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Newspaper
Madison City Express
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1843
Page
2
The Madison City Express prints delegates proceedings from the Democratic Whig Convention at the Capitol. It urges support for General Hickox as a congressman candidate and for Lickox as a Union party ally, asserting sound principles and territorial benefits.
The Madison Capitol hosted a Democratic Whig Convention on a July Tuesday. George W. Hickox emerged as the chosen Whig candidate for Delegate to Congress, with resolutions pledging full party support and reorganization across the Territory. The meeting appointed a Central Territorial Committee and directed publication in Whig papers.
An extended, opinionated update defends Dane County land value against rumors of scarcity and high prices. It notes thousands of acres available at government prices, cites settler entries, and reports growing emigration with improving roads and housing. The piece includes a Lake Superior copper region letter, Western oil industry mentions, and local editorials on migration, politics, and growth.
A rough expeditionary note describes the Towlands as heavily overgrown with timber and undergrowth, hindering progress without a hatchet. The writer notes extensive fallen debris, decomposed matter, and moss covering the ground. He outlines planned travels with a party and two boats, treating the site as a rendezvous for exploration and a depot, and warns it will take years and capital to assess the copper potential.
The text urges planting an orchard to foster gratitude and home devotion, warning against barren or poor fruit choices and linking fruit trees to moral guidance. It cites a Miss Winship injury at City Printing Office where a press crushed her arm, caused by steam power, stopping the machine.
A brutal early morning crime in Slipperyrock township, Berks County, details a Native American man named Samuel Mohawk beating a wife and five children to death with stones. He attacked other families, resisted capture, and confessed before being jailed to stand trial in September. The Wigton family ages are given, with Mohawk from Cattaraugus County, New York.
A 1843 committee report details a November Bible burning at Corlu, led by Tebman the missionary, with about forty two Bibles burned. The act drew strong disapproval from the Montreal bishop and Catholic residents, while Protestant agents distributed the Bibles. The report blames Tebning and cites local tensions rather than condemning the whole denomination. The record also notes related rural welfare and migration items from England and America.
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