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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1842
Page
1
Poem by J. Rockwell celebrates Spring as mother of flowers, birds, streams, and seas. It paints a vivid portrait of renewal with blooming ivy, cedar trees, and rising leaves, and muses on the soul’s fate and a beaming Heaven when life’s journey ends.
A verse meditation on life’s goblet and suffering. The speaker urges finding light and strength in bitter leaves like fennel, recalling Ajax’s request for sight and urging shared endurance amid pain. The poem laments human hardship and offers consolation through resilience and unity.
The text surveys alluvial formation by running water, noting how riverbanks migrate, bars rise, and soils differ from calm to rapid waters. It centers on the Ohio River valley, describing banks of clay and sand, floodplain growth, and the tendency of channels to shift across plains.
The Adige carries heavy detritus from the mountains and, despite embankments, runs higher than the town originally on its banks. The notice closes by noting this topic will be continued later with the deltas of rivers to follow.
The excerpt reports on observations from N E Farmer and others about soaking Mangel Wurtzel and Sugar Beet seeds. One acre planted with seeds soaked varying times shows soak duration affects germination, with best emergence from seeds soaked one week, and seeds not soaked failing. Also notes depth and soil moisture influence outcomes.
A reformist political tract extols democratic principles as central to liberty and equality, arguing all men are born free and equal before the state and God. It condemns aristocratic privilege, endorses practical democracy, and urges adherence to democratic values in legislation and society to advance justice and humanity.
Seeds rot if sown too early before the ground is warm. Lima beans and sweet corn fail similarly. Egg plant seed needs a hot bed to vegetate. Locust seed must be scalded with boiling water and soaked 24 hours.
The piece reviews Nile's Register extracts arguing that Congress chartering the late Bank of the United States in 1816 would guarantee good times and high produce prices. It questions whether these anticipated benefits actually arose, presenting contemporary authority for consideration.
From coast to coast reports describe severe business pressure and trade stagnation. Real property values fall, banks curb accommodations, and notes discount at three percent per month, signaling deep financial strain. Early 19th century observers warn of widespread hardship, with bankruptcies rising and money scarcity squeezing workers and common trades.
A composite excerpt notes widespread economic distress in 1821 with rising prices and barter shifts across Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Ohio regions. It cites Nile’s Register and U S Gazette reports on flour coffee tea and board prices, corn and wheat declines, and opinions that hardship predates and outlasts a national bank debate. It argues distress is severe even without a bank, yet improves with banking.
The act allows a justice issuing a warrant on affidavit for non penitentiary offenses to require the complainant to acknowledge responsibility for costs. If dismissed, the complainant may face a cost judgment unless grounds were reasonable. If the complainant is wholly irresponsible, the justice may refuse to issue a warrant unless security for costs is provided, not to be paid from the County Treasury. Each year, counts fines and details must be reported to the auditor, and justices must maintain a blank docket book and deposit it when leaving office.
The Ohio General Assembly interprets the ninth section of the 1824 act regulating judicial proceedings where banks are parties. It states debtors may pay with bank notes and prevents conferring confessed judgments via warrant of attorney without proper notice. Also details remedies in chancery and mortgage proceedings against banks or their assignees.
An 1842 Ohio act empowers clerks to issue transcripts of proceedings for scire facias in debt collection before justices of the peace. It imposes a $50 penalty on neglectful justices, enforceable by action of debt in the state’s name, with auditors authorized to sue for penalties. The act repeals inconsistent laws and bears signatures of Rufus P. Spalding and James J. Faran dated March 7, 1842.
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