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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1842
Page
1
From Blackwood's Magazine The Sexes depicts the playful bond of virgin and youth. The piece follows their growing desire as they approach union. Nature urges balance between passion and restraint. The lovers are led toward divine love that unites them beyond earthly trials.
An unnamed narrator recounts Ben Blower's near fatal boiler accident aboard a riverboat. Blower hides in a boiler during a boiler room explosion, endures freezing rain and suffocating danger, realizes a way to escape by drilling a hole, and is rescued after a brutal night. The tale blends Doric dialect with peril and a final julep at the bedside.
A fiery sermon decries cities as grease spots of vice, citing New York’s Five Points and Gotham. The preacher laments public morals, warns of divine judgment, and urges reform amid warnings of retribution and corruption.
A fragment from the New Orleans Bulletin of the Witch hints at a January money float and broader economic shifts in the city. The text references dollar movements, consumption, and imagined improvements but remains garbled with incomplete phrases and unclear details about dates or figures.
A narrator recalls Lucy Wendell a modest needleworker living with her grandparents in humble lodgings. After her parents’ deaths she enters service at Ross glove factory where her diligence contrasts with harsh family dynamics and a looming marriage arrangement. A clash over love, duty, and class unfolds as Lucy’s fate hangs on a decisive, unseen act of kindness.
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