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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1838
Page
1
Poem fragment celebrating a wartime marriage between Korner and a German soldier's betrothed. The speaker vows eternal union, praising the bride of steel as gloriously radiant and urging fidelity amid conflict, with a jubilant refrain Hurrah.
A lyric meditation exalts wild streams, skylarks, and hunting beasts as pure, free forces. It contrasts noble freedom with throne and palace, envisioning hills as home and a life unbound from rule, praise of nature over human power. The speaker seeks the hut of the free over royal life.
A new military machine by Mr Steubel draws attention in France. A single cannon on a standard carriage fires 172 balls per minute or 10 320 per hour to 2500 feet. Six men operate it and four horses draw it for siege work. Field pieces on the same model fire 8169 balls per hour and mountain guns 600 per hour.
Grant, riding master, failed to cover 300 miles in 24 hours on 16 horses. He rode 241 miles in 22 hours 16 minutes after suffering bad weather and worn last two horses. Spectators believed better road conditions could have met the target.
The article lists eight varieties of kisses found in Scripture. Salutation in Samuel, Valediction in Ruth, Reconciliation in Samuel, Subjection in Psalms, Approbation in Luke, Treachery in Matthew, and Affection in Genesis.
A detailed treatise on caloric effects explains how heat expands solids and liquids, causes phase changes, and drives vapourization. It covers water expansion on freezing, ice crystallization, experiments by Major Williams, Boyle, and Florentine academicians, and methods to produce artificial cold using snow and salt, dry ice, and evaporation.
The excerpt analyzes Queen Isabella's fortitude and moral courage during the Moorish wars and the siege of Granada. It contrasts her masculine vigor with feminine tenderness, noting her influence on king and nobles and her personal leadership on the battlefield to sustain the Spanish cause.
The essay contrasts Isabella and Elizabeth I, praising Isabellas benevolence and public duty while noting Elizabeths ambition and charm. It compares temperaments, education, decorum, religiosity, and governance, arguing Isabellas humility and mercy contrasted with Elizabeths vanity and fortitude, finishing with outcomes of their reigns. Both shaped national fate through steadfast leadership and policy choices.
The text contrasts Isabella and Elizabeth, noting Isabella’s life breathed life into her people during great ventures and her reign’s achievements seem miraculous from earlier low points. It highlights masculine genius in Elizabeth, their similar fates in despondency, and how Isabella’s sensibility to others shaped her end with public mourning and faith in future prospects.
Schiller grew up in a pious family and showed early literary talent and charity. He wrote his first poem before confirmation in 1772, studied in Stuttgart, and created the Robbers later performed in Mannheim. He met Goethe in 1788, earned a Jena philosophy professorship in 1789, was ennobled in 1802, and died at 45 after strained health from constant study and late nights.
A quip strewn tale recalls a fly mistaking mustard for sugar, then pivots to a romance gone awry as a young man views a pretty girl in disheveled garb. The piece wryly reflects on appearances versus reality and cautions against mortification in sharing youthful indiscretions. Hob Br ieff.
A fragmentary historic note reflects on temperance and order with maxims about fullness, elevation, and time. It urges keeping all things in their places, carrying out resolved actions, avoiding extremes, and balancing behavior amid moral guidance.
A transcript urges harsh lending and shaming to extract debt, detailing how pressuring a poor borrower with talk of public measures and reputational damage destroys friendship and trust. It condemns using small sums to cause long term bitterness, stressing the moral harm over mere repayment.
A Philadelphia youth, John K. Townson, who left in 1834 with Nuttall and joined Capt. Wythe’s Columbia River expedition, returns from the Sandwich Islands via Valparaiso. He brings new natural history specimens and plans to publish an account of his perilous journeys and discoveries among western tribes.
The piece discusses historic restrictions on cross border publishing and hopes for reduced duties on periodicals between France and England. It notes mutual benefits from exchanges, highlighting railway engineering and horticulture from England and fine arts and manufacturing from France. It mentions Francis Feeling’s efforts to remove the heavy tax and the spread of English in French colleges.
The Jacksonville Courier reports that a steamboat Cincinnati towed a sail boat carrying Colonel McIntosh’s eleven servants, including two women and seven children, to a Florida plantation. Due to what aboard a yawl boat deemed unskilled handling, the servant boat sank. All but two men who swam ashore were lost with no trace of the women and children.
The article describes the new civil marriage act in England. It outlines a brief ceremony before a Register officer with the bride and groom reciting vows, signing the register, and the process concluding in under three minutes.
Physiologists and physicians show laughter aids digestion circulation and overall system function. It promotes health cheerfulness and benevolence, relieves care, and softens moroseness. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is cited as noting distrust of Cassius who never laughed.
A reflective diary style passage condemns friends who serve wealth and status, recounting abandonment in loneliness and the sting of insincere consolation. The narrator notes being overwhelmed by “coin love” and contrasts it with genuine companionship amidst poverty.
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