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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1837
Page
1
The American Union is published weekly at the Washington and Third street location. Subscription is two dollars per year, or three dollars if paid at the end of the year. Advertisements and letters require post payment. The office offers Hob and Fancy Card Printing with a full assortment of type and printing services.
A rousing toast celebrates sailors setting forth with cheers for health, steadfast voyage, and a future reunion. The verse calls for drinking to the outward-bound, bright horizons, and shared memories though many will meet sorrow. The signal flag rises as wind shifts.
Poem contemplates the ocean's vast might and beauty, contrasting mortal limits with divine creation. The author questions human sway before nature, noting the ocean's unfathomable depth and the rainbow, storms, and landscapes that surround it. The speaker wonders about the Creator when faced with such majesty.
Willis Gaylord Clark composes a lament on departed loved ones, contrasting their fading earthly presence with enduring memories. It contemplates sorrow, memory, and what remains after beloved voices and smiles vanish, ending with the stark finality of their absence.
A reflective verse notes summer's flowers and summer skies cannot charm the heart when peace is absent, while winter’s storms and bare landscapes fail to dull a heart that holds peaceful dwelling. The poem contrasts external beauty with inner serenity and enduring contentment.
A Western man notes radishes of unusual form this season. His neighbor counters with a specimen so like a girl skimming milk that cream clings to its fingers. The lighthearted exchange highlights the quirky garden harvests from nearby yards.
A newlywed couple Edward Selmer and Josepha live in bliss until a fever claims Josepha. Her harp and flute music bind them after death, as Selmer, racked by grief, dies during the ninth hour reenacting their spectral reunion. The physician recalls the haunting event years later.
The piece argues pride harms both rich and poor, noting strength and beauty are fleeting and uncertain. It cautions against ostentatious dress, urging humility and simplicity as true worth wanes with illness, age, and death. It condemns flaunting finery and urges restraint in attire.
A clipped exchange paper quote offers comfort to distressed businessmen. It extols a cheerful home, a welcome that wealth cannot match, and kindness from loved ones as the cure for weariness, disappointment, and poverty.
In an encounter near rocks and cliffs with the Blackfeet, Loreto a Mexican trader allies with his Blackfoot wife and infant. He saves the child amid firing, earns the chief’s wary regard, and departs with his family after the conflict ends. Loreto later re joins his wife and child at an American Fur Company trading post where he works as interpreter.
Tellwall complains about guiding a child's mind and age of discretion. A garden allegory follows, claiming weeds symbolize unformed judgment and that imposing preferences harms natural growth. The exchange relies on botanical metaphor to critique early indoctrination.
At the institution’s commencement on the ninth inst of this month the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on twenty five students. The university now contains one hundred fifty one students across its departments.
The New York City public school system reports that twelve thousand eight hundred seventy two pupils were enrolled and educated during the first half of 1857, reflecting early growth in city schooling and attendance.
The lamented Virginia governor died from paralysis. The article notes his connection to Pocahontas and compares his physiognomy and hair to Randolph, suggesting Aboriginal lineage.
The narrator contrasts a brilliant girlhood with later serenity at Home, noting the crowd's caress and critics' sneers, then celebrates a devoted, tranquil life shaped by country beauty and maternal companionship. The piece portrays inner ambition tempered by peaceful affection and nature.
In a late term decision at the Court of Common Pleas held in Exeter New Hampshire, a breach of promise suit involving Mary Ann Stevens and Joseph Ployd was resolved with damages set at five hundred dollars. The judge rejected an excuse based on the plaintiff’s deafness, ruling that only incapacity such as paralysis blindness or deafness caused by an act of God would excuse nonfulfillment.
A New York edition of Chastellux’s Travels recounts John Langdon, NH council member, urging action as Burgoyne advances. He mounts for battle with Gates, while a loyal enslaved attendant vows liberty and remains by his side, inspiring courage.
Duchatelet recalls a French physician who restored order in a Paris lunatic hospital by touching his hat as a salute to inmates when entering wards. The anecdote highlights discipline through simple respectful gesture transforming ward atmosphere.
The Governor and Council of Maine order the Surveyor General to mark a 50 mile direct route from the termination of the Acrostic road to Madawasca to ensure a border route in case of further dispute.
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