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Newspaper
Peru Gazette
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1840
Page
2
The Gazette notes Martin Kennedy as a candidate for re election to constable at the approaching April election. Town meeting is set for two o clock in the afternoon and delegates will be elected to the Whig convention at Perrysburg. The piece covers canal projects on the Wabash and broader political debates shaping Indiana politics.
The Democratic Whigs of Peru Township announce a meeting at the Peru Court House on Monday April 6 to select three delegates for the district convention at Perrysburg April 18 for nominating a State Senate candidate and a candidate for the Legislature for Miami and Fulton counties. Committees Lewis Dumbert Jas B Fulwiler Lewis Druillaird April 4 1840.
Public notice from J. J. Williams acting commissioner outlines completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal by July for eastward passage and October for westward, funded by sale of about 90,000 acres in the Miami Reserve. Terms: seven five and three dollars per acre with staged payments. profits applied to labor and debts. landed entries allowed if unsold.
The piece outlines a call for farmers to answer census queries on 1839 crops and holdings. Marshalls will survey in June across districts 28 000, seeking details on livestock, crops, dairy, fruit, and home goods. It also includes a note on war spend and proposed universal social benefits.
The Louisville Journal records in March 1840 that the House debated a Adams resolution on War Office views of Bloodhounds and Indian versus Anglo Saxon soldiers and pension eligibility for surviving dogs. In the Senate the President shared letters about the Maine New Brunswick boundary dispute with Britain denying war preparations but warning preventive steps. the tone widens government gaps.
Florida dispatches report Captain Gardiner and 15 men ambushed near Calico Hills as per Augustine Herald with the officer missing and the troops retreating. Indian trail found by Lt. Boyd. a mail rider shot rumored near Tampa. Cincinnati steamer brings no major news. peace signals near Key Biscayne. Britain fortifies lakes and frontier posts as war talk intensifies.
A Jackson letter notes the legislative outrage by a House member who received only a reprimand. At 3 o clock the Senate met in the Hall of Representatives to elect a Keeper and Clerk of the Penitentiary. Marshall’s Mr Mull assaulted Mr CG S Smith, Watches Courier reporter, in the middle aisle without warning.
The Buffalo Advertiser notes little trade improvement but rising merchant confidence as navigation seasons approach. It reports forwarders planning for the coming season and steam boat stock holders weighing operations. It mentions smaller boats between Cleveland and the West carrying passengers and hopes for port arrivals. It also states commissioners aim to push the Wabash and Erie Canal to completion linking Georgetown to Lafayette and Ohio's rapid progress on its portion in Delphi Bulletin.
Circular to postmaster says a robbery occurred on the National Road near Springfield Ohio on the night of the 10th. Robbers used disguises. a pistol was leveled at the driver. bags were seized. Tall slender man and short stout man described. a large reward offered. Also notes New Jersey representatives qualified in Congress and a bill continuation rejected 109 to 88.
John Quincy Adams writes to a Brooklin New York gentleman declaring hostility to any partial associations guiding public policy. He rejects joining a temperance society and notes continued non attendance at Anti Slavery Conventions. He believes abolition may come without action by Colonization or Abolition Societies.
The piece cites the Unlifax Hatigonian arguing the boundary dispute may force coercive steps, with editorials suggesting England might concede rights to avoid war with the United States. A New York Journal of Commerce item then reports a dramatic incident at an African Methodist Church in Elizabeth Street where Mary Jackson, a colored girl about eighteen, attended a prayer service and kneeled at the altar.
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