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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1838
Page
1
A short poetic ode contrasts country life across seasons with spring showers summer scents and autumn birds. It celebrates rural pleasures and quiet graves beneath trees, preferring simple country peace over town strife and renown.
Sergeant Jasper and his ally Newton defect from Ebenezer to aid ten deserters bound for Savannah. They ambush a British guard, free the captives including a grieving wife and child, seize muskets, and reunite with General Lincoln at Pittsburgh, celebrating a daring night action.
In a Raleigh Register excerpt, historical figures like Bonaparte Augustus and Seward are depicted choosing noble poses as they die. Maria Louisa remarks she will meet dissolution awake, while others seek to die in armor or with grace and dignity. The piece muses on mortality’s lingering desire for posterity.
The European correspondent reports that Washington Irving is in Seville to study Columbus letters for a major forthcoming Sketch Book project. He has copied precious correspondence with a Madrid-ordered witness present, and locals await the research with patient interest.
A historical reflection urges apprentices to study in leisure time and approach work with cheerfulness. It warns against laziness, arguing diligent labor earns respect, promotes the employer’s interests, and, in turn, secures personal welfare, health, and honesty.
The French Journal notes M Magendie reports promising results from electricity in dolorueux. Platinized needles place along facial nerves convey currents at varying intervals. Some cases require a single application. one patient with three years of pain reportedly found relief after six nerve applications.
A judge known for faux dignity errs in delivering a charge to a dubious case. He stumbles over words and cites Coke and Blackstone vaguely, then awkwardly invokes a simile about a pond running dry, prompting readerly humor about his clarity.
In a recollection cited by Col A from a Congressional race, Davy Crockett memorably memorized Col A’s prepared speech during a campaign stop. Crockett spoke first and then delivered every word of the rival speech, leaving Col A speechless and mortified as Crockett mocked the moment.
Cincinnati reports on the landing at the Muskingum River junction led by Gen Rufus Putnam forty years ago marking Ohio's early settlement. Indians watched as settlers cleared forests replaced wigwams with farms towns and cities and steamboats replaced canoes amid a population that grew to more than a million.
A tale recalls a couple known for naming their children after famed individuals of the day. The mother would loudly call roll with examples such as Martha Washington Andrew Jackson and William Shakespeare while Arthur Wellington assists Napoleon Bonaparte, then summon the father to dinner.
The piece contrasts two sighing habits. Some sigh aloud through the mouth, harming spirits and wallets, while others sigh through the nose, sparing both heart and pocket.
A comical petition from 3000 bachelors in Houston Texas dated January 18 1838 appeals to Bostonia ladies to emigrate to Texas offering marriage and land parcels. The letter mocks the ladies memorial against Texas annexation and touts Texas fertility climate and generous land grants as enticement.
Senator Allen of Onto argues that government offices should avoid private bank ties to prevent corruption. He cites postmaster salaries, bank loans to lawmakers, and the Treasury order as pressures that corrupted the banking system, warns that corruption could overthrow liberties, and condemns efforts to force public confidence in banks through law.
An essay extols honor as virtue and universal trust, arguing true esteem comes from consistent actions rather than fashion or public opinion, and that moral rectitude earns genuine praise and reward in society.
A Boston paper reports a Maine state law to take effect next month allows divorce from marriage if either party becomes a habitual drunkard for three consecutive years.
A married couple banter over rising butter prices. The wife criticizes excess butter usage while noting shortages and higher costs. The husband retorts that butter price matters little to him since he buys it to eat with his bread, highlighting frugal talk on inflation.
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