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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1839
Page
2
Debates condemn a selective reporting practice as misleading about periodical book inspections. The speaker cites Swartwout's defalcation, bank suspensions, and bond issues, arguing the Treasury lacked timely, full authority to inspect and prevent fraud, while detailing the created safeguards and their flaws.
A proliberty speech defends the Secretary of the Treasury against Swartwout defalcation charges, denounces printing costly defalcation documents, and argues for an independent Treasury to shield the government from bank ties and frauds. It condemns Conservatism and Whig mercantile interests as corrupt influences in New York.
The Globe notes Swartwout misused public funds for private gain, accusing the Conservative and Federal party of double standards. It argues that party principles crumble when officeholders divert money, challenging trust in both the Administration and party loyalties.
The passage argues that farmers are God’s chosen people whose work sustains virtue. It warns corruption among cultivators who rely on customers rather than heaven, linking dependence to venality and societal decline. It contends that the farmer’s influence reflects a state’s health and corruption levels.
The Investigating Committee pulled up stakes and departed for Washington at 4 PM Saturday. They completed little and did it poorly, starting at the wrong end and not finding the right end. They questioned De Peyster about leaving the Custom House and about giving money to elections in the city, with De Peyster admitting fifteen dollars. The exchange, seen by the Swartwout majority, reflects widespread corruption concerns as Wise and his witnesses faced tough questioning.
From Vera Cruz three days later news suggests Santa Ana’s rise to Mexico’s presidency, a move viewed as likely delaying peace. Reports claim Bustamante advances with 4000 men toward Tampico to oust Arrié from the port, increasing hostilities and provoking reactions in English papers.
Fragmentary OCR notes pose a significant question about why eight Whig leaders faced warns or audits regarding executive influence. The readable portion hints at political tensions and possible obstruction to reporting or accountability within the party.
A Terre Haute Journal item criticizes the Administration for alleged falsity regarding staffing and defalcations. It argues the Whigs are more tactically ruthless, removing even hearse-drivers and lamp-lighters who oppose them, framing this as a political crisis. The piece cites Washington as a moral anchor.
The Investigating Committee have returned and taken a room in the Treasury buildings where they pursue inquiries. Reports from New York say their work has produced little to feed the cormorant appetite of their slanderous orators and printers. If Wise fails to unmask villains in the Secretary's management, the country should hold him and his party responsible for foul slanders.
A Baltimore Sun report recounts Lieutenant Wallace of the Navy who, spurned in love by a young lady whose parents opposed the match, consumed corrosive sublimate and died in torment. He left grieving aged parents and a nation of mourners after his fatal act of despair.
A statement by Sir John Barrow outlines naval power across nations. English ships of the line number ninety, France forty nine, Russia fifty, United States fifteen. Frigates for England ninety three, France sixty, Russia twenty five, America thirty five. Steamships of war English twelve, France thirty seven, Russia eight, America one, building nine. Globe.
Auditor of State Special Report details state liabilities up to January 1 last totaling 10,030,162.71. Permanent loans top 6.43 million for canals. other items include Domestic School funds, county surplus revenue, railroad scrip, canal and turnpike subscriptions, and transferred school funds.
A Tuley letter outlines a bank bill provision increasing the state capital by one and a half million this year and seven hundred thousand annually for five more years, totaling five million, with authority for four additional branches later if state interests require them. The Albany Argus notes. Boston Express recalls the March fourth anniversary of the government under the current Constitution and its republican institutions.
The Members of the Vigilant Hose Company are requested to meet at the Council Chamber on Saturday next at 4 o'clock P.M. by order of the Directors. J. Br. Burgoyne See'ty.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a school notice listing subjects such as orthography reading arithmetic geography and drawing. The text is garbled but suggests a focus on core topics and classroom offerings for students.
An 1830s advertisement extols Moffat's Life Medicines as superior to mercury based cures. It argues herbs restore vitality, claim relief across nervous debility, dyspepsia, rheumatism and other ailments, and invites readers to visit 367 Broadway for a copy of the Good Samaritan. Included are testimonial letters from users in New York and beyond praising cures for salt rheum, piles, inflammatory rheumatism, and long-term ill health.
State of Ohio Jefferson County shows Adam Reed as executor of David Parkhill in Tama county pleas. The document notes probate actions and related legal proceedings concerning the Parkhill estate.
Notice reports a light bay mare seven years old missing near Salt Row, Jefferson County Ohio. She is a natural trotter with one hind foot white and white face. Reward offered to any person returning her to the owner H. Rockwell at a designated location by Feb 12.
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