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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1838
Page
1
A warlike poem in which a Greek maiden vows vengeance for fallen steed and slain foe. She declares Greece and vengeance her task, laments coward murderers, and contrasts sorrow with the march of hostile hosts and the fierceness of victory. The speaker recalls happier lute days and prefers battle cries to joyous dance.
A comic Kansas of names and flirtation unfolds as Clara Calvert sues to resist a charming visitor named Demijohn and then Benson, amid social satire, learns the folly of parvenu names and chooses love over pedigree. Edward and Gertrude steer the courtship with wit and final resolve.
A first person tale of courtship devotion to a young widow, guided by vanity and fate. The narrator describes elfin gardens, grave flirtations, a pivotal accident on a Sunday ride, a dramatic proposal, and their wedding after a tense chase to win her hand. He closes with a light comic touch and a note on marital happiness.
A brief notice notes Maria Louisa, Napoleon’s widow, present beside the Emperor during the coronation of the Austrian monarch as King of Lombardy. The fragment reflects on her enduring grief and public perception of royal widows in a centennial context.
A reflective poem on love’s vigilance beyond death and misery. The speaker invokes God, praising enduring care as love never sleeps, even as life endures storms and human suffering. Strong imagery of mothers, angels, and a universal midnight watch conveys comfort amid grief.
The narrator recalls visiting Cracow Cathedral where Kosciuszko’s simple red marble tomb bears only his name I Kosciuszko. Peasants and Cracow ladies join in shared reverence across language gaps, noting Americans cherish his memory alongside Washington. The group agrees that writing his name on the monument suffices epitaph and tribute.
An 1815 Bern tale recounts Talleyrand, then French minister, hosting a party where he dressed as a floury miller. A packet announced Napoleon's landing in the Gulf of Juan, prompting frantic dispatches and a surprise visitor from Germany. The scene made him forever known as the ambassador miller.
The observer notes Crimea's tea habit of substituting lemon for milk, with a rind wrapped around the cup to infuse distinct flavor. The practice reflects local tastes and contrasts with broader European methods as the article discusses origins and imports through regional routes and the impact of trade on flavor choices.
Tanner's Geographical Notes describes a vast arid plain in central Upper California, bordered by rocky north, Pacific west, Colorado east, and the Colorado valley to the south. The table land hosts few streams that vanish in sands, with isolated mountains and scarce wildlife including antelope and deer, and nearby lakes with rock salt deposits.
Mr. Coleman in an agricultural address recounted a tale of a man who sought a fashionable wife but found she could not boil a potato or roast beef. The suit failed, a minor fine was imposed, and the speaker argued better to have Lot's wife at hand to salt bacon.
Buckingham recounts Egypt lectures on land storms that wipe out large caravans, citing a Mecca caravan of fifty thousand souls overwhelmed near Damascus with only sixteen horsemen surviving. Pacha sends troops to rescue goods as desert corpses fill the sands. such storms, he says, prove deadlier than sea storms and may explain ancient expeditions vanishing in pursuit of the Nile.
The East’s fashionable whiskered dandies faced social scrutiny for long. urged by ladies they now may wear whiskers whether natural or false. Broadway sightings show a monstrous display of whiskers, reported by Cin News.
A banker, amid heavy reverses, seeks solace in prayer each morning. Once the volume closes, he blasts forth violent oaths against misfortune and those he blames, prompting his wife to beg him to stop praying or swearing, whichever he prefers.
A fragment cites a harsh remark on a typographical blunder in an exchange paper. It mentions a puzzling "wonder to nations" and a mysterious man marked by steamboats, suggesting a wartime maritime context.
The Gatherer reports counterfeit ten dollar notes resurfacing. Updates note Lord Durham funding repairs of Quebec and Montreal government houses. Norwich CT citizens pledge 150000 dollars to Worcester railroad, and a Toledo Ohio fire destroys 6-8 houses valued at about 12000 dollars. Halifax advices state the 93d regiment ordered to Canada following prior intel.
From the N E Farmer a detailed theory on lime as a neutralizer decomposer and converter. It argues lime neutralizes acids converts earthy geates to lime compounds soluble in soil, and may transform vegetable fibre into soluble material, enhancing fertility with careful application and adequate manure.
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