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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1841
Page
3
The office of the American Union has been moved a few doors west of the Bank at the corner of Market and Fifth streets, one door east of J K Sutherland's Law office.
Witnesses testify McLeod guilty of murder of at least one countryman and likely to be punished. Summary covers Webster visit to New York seeking release, Caroline enrollment in Buffalo, Appleby deposition, Durfee and Anson accounts, Barnum affidavit, Chippewa actions, and McNab’s involvement with expedition. Names include McLeod, Webster, Wells, Gillman Appleby, Durfee, Leonard Anson, Norman Barnum, Col. McNab, Ronald McDonald, Capt. Mosier, and Alexander McLeod.
In Rhode Island a proposed constitutional amendment aims to extend suffrage to all citizens, abolishing the current property requirement of 134 dollars for voters. Proponents argue 25 000 residents would qualify, but only about 9 000 would actually be enfranchised under the present rules, with many barred from the polls.
A partial, distorted note references a local meeting or event with civic figures involved. The legible names and places are unclear, but the fragment suggests discussion or actions by town officials and residents, with no precise date or result extractable from the text.
New York papers report two of the largest shad ever caught in the North River were shown in the city a week ago. They were presented to Robert H. Morris, the mayor. One measured two feet three inches and weighed nine and a half pounds. the other two feet two inches and weighed seven pounds. The writer notes a four pound shad as very large and adds a wish to dine with Mayor Morris on the day of the presentation.
The Caledonia reached Boston on the 18th bringing news dated 14 days earlier. The fate of the steam ship President appears almost certain. No word had been received from her in England by the 4th sailing, and it is believed no favorable tidings will arrive.
England reports an overwhelming defeat for the Ministry on the Irish Voters Bill by 291 to 270. Lord John Russell will move after Whitsuntide to form a Committee on corn laws and propose a fixed duty on foreign corn. Ministers face unpopularity, possible dissolution, and a potential 90 to 100 seat Conservator majority. President Harrison's death shocks London papers.
From Baltimore American dated May 13 1841 the correspondent reports Texas weather and shipping losses including the British bark Sarah with 900 bales of cotton lost on Galveston bar. Crops are described as fine. frontier Indians are quiet after defeats. Congress may call an extra session in June over the French loan. Havana papers note 4000 Spanish troops to defend the island from Abolitionists and possible British and Jamaican threats. Governors change as Gov Valdez replaces Gov Anglona and American actors arrive licensed to perform.
The piece argues that yesterday's laborer can be today's employer and vice versa, challenging class divisions. It cites Beebeph Girard and John Jacob Astor as wealth creators, noting that effort and merit often rise the poor toward honor while wealth can corrupt, warning against equating wealth with virtue.
Fragmentary OCR text with unclear names and events. no coherent reportage or identifiable entities to summarize meaningfully.
The ship Mogul’s fate remains unclear. Mate William F Green reported to owners Nesmith and Leeds, claiming no hull auger holes were made by the captain. Green, ill with fever from Tobasco voyage, arrived with the captain Sunday and last saw him after a town excursion. He faces US Court examination while Cun ningham and Fox also sick. the owner’s ad for the captain’s capture spurred Green to come forward. Also notes on European armies versus population and the Presbyterian Church assembly opening in Philadelphia.
A critical swath of rhetoric attacks Daniel the Godlike and the Bank of the United States for a debt settlement with the bank via its president Colonel Drayton. It alleges deceptive land patent transfers in Iowa and a Washington house tied to a Mr Perkins of Boston. The piece accuses officials of dishonor and calls for virtue and patriotism among leaders.
A reader describes a Chinese opium-smoking shop in Singapore, visiting the opium-maker and witnesses a street devoted to sale of the drug. The account paints the scene of late day crowds, gambling, and the degraded state of intoxicated patrons.
The passage, drawn from Six months with the Chinese Expedition by Lord Jocelyn, details opium use and its ruinous effects. It describes the ritual of lighting the drug, the slow decay of users, their withdrawal pains, and the final degradation seen in rooms behind houses where consumption occurs.
A New Jersey citizen Jonathan Leavitt presents a memorial to Congress describing the Northwest states and territories as 236,241 square miles with a population of 2,959,696, noting vast cultivation, favorable soils, and a push for free grain trade. It argues British corn laws hurt both industry and agriculture, urging free importation and policy reform to unleash the region’s growth.
A historical analysis argues that removing protectionist tariffs would shift production westward in the United States and Britain profits, enabling a thriving exchange: England gains wheat, American Northwest expands farming, canals and public works grow, and national finances stabilize with renewed mutual prosperity.
A fragmented historic notice blends a devotional poem extolling friendship with brief political items. It mentions Mitchell the forger being moved from Montreal to New York to await trial, Levey elected delegate from the Territory of Plo vda, Carte as New York collector, and Armena as a Navy Agent at Portemanin, with scattered garbled text throughout the column.
A fragmented OCR lines describe a local event with unclear names and dates. readable bits mention a possible meeting and community action but lack decisive details or identifiable entities to confirm specifics.
Wheat per bushel ranges 50 to 65 cents with flour around 3 40 to 4 50 per barrel in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Corn, oats and corn meal posted in the 31 to 37 cents per bushel and 26 to 62 cents per hundredweight. Butter quoted 8 to 12 cents per pound, lard 6 to 9 cents, cheese notes Western Reserve and various wheeling values. Wool prices list Saxony fleece 45 to 52 cents, Merino 44 to 47, native wool 25 to 40 cents per pound. New York shows Ohio flour 4 87, wool prices firm and varied by grade.
Notice is given of a meeting of Farmers and others to improve county agriculture at the Court House Steubenville on June ninth at seven o'clock P M. for organizing The Jefferson County Agricultural Society. Adam J Leslie Auditor of Jefferson county Steubenville May 29 1841.
The subscriber announces new stock of Spring and Summer goods bought recently in Philadelphia and will sell them cheap for cash. Visit the new store on Market Street below Third to find the cheapest goods west of the mountains. James Dougherty May 29, 1841.
Legal notices announce sales at Steubenville on June 7 by Isaac McDonald sheriff and master commissioner. Property includes 156 acres in section 36 township 7 range 2, plus section 31 land and mills with overflow rights, all from James Crawford and other claimants. Also listing Richmond Lot 48 with buildings. Includes sale of goods by D. Gowan. May 1841 date.
Isaac McDonald sheriff will sold at public outcry on June day between 10am and 4pm at the courthouse door the right and title of Henry H Teeple to a tract in section 12 township 9 range 3 containing 55 acres 2 roads and 16 perches plus 17 acres described with deeds. property bounded by Fisher Gray Herford Kinsey Talbott and others. The sale is at Steubenville as directed by the Common Pleas Court writs.
A writ of vendi exponas directs sale of Thomas Hamilton property in McMurry’s addition Steubenville Lot 1 and Lot 14 with buildings. Also a writ of fi fa directs sale June 7 at the courthouse Steubenville of Thomas V Carey estate east quarter section 8 township 5 range 2 containing 29 acres with mill and water privileges. Both were taken in execution and will be sold.
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