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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1838
Page
1
The Democratic Review April issue is read by a commenter who finds its long political and literary pieces unsuitable for newspaper publication. A 15 page poem titled Psyche is highlighted as reminiscent of Drake's American Flag, with speculation it may be by the Junior Croaker. The piece extols national pride and the flag as a guardian emblem.
A maiden sits vigil beside a dying man as night chimes fade. Her lamp casts a pale glow on a face, sorrowful and still. He lies with cold features and a lifeless cheek while she waits for his final breath, an angelic watcher at death.
The tale recounts M. de Louvois, heir to the Louvre fortune, shaming his father M. de Louvre with a comic masquerade. He aredly borrowed tapestries to craft a living clothes suit, strutted into a party with Clorinda and Tancred motifs, and faced furious yet unable to laugh reactions from guests. The elder Louvre learned of the stunt only as it unfolded, ending in a tense yet silent confrontation amid public mirth.
Crowds gathered in the south of Ireland as Brennan was brought to the goal in irons. A banker among the curious observers boasted relief that the notorious criminal was finally imprisoned, but Brennan retorted that he had once taken the banker’s notes when the country rejected them.
A Stockholm journal reports Mr Orgesson, a Swede with large Finnish peat lands near Hessingfors, has devised a method to render peat as compact as coal. The processed peat lights with bright flame, burns cleanly without crackling, and yields heat comparable to coal. The treatment reduces weight by one fifth and bulk by three eighths while extracting all moisture.
In the U S Senate on February 20, 1838, Mr Allen condemns a bank driven power shift threatening constitutional government. He argues banks hold coercive control over money, labor, and law, transforming politics into a private monopoly and endangering liberty and civic sovereignty. He decries private currency and warns of a monetary despotism.
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