American Union publication terms and address
Printed and published by W. C. McCauslen and L. Harper. The American Union is issued every Wednesday morning from the North East corner of Washington and Third street, over John Orr's store. Subscription is two dollars per year, with half yearly payment of three dollars in advance. Advertisements and letters to editors must be postpaid.
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American Union
Washington and
Third Street
John Orr
Hob and Pancy Card Printing Opens Elegant Office
Having procured a fine assortment of type, every variety of job and card printing will be executed in a style not to be surpassed by any office in the west.
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West
Silent Echoes of Exiled Peoples and Fallen Beauty
Poem fragment pairing landscapes and displaced communities with Native histories and colonial echoes. The piece recalls red deer and owls, frontier cabins, and river struggles, then shifts to a critique of fame and a lament for a forlorn figure. It quotes Albany Evening Journal and NY American, reflecting on vanished sponsors and a doomed youth.
Topping Corn Yields Compared With Untopped Stalks
N Weld reports from the Silk Culturist on topping corn showing a one fifth drop in crop when stalks are topped at the usual time and that topped corn yields 106 to 1334 of untopped. Further experiments are needed to ascertain losses from cutting at topping time.
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N. Weld
Monument Mountain and the Housatonic Valley Legend
The article extols the Housatonic River valley in New England, focusing on Monument Mountain. It recounts a Stockbridge Indian legend of Oucannawa and Salouch, where Salouch murders Oucannawa by hurling her from the cliff after she rejects him. Her body is found below and a stone monument marks her grave at the mountain base, a tradition kept alive by local mourners.
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New England
Massachusetts
Monument Mountain
Stockbridge
Hile Oucannawa
Salouch
Oucannawa
Ducatsnawa
Salouen
Oneannawa
Sal
Heaven
Cucannawa
The Seal and the Irish Household Grief
A story from Clew Bay Ireland recounts a domesticated seal kept for years by a seaside household. After a witch’s curse, the seal is blinded and removed to sea, returns, dies from hunger, and the cruel owner and a malicious hag suffer ruin and death as misfortune torments the family and estate.
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Clew Bay
Ireland
M&o
Clare Island
Gallaway
Wesport
Jouis Boffin
Atlantic
Memory's blessing and curse in chosen lines
The passage muses on memory as a mixed blessing. It compares memory’s gentle whisper of bygone pleasures to the bitter rebuke that follows when memory reveals harsh deeds time cannot smooth. It frames recollection as both comforting and chastening.
Piety and Youth A Debate on Life and After
The essay contrasts aged quiet with youthful longing for pleasures and beauty. It argues that in youth passion and imagination shield belief in a brighter afterlife, while in old age the desert of mortality prompts a faith in a promised land. Religion appears rare and natural in youth.
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Bard
Love as the central force shaping virtue and crime
The passage extols love as the supreme passion that crowns or destroys the heart. It argues love dominates all feelings, can elevate or degrade, and, if unchecked, consumes everything until only ashes remain.
The Poetry of the Psalms Poetic Invocation of Jehovah
A dated verse fragment from Dublin 1835 celebrates psalmic song as humbling nature and moving celestial beings. The speaker portrays a minstrel rushing toward the Eternal, with biblical imagery of cherubim, cedars, and clouds, and declares Jehovah speaking through fires to inspire reverent worship.
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Dublin
Memory of a Mother's Love
Poem-like reflection on child’s memories of maternal love. The speaker notes that in stern manhood and life’s toil, a single recollection can soften the heart and rekindle youth, the memory of a mother’s love timelessly shaping emotion.
Solitude and Nature in Byron's Reflection
The verse reflects on true solitude as solitary communion with Nature beyond crowds and flattery. The speaker contrasts rugged, untrammeled landscapes with society's bustle, asserting genuine solitude lies in personal kinship with nature and inner quiet. Byron's line underscores solitary contemplation as a higher form of presence.
Cautionary Maxim On Belief And Reporting
A wary editorial fragment warns readers to distrust appearances of evil, urging careful judgment over quick acceptance of claims. The piece emphasizes prudence in evaluating sources and stresses restraint in spreading questionable information.
Tight Lacing Fashion Cause of Death Warned
A Pennsylvania Sentinel commentary condemns tight lacing as dangerous and deadly. It cites medical authority and a recent city case where a young woman died from a corset related rupture after intense dancing. The piece urges women to abandon the perilous fashion despite public opinion.
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Pennsylvania
Mutual Dependence in Public Patronage
The piece argues against public flattery toward merchants and tradespeople for patronage, claiming mutual dependence ties all social classes. It condemns the relic of vassalage in begging favors and asserts buyers owe as much to sellers as vice versa, urging equal liberty in commerce and information.
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Hauster
Marked Rocks and Ancient Skeleton Finds in Vermont
In a Vermont cove at West River the Marked Rocks hide Greeklike inscriptions and two skeletons were unearthed by Hollao Petites while ploughing. One remains well preserved, now owned by Dr. Gilbert, Crattleboro, amid broader notes on Fort Dummer and early Vermont settlement and ancient burial sites across the region.
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West River
Vermont
Hollao Petites
Gilbert
Crattleboro
Connecticut
White County
Tennessee
Sparta
Jefferson
Virginia
Mechanics and Intellectual Worth Through Labor
A historical perspective argues against viewing mechanics as inferior to scholars. It asserts science, virtue, and politeness flourish from workshop toil and that intellect, formed by action, defines the gentleman. God endowed man with attributes to be used for personal and communal good.
Fragmented Ruminations on Destiny and Beauty
The speaker argues earth is not our only home and human beauty is fleeting. They envision a higher realm where glory endures, stars out of reach on earth, and beautiful beings persist beyond mortal time, suggesting a timeless paradise beyond earthly life.
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Earth
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