30 Apr 1849
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1849
Page
1
The piece extols women's purity and devotion, contrasting woman’s domestic role with man’s wanderings. It lauds the unquenchable love of woman as priceless, likening it to priceless gems, while questioning male inconstancy and its impact on a woman’s life and homeland. It frames woman as a shrine to be honored.
A reflective meditation on keepsakes and a lock of hair as a cherished memorial. The narrator laments oblivion and praises the enduring, delicate charm of hair preserved after a loved one fades, describing how such relics soften the ache of loss and retain a fragment of beauty.
A short reading extols small acts of kindness as healing for sorrow and despair. It contends kindness brightens life, lifts the despondent, and communities benefit when people help others. It notes that the industrious rarely turn to crime, while laziness can lead to renewed guilt and vice.
A dialogue unfolds as ARGUMENTUM 3D HOMINEAE Gen. T. of New York discusses abolishing capital punishment with a visitor. The General argues for no exceptions, citing cold blooded murder and a vile assailant as justified cases for hanging. The visitor withdraws, signatures not obtained.
A tale recalls a poor boy asked to read and recite the Lord’s Prayer after receiving a mouldy crust from a devout donor. The boy learns a moral lesson on shared kinship as he questions how a giver can share bread with a brother yet offer him so little.
An African preacher cites the biblical question What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul to argue against excess charity. He warns that many attend services then divide the sermon among others, depriving themselves while rewarding neighbors with the whole instruction.
A caution against repeating unverified stories and gossip. The piece condemns tale bearing as mean and wicked, warns that falsehoods spread quickly, and notes that gossip harms both speaker and subject. It satirically suggests misfortunes arise from imagination rather than real faults.
A Gray River Eagle editor retells a humorous temperance anecdote on a Grand River bridge. An aged man with many descendants explains he keeps a bottomless jug to store liquor and plans to use it to limit alcohol in his family, citing land gains from Mexico and Gen. Taylor.
In Paris a chilly morning on the Seine, two brothers known as expert swimmers saved each other from drowning. The crowd hailed their bravery as they were carried to a station where rescuers gain a municipal reward. A police officer revealed they were lifelong partners in this lifesaving scheme.
A loafer from New York evaded fare and crossed the asthmus by stowing away on the steamer California bound for San Francisco. With a fireman’s connivance he hid on deck and appeared days out, achieving a costly voyage for others through bold impudence and Diddlerlike scheming.
Mrs Milter, residing near Harrisburg, recently gave birth to five boys in one birth. She previously had two in an earlier confinement and three in another, totaling ten children in four years, all alive. The piece notes how sensational reports arise from such events and the desire for notoriety.
Reports recount a deadly encounter near Pikesville Mississippi with a mob shooting and stabbing, a man wounded and pursued by dogs. alongside a Niagara jail sentence for a German man accused of murdering his family. Other briefs note a man in Chester county attempting suicide, a strange health case in Concord, and an Irish death by self-drowning. Emancipation convention in Kentucky discusses ending perpetual slavery with resolutions by H Clay and Rev Breckenridge.
The London Times lauds American war zeal, noting unanimity across states parties and professions in future conflicts. It contrasts with earlier opinions on the military character. Also reports on India pontoon experiments in rubber boats, a New York pastor’s marriage edict, and quips on mental cultivation and drinkers’ sediment.
The act revamps the militia system requiring able bodied citizens aged 18 to 45 to equip a uniform, form volunteer companies, elect officers, and train annually. Delinquents face fines and tax penalties, with exemptions for Mexico War veterans. County treasurers manage funds to support armories and brigades, while elections for officers occur on a fixed five year cycle.
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