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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1841
Page
3
Auditor Adam J. Leslie of Jefferson County Ohio announces tax sale actions for tracts, town lots and parts of lots to pay taxes, interest and penalties. The sale occurs at the Steubenville Court House on the last Monday of December, the 27th, unless taxes are paid beforehand.
Subscribers offer for sale the Brooke Cotton Factory and Coal Bank in Wellsburg Brooke county Virginia. The plant includes 1500 spindles and potential to double output, located by the Ohio river with western waterway access. Terms available on inquiry to subscribers living in Wellsburg. sale to commence upon purchase of stock.
Mechanics Saving Fund Society of Steubenville reports November deposits and dividends since May 1 1841, with withdrawals and interest on special deposits. Notices for public sale of George Allan estate land and related items listed. multiple names appear including Dillon Roberts Parks Orr. Sales proposed December on premises.
A stern call to the Democratic majority to restore a sound currency and curb bank abuses. The piece debates immediate bank redemption in gold and silver, stockholder liability for notes, and charter controls. It laments factional division while urging careful legislation to protect public rights and prevent future suspensions.
A passage urges legislative unity and Democratic support for public reform, stressing timely payment, shared effort, and the aim of lasting justice. It calls lawmakers to hang together, accomplish reform, and retire with the honor of faithful service for freedom and equal rights.
The Saturday affair at the menagerie involved shinplasters issued by the Goop Iarant Sracs Company. Notes were redeemed in the evening, some rejected by showmen, sparking a mob that stoned the tent and fought with the showmen. Police were present but unable to prevent clashes. No names are given, but the incident reveals troubling mob spirit despite condemnation of shinplaster abuse.
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The article notes a Maine mechanics State Convention on the 20th to promote mechanical interests, contrasting with earlier reports of sailing for England. It mentions a Montreal pub banquet where a public speaker, recalling his recent US adventures, gave a speech.
Beware counterfeit five dollar notes circulating at the Bank of Xenia and at the State Bank of Indiana. Both forgeries are described as well executed and may deceive holders. Authorities warn the public to scrutinize currency carefully and report suspicious bills.
Democrats of Washington county Maryland held a great celebration on the nineteenth alt in honor of the glorious victory achieved at the late election in that state.
A temperance paper named The Washineton Baxsrr is established in Allegheny City under a resolution of the Washington Total Abstinence Society of that city.
An account notes an attempted robbery at Inurvors State Bank Springfield on the night of the nineteenth alt, with entry made but vault untouched. Other items report the Grogan affair, Bank of Canada correspondence, a town armory meeting shifted to St Louis, political shifts in Virginia, and state election figures for Newman Parriott Brooke Ohio and totals.
Proceedings of a convention of school teachers held at Richmond and the large Democratic meeting at Smithfield are reported. The piece also notes election returns from New York and other states that could be heard from.
One interior forwarder says specie arriving in the country exceeds shipments to the continent, noting a recent emigrant brought a chest of silver weighing over 800 pounds. Essex County New Jersey grand jury responds to Chief Justice Hornblower by labeling lottery business a nuisance and urging magistracy and public aid to prosecute offenders and halt the unlawful practice.
Drafts bills of exchange orders and checks resemble each other as instruments that evidence payment and discharge debt. They connect parties through the specification of money owed and the transfer of obligation. The text notes confusion and fear over their legal handling and enforcement.
The text explains how bills of exchange ease cross border payments between Alsace and Paris, reducing the need to move specie. It notes exchange rates vary with trade balances, and describes how bank suspensions distort exchanges, causing premiums and profits for banks while harming merchants. The piece argues suspensions depress local currency and distort markets across cities like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.
A fragmented passage shows a state senator discussing the enforcement of laws and the risk of centralized wealth influencing control. The text hints at concerns over malfeasance and the balance between money power and legal authority.
The piece discusses 1840 U.S. export totals for flour rice tobacco and cotton totaling 5.84 million dollars, notes their role in national wealth, and condemns banking credit that prompts shippers to send produce abroad with advances from foreign commission houses. It highlights tobacco losses, especially to Holland and Germany, due to practices of Antwerp Amsterdam brokers who entice shipments and then fail to guarantee costs, pushing planters into ruin.
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