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Newspaper
North American
Location
Swanton, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1839
Page
3
The document critiques bankers as being aligned with Britain, warns that if the United States enters war, Banks will suspend specie payments and hoard wealth, halting government wheels. It recalls loyal soldiers and the ongoing sale of Lord Durham’s furniture as Provincial property being misused by a British-loyalist faction.
François Lemaitre aged 41, printer and pro reformer, died in Quebec. He was editor of the Quotidienne, a Liberal French paper started in Montreal last year and seized by the government. He endured imprisonment at the hands of Colborne for his reformist views.
Extrats from a May assembly report Rev J R Stephens denouncing ministers, the Queen’s proclamation, and a push to abolish Jamaica’s constitution. He advocates liberty and warns of war if the poor are not protected, while noting Canadian laws punishing dissent.
A column notes rumors of a new British packet ship to arrive from New York with a proposed royal crowning using an old iron crown from Columbia College. It reflects anxious commentary on American aristocracy and colonial tensions amid Jamaica crisis and Canada policy.
A charity bill set by Mr. Dean for Mrs. Lount and her orphan children promises a packed house with a lineup of entertaining acts. The note praises his benevolence and seeks broad support, while a separate item reports the death of William Leggett former Plain Dealer editor and upcoming diplomatic post for Guatemala from Investigator of New York.
The piece urges citizens to attend a benefit with Mrs Pierce Therese and performances by Mrs Dean, Mr Sliter, Messrs Dickinson and Linton, and a final Poor Soldier. Proceeds aid an impoverished widow and her children, with calls for lake and canal sailors to contribute, invoking patriotism and divine benevolence. Also notes reports of British government remittance demands and local jail intrigue surrounding Dr. Holmes and a Canadian squeeze.
The Buffalo Commercial reports Dr Hungerford ert was instantly killed at Niagara Falls while defending the Biddle staircase on the American side. A rockfall from a 150 foot bank crushed him as he stood near the water. Guide Lindsey suffered a severe contusion on his left arm. Dr Hungerford formerly resided here and has a brother in Highgate.
An escaped excerpt from Mackenzie’s Gazette recounts a former prisoner’s narrative of seven months in Toronto Jail and nine months in Kingston Penitentiary. He describes clothing stripped, confinement in separate dungeons, brutal punishment, restricted meals, and barred communication as part of punishment for alleged treason in the 1837-38 troubles, condemning British treatment as unjust.
The Grand Jury for the Assizes of the Newcastle Dianer presented the Report of the Earl of Durham as a filer on the Province of Upper Canada, according to the Sand wich Herald.
A Swanton Vermont weekly paper salutes Canadian rights and independence, praising editors and writers, noting circulation and price details, and declaring commitment to liberty and truth. The piece cites acknowledgments from Albany Family Newspaper editor and other editors approving the journal’s stance.
Friend Vail of Montpelier proposes a slate of agents for the North American including Barre Vi Capt Lewis Lucas Waitfield Geo D Rice Northfield John B E MClore Roxbury John M Spalding Middlesex Horace Snow P M Catnis Dr Asx George Moretown R G Buckley with locations listed for each (Barre Waitfield Northfield Roxbury Middlesex Moretown).
A rumor spread that the steamer John Bull burned between Montreal and Sore with several lives lost. Another claim says police in Montreal have been shot by Canadians, and that some people near Montreal advocate retaliation. The text notes such statements are plausible but unverified.
A Constantinople courier reports merchants flee Circassia towns and ports on the Caspian coast as Russians occupy more territory. Exactions and incursions by Leighis depopulate Derbent Bukow and Lin Kornn, three principal settlements in the region.
4000 men under cution including Pole-Kuniarski, a Polish insurrectionist, hid in Warsaw and returned secretly. He was seized as an emissary of revolutionary propaganda and faced execution with fortitude, smiling at his grave and refusing to compromise countrymen. HMS Racehorse reached Quebec on the 4th to transport political prisoners to New South Wales.
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