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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1835
Page
5
A civil note from Gettysburg dated June 8 1835 discusses a letter urging publication of extracts about Catholic persecution. The writer opposes religious persecution and declines to print the violent extracts now, noting possible publication of a Western Monthly Magazine excerpt later if needed.
Reports from the coral describe a catastrophic earthquake striking Talcahuana and Conception with towns between the Pacific and the Andes wiped out. About 4 to 5 hundred lives in the region, with thousands made homeless, as ships aided rescue and survivors fled to hills.
A party aboard the schooner Comet returns from a river excursion on the Severn when a sudden gust capsizes a young woman overboard. Lieut J J B Welch plunges to save her but both drown after repeated attempts to reach the surface. Lieut Welch’s brother and the boat crew struggle to rescue them as the Captain launches a small boat to help. The incident ends with a dramatic recovery and the crew praising Welch as a brave sailor.
The text extols integrity as the first great maxim for youth, urging a clean heart and honest purpose in all circumstances and emergencies. It argues firm integrity elevates human dignity and enables genius and learning to fulfill life’s grand aims.
A Maine tract of one acre in the Taunton and Raynham Tract yielded 227000 feet of timber. The block was sold within three years at a rate of two dollars per acre.
A method to make whitewash by saturating water with common salt before mixing lime. The resulting finish resists cracking and will not rub off on hands or clothing.
The Military election last Monday chose Thomas C. Miller as Brigadier General Joseph J. Kuhn as Brigade Inspector for the 80th Regiment Samuel Witherow for Colonel Robert Cobean as Lieut Colonel George Myers Major 1st Battalion John Musselman Jr Major 2d Battalion Ephraim Swope Colonel David R Maus Lieut Colonel Jacob M Bollinger Major 1st Battalion Henry Wolf Major 2d Battalion A complete vote return is expected next Adjutant David Scott was elected Major of the Union Battalion of Volunteers replacing Major A G Miller who resigned within the same period
In Baltimore W G Jones, recently arrested for robbing the Baltimore Post Office, was released after posting bail and immediately jailed for South America according to the Alexandria Gazette.
Borough residents vote by a nearly unanimous margin to tax 1500 for current school year in addition to county and state funding. School Directors report over two hundred white children in the Borough yet to attend any school.
The Rev. E. S. Ely, longtime pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia for 21 years, has accepted the professorship of theology at Marion College in Missouri. The move marks a transition for a respected church leader as he joins the Marion faculty.
The Bank of the United States has begun demanding 25 percent upon all future renewals at the branch. The policy aims to gradually pay or transfer the debt to state banks without harming the country's business.
Details from London Times recount the fate of American missionaries Lyman and Munson attacked by about 200 Battahs. After attempts to appease the tribe with tobacco and cloth, the servant surrendered his master’s musket, was killed, Munson was stabbed, the cook had his arms chopped, and the two missionaries were said to have been cannibalized within days.
A steam boat built last winter at Owego New York and launched recently began service between Owego and Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. It made its first trip covering 130 miles in ten hours despite new machinery and was hailed by Wilkesbarre citizens. On returning to Owego it was propelled up the river by its early success.
The article discusses alternate bearing in apple trees and a successful grafting method. A New England orchardist reportedly used scions from fruitful trees to graft into barren stock, aiming to nullify alternating yields and produce yearly crops. It notes uncertainty about universality and requests further practical results.
A biographical sketch of Marruias in the New York Morning Herald recalls his early talent for Humbugging peers. At school Matthias plundered friends of sweets, faced rejection, and warned of a thunderous man in the clouds as a threat. The tale ends with the boys yielding their leftovers to the schemer. The Harrisburg Intelligencer calls for a State Convention to nominate Harrison.
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