, traders, stock-jobbers, and inland monopolists, has revolutionized the state. The piece warns the triumph will be brief as democracy may reclaim balance.
The Kentucky and Ohio Journal warns that a divorce between banks and the state would trigger a hard struggle as powerful banking interests seek to regain public deposits. Wealthy figures and Congress supporters could tilt policy toward heavy taxation, robbing the people to subsidize high lending rates, undermining the intended economical government.
In Somerset Perry county a jail was set ablaze on the night of the 4th by an inmate recently imprisoned. Disturbingly, the man burned to death before authorities could reach him.
The remark likens Texas coverage to a stale, flat, unprofitable Federal paper on Market Street, suggesting diminished value or appeal in the press. It hints at satirical critique of regional newspapers losing relevance amid changing markets.
A Canadian Free Press report from Swanton and St. Albans describes a decisive engagement on the night of the 25th near St. Charles, with 1200 British forces attacking the fort and 1600 Patriots from St. Mathias arriving to aid. Patriots pursued, with heavy losses for the British and strong French support for independence. Montreal and Quebec banks are evacuating valuables to the States as a broader conflict raises fears of further hostilities. The report cites multiple correspondents and confirms growing unrest and mobilization in the region.
Mississippi returns show a likely Democratic majority for Governor candidate McNurr and predict control of both legislative branches. The note claims a Republican Senator will replace Brack, while Whigs gain two seats due to an uncontested field. Crarporne and Grielson are praised as trusted Democratic supporters despite unclear congressional outcomes. Washington Globe notes widespread Democratic backing in the state.
Fragmented text lists show multiple city venues and showtimes such as Wheeling Cadiz Canton Philadelphia Cope’s Mills with evenings and midweek slots. D LARIMORE P Mf appears as a namesake or operator among the scattered entries with unclear roles.
Commercial record lists prices current for Steubenville market on December 12 1887. Flour 6 50, Coffee 13 1 4, Feathers 45, Mackerel No 3 9 00, Flaxseed 7 d, Lead Tas Linseed Oil 1 00 as 12, Sugar 0 0, Salt 3 40, Bacon 9 219, Tobacco 10 per lb, Whiskey 35 a 40 gal n, Wheat 1 00, Oats 31 a 37, Potatoes 25, Tallow 10, Butter 15 a 18, Beef 4 a.
A Nashville Banner excerpt reports Whigs from Nashville and Boston praising proceedings at Faneuil Hall. The piece notes both factions share Federalist leanings, advocating Webster or Clay for president, supporting a mammoth national bank and a national convention, and criticizes the Federal party leadership.
Price listings from Wheeling market dated December 1 show flour at 6 25 to 6 50 per barrel and flaxseed 75 per bushel with grain and oats around 100 and 37 to 40 cents respectively. Hog products and store goods noted with hams at 10 to 12 and bacon around 6? cents per pound. Pittsburgh market dated December 2 lists flour 6 00 to 6 50 per barrel, wheat 1 10 per bushel, salt 2 62 to 2 75 per barrel, hog bacon 9 cents, hams 12, whiskey 31 to 32 per gallon, and coffees Havana 12 4 to 13, Rio 13 4, Java 15 4 to 16.
Baltimore Market notes prices for coffee and luayralia etc. including Cuba, St Domingo, Rio, feathers and fish, mackerel, herrings, flour, bacon and whiskey. The fragment lists various goods with nominal price figures like No. 35 mackerel at 75 and hog round bacon near 10 to 11, indicating a late 19th century market column.
The passage argues the banks' larger capital is the source of money troubles. It cites Mr. Parmenter accusing bank loans to speculators as causing suspension of specie payments, and Mr. Phillips confirming this while Whig papers omit it. It notes Mr. Reed’s 48 to 54 vote in the Pennsylvania Convention on an amendment for individual stockholder liability in banks.
Market brief from Cincinnati listing bacon and hams at 9 to 10, hog round 7 to 8, coffee prices Havana 13 to 14, Rio 12 to 13, Dominican none, superfine flour per bel 6 75, grain wheat 112, rye none, oats 30 to 33, New Orleans sugar 7 0 8, Havana 14 to 14 4, whiskey per gallon details incomplete.
In Alleghenytown Pennsylvania on the sixth inst, Capt Thomas McCarty of Steubenville married Elizabeth Read, the ceremony conducted by Reverend W. James.
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