The Last Indian Poetic Vision From Winchester
A fragment from the U.S. Military & Naval Magazine presents a long arc of verse titled The Last Indian, tracing a midnight dream of earth’s transformation. The speaker witnesses a mountain-spawned apocalypse, where waters rise, mammoths return, tribes awaken, and a red moon over a ruined world, ending with a tranquil bird and a Creole call from Winchester, Virginia, and a report that Gen. Austin reached New York from Texas seeking a temporary loan for the Texian Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequest
U.S. Military & Naval Magazine
Kirke White
Austin
New York
Texas
Juan
Enquiry clash over Treasury probe in Congress debate
Correspondence from April 19 1836 describes Virginia figures Dromgool e and Wise maneuvering to control the inquiry into Treasury abuses and bank dealings. Wise pushes a committee with power to summon papers and persons to expose misuses, while Dromgoole counters with a substitute asking the Secretary of the Treasury for information. The exchange includes sharp parliamentary tactics, calls for accountability, and vivid rhetoric about banking influence and political corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Mercury
Wasuinotos
Drumgoule
Virginia
Wise
Treasury Department
Dromgoole
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Ile
Whitney
United States Bank
Reuben M. Whitney
Mr. Wise
New York
Bank of the
United States
Kinderhook
Simon
St. Peter
Apostle
Holy Writ
Peyton
Speight
North Carolina
White replies to abolition and suffrage questions in Tennessee letters
HU. L. White addresses two queries from April 6 1836. He denies aiding free negro suffrage and states he voted for Thomas Frazier in August 1835 for Assembly due to support of the current administration. He says Frazier was not elected and notes he was unaware of any abolitionist stance by the candidates. White explains his absence from the Tennessee constitutional convention and mentions possible past meetings regarding gradual emancipation.
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Sicily
Jupiter
Verres
Bneath
Peyton
Baltimore
Dromgoole
Mark
Tully
Sicilius
Whitner
Treasury
Reuben
Biddle
Wise
Whitney
Globe
Rienzi
Rome
Committee of
House
State Department
A. H L. Sheppard
N.C
Ihe
Congress
Cambreleng
James R. Leib
Forsyth Rankins
Department
Leib
United States
Jackson
van Buren
Wasuiteroy
Dean
Tennessee
Frazier
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Thomas Frazier
Washington
HU. L. White
Influence of Ancient Republics on Greek and Italian Civilisation
Thomas R. Dew argues that liberty and republican governance fueled Greece’s genius and Italy’s revival of learning and commerce. He contrasts decayed centralized empires with thriving small republics, suggesting centralized rule erodes virtue and intellect, while Italy’s city-states restored culture and industry despite factional turbulence. He warns centralized power diminishes national character and historic progress.
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Historical and Philosophical Society of Virginia
Thomas R. Dew
College of William and Mary
Greece
Council of Amphictyon
Cheronea
Rome
Byzantium
Athens
Schollar
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Europe
Italy
Lombardy
Tuscany
Romagna
St. Peter
Christ
Tlaly
Thebes
Florentine
Alps
Brennus
Tiber
Danube
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Lucifer
Rilla
Winchester
U. S. Telegraph
Horace
Bridewell
Adams
Vignes
America
Ohio River
Teslands
Holland
Baltic
Conj
North End
Florence
Venice
Genoa
Philip Strozzi
Li X
Mareschal Strozzi
Capua
Fredei
Milan
Tortona
Rosata
Tricate
Galiate
Sismondi
Cesar Borgia
Mr. Hume
Julius Cesar
Zenghis
Tamerlane
Marini
Achillini
Bernini
Concini
Mazarini
Catherine
Mary di Medici
Glascock
Telegraph
Richmond Whig
Gen. Glascock
Robinson
Gen. Jackson
Gen. G
N. C
Conve
NEW Mail
North Augusta
New Orleans
Paris
England
France
Cracow
Miss.c. Bane
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