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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1838
Page
2
The Amraican Union prints weekly notices and advertisements at Market Street, south side, near the F. and M. Bank. Subscription is two dollars per year payable half yearly or three dollars at year end. No paper is discontinued until arrears are paid. Ads at usual rates. Editors’ letters must be postpaid.
An extra from the Cleveland Advertiser recounts the burning of the George Washington steamboat on Lake Er ie during its first regular trip. About a hundred aboard, with thirty to sixty feared lost, the vessel wrecked near Dunkirk after a frantic escape by passengers. Captain Brown saved some then returned to aid others. a noble passenger declined rescue to spare others. The North America aided, gathering survivors and the dead as the hulk sunk near shore.
A London despatch from Lodia via Calcutia and Madras reports a severe famine in western Ixpta. Accounts describe extreme hunger among Agri residents as meals fail and travel is hindered by stifling heat and disease. The dispatch notes riverblockages and widespread distress reaching Bombay and Marse districts.
A fragmentary OCR snippet prompts questions about a person or event labeled in garbled text. Local readers speculate on identity and possible connection to recent community happenings, with residents seeking clarification from the newsroom.
Mr Hubbard defends the Treasury circular as aligning with the Deposite and joint resolution of 1816. He argues the Secretary acted within law to favor public business, noting Massachusetts banks cannot be depositories, and that notes under five dollars are banned for public dues. The speech defends the seven to twenty dollar note restrictions as statutory, and condemns speculative critique of the Treasury’s actions.
A heated exchange recounts Secretary of the Treasury actions to require bank note acceptance only from those notes legally receivable, arguing the law, deposite act of 1836, and 1816 joint resolution support the position while opponents accuse the administration of reckless partisanship and misrepresentation.
The speaker argued against issuing or paying instruments below five dollars and favored keeping larger denominations. He accepted low value notes for domestic use only if practical for importers, but did not advocate broader changes. He urged future laws to expand rather than reduce the country’s specie circulation.
The piece defends the pre-emption bill backed by the President, criticizing Mr. Clay and his Kentucky allies for slander against backwoods pioneers. It praises Congress for supporting frontier labor and links Daniel Boone to Byron’s Don Juan, celebrating independence and virtue of settlers. A Democratic Vandalia convention message upholds bank independence and calls for early specie payments resumption.
The Grahamstown Journal reports the massacre of 275 Dutch Emigrants by a Zoola Chief near Fort Natal. Sixty men had gone ahead to secure land, while the main party faced a night assault that killed 115 and possibly Mr Lindsey and his family among the dead. The survivors vow retaliation.
Rem boner Socone DS notes foreign exchange in New York at 1124 in Philadelphia but 109 yesterday and today. Diddle may resume if Independent Treasury bill passes or is dropped. Stocks flat, calm news day. A French banquet at Astor House features Prince de Joinville, tickets set at thirty dollars. Boston letters to Mr Biddle alleged to be from a Adams son. Democratic Young Men State Convention eyed at Herkimer. No Canada news. Heat drives theatre closures and crowds to gardens.
New York reports on June 17 notes money markets with consols at 95 to 95g and scarce funds. Insular stocks improve while the share market shows little change. Cotton sales total 3000 bags on the 20th ult. France passes the railroad bill and the five per cents report to Peers. Prince Joinville is promoted to captain of a corvette. Ratifications of the France-Hayti treaty exchanged. General Henderson arrives in Paris as Texan loan commissioner. Great Western arrives Bristol from New York in 14 days. House of Commons passes abolition of slavery.
The cheap currency party operates in New York and Philadelphia to raise exchange rates with the aim of pushing specie to Europe. Opponents say such moves would undermine resumption, provoking a market reaction and potential runs on exchanges. Bills on England rise to 94 and France sales at 5.17, outside packet days. observers urged vigilance. Balt. Rep.
The Peoria Register reports the steamer Princeton bringing about 150 emigrants to the Oregon City area. They departed Wheeling with 75 tons of farming implements and household goods, intending to settle near Oregon City as the Rocky Mountains are sealed by migration.
A historical query to the New Orleans Debating Society asks how many children accompanied John Rodgers's wife to witness his burning at Smithfield. The prompt questions whether nine or ten were present, reflecting on a tragic spectacle in the cited event.
A circulating 1830s medical letter set touts B A Fahnestock’s Vermituge as a superior worm remedy. Reports from Wetmore in Ohio to Hennis in Kentucky and Wasson in Leesburg describe success in dozens of cases with many worms expelled, including large numbers from children. The correspondence warns of counterfeit imitations and urges buyers to seek genuine Vermifuge by B A Fahnestock & Co, noting one ounce vials and the maker’s signature.
Advertisement notes Sears pills as a remedy for bilious and liver complaints from a disordered stomach and bowels. B. A. Fahnestock & Co. are named sole agents for sale and distribution in the Western country with inquiries for agencies and wholesale purchases.
A 1826 notice from Chambersburg describes Anti-bilious Pills prepared by BA Fahnestocks and sold by BA Fahnestock & Co. in Pittsburgh. The ad lists a wide range of ailments the pills purportedly treat and includes a testimonial from John Stouffer praising their efficacy and recommending them over German or Keyser's Pills for cost and purpose.
Fahnestock offers Liquid Opodeldec as a superior, penetrating alternative to common solid Opodeldec for a wide range of ailments. It is warm and attenuating, useful on joints, muscles, burns, sores, and even dental applications. Also advised for horses and horseback injuries with care to rub in and apply to affected areas. Prepared and sold at their Drag Warehouse in Pittsburgh.
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