American Union in Morgantown, West Virginia

Worldwide colt challenge and local crime notes

A New Orleans race challenge invites Duck Wagner to run the colt against any horse for twenty thousand dollars a side, with Wagner backed by strong southern backers. The Perth Amboy church theft is reported, its communion table later found in New York, alongside notes from Louisville crime calm before tragedy. A prisoner escape attempt wounds a guard in Louisville, and a Boston Post rider endures mud and oysters on a Wheeling journey. A real screamer profiles a resourceful eastern editor who doubles as multiple tradesman and father of sixteen.