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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1843
Page
2
The text describes a vast tufted landscape with tulip poplars and a smooth velvet pasture by a spring. It lauds perpetual natural beauty, notes the old man’s immortal appearance, and contrasts rustic abundance with lack of cultivated landscape taste while praising unstructured farming.
The Ohio Statesman reports a lengthy article with valuable statistics on specie exports. It states the year 1831 stock at 30,006,000 and an excess of imports from 1832 to 1842 at 47,009,000, with 20,000,000 from recent imports and 12,000,000 brought by immigrants, totaling 109,000,000.
Messers Sibber and Jones of Pittsburg report a counterfeit issue from the Bank of Wooster in one dollar denomination. Altered from the Cincinnati broken bank signed tos. 8 Lake, Cashier and J P Courren, President. Detectable by the street view vignette showing wagon and horses with Gen Harrison portrait on the left.
Nashville Union accuses the last Whig Congress of hollow reform aims while padding the people’s money with a million four hundred eighty eight thousand seven hundred and one dollars for pay and mileage. The paper urges voters to condemn such spending.
The piece argues against the claim that the 1842 tariff served only revenue. It accuses proponents of shifting to protection to burden farmers, noting tariffs on woolens and coarse wool are aimed at raising profits rather than revenue. It cites John Quincy Adams and contrasts value-based taxation with high duties on certain goods.
The Ohio Statesman profile attacks Henry Clay as a vindictive demagogue who betrayed Democratic principles to seek power. It catalogs his early oath breach, Senate entry, 1824 presidential path, alleged treaty-foiled aims, and later role as Secretary of State, asserting he harmed Jacksonian reform before enduring public rejection.
Nashville Union denouncesWhigs for using high revenue and tariff as cover while reporting loans to cover revenue deficits. It notes 12 million borrowed and Treasury notes increased by about 12 million, creating a funded debt of 25 to 30 million. Calls the policy fraud and oppression, echoing Mr Bell’s ten-year warning.
The piece rails at Henry Clay calling him politically dead and unfit to guide the nation. It claims he failed public and private life to benefit mankind and compares him to Lucifer. It also damns the Federal Whig presidential candidate’s character.
The speaker challenges democracy as mere office power, arguing true democracy requires fairness beyond wealth and office. He contrasts a struggling laborer with a wealthy magnate, insisting just legislation can equalize conditions and curb exclusive privileges, urging democratic principles beyond money and status.
The New York Daily Plebeian argues Whig rule is marked by reckless spending and fear of taxation. It cites debts swelling from six to thirty million in states, compares to Democratic management, and notes attempts to avoid tax increases while funding government. The piece references Pennsylvania and Virginia as examples of Whig misrule and debt.
The Nashville Union criticizes White stance against debt reduction, arguing they oppose paying off the public debt. It claims Whigs, while opposing debt repayment, would demagogue any plan to retire about twenty five million in funded debt during Democratic efforts to address it.
Ohio six percent stocks rose to 94 on the first in New York with an upward trend. The new seven percent loan traded around 105. The New York Express notes money is plentiful and banks took much business paper at three and a half percent. This contrasts with 1837 when money was scarce at three percent per month. The Bank of New York posted a discount rate under six percent, losing some customers.
The Cadiz Sentinel reports a strong turnout of delegates from townships to the convention on Tuesday. Cheerful countenances and confident expressions signal increasing support for the Democratic ticket ahead of the second Tuesday in October. Push on the Democratic ball.
The final issue of the Ohio Eagle at Lancaster Fairfield County features sixteen columns of dense sheriff sale advertisements, filling the last number with public auction notices and related legal promotions.
The Lancaster Ohio Bank once operated at Pottsville Emporium and, despite its failure and the ongoing penalties suffered by victims, some readers insist the deceitful shopmerchants still deserve sympathy. The editorial notes continued calls for the dubious business and mocks the notion that a simple remedy can fix the harm caused by the Swindle.
Detroit Free Press analyzes presidential vote totals for Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren from 1828 to 1840. It presents figures showing Jackson’s 1828 vote at 650,943 and Van Buren’s 1836 vote at 763,589, with Van Buren leading by 112,646. It also notes Jackson’s 1832 and Van Buren’s 1840 re-election totals, and includes related commentary on popularity and public confidence.
Jane and May 97 1842 issue details indicate Graham's Magazine available through Mellor's Periodical Agency priced at 25 cents with May 97 date in the 1842 publication.
Brief fragment notes a periodical gear sale dated near May 27 with items received and for sale under Miss Leslios Magazine Frus Bee.
The notice proclaims Robert McCray was appointed auctioneer by the Court of Common Pleas and will auction items of all descriptions including needles and anchors. It promises to inform the public and seeks liberal patronage from old friends and purchasers, dated June 10, 1843.
A physician warns against delaying treatment for consumption and urges immediate use of Dr. Duncan's Expectorant Remedy. It claims to relieve cough and chest pain, halt disease progress, and strengthen the system without opium or narcotics. Sold at A. L. Frazer's Book Store. June 10.
John Robertson of Columbiana county Ohio testifies to relief from a five or six year bilious nervous illness after using Harlichs Medicines. He warns against drastic compounds and credits the Aperient medicine and Strengthening Tonic with restoring health, urging others to quit harmful remedies. May 10 1840. Office depots in Philadelphia and Steubenville retailer Frazer.
Frazer and Bell announce subscriptions for the American Journal of the Medical Sciences edited by Isaac Hays M D surgeon of Wills Hospital. Published quarterly by Lee and Blanchard Philadelphia at 500 cents per year. June 3.
Public notice of Ohio Supreme Court Reports volumes newly received and for sale by Frazer and Bell. Also advertisement for white lead and “Thier's French Revolution Complete in 4 volumes” with engravings, offered cheaply at Mellor's Periodical Agency and Frazer & Bell as of June 3, 1843. Includes additional history of the Reformation in Germany and Switzerland in muslin binding offered at Frazer & Bell.
An early 19th century advertisement extols Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a cure for fever, rheumatism, gout, headaches, and other illnesses. The patent medicine claims detoxifying effects and promises relief when used nightly, with testimonials and cautions against counterfeit versions and unauthorized sellers. It lists agents across multiple towns and emphasizes a depôt at 169 Race Street.
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