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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1838
Page
2
The Missouri returns show Whig gains in multiple counties with Edwards, Carlin, and Stuart leading in governor and congressional contests. Reports from Madison, Cass, Schuyler, and Gallatin detail Whig majorities, sheriff wins, and local races amid rail and labor troop opposition. Martially described tallies and post-election commentary underline the broader national party dynamics and the Sub-Treasury controversy.
The New York Courier reports Captain Wenchenback of the brig Ceylon, from Marseilles,遭 a pirate encounter near 4 July coordinates, a brig bearing a Portuguese flag fired on the schooner and boarded the brig, taking provisions and wine while concealing $1500 in specie. Captain Cobb of the Hibernia recounts an Isabella voyage with a pirate brig attacking them, later sighting the U S sloop Cynane in pursuit. Isabella aided by Captain Percival. Nick Riddle secures a mercantile position in Liverpool as cotton trades surge while local political tempers flare.
From the New York Journal of Commerce an extract reports a British India governor general notification permitting American vessels to touch Indian ports and carry freight to China or trade between China and India. The East India Company regulation rescinds prior limits and allows foreign ships to enter British ports as long as they remain allied with Britain.
The Adams County Agricultural Society will hold a meeting at the Court House in Quincy on Saturday the 18th at 1 PM. An address by Archibald Williams, Inq., is expected. Citizens of the county are invited. attendance requested. TR. W. Starr, Rec. Sec., Aug. 4, 1838.
Reports from Fulton County voters with Whig candidates V.R. Edwards and Sam V.R. Davidson. News from Pensacola on Vandalia and Mexican ports, French and American officers courtesies, and a brutal Madras famine ritual. Also social whimsy from Weymouth and Massillon politics, plus market data from Cincinnati and warming health notes on Philadelphia deaths.
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