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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1842
Page
1
The poem laments time's passage changing faces and places from spring to autumn. It recalls cherished childhood sites, fading beauty, and aging loved ones. The speaker endures sorrow yet resolves to accept time as voices grow harsher and farewells become ordinary.
A South Carolina gentleman helps a sorrowing young man reveal a deceitful courtship on Broadway. The tale follows Edward, a truthful shop clerk, whose trust is broken by a merchant’s daughter, his despair, and a dramatic reunion with Maria De Forest, now Mrs De Forest, while another noble southerner witnesses and laments a life undone by false pride.
In 1830 New York a carpenter's apprentice saves Miss Lelia Vermont during a coach crash. Years later Albert Orville, once a mechanic, builds a successful Albany business while Lelia and her aristocratic family confront changing fortunes. The tale champions merit over birth and restores respect for mechanics.
In a long narrative the letter describes Orville remaining in the city for weeks due to a growing attachment to Lelia He offers to marry Lelia and move the Vermont family to Albany and to take over his store management The old man welcomes the proposal tears of gratitude flow as Lelia recognizes the carpenter’s boy Orville’s act is praised as life saving and leads to a planned wedding and departure for new home Hermitage June 9 1842 A separate letter discusses Senator Conrad’s speech on a refund and defends Judge Hall against misstatements It recounts mobilization for New Orleans defense and the Mobile situation in late 1814 and early 1815.
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