Fragmented 1843 Senate and House proceedings summary
The report outlines multiple days of Congressional activity in February 1843, noting debates on the Oregon occupation bill, Navy pay reductions, and tariff discussions. It mentions speeches by Senators and Representatives, resolutions calling for commerce revival, and a presentation of Washington and Franklin relics to the public. The piece also covers state notices, court terms, and a Rhode Island election slate.
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Amos Kendall
Wise
turu—Toeeday
Zhifie
Congress
Renonstrance
Gen
Coas
Archer
Connecticut
Oregon
Senate
House of Representatives
Arnold
House of
United Stas
Territories
Kennedy
A.moilon
Janos
Maryland
Julie i
Sword of Washington
Franklin
Agalle
Page
Adams
Emire
T. Washington
Commonwealth of Virginia
Sonvilvents
Mae
Mancer
House
McDuffie
Cai
Icbi
Yard Aldo
Ideahcatet
Sitet
Reault
Hovst
Reynese
Filafore
Committee of Ways and Mentra
Treasury
Reynolds
United States
Evverett
Select Committee
Oregon Territory
Foreign Affairs
Filmore
Committee of Ways and Means
J. R. Ingersoll
New York Custom House
Magnetism hoax and trial by magnetism skeptic letter
A long item recounts a magnetism hoax where a young man duped observers using staged illusions aboard a ferry near Camden. A witness summarizes questions and the impostor’s answers, arguing magnetism as a science remains, despite this deception and urging rigorous testing.
The Hristol Belles Of Bristol Poem Fragment
A 1843 poem fragment by William NH Chanston titled The Hristol Belles describes ethereal guardians with sylphlike forms and seraphic features. It extols heavenly joys and continual summers while longing for shared life with a beloved in a paradise-like realm. Published in Bristol February 16 1843 by R. L.
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Paradise
Bristol
R. L
Extraordinary Phenomenon Misdescribed by Copycat Essay
A long-suffering reader notes a mocked piece titled extraordinary Phenomenon, traced to a Doeke forgery from years past. The letter decries the absurd claims about celestial ecliptic obliquity and Venus pole elevations, asserting the tale is a paste of misread science and sensationalism.
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Phenix
Aempiro
Doeke
Sophiey
Venus
Fragmentary Ocean Wreck Tales and a Whaling Log
In a patchy account from a New Bedford Mercury excerpt a whaling ship Cadman of Fair Haven narrates a perilous encounter near a reef. The crew battles breakers and coral as they abandon to escape a wreck and later salvage water and debris, detailing survival off an island in the Pacific.
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Idande
New Bedford Mercury
Cap. Adame
Tehiti
Ielands
Depeth
Pacific
Margheras
Lou
Cadant
Bedford Mercury
Cadman
Fairhaven
Joland
J. W. Nowtox
Civid
Desolite
Tayy
Hay Place
Bey
Thereffore
Irland
Otaheite
Pauley
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Henry Bowen
Joseph M. Blake
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Newport
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Harely
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Newton
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Camden
the Times
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