Distressed Free Negroes in London and Local Birth News
A report details a London free black family sleeping on hemlock boughs with rag clothing and no food, ignored by Abolitionists while condemning slave-state mercy. Also noted is Mrs Kindred Story’s birth of three children on the 25th, James Knox and Elizabeth Polk and Rebecca Dallas, with the family needing help in Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South
Kindred Story
James Knox
Elizabeth Polk
Rebecca Dallas
Greenville
Greenville Mountaineer
Deaf and Dumb at Midnight Council of Strange Men
A traveler recounts an 1100 mile journey to a land where men sit at night in silence with no table, no wetting of mouths, and wall of eyes rolling. They are deaf and dumb yet emit broken sounds. crowds watch such sittings as fury and malice flare in their faces. They seek nothing ordinary but play with mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichwehr
Hell
Monkey and Cobra Duel in Bengal Forest
An eyewitness account from Patna, about thirty years ago, describes a monkey in a banyan tree engaging a cobra. The cobra keeps retreating as the monkey advances, forcing constant movement for nearly two hours before the monkey finally leaps, seizes the cobra by the neck, and uses a brick bat to finish the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal
Patna
Monkey defeats head of snake in dramatic hunt
The piece describes a monkey's determined struggle to destroy the snake's head after biting and tying with the creature. The monkey escapes the coil and leaps to its roost, showing awareness of the snake's danger and power. It notes that larger animals resist fascination unlike smaller birds. Medical Times.
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Rubi
The Rose in Legend and Festival Traditions
The piece recounts myths linking roses to Abra ham and Nimrod, Venus and sub rosa secrets, Apollo and Rhodante, and Rhodes origin. It notes Ros e symbolism in banquets and a French Festival of Roses with a rosiere queen.
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Guebers
Abraham
Nimrod
Mahomet
Apollo
Rhodante
Corinth
Harpocrates
Venus
Rhodes
Salreau
France
Olympus
The Grasshopper and Beehive Fable Summary
A grasshopper begs a bee hive for honey as winter nears. The bee explains that the grasshopper spent summer in merriment while bees stored food for scarcity. The moral: use time wisely and prepare for future need.
Pursuing Happiness Through Duty and Benevolence
A timeless sermon argues happiness arises not from chasing it but from fulfilling duties to God and neighbors. It warns that seeking happiness solely leads to loss, while living righteously brings joy to others and, in turn, true happiness. It urges selfless acts and inner obedience as sources of contentment.
Timour and the ant lesson on perseverance
A short moral tale recalls Timour the Tartar conqueror sheltering from enemies and learning courage from a tiny ant carrying a corn grain up a wall after sixty nine failures. Dr Johnson notes virtue in young ladies at needlework as a guard against idleness and moral risk.
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Timour
Dr. Johnson
Virtue
Mixed Miscellany of 19th Century Curiosities and Notes
Dinners with President Tyler feature Mrs. Hamilton aged 88 and Mrs. Madison, totaling over 170 years. A home remedy honeyed onion cure fights colds before bed while toes stay toasted. Reports cover Molech German pilgrim counts, Montefiore’s presses in Jerusalem, surging Chinese shirting exports, Franklin’s Printing Press relic, Connecticut prison stats, the Vigilant wreck found, a Pittsburgh iron frigate, Booneville emigrants to Oregon, Missouri iron ore tests, gambling suppression talk in Albany, a Fitch steam monument planned, a slave escape arrest in St. Louis, and Albany temperance pledges topping 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Madison
Tyler
Capitol Hill
Cambria
Treeves
Palestine
Moses Montefiore
Jerusalem
Benjamin Franklin
National Institute
J.B. Murray
New York
Connecticut State Prison
U.S. Revenue Cutter Vigilant
Key West
Gulf
Pittsburgh
Hunter
United States
Booneville
Oregon
St. Louis
Missouri
Alexander Vattemare
Paris
Royal Institue
Europe
H. Green
Albany
Louisville
John Fitch
Youngs Ladies Seminary Adverts in Augusta Ga
Miss L R Williams offers a seminary in Augusta Georgia with European standard instruction. She invites parents to place daughters under care, promising strict attention to education morals and manners. Music is taught by an approved teacher and boarders may be admitted at Broad Street near Bridge Bank Buildings. References listed.
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Youngs Ladies Seminary
L. R. Williams
Europe
Bridge Bank
Augusta
M. M. Dye
E. E. Ford
D. Heok
Augusta Market Cotton and Goods Report
Cotton remains in fair demand with prices steady. Bales priced 45 to 53 cents, superior square packages over 53c. Principal sales around 45 to 25 cents? river transport to Savannah 50 cents per bale. Bagging and groceries show no price changes from last report.
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Savanna
Exchange Table Specie Basis 5 dis 25 Nio sale 8 di
Exchange table notes a specie basis with five discounts and a sale of 25 Nio at eight discount units. The fragment provides figures but lacks full context or dates. If this item reflects a market brief, it signals valuation shifts and trading terms for the currency or asset involved.
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Gamblers
Cal
Susan Yates
Canada
Free States
Washington Temperance Society of
The
Washingtonian
J. W. Conkling
W. W. Ker
Culbreath
Rev. C. Collins
Dahlonega
D. H. Mason
Bristol
Conn
E. Hotchkiss
Washington Total Abstinence Society
City Hall
WM. Haines, Jr
P.S
Rak
John Millen
Kollock
Broad Streets
Messrs. Hand & Flemming
E. Staines
Franklin Literary Society
LIN Marvel Actory
E. E. Scofield
Insurance Bank
Broadstreet
Dunham & Bleakley
Haviland, Risley, & Co
Ren Rev
Joseph E. Marshall
Thomas I. Wray
McGraw’s Corner
Serectep
Bulil’s
M. Antony
Ned
North Carolina
Corres
Cuba
St. Domingo
Laguira
Porto Rico
Ava
Tallow
Georgia
Cneese
American Northern
Peschet
Canal Iif
Baltimore
Tron
Russia
Mouasses
N. Orleans
Avana
N. Ails
Meese Wean
Malaga
New Orleans
Havana
St. Croix
Porto
Seeeeres
Liverpool
Tosacco
N. Carolina
Irginia
Bohea
Souchong
Augusta Nores, Mechanics’ Bank
Brunswick Bank Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance & Banking Co
Georgia Rail Road
State of Georgia
Savannah Nores
State Bank
Marine and Fire ‘Insurance Bank
Planters’ Ban Central Rail Road Bank
Macon
Milledgeville Bank
Georgia Rail Road Bank
Athens
Ruckersville Bank
Marine & Fire Insurance Bank
St. Mary’s Bank Central Bank
Bank of
Hawkinsville
Merchant’s Bank
City Council of
Columbus
Milledgeville
South Canotina
Charleston
Bank of Hamburg
AuabamMa
Light Ofton
Philadelphia
Lexington
Richmond
Savannah
Cuhecks
Sez
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