St. Catharines Journal

Abstract

Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Updates from the United Parliament of Upper Canada, including the full text of a bill on who can be compelled to serve in the militia from William Merrit; Article encouraging the adoption of voting by ballot, rather than ‘viva voce’ in the United Parliament; More details regarding the damages from the sinking of the steamboat ‘Erie’; Account of the opening of the blockade at Canton; In St. Catharines, a Lecture on Astronomy by J. P. Finch, and a new schooner named “Merchant Miller” launched; Miscellaneous articles on hot weather, haunted houses, and imprisonment for debt;