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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1838
Page
1
A brief archival line credits printing to W C Mcauslen and L Harper. It records the publishers responsible for the page or notice in the historical newspaper, reflecting the production side rather than a news event.
A dialog unfolds as Abel, aglow with revolution memories, is confronted by a reading spirit who questions his good or evil nature and hints at a family tie to Nancy. The scene blends revolutionary cues with surreal dialogue and Abel’s shaken pride.
The narrator recalls wandering solitary places and meeting allegorical personifications of Sleep Love and Death. A dream unfolds where Sleep and Love debate influence, a third Genius of Death appears, and the narrator chooses guidance, finding calm, revealed in a heavenward ascent and the promise of Love's passage over dreams.
In Boston the aldermanic contest addressed the objection that candidates lack weight by nominating a weight focused ticket. The weights recorded are John Binney 320 Stephen Badlam 410 Samuel Richardson 330 J. J. Valentine 340 John M. Gibson 383 Charles Inglee 264 Thomas Townsend 229 Jesse Stearns 351. Total gross weight 2727 pounds.
The Hempstead Long Island Inquirer describes a corpse exhumed for re interment in the village. The coffin remained well preserved and grass like filaments grew from the corpse surface with a whitish odor. spires emerged from the face and head area. Several filaments were collected by a local gentleman and given to the editor.
The journeymen printers of Philadelphia held a supper, many old pioneers attended, and several toasts were offered. Union, Land of our Birth, The Fair, The Press, and remarks by Wm. Magill and James B. Beers honored Franklin, the craft, and the role of printers in liberty and knowledge.
A Nantucket captain visiting a city after three years at sea became the evening’s target of exquisites. After insult, he returned with a ship’s spyglass hidden under his coat and aimed it at a young dandy in the box, causing uproar as the fashionable spectator fled to the lobby.
A humorous meditation on a man’s fears about engagement and matrimony. The piece explains that the bachelor worries about losing club social life, becoming a “dead” married man, and bearing new family responsibilities includingSilk goods and debts. It notes the anxiety but ends with a light line about an angel beside him.
An itinerant alms seeker in Devonshire is praised as a successful hoax by the Chronicle. The tale centers on a piper whose receipts exceed 12 pounds with only a fraction given to charity, while 3 to 4 pounds cover tavern costs for the piper, his servant, horse, and chaise, exposing the scam and public gullibility.
The Gatherer notes Lake Erie navigation across 300 ships including 42 steamboats and 256 canal boats with 5,152 men employed. It details Gen Jesup’s Florida force at 8,993 men, including 4,637 regulars, 4,078 volunteers, 100 seamen, and 178 Indians, plus editorials on treasure legends and various political items.
In a humorous onlooker piece a local correspondent mocks a Claremont Eagle reader who revels in bachelor life and chases a rejected suitor. A tale of a man who, after being rebuffed by a lady, stands at the door arguing his courage and proclaims himself a fellow of pluck and asks a final question about his own character.
Congress reports a bill creating Receivers General of Public Money to manage deposits at Treasury vaults and regional mints. It designates New York Boston Charleston and St Louis offices with strict safekeeping, bonds, and monthly transfers to the Treasury and mints. The act outlines deposits, audits, special banks, commissions, and checks by naval officers and land office officials.
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