31 Jan 1859
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1859
Page
1
A wary, garbled reminiscence recounts a mother’s sorrowful memory of a son, tied to a church hymn and a child’s first porcupine moment of fear, with scattered names and phrases suggesting a contested family past and spiritual reflections.
Fragmented verse depicts angels visiting the living, with lines referencing Heaven, purifying, and a providential guide. The irregular text suggests a religious meditation on angels, human frailty, and salvation as the canton of heavenly messengers appears among earthly troubles.
A daughter defies her father by marrying a poor but worthy man. The father banishes them, but the couple prosper in Boston. When the father visits Vermont later, he is welcomed kindly, and, reflecting on the cruelty of his own act, reveals deep remorse and forgiveness. The piece also surveys social mores and urban polish in New York and cautions about moral restraint.
An amusing account recalls the rescue of Africans from the slave ship Dolphin at Ginrlestony port. The queenly figure among them astonishes spectators with costly attire and hoops, while humorous mishaps aboard and ashore unfold. A Dublin post office caper and moral anecdotes follow, ending with quips about marriage and seduction.
Rufus Choate spoke at a Houston dinner honoring Daniel Webster. He recalled Webster’s contributions and national unity, quoting lines about burying Webster in our hearts and invoking thunder and freedom. The speech reflected deep admiration and a call for continued American resolve.
A Washington correspondent to the New York Moentay Pout discusses political tempers, noting a Northern preference among some Southerners, with quotes from Senator and Governor Seward contrasting attitudes. The piece mentions debt, Wall Street access, and racial tensions reflected in slang and derisive terms of the era. Also included are anecdotes about social flirtations and a local hotel bed anecdote, ending with a Detroit Tribune report on a Black man elected to a Canadian council.
The article blends curiosities from nature and daily life, noting how salt draws diverse animals to salt sources in North America and Africa, and recounting oddities such as birds using tools and a lady’s pine burr art. It also covers medical notes on sudden death, telegraph anecdotes, and a Chicago firm expanding quail and prairie chicken shipments eastward.
A Telegraph excerpt, sourced from Somdery Telegraph, Sept 7, describes a sightings report by Mr Thomson of copper colored, tall people in the Australian interior. The witnesses communicated by nods and signs and promised to bring stone sovereigns from a distant region, while appealing for a future visit to confirm the extraordinary discovery.
A column from The New York Courier and Buguiver rails against urban squalor and crime, condemning nocturnal streets and the destruction of virtue. It discusses youth crime, poverty, and the corrupting influence of city life, urging moral reform amid widespread vice.
A sensational case in the Common Law and Chancery Court in Memphis centers on a free woman of color, Usansh, who seeks return to her former master after manumission. Judge Carushers orders a decree aligning with Tennessee law to allow her to live with her chosen guardian in a slave household rather than remain free. The narrative also recounts a fugitive slave action involving a Louisville area sale of a daughter and a dramatic escape aided by Underground Railroad networks, with pursuit across several states and cities before they reached Canada. Additional short items note a gold nugget found near Poker’s Flat and a Tennessee veteran who claims never to have used tobacco or worn boots.
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