Immigrant Barge Tickets and Courtroom Distress
A fragment from a 19th century issue describes a Treasury circular urging captains to display vessel nationality when near armed cruisers, plus a March 17 query by Postmaster General to Attorney General on overland mail rates. It chronicles a Erie Railroad ticket dispute leading to damages, and a Albany court incident where a youth’s sudden breakdown halted sentencing and led to asylum transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Solliers
Customs
Cieneral
Buchanan
Washington
The Deserted Wife and Shoddy Trade Letters
A domestic lament in verse laments a missing husband while mothers watch. The piece blends a sorrowful wife’s memories with a critical essay on shoddy cloth, detailing its grim origins, production, and impact on society. Also includes snippets on frontier travel circles and odd humor from periodical chatter.
Great Eastern Faces August Sea Trial In Liverpool Post
The Liverpool Post reports progress on the massive steamship Great Eastern with hundreds of workers, iron masts and a planned first voyage from Portland. It notes heat from furnaces, rigging in iron wire, and a six masted design as the vessel nears sea readiness by late July or early August. Also included are local crime notes from Canada and incidents in Buffalo and Brantford, with a jurist’s quip about a son and his attorney father.
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Bristol
R. Franke
Moses Bernhard
Arcade
Providence
Westminster Street
Broad Street
Tur Great Eastern
Liverpool
Portland
Great Eastern
Robertson
King
Canada
Brantford
Buffalo
Creeson Potato Rot Theorized Cure by Paul Pillsbury
The Newburyport Herald reports a new potato rot theory by Paul Pillsbury of Georgetown. He blames a small herbaceous insect that perforates tubers and prompts decay. His proposed remedy uses oyster shells placed in potato barrels or ground where vines touch them, claiming shells deter pests and also fertilize, boosting crop growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creeson
Newburyport Herald
Paul Pillsbury
Georgetown
Honker Metaphor Describes Political Hold On State
In a recent address Huxer Wendell Phillips described a honker making process likening it to an aquarian scene. The matured honker clings to the copper bottom of the ship of state while a rejected lover complains she is not all that she appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M Rodgers
Albany
Rodgers
Haven
Albeng ‘Limes
Wendell Phillips
Ship of State
Avaesting
United States
Philadelphia Press
Mediterranean
The Broken Vase and the Truthful Boy
A boy accidentally breaks his father's prized agate vase. Fearing the father's temper, he contemplates confession or deception, while his mother nudges honesty. At length the boy admits the mishap to his mother, who urges disclosure to the father. The father, softened by truth, calls John to explain himself alone.
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John
Sam
Juin
Peare
Father
Jola
Jobn
Peseage
Nhat
Cung
Dohn
Wes
Abolin
Julia
Dubn
Hun
Leseyn
Father's forgiveness shapes a brave son in a fragile moment
A boy breaks a vase and, after confessing honestly, receives calm forgiveness from his father. The scene contrasts impulsive anger with measured mercy, showing how gentleness steadies a child’s moral course and teaches the harms of rash judgment.
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John
Contraband war goods spark debate in US and Britain
The New York Journal of Commerce notes lack of US treaty rules on contraband during war in Europe. It outlines items England might deem contraband such as canl fuel, timber, tar, copper sheets, sails, hemp, and cordage, while provisions are largely exempt. The piece hints ministers may explore the issue at court.
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United States
Europe
New York Journal of Commerce
England
Vattel
Law of Nations
Porta
France
Boston Courer
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Bristol Blenix
Bradford Street
R. I
W. J. S. Bayley
Apranch
Cotton Batts
Poe
Wardwell
Jackson
Dover
South American
New York
Mount Hope Market
Earth Dear
Wardwells
Wevias & CO
Uhe Unie
Worth
Florentine
Abs Pa. As
Aimmcree Genta
Fub
Bets Cumro
Husom
Guld Puus
Wedier Aml
Don
Samuel Linge
Geld Os
Uens
Ju UU
Ulvest
Suto
Laruer
Bette
Clul
Our
Agenta
Biatea
W. H
Baker
Cristol and Vicinity
Lbrarians
WCCO
EVANS
AE Socree
Slits
NEW ‘Tork
Breadway
Lafarge
Broadway
Evans & Co
New York City
D.W. Evans
J TH Pileston
D.W. Evans & CO
Jamnes Ho Hotchkin
Mattuburg, Steuben Co
Erie
Rochester
Bath
Ile
Supreme Court
J. G. Percival
Dewsbury
Her Majesty of England
China
Japan
Urdaurant
Travstine
Macrelo
Assetebou
Frontierstien
Parsons
Petro
Agate
Oor Scientific American
Saint Corrass
Buffalo Courter
Arthur
Abe
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