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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1843
Page
1
A playful poem from the Evening Post recounts Cupid visiting Reason and Truth with a teasing mother scene. Cupid resists schooling and misleads Reason, while Truth wavers, ending with Cupid hood-winking Reason and overturning Truth in a well, as narrated by Ella Wooptawy on March 31.
Southern papers report England freight for cotton up by 13 cents a pound due to lack of return cargo. Estimated US cotton crop at 600 million pounds, half sent to England would raise freight by about three million dollars, a tax on cotton states. High duties push ships back empty, burdening exports and prices for northern producers. The burden spreads to horse prices and cornmeal as well, affecting New England merchants and Yankee cargoes.
The text portrays Athens overreaching with confident expectations of its empire and wealth, neglecting land possessions while abroad dangers and domestic corruption grow. Publicity of legal proceedings fuels dramatic interest and litigation, drawing crowds to assemblies. Demagogues exploit anger as judges profit from chaos and citizens attend for small fees.
The passage argues that a person's attire reflects their habits, stressing that a careless dress and worn shoes signal broader slovenliness. It warns wives and husbands that negligence in appearance betrays overall behavior, noting cleanliness and order as lasting virtues and beauty’s limits.
A voiced concern over growing worker activism and a push for reform in factory labor. Producers push for ten hour workdays amid broader social change, with Allegheny operatives organizing a permanent association and potential strikes. Statements urge timely concerted action to improve conditions.
Ohio stocks have advanced to 792 ets. The last Legislature stopped stock selling at any price to suit managers. They vow to end plunder under whig rule. Stocks squandered at 60 ets. per dollar equaling 12 percent interest. During Shannon’s last term large premiums poured into the Treasury on loans. Corwin’s two years saw over a million squandered in financiering and sacrance of stocks, taxed to pay interest. Citizens face choice against a party promising more plunder and repudiation as protection from starvation.
In a reflective account of the Waterloo battlefield, the narrator contrasts English steadiness with French ardor, noting the moment when Prussians arrived to decide the field. He recalls the ruined Gaul and British walls, smoke, and a landscape returning to peace after a long, bloody day.
A wecommendation urges quitting liquor and loafing on streets and urges going to work. It calls for strict economy and honesty in all dealings. If conditions fail to improve within a year the writer admits not being a financier or philosopher.
The Pittsburgh American notes that master builders report more contracts this year than in the past three years. From multiple blocks rising across the city, the claim appears well founded and credible.
Practical guidance on reducing lighting costs using morning sunlight for two hours and avoiding candles and lamps after 9 PM. The tip argues morning light is cheaper and better than evening artificial light for households.
The Pattory Girls late strike fuels worker resolve across the city to end oppressive practices by employers. Rallied by rising labor demand, men urge collective bargaining for higher wages and shorter hours, arguing capital now usurps labor's rightful influence.
Ohio laws amend the militia act to replace personal service with published or posted notices for muster. Commandants must list delinquents with fines, notify them to appear, and proceed to hearings and fines, with police warrants for collection and payments to the regimental paymaster.
The document outlines militia duties and exemptions for regiment and cavalry members, fines handling, exemptions for under twenty one, and commission terms. It details arbitration procedures for land material disputes between companies and landowners, requiring personal inspections and options to re refer, with leadership credits to John Chaney and Jas Faran and dates in 1843.
An 1841 act amendment authorizes turnpike companies in Ohio to enter unenclosed woodland beside roads to dig or quarry stone gravel or sand needed for road work. Owners must be notified and may designate a site. if not feasible or refused, compensation is paid. Disputes over value or damages are settled by three neutral freeholders.
Kinderhook February 15 1843 ME VAN GURENS replies to Indiana Democratic State Convention questions on a national bank distribution of public land proceeds protective tariff and presidential nominee loyalty. He opposes a national bank as unconstitutional and harmful warns of bank abuses and need to recall public memory. He notes Jacksons resistance and banks expansion induced by political power.
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