Extra Session of Congress Reported in 1841 News
In New York May 27 1841 a brief Extra includes: Montreal reports Captain Dunn sighting the Steamship President near the Azores around April 2. speculation on Fourth of July observances. House Whig and Democratic counts in Congress. Calhoun’s Charleston visit. Alabama returns show Whigs 16,139 Democrats 21,554 with little variance expected.
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Re election grounds and banking debates in Georgia recount
The Macon Messenger argues Governor McDonald's re election rests on more than his relief Message while noting merchants backed opposing views on banking and credit policy. It contrasts rival grounds of democratic support with calls for unity and cites reactions to Harrison era finances and proposed public aid for presidents' families.
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Grand Jury opinions on suspending collection of judgments
The Stewart County Grand Jury at the April 1841 term faults a proposed law to suspend judgment collections until banks repay with specie. They warn it would violate the contracts clause. Bangor Democrat reports the Frankfort Bank president arrested for swindling, tied to bank funds, stock dealings at fifty percent, profits kept.
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Frankfort
A Slave Case in Ohio Revolves Around Kidnapping Law
A Lebanon Warren County trial before Whig judges examined slave rescue through force as slaves were moved through Ohio to Missouri. The court reversed the lower ruling, holding that simply bringing slaves into Ohio to pass to another slave state made them free and that forcibly detaining them violated Ohio law. The piece labels abolitionists’ triumph as a judgment upon Kentucky slaveholders and notes public sentiment turning against the practice.
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Savannah
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Assignment of property for U S Bank note holders
The U S Bank named a property assignment to secure note holders. The Philadelphia report lists bonds mortgages real estate and bills across cities including Philadelphia Mobile Buffalo Cincinnati Pittsburg Erie and offices New Brighton totaling 7 772 250 33. The assignment benefits numerous banks holding the notes and aims to protect innocent holders.
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