18 Feb 1843
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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1843
Page
1
The poem portrays morning as a restoration of light and life. It invites all to rejoice in its blest light, thank the Father for safe night, and welcome the day with renewed vigor. Morning’s voice awakens nature and spirits, promising vigor and success for those who honor its name.
A light verse urges a cheerful approach to study and toil. It contrasts joyful work with play and notes time passes quickly when the heart is glad, ending with a playful call to come away and work with a smile.
A Sunday Mercury piece presents a patent sermon built on Pope's line Hope springs eternal. The preacher argues ambition rests on hope yet warns that seeking future bliss blinds to present duties. He urges temperance industry prudence and piety to secure quiet happiness now and beyond life.
The Boston Investigator reprints a 1649 Puritan manifesto from Massachusetts rulers denouncing long hair as unmanly and ungodly. It quotes magistrates pledging to enforce a dress code and curb public vanity, aiming to reform manners and suppress baroque grooming.
A fragment urges lawmakers to reform obstinate behavior by noting religious witness and contrasts their busy banking legislation with the need to consider long hair as a moral issue. The passage counsels serious reflection by Our Legislators on personal appearance and virtue.
The piece notes dull trade despite mild weather as capital remains abundant in banks and Treasury Notes command a premium. It warns of credit fears from government drafts, urges steady bipartisan action in Washington, and discusses selling state public works or adopting new currency plans while citing Ohio and Philadelphia conditions and falling rents.
The N Lisbon Patriot presents the central debate on bank paper versus specie. It asks whether banks may issue three dollars in paper for every one in specie and argues this would imply a chartered capital capable of supporting a ten million dollar circulation. The piece challenges hard money opposition and invites scrutiny of the banker's claim with a referenced table.
The Ohio Statesman recounts 1815 as the peak of paper money banking popularity amid postwar trade revival. It notes 250 banks issuing banknotes and estimates 170 million dollars in bank paper, followed by Congress chartering a National Bank with 35 million dollars capital to curb state bank issues. The piece quotes James Randolph’s opposition speech, describing bankers as a broad interest group and criticizing the bank charter as a risky, paper-driven policy.
The piece recaps Ohio's 1816 1823 banking woes from the Worthington to Morrow era. It traces the National Bank’s limited relief, 1817 1818 bank charters, and a wave of new state banks, then notes Governor Worthington and Brown arguing against paper currency cures. It ends with the rise of frugality and industry restoring real value.
An 1870s account describes a young lady and her lover losing presence of mind during the Louisville earthquake shock, kissing furiously as the tremor ends. The Wilmington Republican editor urges Delaware women to conclude that a husband's arm makes a strong corset, as he jokes about fashioning one from his limb.
A new paper dedicated to saw running topics will be established in New Orleans. It will be titled the Saw Mill and edited by S Sawyer Esq. The aim is to serve the trade with industry news and insights.
A fragment puzzle style piece asks why crafted soldiers resemble fowls at Thanksgiving. It answers they are picked. The writer is likened to a water mellow behind a pile of core and is described as green behind the ears.
An ancient line compares a broken fortune to a sinking column, noting that the lower it sinks the greater weight it must bear, reflecting on the burden of diminishing standing and fate.
A fragmentary OCR line reads poetic diction about dew and a man with five “due bile” presented at once. The readable words suggest archaic language but provide no clear event, person, or place to identify.
A damaged OCR fragment from The New Orleans Picayune mentions a court case and proceedings but is garbled. It references a possible prosecution and law actions, with unclear names and dates, leaving the exact parties and outcome unreadable.
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