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Newspaper
Wisconsin Argus
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1844
Page
3
The Ciale na Sentinel offers a concise summary of recent elections, noting the historical context of Kentucky where Gen. Harrison won by 24,000 and the current Whig governor loss of about 12,000, illustrating a net Whig decline.
The article reports Illinois first district results and overall party performance. It notes Democrats gaining in the legislature with 42 Senate seats and 121 House members and cites county margins, including Hancock, while naming elected individuals and parties for various offices.
Early return tallies from several counties indicate Whig gains across the state. Governor candidate leading by about 12,000 with increased majorities in eastern counties. Democrats hold Senate and many county offices. overall shifts prompt talk of new constitutional framing and partisan reconfiguration.
A satirical eulogy laments a once prominent figure degraded by political shifts. The piece mocks his decline, describing his back as unequal and his tail always in the way, ending with a hasty farewell to friends and a final quip about meeting his cur tailed ghost at the hatter.
Garbled clipping from the Nashville Banner reports a false charge involving a Gil instant. The fragment lacks clear names or dates, preserving only the claim of an erroneous accusation and its appearance in a city newspaper record.
The Boston Atlas recounts James K. Polk opposing a congressional move to spend public funds on wood for Georgetown's poor while supporting a private donation from members. It argues he favored using his own money over public funds, citing his reasons against precedent and his sympathy for the suffering.
In a Tennessee Democrat excerpt, backers defend Governor Polk against charges of censure over a revenue inquiry. It asserts Polk voted to consider the resolution, not to strike down workers’ interests, and accuses the federal press of misrepresenting the record.
Reports from Ohio and neighboring areas describe abundant, high quality wheat and overall strong harvests. Farmers praise favorable weather for corn and hay, with prospects of large exportable grain despite fly and worm damage in some valleys. A Canadian and American sample show continuing vigor in wheat, oats, and corn with regional successes and new settlers en route to Wisconsin.
In a Tennessee Quarter Sessions Court Joe Phillips faced an assault and battery indictment. The solicitor recited the charge alleging use of force with weapons, while Phillips claimed the tale exaggerated and recounted a simple street scuffle without firearms or blades.
The Herald arrived from Boston and met a capsized brigantine on the ninth near 34 40N 72 30W. A boy twelve from Jamaica was found in the brig’s forecasile, living on provisions, singing after rescue by the Washington. He might be the boy lost from the Sir Lionel Smith which sank earlier, nine days in confinement.
An account in the Newtown Journal describes a devastating tornado at Pineville on Sunday. Two black clouds met and the storm wrecked homes, killed and injured residents, and left forty houses blown down with fields and fences laid to the ground.
Zachariah Poulson aged eighty three dies after a long career as proprietor of Poulson's Duty Advertiser later merged into the Journal. He was a Society of Friends member and left a substantial fortune. The report also cites a Sunday School Union tally: 464.0 schools, 34 630 teachers, 218 000 scholars, 468 176 volumes.
A notice states the first three numbers of the paper will be sent to many persons abroad who are not subscribers. Those who do not wish to take the paper should return the first or second number addressed to Wisconsin Argus, Midison, W.P. Otherwise they will be considered permanent subscribers.
Subscribers forming a co partnership publish a central Democratic newspaper at the seat of government. They plead for Wisconsin Democrats to support with subscriptions to fund outfit and ongoing issues. First issue scheduled August 22, 1844, under Simeon Mills Jo an Y Smith and Benjamin Holt.
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