Washingtonian to Publish Every Morning at Low Rates
The newspaper will be published every morning by James McCafferty at one dollar per year for a single subscriber, five dollars for a six-person club, or ten dollars for twelve subscribers paid in advance. Communications by mail must be postpaid. Postmasters may frank subscription money. Advertising rates: one square up to twelve lines 50 cents for first insertion and 25 cents per continuation. weekly 372, semi monthly 372, monthly 433 cents. early advertisers 10 percent discount.
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Ashingtoniat
James McCafferty
Post Office Department
Tvearly
Eve and Adam Confront Mortality in Edenic Vision
In a dramatic scene, Eve laments sin and aging beside Adam, recalling their fall and promising redemption. He comforts her, foreseeing resurrection and a purified Earth, as she dies with his arm around her. The couple's hope centers on a healing, future paradise and a priestly Physician.
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Eve
Himith
Adam
Archangel
Family Education Without Schooling Yields Notable Minds
In a quiet town, Cobbett’s large family educated at home without formal schooling. The mother taught reading with slates and journals while Rees' Encyclopedia and newspapers built vocabulary. Each child kept a daily journal, turning maps, names, and sciences into lasting knowledge that impressed educated circles.
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Cobbett
Our Republic
Dictionary and reference habits for lifelong learning
The passage urges building a personal library and reference habits to develop perception and reasoning. It emphasizes the value of maps and the steady growth of intellect through regular reference use, noting that masculine virtue aligns with disciplined study and self improvement.
What is true education the farmer and the nation
The author argues two paths for the nation: educate children through funding or fund penitentiaries to punish crime. Education is not mere book learning. a true education develops self awareness, judgment, and temperance, and farmers have a vital stake in guiding this process.
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Washington
Franklin
Sherman
Delays Are Dangerous Advice From Old Uncle Isaac
An old schoolhouse tale warns boys that waiting to act leads to loss of land and opportunity. Uncle Isaac recalls a dry land turned sea and stresses immediate action. He urges starting today, not later, to avert disaster and preserve progress.
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Isaac
S. S. Advocate
Lessons from Fisher Ames Biography Urge Youthful Integrity
The Southern Chronicle praises Kirklands Biography of Fisher Ames for its goldlike worth urging young men to guard virtue. It notes vice appearing as seductive friendship tests resolve and asserts Ames owed his later character and fortunes to pure youth and untainted conduct.
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Fisher Ames
Kirkland
Southern Chronicle
Fragment of a French Revolution tableau with many figures
In a late hour at the Jacobins a brutal toast by Danton is echoed by Robespierre and a murderous contemplation by the Marat head, while Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette appear in scenes of sorrow and luxury. Talleyrand contemplates a new path amid revelry and ruin.
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Jacobins
Danton
du Carousal
France
Maratt
Maximilian Isadore Robespierre
Versailles
Louis XVI
Ecarte
Louis
Marie Antoinette
Tuilleries
Cyprian
Talleyrand
Man of
People
Rat Swallows Bonaparte Heart in Silver Basin Tale
An 19th century tale recounts a British physician guarding Napoleon Bonaparte's heart preserved in water. A rat allegedly dragged the heart from its basin at night, terrifying the custodian who feared the famed organ would be devoured, as the sensational anecdote concludes with a stark moral about ambition.
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Napoleon
Bonaparte
St. Helena
Dr. A
Europe
Cesar
Napoleon and His Son Read Together in Quiet Study
A fragment describes Napoleon seated with his son on his knee as he reads an important document or prepares to sign a despatch by the bureau. The scene emphasizes their close moment in a domestic setting.
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Napoleon
Bureau
Emperor's military toy blocks delight son in Meneval recollection
Meneval recalls the Emperor using a carpet arranged army of wooden pieces to test maneuvers. The bored child would topple battalions, disrupting the plan at critical moments, while the ruler calmly rebuilt the formations with good humor.
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Meneval
Eccentric Anecdotes and Satirical Notes From Knickerbocker
A string of wry remarks on misexpression and historical curiosities. Anon anecdotes reference a pickpocket tale, a justice for a hungry thief, and a quip on Randolph of Roanoke. The piece cites Noah’s Sunday Times and Knickerbocker for satire on public figures and misstatements.
Belladonna Antidote Proposed for Scarlet Fever
An 1840s Philadelphia Sun excerpt notes from the American Journal of the Medical Sciences a preventive use of Belladonna for scarlet fever. Two grains of extract dissolved in an aromatic infusion given to a one year old daily for nine to ten days, with dosage increasing by age up to twelve drops.
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American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Phil. Sun
Cure for Quincy and charitable acts of Bulwer’s mother
An old remedy suggests simmering hops in vinegar to extract strength for a child or patient, then sweetening and giving small portions until relief. Bulwer’s mother, recently deceased, was noted for large unseen charitable gifts, including a thousand guineas to Gospel propagation and a fund for poor widows just completed.
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Quincy
Bulwer
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Narrows
T. B. Nathan
Knickerbocker
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