Philadelphia land heirs win vast property claim
A Spirit of the Times report cites a court decision in Philadelphia granting the heirs of James Parick a large property claim valued at four to six million dollars. The land, once confiscated and now owned by various parties, is deemed worthless by many deeds, while heirs’ attorneys stand to gain about a fifth of the recovered value.
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Philadelphia
the Times
James Parick
Parick
George M. Dallas
David Paul Brown
William L. Hirst
Esquires
Tongue as weapon in ancient and modern maxims
A collection of adages on the tongue’s power from Leighton Pythagoras Anacharsis Boerhaave and others. It cites that speech wounds the spirit more than the sword and urges self restraint rebuke of detractors and keeping silence when prudent. It also contrasts the slanderer’s fate with the listener’s responsibility.
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Leighton
Pythagoras
Boerhaave
Johnson
Cato
Lacon
Jerome
Euripides
Envy Epictetus on Responding to Envy and Reproach
Epictetus advises evaluating critics who reproach as a test of truth. If false, recognize the accuser attacks an imagined self and not you. If true, change your behavior to mildness and kindness so the criticism no longer targets the real person.
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Epictetus
A Caution to Whitlers
A young Yankee suitor asks a rich farmer for consent and, during the awkward ceremony, the father judges the man by his whittled stick. He warns that unless the suitor creates something substantial the stick will shrink to nothing and the family will beggary. The farmer voices his view of the suitor’s character and prospects.
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Johnathan
Conscience and pay evade public figures and readers
A debate among neighbors a mechanic, a physician, a clergyman, and a publisher centers on conscience in paying debts. Each laments others’ lack of payment, from workmen to subscribers, and the publisher notes unpaid bills for three years, suggesting many neglect conscience in financial duties.
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Idun
Grim portrait of Terror in France's Reign of Terror
Macaulay cites Barrere memoirs to depict the French Terror. He describes daily executions by guillotine, baroque cruelty in Paris and provinces, mass drownings, barge killings, and mutilation as a judgment on revolutionary excess. He notes the dehumanizing violence and degradation across France.
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Macaulay
Barrere
France
Seine
Royal Guards
Sorbonne
Burke
Cassius
Timoleon
Paris
Arras
Loire
Samar
New Zealand
Fire Ravages Savannah Causing Heavy Losses
The Savannah blaze on Sunday night destroyed several valuable houses and about 2000 bags of cotton. Oglethorpe Lodge DeKalb Lodge and Magnolia Encampment lost their regalia worth 1200. A held brick wall collapsed fatally injuring a man. Property insured for 6000 in New York and Savannah Ins and Trust ny. Also reports a Porto Rico fire at Ponce causing 150000 in damage. Gov Owsley pardons Delia A Webster in Frankfort.
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Savannah
Oglethorpe Lodge
DeKalb Lodge
Magnolia
Odd Fellows
New York
Savannah Insurance and Trust Ny
Island of Faith noted in Pacific discovery by Captain Simmons
Reports tell of Captain Simmons on the brig Faith discovering an island in the Pacific not shown on charts. Located near Carysfoot at lat 21 10 N long 138 54 W, about six miles in circumference with a cocoa tree filled reef and a central lagoon. The isle is named the Isle of Faith and described as fertile and rich.
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Pacific
Simmons
Faith
Baltimore
Otahcite
Valparaiso
Carysfoot
Isle of Faith
Nashville Union
Jones
Texas
Public Meeting at City Hall in Augusta in 1845
The public meeting at Augusta City Hall invites citizens to assemble on Saturday at 7 30 p m to discuss the projected canal. The call stresses matters of great importance and requests general attendance. Chairman M M Dye presides. March 8 1845.
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City Hall
Augusta
M. M. Dye
Macintosh-street
J.B. Murphy
John D. Smith
Bronson's Travellers Directory Goes To Press In Georgia
Public notice announces Bronson F.S. Bronson of LaGrange Georgia is preparing Bronson's Travellers Directory listing routes from New York to New Orleans plus cross lines and country descriptions. Includes distances fares and travel times with pricing for plain binding and extra gilt editions, available to book sellers and wholesalers.
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Bronson
Travellrr
New York
New Orleans
al “ Ae
F.S. Bronson
LaGrange
Augusta Market Bagging and Groceries Stable Since Last Report
Augusta market notes no change in bagging or groceries since the previous report. Prices quoted last Saturday may be repeated today with no alterations in the market for these articles.
Prospectus of the Star of Temperance newspaper
A New Orleans weekly family paper promoting Total Abstinence from alcohol, education reform, and improvement in the South West. It aims to elevate morals, libraries, and agricultural societies without sectarian politics, pricing at two dollars fifty cents per year in advance. Stevens & Arms publish and seek insertions from supporters.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
South-West
South- West
Friends of the Cause
Stevens & Arms
Exchange Table Specie Basis Clarified
Fragmentary exchange table entry notes no sale and references specie basis. The readable items mention six to five dise, ar par and eight checks with premium.
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Reign of Terror
Ponce
Porto Rico
Miss Webster
Frankfort
Commonwealth of the 25Th
Owsley
Delia A. Webster
Faratts
Vermont
Congress
War and Navy Departments
Leonora Siddons
Paul de Kock
WM. Haines
Garvin & Haines
WM. Haenes
Broad Street
Prospectus OF the Star of Temperance
Minner
Scofield
Insurance Bank
Broad-street
Unham & Bleakley
Haviland, Risley, Co. A
Joseph E. Marshall
Thomas I. Wray
McGraw’s Corner
Setudtep Family
Bull’s
Young Ladies Seminary
L. R. Williams
Europe
Bridge Bank
E.E Ford
D. Houk
Conaxernp
Esse Bacon
North Carolina
aly _ Corres
Cuba
Java
Georgia
Worthern
Russia
Aiadsids
Monasses
N. Orleans
Lavana
English Island
Nains
Malaga
Havana
St. Croix
Carolina
Virginia
Avausta Nores
Eeae
Sag
Cohecks
A Prem
Mechanics
Bank Brunswick Bank
Bank of Augusta
Insurance & Banking: Co
Georgia Rail Road
State of
Igia
Savanna ‘Nores
State Bank
Ee Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
Planters Bank
Central Rail Road Bank
Macon
Ee Milledgeville Bank
Georgia Rail Road Bank
Athens
City Council of
Vea Ruckersville Bank
Marine & Fire Insurance Bank
St. Mary’s Bank
Eewreee Central Bank Bank of
Hawkinsville
Merchant’s Bank
Columbus
Milledge
Boston
Lexington
Richmond
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