Jamestown Bank Inquiry Reveals Massive Failures at Lumbermen's Bank
An official Jamestown meeting reports the Lumbermen's Bank failure tied to $310,000 liabilities and $270,000 in bank notes in circulation. It details a mortgage scheme, misapplied securities, and lack of lender oversight, noting $65,000 of doubtful assets and broad mismanagement. The history recalls 1817 19 bank panics and warns against similar fraud.
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Harrie’s
Pittsburg
Lumbermen's Bank
Jamestown
Lumbermen’s Bank
Werres
A. Howley
Martin
F. J. Wait Esq
A. Hazeltine
Shepard
Chatauque
Faloner
F W Brigham
Wheeler
Brigham
Dunkirk
New York
Pennsylvania
Hazeltine
Lowry & Brigham
Wheeler and
Tolrioe & Lowry
N A Lowry
Judge Ball
Cataraugus County
Guy © Irvine
Irvine
Lowery
Mr. Shepard
C. Tucker
Fredonia
France and Hayti threaten debt dispute with armed options
A Seana to Hayti squadron is said to be sent to ease a multi million debt France claims from Hayti since independence. Hayti’s 40,000 strong army and mountains shield defense plans, while President Boyer ordered coast defenses abandoned for mountains to starve attackers. Cleveland Adv.
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Seana
Hayti
France
St. Domingo
Boyer
Cleaveland
Acquittal of the Alton Rioters
The Alton Rioters have had their trials in the City Court and were largely acquitted, as reported by the Telegraph on the 24th ult. The outcome reflects a mixed verdict with most defendants freed.
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Alton
Revolution in Washington echoed in bank intrigue and defiance
Correspondence from Washington reports banker and political factions planning open rebellion to resist the sub treasury, with Col. Webb leading a New York coalition at Masonic Hall. It notes calls to defy Treasury policy, threats of violence, and rhetoric about liberty and the people’s will amid national struggle over financial policy.
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Washington Globe
Mr. Binott
Hank
Congress
Biddie
James Watson Webb
New York Courier and Enquirer
Baltimore
Capitol Hill
Council of War
Col. Webb
New York
Masonic Hall
United States
Independent Treasury
Biddle
Peole
Flaming Bank
Sub- Treasury
City of
Sub-Treasury
Democratic Party
Alderman Patterson
Mr. Clay
Muhlenberg resigns from Congress after long service
Correspondence from Washington reports Hon. Henry A. Muhlenberg has tendered his resignation to the Governor of Pennsylvania and communicated it to the House. Virginia's Mr. Wise praises Muhlenberg's honor and firmness, noting his departure from Congress and the country to Europe. The House debates extending the Indian Commission deadline in Mississippi and considers private bills, including a Fulton heirs relief measure likely to pass by a large majority, with support from Mr. Hoffman and opposition from Mr. Russell. In the Senate, Mr. Smith of Indiana speaks against the Sub-Treasury bill.
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Mississippi
Bell
Wise
Boon
Indiana
Virginia
Duncan
Senate
U. S
7Th Circuit
Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Michigan
Prentiss
Ward
Nashville
John Bell
Congress
Boston
Select Committee For Investigation
Massachusetts
Henry A. Muhlenberg
Whittlesey
Pennsylvania
House
Muhlenberg
Europe
Indian Commission
Robert Fulton
Fulton
Hoffman
New York
Russell
Smith
E. J
English Barbarity by an Eye Witness
An eye witness letter from Lower Canada describes a barbarous act witnessed in December 1837. It contrasts American and British actions, condemning sham philanthropy and noting moving through St Laurent and St. Ishi? towns as British troops passed on December 14. The writer, in Wisconsin, laments public reaction and calls for moral accountability.
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Wisconsin
Iowa News
Lower Canada
du Buque
St. Laurent
Massacre at St Eustache and villages burned by troops
The advance near St Eustache was signaled by artillery fire. Troops stormed the village, drove out inhabitants to a church where fire and massacre followed. Fire consumed St Eustache and nearby church, with many killed or burned, prisoners taken, including notable individuals. Three days later the field showed the grim aftermath with mangled, abandoned corpses and looting.
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St. Benoit
St. Eustache
Dr. Chenier
M. Dumondielle
Dr. Mason
Road meeting for McAdamized Winchester to Massillon road
Delegates met in Carrollton February 2 1838 to consider a petition to Ohio legislature for an incorporated company to build a McAdamized road from Wintersville Jefferson county to Massillon Stark county. Selections formed committees of nine and thirty five to draft resolutions and circulate petitions. plan includes Wintersville Richmond Springfield Amsterdam Harleam Carrollton Harrisburgh Waynesburg Canton Massillon. Proceedings signed by officers and published in Steubenville Carrollton Canton and Massillon newspapers.
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Court House
Carrollton
Amsterdam
Ohio
Winterville
Jefferson County
Massillon
Stark County
John Brown
Waynesburgh
Daniel Vanhorn
Joseph Wolff
Daniel M’cook
Roger Moreledge
R. Hamilton
J. Seburgh
J. Dull
J. Ross
Andrew Hamilton
H. G. Flint
Harrisburgh
Matson Ayers
John Denny
Edward Waggoner
Carrollton and Vicinity
James Sinclair
R. M’clare
J. D. Patton
John M’cormick
H. A. Stidger
Andrew Clark
John Pugh
John Pearce
J. H. Ross
George Beatty
Jacob Stemple
John Rankin
Wm. D. Jenkins
Geo. W. Butler
M. J. Tiernan
Harleam
Daniel Richards
Isaac Wiggins
John Shober
David Johnston
H. H. Becket
Levi Miller
Israel M’elderry
Steubenville
Ohio River
Ohio Canal
Messrs
John Ross
Wm. Hardesty
Wintersville
Stark, Carroll and
Jefferson
Richmond
Springfield
Amstedam
Canton
Stewart M’clare
Henry Crew
John M’cullough
Michael Casner
W. Winters
A. Calhoun
N. Dike
Matthew Roberts
Joseph Burson
William Frazer
Carroll County
Matson Ayres
Wm. F. Brown
Isaac Atkinson
Wm. Woods
Geo. Reynolds
John Ebersole
Robert Hamilton
James Duncan
John Myers
Wm. Prouse
George Dewalt
Jesse Miller
Samuel Rhodes
H. B. Welman
Austen Allen
Jehu Brown
Daniel Vannorn
T. Jos A
Daniel M Cook
Secy’s
Senate debates on resolutions and school language debate
From the Ohio Stateaman February 14 legislative page the Senate debated resolutions by Mr Walton endorsing Union stability and noninterference with other states domestic relations. A party vote postponed the measure. The Miami Exporting Company exemption and Granville Alexandian Society were discussed, then tabled. The Lunatic Asylum bill and Wills Creek bill advanced, and a School bill faced a heated language instruction amendment favoring non English instruction for immigrant children, sparking robust debate among Me dill Trevitt Roller Smith and others. A Board of Public Works reform bill was reported by Chambers as the mountain of labor nears fruit.
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Senate
Walton
Union
Ohio
Yeas
Trumbull Co
Miami Exporting
Granville Alexandian Society
Wills Creek
Cook
Medill
Messrs
Trevitt
Roller
Smith
Messrs. Johnson
Carroll
Thruston
Kelley
Coddington
Board of Public Works
Chambers
Battle near Loche Hatchee defeats Indians with heavy losses
From St Augustine comes news of a clash on the 24th ult. where Indian forces were defeated though our side suffered nine killed and thirty wounded. General Jesup wounded, several officers hurt, and many cattle and property captured. Reported Indian leaders Alligator and Sam Jones quarreled. fear of large Indian arrivals at Fort Taylor within days. Later notes confirm Tennesseeans behaved well and Indians suffered light losses. A treaty with the Six Nations to remove west of the Mississippi is reported.
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Camden
Mills
St. Augustine
Loche Hatchee
Jesup
3D Artillery
2D Dragoons
Batallion Tennessee Volunteers
McLean
Garey’s Ferry
Fort King
Alligator
Sam Jones
Fort Taylor
Volua
San Lucia
Fort Pierce
Powell
Divorce over banks sparks patriotic critique of party loyalties
A historical critique argues the initial distrust of the Deposit Bank system proved correct as advocates for the banks switch to support after adverse outcomes. It cites a 1834 House extract showing many legislators, including Mr Spangler and Mr Leadbetter, were opposed to the Administration yet later praised the banks for opposing government and republican institutions. The piece lists yeas and the opposed, naming Adams, Humen Jillen, and dozens more across states, reflecting partisan weathercock politics.
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House of Congress
Spangler
Leadbetter
Gordon
Virginia
United States
Jour
H. Reps
Senate
John Q. Adams
Massachusetts
Heman Jillen
Vermont
Chilton Allen
Kentucky
John J. Allan
Williams. Archer
Noyes Barber
Connecticut
James M. H. Beale
Martin Beatty
Robert B. Campbell
Carolina
N. H., Claiborne
Wm. Clark
Pennsylvania
A. S. Clayton
Georgia
Amos Davis
Thomas Davenport
Edmund Debeux
N. Carolina
Thomas F. Foster
Roger L. Gamble
James H. Golson
Wm. F. Gordon
John K. Griffith
James P. Heath
Maryland
Robert P. Letcher
Dixon H. Lewis
Alabama
Henry C. Martindale
New York
Wm. McComas
Francis W. Pickens
S. Carolina
John Robertson
David Spangler
Ohio
John N. Steele
Wm. P. Taylor
Richard H. Wilde
Lewis Williams
North Carolina
Henry 4. Wise
Whigs and Federalists in a Bill of Contempt
The excerpt rails at Whigs and Federalists within the Democratic era, denouncing those who supported lending funds to government and praising Andrew Jackson alongside figures like Theodore Dwight. It brands Madison, Grady, and other allied names as infamous while celebrating what it calls true patriotism in the age of wonders at Mount Vernon Baptist.
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Boston
Daniel Webster
Whig’ Party
James Madison
Felix Grandy
Felix Graundy
Felix Grundy
Andrew Jackson Atory
Theodore Dwight
Thas
Mt. Vernon
Federalists and Conservatives Nominating N P Trapmapor for VP
The Ohio State Journal and Cincinnati Gazette back N P Trapmapor as the Federal candidate for vice president. The move is portrayed as support for the Conservatives with Mr T leading the Conservative faction in New York, Ohio Patriot.
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Ohio State Journal
Cincinnati Gazette
N. P. Trapmapor
Mr. T
New York
Ohio
English Parliament Raises Queen's Household Salary
The English Parliament increased the annual salary for Queen Victoria's household by ten thousand pounds, about fifty thousand dollars, a rise above the allowances for William IV or George V. The Ohio Patriot notes this as costly governance for a royal figure.
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William IV
G V
Ohio
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