26 Oct 1846
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1846
Page
1
Poem laments the passing of summer and beauty as the speaker recalls blooming woods, rivers, and songs. vivid imagery of bees, streams, and deer contrasts with mourning, memory, and hopeful longing for a purer afterlife or next meeting.
The text urges strict loyalty to confidences, warning that betraying a friend’s secrets harms character and faith. It cites ancient laws of the Albanians and Egyptians forbidding disclosure, and argues that even enemies deserve no betrayal as a Christian duty.
An editorial reflects on living well as the path to happiness and integrity. It praises the man of real virtue as respected and quietly influential despite lacking crowd appeal. A brief item notes a marriage: Mr Turner, 17, marries Miss Brown, 13, after five years of courtship in New Jersey.
A Longfellow moral is paired with a comical travel tale as a curious Yankee tours a coal canal incline. He watches loaded cars race down to a hopper, bravely volunteers to ride, and is swept into the coal chute with comic, battered misadventure. The narrative blends humor with a cautionary note on present opportunities.
A London lecture cites watchmaking science, claiming a watch uses 902 pieces and employs 24 trades and about 210 workers. Other items recount Col. Duncan at Monterey, German emigrants to Maine, Polish exile Major Techman, a curious confession of a 1843 church robbery, a Hartford murder-suicide, and Vermont’s Whig government formation.
A colored fireman on a St Louis to New Orleans steamer lost all in poker. He pledged his freedom, then his certificates were destroyed, and he was sold by the winner to a slave dealer at a discount. The Attorney General appointment rumor and a Dr Was quotation follow.
The article argues for aggressive invasion toward Mexico City with Gen Taylor at Monterey and warns of long supply lines and fortified Mexican defenses. It urges doubling volunteers, maintaining depots along a Rio Grande line, and pressing on despite heavy losses, noting the need for strong reinforcement and decisive action.
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