American Union publication terms and rates notice
Printed and published by W. C. MPCAUSSEN and TE SLARPER. The American Union is issued every Wednesday morning from the northeast corner of Washington and Third street in John Orr's store room. Subscription is two dollars per annum with half yearly three dollars in advance. advertisements follow usual rates and letters to editors must be postpaid.
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American Union
Washington and
Third Street
John Orr
Hob and Money Card Printing
An ad noting a well supplied printing office offers all kinds of job and card printing. It claims a fine assortment of type and promises high quality work unmatched by any western office.
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West
Sublime Ode to the Supreme Being from Russian Anthology
The Baltimore Chronicle editor presents an ode attributed to the Russian anthology, praising God as eternal, all‑powerful, and beyond comprehension. The poem extols creation, light, and the divine order with grand imagery, and reflects on humanity as a small atom within the cosmos, aspiring toward the divine throne.
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N. Y. Statesman
Baltimore Chronicle
Derzbaven
Statesman
Jeddo
Pekin
Spirit Deity and Immortal Soul Ode
A reflective meditation on a spirit deity as the source of life wisdom and light. The narrator extols divine energy as creator and sustainer, praising wisdom, word, and the soul's ascent beyond death toward eternal day and communion with the divine.
Liberty and Revolutions in an Age of Change
An 1831 essay from the Casket extols Liberty and revolutions as Europe groans under despotism. It honors Washington and icons of freedom, contrasts universal rights with tyranny, and notes knowledge as a lever lifting oppressed peoples toward liberty. It laments Poland and praises revolutionary upheaval as a herald of a future universal liberty.
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Europe
Poland
Siberian
Campania
Vesuvius
Eds
Union
Patriots
Pioneers of Liberty
Liberty
Emancipation Torch Across Europe and Ireland
Milford Bard reflects on revolutionary fervor sweeping Europe, praising Greece and Byron, praising liberty as tyranny falls. He laments Ireland Poland and Italy under oppression, honors Emmet Tone and Kosciuszko, and urges universal emancipation while praising heroic patriots and the enduring memory of their deeds.
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Europe
Niagara
Pyrenees
Alps
Byron
Greece
France
Hhis
Paris
Egypt
Isles
Alexander
Hercules
Napoleon
Rome
Phidias
Mount Athos
Heaven
Babylon
Rhodes
Simplon
Hanni
Carthage
Alcides
St. Helena
Rumpis
Liberty Hoth
St. Michael
Normandy
Cardinal Wolsey
Charles
Father Abbot
Ireland
O'Connell
Curran
Phillips
Wolf Tone
Wellington
Goldsmith
Kemmet
Liberty
Emmet
Theodore Wolf
Erin
Hiden Isle
England
Sons of
Germantown
Trenton
Brandywine
Baltimore
Orleans
Poland
Italy
Kosciusko
Sobieski
Washington
Poniatowski
Warsaw
Koschucke
Milford Bard
Domestic Duties or Girls by Mary Wortley Montagu
The essay presents how household tasks become elegant when infused with sentiment. It argues that furnishing a room or ordering a dinner transcends routine chores, becoming acts of care for a loved one, transforming duty into pleasure.
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Mary Wortley Montague
Lim
Tavenna’s Rain Divides Two Hemispheres at Court House
Remarkable note on Tavenna Ohio perched on a high crest where rain on the north roof flows to the Cuyahoga and then the St. Lawrence, while rain on the south flows to the Mahoning and the Gulf of Mexico, making the courthouse a fountain of waters for two hemispheres.
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Tavenna
Ohio
Lake Erie
Old Court House
Cuyahoga
St. Lawrence
Mahoning
Gulf of Mexico
Snap On parody in Patlad Gazette on shad ows and fish
A western contemporary satirically riffs on Burke and the distant market. The piece portrays a figure drawn by distant cries to chase poor quality fish, parodying the statesman phrase about shad ows and pursuits.
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Burke
Statesman
Patlad. Gazette
A Rare Donation to Boulogne by Madame de Rigny
Madame de Rigny widow of the admiral has donated a collection to Boulogne including two Grecian alabaster heads twelve vases two Grecian lamps an Egyptian urn two wooden figures a greyhound statue with extended legs resembling the Sphynx and a broken tombstone The pieces feature hieroglyphs and inscriptions likely for study by Champollion and the eyes on the heads suggest an ancient date.
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Madame de Rigny
Boulogne
Champellion
Fortune Literally Consumed in a Paristo Burgundy Plot
A wine merchant plans to retire in Burgundy but is thwarted when his wife, fond of Parisian pleasures, burns his fortune. She seizes bank notes Neapolitan bonds and two bills of exchange from a secretary and throws them into the fire. Police later locate the fleeing wife.
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Paris
Burgundy
Wolf Attacks Woodworkers Near Cerisiers
On the 6th in Cerisiers Yonne a hungry she wolf attacked woodcutters. She bit a man's finger, a second man was grabbed by the heel, and a third injured in the thigh. The man then forced the wolf’s mouth open by its tongue and helped his companions kill her. Wolves are abundant nearby and locals await a government order for a general baltue.
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Galignani
Paris
Cerisier
Yonne
Cerisiers
Baltue
Remedy for Influenza from Early Medical Advice
The disorder is an obstruction of perspiration and evacuations. Treat early with hot bath or sudorifics such as hot tea, broth, treacle-posset, mulled wine, or a warm gruel with antimonial wine and fandanum. Expose the bowels to proper care and avoid excess eating and drinking and exposure to damp air at night.
New Printing Press by Thomas Treoch Proposed
A novel printing press by mechanic Thomas Treoch is announced as vastly faster than existing devices. The device attaches to paper mills, prints both sides in a quarter of a minute on a 26 foot sheet, and could produce two books of 100 pages each per run. Estimated cost for a first rate press is under 1000 dollars.
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Thomas Treoch
Ind
V.V. Y. Post
Ploughman Uncovers CenturyOld Coin Vault Near Norfolk
A farmer ploughing near Norfolk discovers a vault built into a field wall containing a box of gold and silver coins valued likely between 10 000 and 20 000 dollars. The box of mahogany or cedar decayed after over a century, holding Spanish dollars guineas doubloons and more, with wall and vault built for a special deposit.
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Norfolk Beacon
Pistols for Two and a Cowskin for One in Jacksonvill e
The Hlinvis Patriot reports an affray between two youths over a young lady. One man offered a pistol in street debate, then shot his rival. While displaying the deed, a concealed pistol in his bosom discharged, wounding his thigh near the knee. The Patriot warns against concealed weapons.
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Jacksonville
Partiot
Singular Superstition in Indre France
A singular belief in Indre holds that after death the defunct soul haunts the home like a butterfly seeking a way to heaven. Disturbed by this spirit, people remove all water milk and other liquids from vessels to prevent the passing soul from spilling into them and being delayed on its journey to the eternal resting place.
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Department of the Indre
France
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W. C. Mpcaussen
TE. Slarper
Ro Wysen
God
Earth
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