Bank of Mount Pleasant Resumes Specie Payments
The Bank of Mount Pleasant resumed specie payments on Monday, with notes once again in strong credit at home and abroad. The report says the bank is in a sounder condition now than ever, and it condemns Nick Biddle for his delays in resuming.
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Bank of
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Ritner
Bond Speech Attacks Truth as Election Tactics
The piece denounces Bond and his supporters as false and slanderous, highlighting alleged misstatements about Emigration policies and government spending. It cites figures from 1828 to 1838 on Indian Department costs and printing appropriations, contrasting them with Whig press expenditures and accusing Bond of misleading the public. The Globe notes the President’s departure to the Virginia Springs with War and Navy secretaries and Van Buren aides.
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Duff Green
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Virginia Springs
Norfolk
War
Navy
Major A. van Buren
Smith van Buren
Acquittal in Forgery Case of Benjamin Rathburn
Benjamin Rathburn, charged and tried for extensive forgeries across the Banks of this and neighboring states, has been acquitted. Also reported is the death of Judge John M. Goodenow, former President Judge of the ninth Judicial Circuit, who died in Cincinnati on Friday morning, the 20th inst.
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Goodenow
John M. Goodenow
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Ohio
Cincinnati
Whig principles and water works critique letter
A correspondent letter warns readers about Cato’s whig party critique as well as O S E’s harsh reflections. The piece prompts sending citizen complaints about water works to proper officials, noting the editor cannot fix town water supply during hot weather.
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Cato
the Herald
Jeffersons Diary on Hamiltons Money Machine and Federal Power
Extracts discuss Jefferson's reflections on Hamiltons financial system aimed to control Congress and promote a paper money regime. Washington and Jefferson assess discontent, Treasury influence, and the drift toward an unlimited government. The text notes concerns about the Bank and the future of republican governance.
English Influence in U S Finances Sparks National Unity
A historical pamphlet-like critique claims Bank of England dominance over American finances and political influence through Biddle. It accuses Federalists and English agents of shaping policy, demanding unity among supporters of liberty to resist perceived foreign control and constitutional subversion.
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Thie Waboly Elliance
Bank of England
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Pennsylvania
Biddle
Her
Petticoat
Friends
Friends of Freedom
Democratic Young Men of Ohio Seek Wide Attendance in Newark
A Newark announcement outlines arrangements for delegates to Ohio’s State Convention on August 17, urging broad turnout from every county. The circular urges Democratic papers to publish and notes preparations for delegates’ comfort and accommodations.
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Ohto
Newark
Ohio
John Lunceford
Senator William Allen Praised At Perth Market House Meeting
A large crowd gathered at the Third Market House where Charles J. Ingersoll Beg introduced the senator to the assembly. Allen spoke for nearly an hour amid hearty applause, praising Ohio’s representative who rose from poverty to the United States Senate through steadfast public service.
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Mareet Howes
Charlee J. Ingersoll Beg
Mr. Allen
The
Pennsylvanian
Ohio
William Allen
West
Senate
United States
Coronation of Queen Victoria and Other News
Eastern papers report Queen Victoria’s coronation on June 28 with a vast crowd and eight cream colored horses in the procession. Foreign ministers attended. security was tight. Also noted are Louisiana election results favoring Democrats, crop optimism, New Orleans dullness, a Granby Conn celebration with political toasts, Bond’s speech selling poorly, praise for Governor candidate Wilson Shannon, a counterfeit money arrest in Huron county, and the murder of Judge Dougherty near St. Louis.
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Queen Victoria
Local Market Notes and Political Transfer Report
The report notes New Orleans flour selling at 6.00 per barrel at 106 feet and describes a dull sales environment. It records Horace D. Clark, Esq. disposing of the Elyria Republican establishment to Edward R. Jewert, reflecting a political property transfer.
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New Orleans
Horace D. Clark
Elyria
Edward R. Jeowert
Whig Hive Buzz Explores Bank and Specie Payments
The Statesman rails at the Whig doctrine of a U S Bank to regulate exchanges and calls for specie payments. It hints the public will see who imposed burdens, cites Dr Doncan’s speech as revealing the secret, and mocks Bond and his supporters while warning against character attacks.
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Dr. Doncan
Bond
Statesman
Punning on Mr Shannon’s Name Stumpers Ohio Editor
The Zanesville Aurora ponders the joke behind Mr Shannon’s orthography and invites the Cincinnati Gazette editor to explain the pun. It offers a bottle of Cognine to anyone who makes sense of the name play.
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Wilson Shanning
Shannon
Cincinnati Gazette
Zainsville
Aurora
A Fight with the Indians near Newmansville June 17
From the Charleston Patriot report the June 17 clash between mounted dragoons under Captain Beal Captain Walker and Lieutenant Hew and a strong Indian force on a prairie ten miles south of Newmansville ended with United States troops losing six men and Captain Walker and their commander wounded. The next day two dead Indians were found under logs.
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Beal
Walker
Hew
Newmansville
United States
Which would be the most dangerous to deposit government funds
Discussion argues whether placing government money with 80 banks and 80 presidents risks more influence than appointing 8 public receivers who must post heavy security and cannot lend to friends. The question targets Sub-Treasury opponents and political influence. The second note reports on the steamer Moselle disaster hull reachability after Ohio winter a few days earlier with whiskey cargo intact and a decomposed body found in the hold.
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Philad. Times
Cincinnati Daily News
Ohio
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